Ball Diamond Ball

https://pjmedia.com/video/this-dad-figured-out-the-coolest-way-to-announce-the-sex-of-his-baby/

This is what makes America great.

(H/T to Instapundit’s Stephen Green)

Our friend Dime brought up an interesting point in his post on Iconography which has a parallel in terminology. Obama was very much a leader to his people (Alinskyites, Kenyans, Islamists, crackpots), whereas Trump is not regarded as a leader by those of us who nonetheless support him. The two sides have very different ideas of how government should run, what it should do, and how it should relate to society and the individual. Leftists want a leader — rightists want a representative.
We like us some Trump because he is like us, because he literally represents us.  He is not better than we are, not smarter, not chosen except by we schlubs, and does not claim any right to lead an ignorant mass where it … Continue reading →

When Obama was the leader, his supporters created icons to show the depth of their spiritual commitment.

Here is one of the many Obama as Messiah and Light Bringer Icons.

Now we have , shall we say, a different kind of leader and I have noticed a distinct style and theme for the iconography surrounding our new President by his ardent supporters

So one group gets hysterical and a bit childlike when their icon is gone.

What do you think the other group will do if … Continue reading →

In 1868, on this day, after a bloody conflict, we ratified the 14th amendment.

A fundamental statement of America, it defined equality of all individuals under the law.

Today we fight a movement who uses division, favoritism and demonization to redistribute freedom and wealth from one group to another  while espousing the principles won with the lives of many.

Conservatives seem to have gotten their image of equality under the law wrong for many , while being the true believers in it, while their adversaries oppose it while having the image of embrace.

I would suggest that our side embrace this principle for real, make it the sword and shield for all things in the future. Citizens equal under the law. No special rights by birth, victimhood or … Continue reading →

Today, I’ve posted the project on which I’ve been working (and hence hunkered down and largely invisible) for the last month: the 2017 edition of The Analytical Engine.  In the 19th century, Charles Babbage imagined and invented a steam-powered mechanical apparatus which anticipated almost every aspect of modern computers.  In 1997, I published on the Web a collection of original documents about Babbage’s invention, along with an emulator, written in Java, which allowed people to experience programming this machine, which was never actually built.  (It is the founding member of the Victorian Brass Vapourware Club.)

Well, foolish me, I happened to buy into a vapourware … Continue reading →

When a Turkish government official threatens to send 15,000 ‘refugees’ a month to Europe as a punishment, is he not admitting that ‘refugees’ are weapons, not ‘potential good citizens’ of the host country? Does this not open wide the discussion that the countries bleeding ‘refugees’ may well be engaged in a soft invasion of other nations?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4325328/Turkey-s-minister-threatens-blow-mind-Europe.html