Category: Humor

  • This is just too good. Many of you know that the federal ban on conventional incandescent light bulbs recently went into effect. And while House Republicans included a provision in a recent spending bill that will block funding for the ban’s enforcement, it’s said that it will have little effect; manufacturers have prepared for the…

  • By Selwyn Duke As you may know, the world will end today at 6 p.m. Or, that’s the prediction at least by 89-year-old California preacher Harold Camping. Camping had forecast the Earth’s demise before, in 1994, and thus joined a list of errant end-of-worlders that goes back to biblical times and beyond. Of course, whether you…

  • By Selwyn Duke People such as me are often accused of wanting to return to the 19th century. But, if the New York Times is right about a new trend, some on the Left want to go back to the Middle Ages. What is that trend? Avoiding soap, deodorant, and even bathing regularly. Today, though,…

  • By Selwyn Duke It has become apparent that most Americans simply don’t take voting very seriously.  This is especially true of those who encourage voting.  They’ll tell us that walking into a polling place and pulling a lever is our civic duty, but this isn’t true.  Our civic duty is to cultivate wisdom in ourselves…

  • This video speaks for itself.  Give it a gander; I don't think you'll be disappointed. Hat tip: Walt Holton

  • By Selwyn Duke Shortly after Barack Obama was elected, one of his supporters, alluding to George W. Bush’s supposedly lacking intellect, said to me, “I’m just happy to have someone intelligent in the White House.” I’m sure Rahm Emanuel would be very flattered. Whatever you think of Bush, admittedly, his habitually knotted tongue did give…

  • By Selwyn Duke After seeing Barack Obama’s golf swing, I’m confronted with the staggering possibility that he might actually be better at governing than golfing.  And this is despite the fact that he seems to devote more time to the latter, an impression that has won him much bad publicity.

  • OK, I usually don't post emails I receive, but this one is just too good.  I hope you enjoy it. The economy is so bad that: I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. I ordered a burger at McDonald's and the kid behind the counter asked, "Can you afford fries with that?" CEOs…

  • The Nobel Foundation once again proves how ignoble it is by giving Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. By Selwyn Duke Well, I guess we can say, blessed be the peace makers — because they must be in darn short supply. That’s the only conclusion I can draw when I hear that President Obama —…