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Posted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 16, 2017 | Opinion
And perhaps a hint about why so much scorn is directed at the soi-disant “mainstream media.” In union elections yesterday, Boeing workers in South Carolina rejected union representation, and not by a small margin,...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 15, 2017 | Executive Branch, Media, Social Media
As if there was some shortage of derangement and a refill was needed. Sally Kohn outdoes herself. H/T to Grand Moff Serious Man, who digs around in places I dare not go.
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 14, 2017 | Opinion
One of the privileges of having this site is my ability to pervert it for my own selfish ends. And I’m now taking that opportunity. This is a tribute to my Valentine, Mrs. OMWC aka SP, the person who has done all the heavy...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 14, 2017 | Daily Links
Every time I see the Links name, I think of this. General Flynn is finding out what fragging means. Don’t let your drones drown. Or something. Playa Manhattan hardest hit. One nice thing about Trump Derangement Syndrome-...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 14, 2017 | Children, Entertainment, Racism
I will admit that, being an old fart, I have never heard of PewDiePie before. Apparently, he’s a YouTube phenom, and has triggered the screeching of the Humor Police. Maker Studios dropped Kjellberg on Monday after a Wall...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 13, 2017 | Drugs, Science
OK, quick quiz. You’re an employer who has either fallen prey to the stupid Nancy Reagan delusion or is required to profess fealty because of contracts or regulation. The emphasis is heroin, since that’s been...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 13, 2017 | Big Government, Society
Want to see yet another example of where libertarianism and conservatism strongly part ways? Here you go. Conservatives would impose the judgement of a “moral” government to deny people their most fundamental right:...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 13, 2017 | Opinion
And the dance continues. At what point will we finally decide that a petty border dispute in a tiny area affecting about 0.1% of the inhabitants of that region is not The Thing that drives all of the world’s troubles, that...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 12, 2017 | Media
I’ll likely write more about this later, but for the moment, I wanted to share some of the more unhinged things showing up in my Facebook feed. Normally, I’d just laugh at this shit, but since there’s real...
Read MorePosted by Old Man With Candy | Feb 12, 2017 | Science
There’s an old joke amongst progressives (which is not entirely untrue!) about the right wingers demanding that the government keep its hands off their Medicare and Social Security. Folks as old as I am will remember the...
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