New York Politics News

I just had one of those revelation things, I think. You know, when something just jumps into your head and the light goes on and all that.

Now, the first thing to keep in mind is that the following is nothing more than wild speculation on my part. It could be 100% wrong. It is nearly 100% certain that I am not 100% correct. Just keep that in mind as you read. And remember that this is more what I sort of think at this point and not what others, including the ex-Gov may be thinking/planning.

Sarah Palin has, to an extent, removed herself from the bright spotlight of the press while continuing to dominate debates with simple Facebook posts.

As expected (in some quarters):
News that the unemployment rate for October climbed more than expected to a 25-year high of 10.2% amid a steeper-than-expected decline in monthly nonfarm payrolls has sent stock futures markedly lower.
Anyone that read my Wednesday post saw that this week's unemployment was going to come in worse than expected. Indeed I heard on the radio this morning that the predicted rate was going to be just under 10%. I figured no way. And it clocked in at 10.2% with more losses than expected. So not only do you probably have a situation where the press was playing up the 'recovery' which drew some job seekers back into the hunt, but you also had more losses than expected.

The left is just, like, soooooo classy, you know?
Plenty of celebrities issued crazy statements in their efforts to defend director and rapist Roman Polanski but none went as far as author Gore Vidal did when he labeled Polanski’s victim a “young hooker.”

In an Oct. 28 interview with The Atlantic’s John Meroney about a variety of topics, Vidal claimed he didn’t “give a f---” about the Polanski case. “Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?”
I think somebody is angling for a lifetime achievement award!

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for those that might have forgotten.

If we don't live our lives the way we wish, then the terrorists will have won.

Meet Roland Emmerich, a man whose movies I have indeed enjoyed in the past, letting their oft-foolish storylines and even liberal propaganda wash over and past me without leaving a trace while enjoying, well, stuff blowing up.

So it turns out, in his latest movie, that Emmerich blows up more stuff. A lot of stuff.

Except for the one thing he really wanted to blow up. Real bad. The Kaaba.

Chalk one up for the terrorists. Add Emmerich to the list of people refusing to go about their lives the way they wish, doing what they want to do, because they're afraid of muslims blowing them up for real or chopping their heads off, or similarly "peaceful" activities.