Maggie's Farm

The world has 5 times as many polar bears today than it did 50 years ago. I blame climate change.

Samuelson: Why Our Poverty Measure Misleads

Ocean pH alarmism, easily debunked

Via Q&O:

Russia is eliminating the capital gains tax. Sadly, the ex-commies know something we apparently don't. http://bit.ly/cSzTOe #

Was it a shakedown? Of course it was.

Is this legal to do? NYC Going After Teen 'Sexting' -- In The Home

Wouldn't an Arizona lawsuit be like suing yourself? All their law does is repeat federal law on a state basis.

Lowry: The O turns out to be mortal

Thompson on Egalitarian Superiority:

 In my experience, the more egalitarian a person says he is, the more superior he wishes to be, or assumes he already is. Egalitarian sentiment is, and generally has been, a license for hypocrisy, double standards and exerting power over others. Much as a professed disdain for inequality is a way to signal one’s own moral, intellectual and social superiority.

Some pigs are more equal than others.

From Steyn:

Chris Matthews and the other leg-tinglers invented an Obama that doesn't exist. Unfortunately, they're stuck with the one that does, and it will be interesting to see whether he's capable of plugging the leak in his own support. If not, who knows what the tide might wash up?

Memo to Secretary Rodham Clinton: Do you find yourself of a quiet evening with a strange craving for chicken dinners and county fairs in Iowa and New Hampshire, maybe next summer? Need one of those relaunch books to explain why you're getting back in the game in your country's hour of need?

"It Takes A Spillage."

Father's Day image on top courtesy of Theo

Image below of the O worrying about the oil leak, via Jammie (the point is not that the guy likes golf. Lots of people like golf - most cannot afford to be delivered to the course via helicopter, however. The point is the double standard. What if Bush...):