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Thursday, April 29. 2010

Thursday morning links

A fun Costco prank. Goat balls?


From The Crushing Patriarchy, Episode 12:



The assumption of a ‘natural’ 1:1 gender ratio in all occupations is itself a prejudice, albeit a modish one. On what basis do we determine that there ought to be a particular ratio of male and female philosophers, or mathematicians, or engineers? At what point and on what basis do we determine that a particular gender is sufficiently “represented” in a given vocation?



Ambinder: The Democratic Message for 2010


Teach Social Justice - Or Else


Obamacare Requires You To "Show Your Papers"


Why reporters are down on the President. And no presser for 10 months! Shocking.


Orszag explains how ObamaCare imposes rationing


Stealth Statehood for Puerto Rico?


Astroturf to support the Cult of Personality


Why Obama is going negative


Adler at Volokh likes Cape Wind. I think it is insane. These costly bird-shredding eyesores will never make money without taxpayer subsidies, and will never amount to a hill of beans as far as energy sourcing goes. Tax-subsidized feel-good baloney.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:00 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Best ever comment on Cape Wind in response to a quote by a conservationist "that loons will likely abandon the area for years to come...".

From Brian:
"loons will likely abandon the area for years to come"

I seriously doubt the Kennedys are just going to up and move.
#1 John on 2010-04-29 09:30 (Reply)
Oops!
http://reason.com/blog/2010/04/28/cape-wind-approved-ted-kennedy#comment_1681979
#2 John on 2010-04-29 09:32 (Reply)
I don't think it's so much that Adler likes Cape Wind or windmills, as that he dislikes the capricious delays and political roadblocks that have been thrown in front of it.

"If the .. Administration is serious about ... energy, it needs to do more to create a favorable regulatory climate for future projects. In particular, it needs to lay out clear standards and guidelines for future projects and prevent last-minute efforts to sabotage the approval process so investors and developers can more accurately gauge the time and costs involved in siting new facilities."
#3 Douglas2 on 2010-04-29 10:06 (Reply)

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