Yes, I did have a good hunt yesterday. Thanks for asking. Grouse. Got two, missed two. Passed on shooting one in a Birch tree. Passed on a Woodcock in a swamp because I could not remember whether they were still in season. I was right to pass on that tempting bird. Tired legs from tramping through the snow all day.
Iraq politics. Sounds like normal.
We all want longer, healthier lives but it's going to cost us. WaPo. One quote:
We are on a collision course between our wish to live longer, healthier lives and our capacity to pay for that wish. Whether we can somehow avoid the collision is perhaps the most important domestic issue of this century. From now on, health care costs will be up there with globalization, terrorism and climate change as a force shaping our world.
Let's fry up some fresh Sea Kittens. Perfect for those good folks who like to eat pussies.
JC Phillips: My New Year's resolution is to make more soup. Mine too.
The MLA is so mad at David Horowitz that they could spit. Idiots. See, unlike Bill Ayers, David had second thoughts about The Revolution. h/t, Viking
The vacuity of contemporary art.
Kudlow on Obama's tax cuts. The Repubs fear Obama's tax-cutting ideas. But Pelosi wants to punish the earners. She's a paleo. In my view, gummint cannot spend to prosperity. It's no different from living high off your home equity.
Fourth quarter GDP coming on Jan 30. What if it isn't terribly bad?
Chutzpah is right. We need to legalize illegals to save our economy. Um, what?
Insty:
WELL, IF YOU ASK ME, free markets are “social justice.”
Ayn Rand warned us about this stuff.
LA: "Put Jews in the ovens." This refrain is going around. It's an old song, and one of the ugliest.
Good point at Neoneo about Obama's negativity.
