My first column of 2013: For the first part of New Year's Day, I thought the far-left "Obama caved" crowd would take the prize for the most insane political faction of the day considering how, as...
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Seal - "Crazy"
House Republicans Killing the Deal
Here's the latest. The Senate passed the deal last night. It included raising taxes on the top bracket (income of $400,000+) to the Clinton-era 39.6 percent. There's $30 billion in renewed...
The Morning Awesome on Spotify
Reader Rob Young sent me the following note with a Spotify playlist attachment featuring the best of our Morning Awesome songs: I read your site often and I enjoy it. (I might even donate this year!)...
The Deal
Here's what it looks like as of late last night: Officials in both parties said the agreement would prevent tax increases at incomes below $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for couples. At higher...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "The New Year"
The 2012 Daily Banter Awards
Ben, Chez, Evan and I chose our Best of 2012 awards, including Most Annoying, Biggest Comeback, Biggest Winner, Most Pathetic, etc. Go here and check out the winners and losers, along with our pithy...
The Gift That Keeps on Giving the Whole Year
Background checks for firearm purchases hit an all-time high this past Christmas season. "According to USA Today, on that day dealers called the FBI with a total of 154,873 background check requests...
President Cautions Against ‘Both Sides’ Meme
The president on Meet the Press: "The only thing I would caution against, David, is I think this notion of, "Well, both sides are just kind of unwilling to cooperate." And that's just not true. I...
Quote of the Morning
"Republicans made every effort to reach the ‘balanced’ deficit agreement that the president promised the American people, while the president has continued to insist on a package skewed dramatically...
Gun Control: The Most Harrowing Debate of the New Year
My last column of 2012... Based on various observations over the holiday season, it's becoming increasingly clear that new gun control legislation will be the biggest political fight of 2013, perhaps...
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My favorite new music of 2012 wraps up with the best song of the year: Rush and "The Garden" from Clockwork Angels.
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My favorite new music from 2012 continues with A.C. Newman and “Encyclopedia of Classic Takedowns” from Shut Down The Streets.
Gun Fetishists and Chicago’s Firearm Homicide Rate
So I've been hearing from gun fetishists that the strict firearm laws in Chicago clearly haven't worked because of the 500 gun-related homicides this year so far. Okay. If they're suggesting bans and...
What’s Wrong with Our Gun Culture? This, for example.
Via Maddow, a guy in Portland, Maine was just wandering around town... while carrying an AR15. Guess whether it's legal for him to do it. Portland police received more than 65 calls Monday reporting...
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My favorite new music from 2012 continues with Jack White and "Freedom at 21" from his Blunderbuss album. (Preempting this week's MST3K feature.)
Spazzy White Guys in Lower Manhattan (and Chicago)
In the Mail Bag this week, I mentioned the freaks who control our financial system on Wall Street and how their instability often screws us all. Here's a great example of the spazziest of the Spazzy...
The Future of Computer Interfaces
Soon, we won't have to touch a damn thing: Leap Motion claims its device is 200 times more accurate than anything on the market and can track your finger movements down to 1/100th of a millimeter...
Feeling a Little Better About Brian Schatz
The incoming senator from Hawaii: “For me, personally, I believe global climate change is real and it is the most urgent challenge of our generation,” Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz (D), whom Hawaii Gov. Neil...
The Daily Banter Mail Bag Predicts Stuff for 2013
This week's questions. Answers here. 1) A lot of liberals are urging the president to just allow the fiscal cliff to happen, but wouldn’t that result in a recession? If so, isn’t that bad for the...

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