The German concentration camp brothels
More on the EPA quashing their own climate skeptical report. More details at Dino. Is this a scandal? It matters plenty more than Gov. Sanford's ridiculous midlife crisis. Powerline notes the media blackout on the story. Politics, sans facts. It is business as usual in DC.
Related: The O forgives Dems who voted against cap & trade. Not Repubs. As we have said repeatedly, it's just a gussied-up new gigantic tax.
A little something we can do for the fine people of Iran
White House: "not ruling out" middle class tax hike"
From Mankiw in the NYT, who says the gummint could make it's own public option insurance today:
An important question about any public provider of health insurance is whether it would have access to taxpayer funds. If not, the public plan would have to stand on its own financially, as private plans do, covering all expenses with premiums from those who signed up for it.
But if such a plan were desirable and feasible, nothing would stop someone from setting it up right now. In essence, a public plan without taxpayer support would be yet another nonprofit company offering health insurance. The fundamental viability of the enterprise does not depend on whether the employees are called “nonprofit administrators” or “civil servants.”
On mandatory health care, at The Agitator
Good point on Honduras at Hot Air:
Via Gateway Pundit. I understood The One’s logic for not wanting to meddle in Iran. I don’t understand his logic for wanting to meddle in Honduras.
The Admin is right on this one:
Helping out California would open a Pandora’s box of policy headaches for the administration. How do you justify helping one state — even if it’s the biggest — when dozens of other state legislatures and governors have managed to make the wrenching budget cuts necessary? Granting special assistance could be seen as rewarding the worst actor – and set a dangerous precedent that might tempt other states to shrug off budget pain in hopes of getting a bailout.
It's time for them to grow up.
