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Free Advice

Human Events has a bit of free advice for those in the 99% club who apparently thought that the keys to success were:

1) Accumulate massive college debt. 2) Learn nothing useful. 3) ???? 4) Profit!

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Part-time Work

Elizabeth Warren, whose heart-wrenching plea for more of your tax dollars was satirized here, has more than just a moral interest in the health of the federal fisc, it turns out:

The campaign for Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren said Friday she had been paid $192,722 for serving as chairman of a congressional committee [...]

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Krugman Throws You a Bone

“History’s smallest monster”, to use James Taranto’s formulation, doubles down on his odious 9/11 remarks, but wants to make sure you know how personally proud he is of you:

Now, I should have said that the American people behaved remarkably well in the weeks and months after 9/11: There was very little panic, and [...]

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For the Little People

The heir to the royal throne in Britain is concerned about the conspicuous over-consumption of the plebs:

Mankind faces extinction, the Prince of Wales has warned, unless humans transform our lifestyles to stop mass consumption, run away climate change and destruction of wildlife.

Long live the queen!

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Problem Solved

A solution has finally been found to the vexing issue of Muammar Gaddafi’s tyrannical and murderous reign in Libya:

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

The court had accused him of crimes against humanity and of ordering attacks on civilians after an uprising against him [...]

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Justice Prevails

If idiocy was a crime, Mickey would be behind bars:

Less than a month after a daring raid on Osama bin Laden’s secret hideout, the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team 6 notched a victory over the Magic Kingdom.

Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday that it would pull an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark [...]

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Noam Chomsky

Chris Hitchens treats him roughly.

(It’s no use excerpting Hitchens; he’s like a seven course meal, and must be taken sequentially.)

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Online Research

Not without its drawbacks:

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a 20-year-old Saudi student suspected of planning a terrorist attack using explosive chemicals in Texas.

The FBI said his possible targets included the Dallas home of former President George W. Bush.

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, attending college near Lubbock, Texas, was charged with attempted [...]

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The Funky Norks

Goosestepping, tall hats and Stalinist architecture.

What’s to hate?

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UN Logic

Would be a homonym with “un-logic,” if such a noun actually existed:

Seoul went to the Security Council to seek the global rebuke of the North, but China objected to a resolution that specifically blamed its clients in Pyongyang. Thus the Security Council retreated to writing a resolution that condemned the act of aggression [...]

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