Here's a cruise I would enjoy
The pythons of the Everglades. Sheesh.
Sounds like a fine new Chaplin bio
What is it about American self-hatred? (I don't know - I don't have any of it.)
NY State once again attempts to drive people and business out of state. Why? Do they want to end up like Michigan?
They say "This is just the beginning"
We have Government Cheese, and now we have a Government Emotional Rescue Kit. Where would we be without those geniuses?
First-person accounts of the Revolutionary War, from common soldiers
NYT spiked ACORN story for political reasons. Duh. They were afraid the facts might affect the election.
Polygamy becoming legal in Canada? That should attract all of the Hollywood stars who used to threaten to leave America - but, sadly, never did.
Did socialized medicine kill Natasha Richardson? Probably
Keith Hennessey has a new economic policy blog
US spending is at the tipping point. Guess who gets to bail out the Feds when they make the nation bankrupt?
Bankruptcy probable for GM? It's only stating the obvious, but is it politically possible? Related re Detroit and the government's role in creating their problems:
...as one federal agency unloads tens of billions of our hard-earned dollars on the seemingly fruitless rescue of the auto industry, another happy group of bureaucrats works day and night to add a quick $1.5 billion to its burden. Is this the clinical definition of insanity or what?
Yes, the fuel standards are part of what is killing Detroit. Nobody is buying those little cars and little hybrids, but they are forced to build them anyway.
Kudlow: A truly breathtaking departure. Related: Cafe Hayek notes every detail that Obama was wrong about
Related, from Wilkinson: Are we flirting with Fascism?
Related: Dino is stunned by it all, and reminds us of Michelle Obama's creepy 2008 speech
But here's the real story behind the auto news, via the WSJ. One quote:
It's a bluff. The same administration that inserted itself into GM's corporate governance to order the resignation of a CEO is hardly likely to defer to the prescribed legal order for a failing company, namely bankruptcy. Even a "prepackaged" filing runs too much risk of a judge imposing more "sacrifice" on the UAW than the administration is prepared to tolerate.
GM bondholders understand this: They've been intransigent precisely because they calculate the UAW is too important to Democratic electoral politics for Mr. Obama to risk losing control of the reorganization process to a bankruptcy judge.
The GM bailout has become a political operation run out of the White House. It will stay that way.
The Guardian seems to have missed the point that the life-preservers for Polar Bears was a hoax. These bears routinely swim vast distances.
Dem cabinet nominee tax cheat du jour. Taxes are for the little people.
Rush to NYC: Drop Dead. I would not have imagined that he has a per diem tax when working from NY.
Via Insty, some affordable fly-fishing gear
In praise of Capitalist exploitation. Front Page
Grandiose and power-hungry: The UN
It seems the UN has got it in its head that it can run the economies of the entire planet. The same folks who ran the Oil For Food program for Saddam and ended up stealing more money than in any other caper in human history are proposing to “reorder” the economies of the world and save us all from rising temperatures.
Grandiose and power-hungry: It's all about me. Also, the hubris is remarkable
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