May I just say I have a new theory about Iowa?
Over at Vox, Andrew Prokop has a theory about why the Iowa caucuses matter: Every winner of a competitive major party presidential nomination contest since 1980 except one started off by winning the...
View ArticleMy theory that I have follows the lines I am about to relate
Again something along the lines of “arguably true but shouldn’t the examples given support the theory?” Over at The Huffington Post, Jay Newton-Small asserts: The GOP’s Biggest Problem: Women So...
View ArticleRarely means… whatever the hell you want it to mean
So — either you need to win the Iowa caucuses or you don’t. But as Steve M. writes, the Jeb!® campaign is cranking it up to 11 12 (fuck yeah!): In a memo Bush’s top advisers sent this morning to...
View ArticleHow do you like me now?
As we look to the results in New Hampshire, I can’t help but be reminded of something: “The Jeb[!] 2016 campaign has never made Iowa a centerpiece to winning the nomination. We have long viewed Iowa as...
View ArticleBack to the beginning… (Unemployed, in Greenland?)
As a German might say: “hello all together” It’s hard even for us to remember, but the very first sign of life of this blog was in July 2003, when we linked to one Ezra Levant, who had asked “Would a...
View ArticleKeep fucking that chicken…
Wow – a 4-month gap between posts is likely a new record for this humble blog. That is not going to be good for business. Indeed, that is not going to be good for anyone. It would be quite an...
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