Every man's work,
whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else,
is always a portrait of himself.
Samuel Butler
Tweet of the Day
Because someone has to pay for Halloween candy #AdultingIsAPain— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trump is acting out the old Boy Scout skit of the lost quarter ("Trump 7"):— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
"I lost it over there"
"Why look here?"
"The light is better."
The only people who like ObamaCare are the ones whose healthcare is being subsidized by others: not shared risk but redistribution.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trump's ripoff of the "America First" slogan from WW non-interventionists is disingenuous. He has not scaled back America's meddling.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trump wants other governments to pay down their "fair share" for American protection but refuses to cede control over policy.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trump "America first" foreign policy appears to be an insidious, dangerous oxymoron of American unilateralism, based on idiosyncratic whims.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Welcome to the soundbite Presidency of Trump. He uses pithy slogans and nicknames, masquerading as substance but are manipulative puffery.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
A well-known pizza chain has a heart-shaped Valentine Day's gimmick. A Freudian slip for the #2 contributor of saturated fat in the US diet?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trumpkins are indignant that Obama is charting a more activist post-Presidential course than others. But Obama was a community organizer— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
Trump is an incompetent politician. He bashes popular leaders, like McCain, and businesses which are a natural part of the GOP coalition.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
#HowIWishIWas a genie who could make all my dreams come true.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 11, 2017
The Hill reports some media are using SNL Alec Baldwin's portrayal of Trump vs. the actual President's photo. No doubt he has better numbers— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) February 12, 2017
Image of the Day
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| Ron Paul On Being a Pro-Life Libertarian |
The Civil Rights Era
Facebook Corner
This is so hilarious; I wonder how many people realize HR 899 abolishes the Department of Education... Corrupt union hacks are so anti-DeVry, it's time to harness the power of that hatred for the common good.
(Reason). Show me your papers. DHS officials confirmed they "were sweeping up non-criminals in the vicinity who were found to be lacking documentation."
Am I surprised the anti-immigrant xenophobes are spamming this post? They are worshiping a century-old immoral majoritarian abuse of power, dishonoring our country's legacy of open immigration. They block each and every legal path, like the Bracero program, and then treat hard-working people like criminals for working around a broken-down immigration system, standing in the way of the freedom of association for employers, families and others.
Political Cartoon
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| Courtesy of Henry Payne via Townhall |
Musical Interlude: My Favorite Vocalists
Tom Petty, "Woman In Love (But It's Not Me)". Okay, this is probably on my Top 10 list of singles and my favorite Petty tune. It's one of those songs (like Springsteen's "Candy's Room") which I consider perfect, wouldn't change a single glorious note. I don't often buy an artist's albums (beyond greatest hits), but unbelievably it wasn't on his first greatest hit compilation. I thought maybe it was one of those hits, like the Beatles' "Michelle", which got a lot of airplay but never hit the charts, but it hit #5 on the rock chart.
