Author Archives: The Political Hat

Is This A Ph.D. in “Womyns Studies”?

Posted on May 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Is this a Ph.D. Dissertation for a “Womyns Studies” program???

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The Progressive Endgame

Posted on May 9, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The veritable Ace of Ace of Spade HQ recently commented on the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre’s quote that “gun rights have become a metaphor for something larger: a feeling, this sense of something that’s slipping away, a yearning for individual rights.”  … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Anarchists, Margin Taxes, and Progressive Oligarchs

Posted on May 8, 2014 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: Class Warfare!!1!      Not all is well is the Progressive utopia of … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Connecting the Dots

Posted on May 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Proof that all is not doomed in America:  15 year old Patrick Richardson connects the dots and explains “Common Core” better than most adults.      “Common Core” isn’t about creating a nation of educational super-men (or women or non-gender specific person). … Continue reading →

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Who are the Bullies of Women? Feminists

Posted on May 6, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A female reporter is bullied, sidelined, and denigrated at a youth leadership conference.  Who are these soldiers in the “War on Womyn”?  Feminists.

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California Poised to Punish the Successful

Posted on May 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A proposed bill, SB1372, in the California Legislature Grand Soviet, would punish profitable publicly traded firms that make enough money to pay their CEO the large salary they think he is worth by hiking the businesses taxes from 8.8% to … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (May 4th, 2014)

Posted on May 4, 2014 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for May 4th, 2014

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Common Core: Not Even Trying to Make Sense

Posted on May 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Just when you thought that Common Core math problems couldn’t make less sense, something like the assignment below proves that they can make less sense. Common Core… pic.twitter.com/kekt3Zh6hH — Patrick Regan (@P_Daddy1) March 26, 2014      Clearly, the children are presumed … Continue reading →

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If You Aren’t Sufficiently WITH The Mob, You are Their Enemy

Posted on May 2, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The figurative drawing and quartering of Donald Sterling gave fair warning about the danger of an outraged mob.  That danger has now been realized: A man was fired for simply stating that Sterling had a right to say what he … Continue reading →

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Private Thoughts, Public Punishment

Posted on May 2, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The owner of the L. A. Clippers, Donald Sterling, has been fined $2.5 Million dollars and banned for life from the MBA, and may even have his team forcible taken from him.  Allow your humble author to be blunt:  I … Continue reading →

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