WordPress likes to send out a year-end review to all their JetPack users. Most of it is routine statistics I can find anywhere, but a few items are amusing.
On my busiest day, my most popular post was “Yet Another Tale of the Awful, Awful People at ICE”. I think this line captures the essence of the post:
The sad thing is that if she had freaked out and, say, gouged out one of his eyeballs with a pen so she could make her escape, some prosecutor would have tried to make it seem like she was the bad guy.
On the other hand, the post with the most views all year was the perennial winner, “Fucking Sprint!!!” which continues to receive comments 8 years later, as does my 4th most popular post, “Sallie Mae is a Nightmare”. The 2nd most popular post was Never Get Busted Again, Volume 1: Traffic Stops, my review of Barry Cooper’s DVD, the 3rd most popular was “Yet Another Tale of the Awful, Awful People at ICE” again, and the 5th was my advice piece, “I’m Sorry, But I Simply Can’t”.
Then there are the top search terms:
- sw 500
- fuck sprint
- michelle malkin bikini
- michelle malkin nude
- sw500
“Fuck Sprint” is self explanatory — I’ve been at or near the top result for that for years — and the Michelle Malkin stuff is probably because of this, which has attracted some vitriolic comments from people who didn’t get the joke. I think the SW 500 stuff is probably because of this post by J-Dog.
In any case, here at Windypundit, 2013 was the year in which:
- I posed a mind-blowing legal hypothetical about zero tolerance in schools.
- I pointed out that Colin Flaherty is a lying racist douchebag.
- I explained that you don’t have to explain.
- I was reminded why I like my readers.
- I rambled on and on about something called rational addiction.
- I lashed out at Certificates of Need.
- And at US Attorney Carmen Ortiz.
- I explained why Obama’s immigration reform…isn’t.
- I had a few words to say about the State of the Union speech.
- I discovered that some people think the Park Doctrine is a good idea.
- I debunked some silly claims about an asteroid threat.
- I described how strip clubs are like flea markets.
- I thought sequestration might be a good idea…
- …but soon realized they screw you either way.
- I defended Rick Horowitz’s angry words.
- My wife and I did our best to take care of our cat Ripley…
- …but the end was closer than we knew.
- I wrote about 1-800-LAW-REP-4.
- I worried that former federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald might be right.
- I posted a video of our cute ragdoll kitten Beezle.
- I stopped doing April Fools Day posts.
- I posted a eulogy for Roger Ebert.
- I pointed out that libertarians aren’t nearly as heartless as government…
- …especially when it comes to homelessness in Las Vegas.
- I chronicled a bad week for liberty.
- I explained how not to rescue “slaves.”
- And how not to fight crime.
- I pondered why authors’s websites don’t list their books in a useful order.
- I deployed the “history’s greatest monster” meme against a true villain.
- I explored the unreal liberal argument for conscription…
- …and a few responses to comments.
- I finally got around to blogging about the previous year’s road trip.
- I posted a few pictures of Beezle growing up.
- I lamented the difficulty of finding good legal thrillers…
- I discovered the NSA was doing bad things…
- …and then I speculated about a discrepancy in the story…
- …and then I speculated about something worse the NSA could have done…
- …and then I found out that the truth was worse than I had imagined.
- I declined a prospective content partnership.
- I thought about the new rules for remaining silent.
- I said so long to Marcus Schantz.
- I decried the kings’s pass for cops.
- I explained why I had nothing to say about the Zimmerman trial…
- …and then found one of the dumbest things ever written about the Zimmerman trial…
- …and something less dumb but still annoying.
- I questioned the validity of the SORNA challenge.
- I offered a modest proposal to combat prosecutorial overcharging.
- I geeked out over DUI gas exchange…
- …and found a new PD blogger.
- I quoted Justin Carter.
- I pointed out that some aspects of DNA forensic science aren’t very scientific.
- I got depressed about the advance of despotism in American.
- I complained that the courts are behind the times in interpreting the Fourth Amendment for new technology.
- I explained my book review policy.
- I discovered that some judges think you don’t really have to stop for cops.
- I investigated a likely case of profitable punishment.
- I skewered some weird anti-bullying messages.
- I discussed what I learned from the post-9/11 world.
- I speculated homosexuals and harlots.
- I dropped a massive five-part review of Radley Balko’s Warrior Cop…
- …and said hello to Radley on his book tour.
- I gave Valve Software a bit of advice.
- I watched Breaking Bad end.
- I argued that you couldn’t judge the ObamaCare website by its first day…
- …but that it became a clear software disaster…
- …that was following some typical patterns…
- …but probably wasn’t as big as they say.
- I disputed a federal judge’s opinions on the war on drugs.
- I fended off a silly Facebook meme.
- I was glad I escaped jury duty.
- I skipped Ender’s Game.
- We all mourned the passing of “Ed.”
- I pointed out that TSA critics are not to blame for the attack on a TSA checkpoint.
- I argued that the magnitude of harm is not affected by the reason for the harm.
- I change my blogs Terms and Conditions.
- I pointed out an obvious logical flaw in a marketing technique.
- I discussed why non-lawyers talk about the law.
- I appreciated the ability to shop on Thanksgiving Day.
- I poked fun at a journalism handbook.
- I tried to understand some economic realities of poor Americans.
- I poked fun at a noob lawyer.
- I started a multi-part response to a piece complaining about requests for free work.
- I complained yet again about doctors who violate patient consent because the police ask.
- I explored the prevalence of journalism-by-reprinting-press-releases.
- I expressed my New Year’s wishes for Peter Schiff.
- I overdid the 10-books meme.
See you next year.
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