Tag Archives: FAIL

Dreaming of a People’s Technocracy

Posted on November 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A Stanford University lecturer called for Silicon Valley to secede from the rest of the nation because “United States had become ‘the Microsoft of nations’: outdated and obsolescent. When technology companies calcify, Mr. Srinivasan said, you don’t reform them. You … Continue reading →

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Another Socialized Medicine “Success” Story

Posted on November 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A possible glimpse of the future that Obamacare, and potential single-payer system, can be seen in that toilet-paperless hellhole, Venezuela: “The country’s 1999 constitution guarantees free universal health care to Venezuelans, who sit on the world’s largest proven oil reserves. … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Roman Numeral AILFAY

Posted on November 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Idiocy so strong, it speaks volumes about itself… Is this some of that Common Core math? (cc @michellemalkin; @twitchyteam) pic.twitter.com/3ICfJiC1nO — Adam (@GPIA7R) November 5, 2013

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Equality Über Alles

Posted on November 8, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the major ideological components of the broader Left is a perverted sense of “justice” wherein  there is an equality of outcome and everyone is the same.  The obvious downside is that this means that they’d “rather the poor … Continue reading →

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Lethal Anti-Bullying Fail

Posted on November 5, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Two students who lived far apart committed suicide, one after killing his teacher.  The connection between the two?  Both watched anti-bullying videos promoted by their schools, and some are blaming the videos for pushing the students over the edge.      An … Continue reading →

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America Has Been Warned

Posted on October 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     M.E.P. Daniel Hannan spoke at the Free Market forum at Hillsdale College speaks about the economic idiocy and bureaucratic overreach of the European Union, and warns America that it is on the same path.      Alas, that warning was ignored last … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Description of the Left’s Mindset

Posted on October 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Gov. Moonbeam (AKA Jerry Brown) of the Fools’ Golden State of California has unwittingly summarized perfectly the very description of the Left’s core mindset: Jerry Brown: "Government can best solve the problems that it, at first, creates." #CAP10 — daveweigel … Continue reading →

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Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness

Posted on October 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     In the role playing game Paranoia, set in the future where an insane all-powerful computer runs a domed city, fun and happiness are mandatory.  In the game, one player can be assigned the mandatory bonus duty of being the Happiness … Continue reading →

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Socialized Healthcare: Rodents Eating Your Face

Posted on October 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The quality of socialized medicine is yet again demonstrated in Canada: “A patient immobilized in bed, waking up to find mice eating her face. “It has the makings of a health-care horror story — Friends of Medicare says the night-time … Continue reading →

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Apotheosis of a Heroin Fiend

Posted on October 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     An actor on the show Glee, Cory Monteith, overdoes on heroin.  We are quite willing to be respectful to his kith and kin, nor do we have a problem with a respectful good-bye from his loved ones or his co-workers. … Continue reading →

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