PJ O'Rourke filed an amicus curiea brief with the US Supreme Court on Susan B Anthony List v. Driehaus It makes hilarious reading. Here's page 4 (note that numbers within the text from 6-9 are footnotes):

Everybody knows that the economy is better off under [Republican/Democratic] 6 presidents-who control it directly with big levers in the Oval ( Read more... )

Two things brought this to mind today. First, I had to return two products today. I bought a bag of blueberries at Costco, but when I got home the bag was torn and blueberries started dripping out. The return at Costco? No problem, of course. This is the first time I've ever had a problem with a food item from Costco (and I've been buying food ( Read more... )

I keep hearing from my friends on the left that Democrats will be able to run on ObamaCare. I offer the following rebuttals:

Case 1: Minnesota Lawmakers went to an ag symposium in North Mankato.
The question: "I thought the Affordable Care Act would save $2500 per family. What happened?"

After Sen. Klobuchar and Rep. Walz looked at each other, ( Read more... )

The schedule for the WSOP came out, and this is the year that I'm likely to play the main event. I can afford it, and I want to do it sometime. Here are the events I'm thinking of playing ( Read more... )

Good: US must pay attorney fees on $1 million cash seizure at traffic stop.

Oops: Union leaders blast ObamaCare in letters to Reid and Pelosi.

Arizona continues to go after California businesses. Taxes matter, as always. And so do regulations.

You can't make this up: UN Climate chief touts communism for fighting global warming. Perhaps all that smog in Beijing lowers the temperature. Perhaps Ms. Figueres never saw the results of communism in the USSR....

Jimmy Kimmel on Accenture getting the health care un f'd up:

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Bipartisan report blames the State Department and intelligence ( Read more... )

My ROI on poker tournaments in 2014 is something ridiculous: 1261.96%. I've played a $250 tournament and a $240 tournament, and have netted over $6400. If I keep this up for 2014 this will be a very good year ( Read more... )

We've got lots of lol's this week.

First, Aliens exist! At least according to Paul Hellyer, a formerCanadian Minister of Defence (in the 1960s):

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Jim Farley, Global VP of Marketing and Sales for Ford, stated that Ford knows when individuals driving their cars are speeding, and where they are when they're doing it! That's not a better idea ( Read more... )

Forecasts like this are why I'm glad I don't live in Chicago: "Monday: High -9, Low -17; wind 23mph." That's a wind chill at the high temperature of -35; at the low, it's about -43. Brrrr....

Pass the popcorn:

"Obamacare fears grow in new year: Taxes, penalties could spark more trouble." If you change the "could" to "will" in that, you get ( Read more... )

An article that must be read in full:

My Christmas Gift to the Obamas ( Read more... )