Goodies from Ol' Remus

 Ol' Remus

 1936. Table in a migrant worker's tent, Sacramento, California.

 Now the world is laughing at us. Can you imagine what Putin thinks of this guy?
Ann Coulter at dailycaller.com 

 Until recently, it would have been unimaginable to conceive of John Kerry as the strongman of the National Security Council. This is the man who attended political catechism classes from the North Vietnamese to memorize and repeat their accusations against his country of war crimes in Indochina.
Conrad Black at nysun.com 

DC - America is still fortunate in that this vast, secret power has been entrusted to a relative incompetent. But one day a Stalin or Napoleon will seize the Oval Office.
Richard Fernandez at pjmedia.com 

 I know of many people who have closed Facebook accounts, thrown away their Smartphones and reverted to talking directly—not over the phone—to those who really matter in their lives and writing them letters using pens and paper. Some might call this going backwards. I call it returning to your roots.
Keith Farnish at cluborlov.com

 The fundamental problem of the political Left seems to be that the real world does not fit their preconceptions. Therefore they see the real world as what is wrong, and what needs to be changed, since apparently their preconceptions cannot be wrong.
Thomas Sowell at nationalreview.com

Conventional force militaries no longer possess a true light-infantry capability... The modern, conventional-force "light" infantryman is often required to carry loads far in excess of 120 pounds.
John Mosby at mountainguerrilla.wordpress.com

What can be done about a nameless, faceless bureaucrat, situated in an unknown location, in a building protected by armed guards, who can dispatch armed men directly to your home or place of business—armed men themselves protected from discipline by the Martinez-Barker doctrine—to enforce a "rule" that might have no legislative or Constitutional grounds? Indeed, a "rule" that might never have been published?
Francis Porretto at bastionofliberty.blogspot.com

Washington police are operating under orders to arrest tourists and other non-residents traveling with spent bullet or shotgun casings, a crime that carries a $1,000 fine, a year in jail and a criminal record. "Empty shell casings are considered ammunition in Washington, D.C., so they are illegal to possess unless you are a resident and have a gun registration certificate."
Emily Miller, via Paul Bedard at washingtonexaminer.com

We now know what the two most recent European blueprints for preserving the myth of solvency are: bail-ins, which confiscate deposits, and pension fund "overhauls", which confiscate, well, pension funds.
Tyler Durden at zerohedge.com