Author Archives: The Political Hat

News of the Week (December 14th, 2014)

Posted on December 14, 2014 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for December 14th, 2014

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2014 (Day 2)

Posted on December 14, 2014 by The Political Hat

Christmas In The Roaring Twenties

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2014 (Day 1)

Posted on December 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Snow is not just frozen water, but beautiful crystal structures of near infinite variety. “The water molecules in an ice crystal form a hexagonal lattice, as shown… [above]  (the two structures show different views of the same crystal). Each red … Continue reading →

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Senators Cruz and Lee Stand Up Against the CRomnibus

Posted on December 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The $1.1 Trillion “CRomnibus” sailed through Congress, but not without vocal opposition.  Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) aptly pointed out the abomination of “CRomnibus” for what is is: Senator Cruz Senator Lee

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WTF is “NeuroQueer”?

Posted on December 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     For when special little snowflakes don’t feel they are treated special enough:

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The Telepathic Rape Epidemic

Posted on December 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Apparently, people who find a woman to be sexually stimulating are rapists, even if they only look at her picture online.      How is this rape?      Telepathy!      Methinks someone is confusing Star Trek: TNG with reality.

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The House and Senate: The Modern 1st & 2nd Estates

Posted on December 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     In pre-Revolutionary France, the central government of the King assumed all power.  This left the religious and secular nobility (the 1st and 2nd Estates), with prerogative and privilege, without the concomitant duty to serve.  As Alexis de Tocqueville noted of … Continue reading →

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Knee-Jerk Reactions and Common Core

Posted on December 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     There are many things about Common Core to complain about, especially when it comes to the insane mathematics they use.      However, one should be careful to not condemn any school material in a knee-jerk way.  For example, Erick Erickson of … Continue reading →

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Dear Feminists, This Is What Misogyny Looks Like

Posted on December 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A “Social Justice Warrior” was counter-pointed aptly by reality:      So, is a “snide comment” made “so quick… you can barely catch it” uttered by men who most likely risk their lives to save a woman so much worse than getting … Continue reading →

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Special Little Snowflake or Just Plain Crazy?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Sometimes it is hard to tell if someone is just being a special little snowflake attention whore, is just plain crazy, or a combination of the two.      With a Tumblr account called “Kill Benedict Cumberbatch” it might just be the … Continue reading →

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