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Archive for 2009
July 25, 2009
IRAN UPDATE: Iranian Police, Militia Attack Opposition Protesters. But while the attacks are to be taken for granted, the big news is that the protests are still going on. “As night fell, Iranians across the city gathered on their rooftops and chanted death to the dictator’ and ‘courageous neighbors, thank you for your support,’ apparently in response to the protests around the world.”
THAT’S NOT VERY SMART: Nikon dissing mommybloggers? Yeah, ’cause moms never want to take pictures or anything. (Via Michael Silence, who comments: “Who’s advising Nikon, the AP? The Knox County mayor’s office? Memo to Nikon: Roll up a newspaper and go smack a hornet’s nest.”)
PROJECTION: 40% of Americans could get swine flu next year.
POLITICO: CBO Deals New Blow to Health Plan. “For the second time this month, congressional budget analysts have dealt a blow to the Democrat’s health reform efforts, this time by saying a plan touted by the White House as crucial to paying for the bill would actually save almost no money over 10 years.”
Well, you can’t blame Obama for this — he doesn’t even know what’s in the bill. . . .
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. I guess, like Erin Andrews, she was asking for it.
VIRGINIA POSTREL: Is California Still Glamorous?
AN ELECTRIC CAR that can recharge in 11 minutes?
BITES FROM THE APPLE: A roundup of news from the Apple empire. A tablet-based Mac?
PLANET-KILLING CLIMATE-CHANGER: “It was a great trip!”
UPDATE: Expert is as expert does. “Here is a picture of Thomas Friedman’s house.” My goodness. Can that be right? It’s certainly a bigger carbon footprint than Stately Instapundit Manor.
PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING celiac disease.
GREEN SHOOTS! From 1930.
EVERYTHING SEEMINGLY IS SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL: U.S. Navy Commander Files Sex Complaint Against Female Miami Herald Journo.
MICHAEL YON FROM AFGHANISTAN on satellite communications for soldiers. And bloggers.
CHANGE! Heh.
IN THE MAIL: From Richard Botkin, Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph.
THE NEXT BIG THING in entertainment.
KATIE COURIC VS. Alessandra Stanley. Let down again by those layers of editors and fact-checkers. . . .
CHRIS DODD UPDATE: AP: Dodd May Snub Lobbyists, But Not Their Cash. “Facing the toughest re-election fight of his nearly 30 years in the Senate, Sen. Christopher Dodd boasts about snubbing lobbyists. Yet even as he touts his independence, the embattled Connecticut Democrat is still cashing lobbyist campaign checks and rubbing shoulders with them at fundraisers and party gatherings.”
THE NIKON D5000 gets a very positive review from Popular Mechanics. “The D5000 is a fantastic camera for the price and a great, consumer-friendly entry in the world of SLRs.” I love my D300, but the D5000 is a lot cheaper — less than half the price of the D300 body-only, even with the 18-55 lens included.
LAYING DOWN A MARKER: Bill Quick says it’s a sucker’s rally. We’ll see. I think the declining prospects for Obamacare and cap-and-trade have been responsible for a lot of the advances in the market.
MICHAEL SILENCE: “That’s the problem, for the AP it is still 1994.”