Continual Iran updates at Gateway, whence the photo. We wish the best for all of the brave and lovely women in Iran's Lipstick Revolution.
Related: Driscoll notes that great powers always have a dog in the fight, because a posture of evenhanded neutrality always has non-neutral effects.
Related: Ace rightly notes that the O's refusal to stand strong with the protesters can damage future relations with Iran. The man is a pussy, a Prom Queen. The only things he gets tough with are Republicans, FOX news, and our international allies and friends like the Brits and Israel.
Related: NYT says Supreme Leader has lost his aura. They are not referring to the O.
Fresh grilled, organic Neanderthal. Yum
Via Dino:
Obama himself gave us ample warning of his reckless grandiosity during the 2008 campaign. So we can’t say we weren’t warned. The situation has only gotten worse in the months since his inauguration. And there’s 3.5 years to go. Help!
Related: No enthusiasm for medical care reform
Related: Medical care plan would not apply to Congress! Via Blue Crab:
From what is known about the tippity-top secret bill at this point, it appears that it is bad enough that Congress will not allow it to apply to themselves or the rest of the Federal government.
That should tell you all you need to know about this bill.
Roger Cohen of the NYT is in the streets. Related: The O steps up to the plate, befuddling those who defended his silence.
Vanderleun found a new financial manager
Big goose hunt in NYC. Wish they had called us. It could have been a good Maggie's Farm outing with 12 ga. guns, BB shot, and no limit.
Michelle O and Walpin.
I agree that the "war against drugs" failed. It's been going on since Nixon. All it does is raise the cost of drugs and increase the crime. It's past time to re-think it. It's too bad that drug users generally have little interest in getting over it, but that's reality.
What the late lamented Milton Friedman said about medical care costs. He makes a number of excellent points, including that it is employee insurance that drives the prices up. h/t, Mankiw
Why would anyone want to release rabid rats?
Do not take photos of kids in England. It's assumed you're a pervert if you do.
The looming middle class tax increases. Even some Dems are waking up, like drunks after a bad binge. They have been drinking on our nickel since January.
Move over, Climate Change. The hysteria du jour is Swine Flu.
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