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Thursday, January 3. 2013

Thursday morning links

Photo is Between the woods and frozen lake, on Tuesday


Single-molecule motor sits on a single-atom ball bearing


The Rumford Meteor's Top 100 News Stories of 2012. One sample: Wiscasset Ladies Organ Society Gets Together And Wishes More Of Their Organs Worked


Harvard Law to offer first free online course


Examiner Editorial: Worst 2012 lawsuits argue for 2013 reforms


CBS "Evening News" Report: Is ObamaCare Bad For Business?


Higher ed: an obituary - On the future of higher education in the Internet age.


The War on Drugs revisited


Forgiving Serial Killers


'Gun control' doesn't survive Christmas


Michelle: Obama’s Tax Evaders of the Year


VDH: 2013: Welcome to Very, Very Scary Times


Democrats Quietly Allow Social Security Taxes To Rise


U.S. Needs a 12-Step Program for Spending - It's as addictive as crack cocaine and even more dangerous.


A Must-See Film on Being Over 50 and Out of Work


Moscow flash mob: Puttin on the Ritz



Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 05:21 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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QUOTE:
Gary Wickert: U.S. Needs a 12-Step Program for Spending ... the 13 million people (including 3 million Republicans) who voted in 2008 but closed their curtains and stayed home in 2012 ...

You should be skeptical of a reliance on Breitbart.

Votes in 2008: 131,032,799
Votes in 2012: 128,553,859

Change: -2,478,940

QUOTE:
Gary Wickert: On November 6, 2012, a plurality of uninformed voters stumbled into the voting booths and despite the worst economy since the Depression, pressed the bar 59.8 million times in order to get another dose.

More particularly, a majority of voters. In any case, not all people who voted for Obama are on the dole.

QUOTE:
Gary Wickert: This would not have been good for the economy, but the cliff was not all bad.

He seems to be advocating the fiscal cliff, higher taxes and cuts in spending.
#1 Zachriel on 2013-01-03 11:05 (Reply)
Oops, forgot the links:

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2008/popular-vote.html

http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/2012/popular-vote.html
#1.1 Zachriel on 2013-01-03 11:15 (Reply)
"On Being Over 50 and Out of Work" -- here in Eagle Ford Shale territory, there's no such thing as being out of work unless you want to be. Construction crews are half female, because even crusty old Texas employers will overlook lifelong prejudices and hire anyone who can show up and stay vertical. They can't build housing fast enough to contain the workers, many of whom are driving in from surprising distances.

That's until the EPA shuts the whole thing down, of course.
#2 Texan99 (Link) on 2013-01-03 11:20 (Reply)

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