Monthly Archives: February 2017

California and the Ghost of John C. Calhoun

Posted on February 13, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Now that the Democrats are out of power in the Federal government (Leftist mameluks in the bureaucracy notwithstanding), the one-party People’s Republic of California has decided to embrace the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and take up the States’ Rights cause … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (February 12th, 2017)

Posted on February 12, 2017 by The Political Hat

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Quick Takes – Punishment for Incorrect Costumes; Punishment for Incorrect Viewpoints; Punishment for Incorrect Thoughts

Posted on February 9, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: “Think as I think” said a man, “or you are abominably … Continue reading →

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The Modern Mamluks of America

Posted on February 8, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Not limiting themselves to violent riots or histrionic temper tantrums, the institutional Left is refusing to acknowledge that an outsider at odds with them dares claim their power to rule. Bureaucrats have decided to join the so-called #TheResistance and run … Continue reading →

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Public Education and the Jousting with Kyriarchical Windmills

Posted on February 7, 2017 by The Political Hat

     One upon a time, public schools were founded to provide education to children of parents who were not stinky filthy rich. Now-a-days, they are simply vehicles of propaganda. Case in point: The innocuously named “All-School Seminar Day 2017” planned for … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Useful Idiots

Posted on February 6, 2017 by The Political Hat

     The Left has often used “useful idiots” to defend itself from just and accurate attacks against them, most notably in re the Soviet Union and Lenin’s alleged use of the term. But now these same “useful idiots” are being used, … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (February 5th, 2017)

Posted on February 5, 2017 by The Political Hat

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Fighting Racism With The Power Of… Racial Segregation

Posted on February 3, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Segregation was once decried as an evil that required, in the name of civil rights, unparalleled Federal intervention to banish. But that was so last century. Racial segregation, rather than being antithetical to civil rights, is now declared to be … Continue reading →

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The Dutch Double-Down on Death

Posted on February 1, 2017 by The Political Hat

     Not being content with slaughtering everyone from newborns to the elderly in the Netherlands, a Dutch government minister wants to spread death worldwide, especially against the unborn: “The Netherlands is seeking to set up an overseas abortion fund to counteract … Continue reading →

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