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Wednesday, September 29. 2010Weds. morning links" Marriage as a partnership for building a life. Not necessarily a fairy tale. We'll never know if the electric car industry would have been viable without subsidies. Yes we do, and it wouldn't be. I had wondered where our friendly commenter, Mike from New Hampshire, was. Dead with an MI at 51. RIP. How stats deceive: The myth of Connecticut's education gap Capretta on Obamacare: The Anatomy of a Hostile Government Takeover.
Malanga: The Unholy public-sector coalition The Hill: Democrats to stuff 20 bills into post-election lame-duck session. A good bye present? Grayson is despicable. But when did being a scum ever harm a political career?
Congressman Calls For Schools To ‘Promote The Agenda’ Of Climate Change, Population Limitation. Maybe they can fool the kids. Rent-a-Wolf: Filmmakers Fake Wildlife 'Documentaries' Via Chicago Boyz:
Men were built to kill, rape, and to create general mayhem. Civilization is a challenge for us. Our only redemption is being touched by God. Lowry: Democrats in Denial About Unpopular Policies Vindication of the graph below: Tuesday, September 28. 2010Tuesday morning links Graph above via Government Pay Growth Outpaces Private Pay Growth Mead: How China's growing power aids US influence in the East For first time in almost a century, Russian train arrives in Nice. Cool. Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas At Newsmax,
Surber: Guess what the New York Times didn’t like Who is going to rally in DC next? And yes, they are bussing them in. Democrats Face Skeptics in Rural Areas
Obamacare: The pain begins now Light rail doesn't work in Phoenix/ It's a city that grew up with cars. NYC has heavily-used subways (light rail) because it grew up with them. In the war between social and fiscal conservatives the question on everyone's mind is: who (or what) comes first? Trumka channels Chavez:
A vicious campaign by the government to destroy Guo Degang, a beloved Chinese comedian, is illustrative of what totalitarians are capable of in pursuit of their soulless society. The Chinese rulers have no faith in the people - and they are afraid of them. Lots of "the people" in China, and surely they are not all weenies.
Monday, September 27. 2010Free Speech or Free TokesThe Stolen Valor Act, which some judges say abridges free speech, will end up before the Supreme Court. Here's the latest case of "free speech". The Denver Post reporter who previously, in her words, "was duped" by the false claims, reports:
Hey, judges, no harm done, huh. Influencing legislation, being appointed to a government commission, misleading veterans in need of help, no big thing. How about impersonating judges? Would that count? H/T: JonnLilyea
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The Blue Team keeps making unforced errorsA good analysis by Keith Hennessey. Speaking of unforced errors, Segway inventor drives self off cliff. Sheesh.
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Monday morning links
High- and low-divorce careers Update on Dion Lady Gaga visits a nursing home... dressed as a dominatrix-style Hillary Clinton h/t Schneiderman Shrinkwrapped: There'll Always Be An England? Dems plan to extend Bush's middle-class tax rates Young Adults, Health Insurance Is Available for About Same Monthly Cost as A Cell Phone MA Gov Patrick: “It’s a free country. I wish it weren’t, but . . . it’s a free country. More revealing Leftist talk, at the NYT: Keeping the money you make is a "present" from the government. Czech president tells UN to stay out of economics
Obama Admin tearing down wall between church and state How the Environmental Movement Became Just Another Washington Power Bloc
Sunday, September 26. 2010Sunday morning links
Glass recycling Google Earth finds recent crater Asperger's: The Boy Who Couldn't Make Friends Sen Kerry: Voters are clueless/ But not when they vote for you, Senator? The Tea Party Movement Is a Women's Movement The gold bubble Obama Stimulus Made Economic Crisis Worse, `Black Swan' Author Taleb Says You Can't Say That: Against its wishes, Europe’s political class is hip-deep in immigration debates. How California ran out of toilet paper Via Betsy, The beliefs behind the tea party movement Bob Shrum: Americans aren't listening to Obama. No. We have heard enough.
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Saturday, September 25. 2010A few Sat. morning links
The Colorado River runs dry. Without looking it up, do you remember where that river used to run into the sea before it was sucked dry by human needs? What's all this about cookstoves? Sounds like Cultural Imperialism to me. Powerline's appeal to Yale alums From HBS - Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends Where are all these Malik Shabazzes coming from? I've never seen so many of them. Turtle Bay, Where the Outrageous Is Normal. The UN is a joke. Spitzer: Cuomo ‘Dirtiest, Nastiest’ Of Politicians. He is not a good person. It would be amusing if he loses. A HUD inspector gets it: ACORN Spinoff Smacked Down by HUD Inspector General Tom Friedman's Totalitarian Temptation:
Tom Friedman as Dictator for Life. There's an idea. BTW, I think Tom is a pompous ass. Not stupid, but unwise. Friday, September 24. 2010Equal Justice For All?Are all Americans entitled to equal protections under the law? Of course, except if relying upon the current leadership of US Department of Justice. Reluctantly, only after misrepresentations were made to Congress by officials of the US Department of Justice, the chief of the DOJ’s Voting Rights Section – with over three decades service in the DOJ -- claimed whistleblower protections to spill the beans to In his testimony, Christopher Coates, recounting his direct experiences, summed up “the hostility in the Civil Right Division (CRD) and Voting Section toward the equal enforcement of some of the federal voting laws.”:
Another Voting Rights Section attorney who resigned to blow the same whistle comments, “My profession has not seen a hero like Coates since the giants of the civil rights movement convinced the courts to eradicate legal racial discrimination. Coates has dedicated a lifetime to following in their footsteps, to ensuring free access to the ballot.” I just checked Google news. No MSM coverage yet. I just checked another major aggregator of news wires. No coverage yet. Surely there will be, some. That is not enough. It is up to the voters in November to see that there’s a Congress which conducts proper oversight of the Obama Justice Department, to ensure equal justice for all.
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ProCon: Personally, I blame Christine O'Donnell
A witch ruined my Maggie's post. Well, okay, part-time witch and newly-elected Delaware Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell ruined my Maggie's post. It really hurt. A few days before the Delaware election, I was reading various articles in both the MSM and MSB and, in regards to the Tea Party spirit, was planning on writing an interesting piece on "who gets it" and who doesn't. From the Left: I think it's safe to say that ol' Dave doesn't get it. Jacob Weisberg: The Tea Party movement has two defining traits: status anxiety and anarchism Or ol' Jacob. Continue reading "ProCon: Personally, I blame Christine O'Donnell"
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Friday morning links
"ObamaCare addresses every healthcare problem, with every solution further centralizing power and decision making in Washington. The promises do not come cheap." At The American, Still No Good News for ObamaCare Michelle Obama’s healthier eating plan runs up against a fat reality: Americans don’t wanna Powerline: The Central Issue of Our Time: Federal Spending The Repubs put forth their agenda. So what's the Dem agenda? Zuckerman: The American Dream of Home Ownership Has Become a Nightmare Scott Brown blasts Harvard over ROTC ban Socialism breeds selfishness: I, me, mine. UN Chief: "...the world still looks to the United Nations for moral and political leadership." Really? What do you think of this?
Thursday, September 23. 2010Two more links on the O's problemsThe O cannot fill a ballroom in NYC. That is bad news for him. Bill Clinton offers advice to the O. Good, sleazy, sneaky, political advice from a guy who never seems to have had a sense of right and wrong or truth and falsehood. Bill Clinton is clever as heck and does think: it's been too bad that he thinks like a criminal.
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Thursday morning links
The Repub Pledge. No harm in being explicit on what they are "Yes" about. Great pics of abandoned properties. h/t Doug Ross Your body is always making cancer. h/t - I forgot Kudlow: Go back to the gold standard VDH wonders whether America is becoming a nation of peasants. Like Euroland? Sowell: The politics of resentment Fund: The Carter-Obama comparisons Villainous: Quantifying the Hypocrisy of Lefty Academicians Related, Q&O toys with An Academic Professional TNR on Rand Paul Watch your medical insurance costs rise. More details at Betsy China-apologist Tom Friedman still loves China Harper on Canada's gun registry:
Wednesday, September 22. 2010Sanchez: Racist Democrat Vs ImmigrantAs the anti-Democrat tide gets stronger, many Democrat office holders have been clinging to their offices ashore by resorting to the race-card - that those who differ from them must be racists. In mid-August, when no one else was paying attention to this contest, I wrote about the congressional race in California's 47th district in Orange County. A seemingly entrenched Democrat, Loretta Sanchez, has the advantage of a preponderant Hispanic and Democrat constituency. Her challenger, Van Tran, has waged an uphill battle to within striking distance, Sanchez 45/Tran 43 in one poll. The consensus of experienced poll-watchers has moved the race from solidly Democrat to weak Democrat, and the tide keeps turning. I wrote in mid-August that "The race has not, yet, overtly become an ethnic battle – and shouldn’t" but in desperation Loretta Sanchez has now pulled the race card. Loretta Sanchez went on Spanish-language Univision TV to tell Latinos "Those Vietnamese and GOP are trying to take away our seat from us."
No, Loretta, the seat does not belong to any ethnic group or race. The seat belongs to Americans who want representation in their and the country's interests. Van Tran's campaign emphasizes those interests: 1. Stop the wasteful spending. Here's Van Tran's website. Please contribute, send a message against the race-card, and send Loretta Sanchez out with the tide. Van Tran is proud to be an immigrant who treasures America. H/T Breitbart TV
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Yet another Maggie's Farm endorsement: Sean Bielat for MA's 4th District
It's time for the absurd Barney Frank to retire, but the real point is that Bielat is one heck of a good candidate. Here's his website. Wednesday morning linksWe can build whatever animal you want to eat, say scientists Discovered after 90 years: Diary complete with amazing paintings and drawings that bring to life the horror faced by Tommies in the WWI trenches. h/t, Washington Reb Examiner Editorial: Government and journalists cower at threats to cartoonist Obama: "Mexicans" Were Here "Long Before America Was Even An Idea". Maybe he meant to say "the Spanish." Or did he mean the Indians? Is Palin running for Pres? Not sure it's a good idea. Has the Congressional Black Caucus totally bought the entitlement mentality? Government greed vs. job-makers SEIU Spokesman Caught on Tape Bragging About How Local News Does Labor’s Bidding Tuesday, September 21. 2010Is Hollywood listening?At Reason, Cuba and the Death of Communism: Fidel Castro finally admits the obvious. One quote:
Even with guns and secret police and informers on every block and state terror in general, it's tough to keep a population oppressed. The only way to do it is to kill them, in which case those who imagine that they can control people and their economic activities become kings of giant cemeteries.
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Newt on the Cordoba HouseThis is the most clearly stated, sensible, and historically accurate statement that I’ve read on this issue:
Discuss and debate - Another CT endorsement from Maggie's Farm: Martha Dean for AG
Now I'd like to support Martha Dean for AG in CT. Impressive lady. I have met her (and Dan, too).
Tuesday morning links
David Brooks: Tea partiers are narcissistic, egomaniacal, self-righteous people who distort the truth! Yes, you can tell from the photo. Is old age a cause of death? Of course it is. It's entropy. Things fall apart. Did you miss this story? Physicist: Burning fossil fuels is of no significance Samuelson and Gelinas debate the economic wreckage The UK: The Ultimate in Nanny-Statism! Proof: New Records Show DOJ Lied About New Black Panther Dismissal World's most beautiful campus: Kenyon College.
Monday, September 20. 2010Recycling is nonsenseThe Globe's Jeff Jacoby gets it. When it becomes profitable to mine landfills, they will be mined. Possibly in 1000 years. Add: The comments on Jacoby's piece are entertaining.
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Monday morning links
Columbia wins again: Few Schools Have a Solid Core Curriculum Creepy vid: Al Gore's Baleful Brood
New addition to ye olde blogroll: the profblog. See his Sarah Palin urges WHITES to vote for change Teachers win, students lose, in DC. However, Unions Struggling to Get Members to Rally Behind Dems. They'll figure it out: they plan on spending $100 million on these elections. That can buy something. Is your money the government's money? Tea Parties. It's how people organize themselves. People migrate towards freedom. Vigorous folks want to be left alone. The Republican Answer to George Soros's Money - Steven Law admires how the left organized itself during its wilderness years. Now he's got $50 million to help elect candidates on the right. The Admin is bad for business. No kidding. More Christie vs greedy unions. NY Post Palin as the Leftwing Anti-Christ. So was Nixon, Reagan, Bush, etc. etc. Same old, same old. Bailing out General Motors 20 months ago may have been a political payback. Duh. It's a wonder to me that politicians and bozos like Michelle O know what foods are "good for us," while doctors have no idea. The notion of "healthy food" is religion, not science. Thomas Sowell: The “Achievements” of the American Intelligentsia“- Intellectuals give people who have the handicap of poverty the further handicap of a sense of victimhood.” Are American Universities Going the Way of General Motors? Driscoll on 60s mythology: , “Jack Webb reached more people than Jimi Hendrix every week” Barnes: GOP Nor’easter - Republicans storm Pennsylvania and beyond. We have said this too. Clinton: Losing House Would Help Obama in 2012 Saturday, September 18. 2010Saturday morning links10 Job Search Mistakes You're Probably Making
The limits of science. A quote:
City Journal on charter school lotteries AVI thinks about poverty. Before I even get to his considerations, I need to know who is in those stats, and how poverty is currently defined (for example, does it include the value of government benefits? I know it excludes assets, and only looks at income.). Does it include grad students with stipends and free housing? People with two cars? Women's Studies grads living at home who can't find a job? 19 year-old single moms with four kids? People who are temporarily out of work? People who work off the books? - (Who hasn't heard "I'll do it for $500, or $200 in cash"?). Maine potato or blueberry farmers with 200 acres? Chronic schizophrenics and the mentally disabled who can only work in sheltered situations? The creepy Goth gals with the tats and body-piercings who work part-time in the truck stops in St. Johnsbury and Lebanon NH and live with their boyfriends? Unemployed actors and dancers? Waiters in Colorado Springs who do not declare their tips? Drug dealers who declare no income? The elderly living on Social Security? I mean, I know there is some poverty (and tons of programs to assist them), but who are they? And how much of it is elective in some sense, like my hippie Maine Guide who wants to follow his heart and doesn't give a damn about income? Or people who won't leave Michigan when there are jobs for them in Texas and Alabama? Money is not everybody's primary motivator, but I know there are tons of ambitious Americans looking hard for work right now in this crappy Obama economy. I just want to know who is in those stats. Powerline on the politics of the stupid and obnoxious lightbulb ban Castle seems to have felt entitled. Here's another sore loser. Grow up, people. Take your lumps, and go get a $1 million/yr lobbying job in DC if you don't like living in your home state. Or is it about a twisted desire for power? What does Take Back America mean to you? For years, a common yard and barn sign in nothern Vermont has been "Take Back Vermont." (I don't think they took it back yet, and soon the posters of those signs will be dead. Dead and buried, ayup.) Nice Magazine You’ve Got There, Mr. Forbes… Be a shame if something were to happen to it… Friday, September 17. 2010Why not call it "weather"?White House wants to change the alarm to "climate disruption." When people keep changing the name of something, you have to wonder What's up? Like, maybe there is no global warming now. But there is still weather of all sorts to get all excited about - especially in New England where the climate is "disrupted" constantly: See this charming 1876 speech by Mr. Samuel Clemems. As for me, I hate boring weather. I enjoy disruptive weather. BTW, I think Holdren is insane.
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ProCon: Back to the (grass) roots![]()
A couple of months ago I hooked up online with a very sharp lady named Wendy Calloway. We had both mentioned in blog comments what a dismal failure the right-wing blogs turned out to be after the '06 (historic Democratic sweep) and '08 (Obama) elections, so I contacted her and asked her if she'd like to dissect the entire mess, piece by piece, and reevaluate everything; what worked, what didn't, and what to do about the latter. Therein followed about a thousand emails, a bunch of phone calls, and a big 'master file' of the future web site that we passed back and forth. As for the '06 and '08 elections:
The reference to Ned Lamont is quite apt. He was the Connecticut senatorial candidate that DailyKos, MyDD, et al, got behind. His election was supposed to be their 'crowning moment' as they showed the world what blogpower was all about. The point the above quote makes is that he got crushed in the election. Fat lot of good all that blogpower did.
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Friday morning links
Quantum computers on the way Prager: Why the Right Fears Transforming America -- and the Left Seeks It Gov. Christie does it again (with the vid). He's a mensch. Not a metrosexual. Too real for politics...or maybe not. Related: Ryan and Christie - the GOP's Dynamic Duo Poverty rate at highest level in half-century, data show. They do not tell you how they define poverty, or whether their figures include government benefits. NYT sees Tea Partiers as "furious" and "snarling." I'd term that pure projection. From George Will's Trifle with the government? Just ask Jacob Maged:
OMG. Christine O'Donnell has had sex! Ace: Democrats To Run On Record of Genuine Accomplishment and Gaywad Logo But Mostly Gaywad Logo
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