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Archive for 2009
September 18, 2009
TURNABOUT: Arizona State Police to Investigate Aggressive Redflex Driver: YouTube video captures Redflex photo radar van driver violating several traffic laws. Turnabout seems like extremely fair play here. . . .
MICHAEL LEDEEN IS liveblogging Iran.
VIDEO: Thomas Dolby: “The Flat Earth.” Love the viewpoint shots. Wish I could have seen his tour with BT a couple of years back.
HISTORY: Tin Cans On Wheels.
IN THE MAIL: Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics. Seems timely.
REASON TV INTERVIEWS Sam Tanenhaus, author of The Death of Conservatism.
AN ACORN/PROSTITUTION MONOLOGUE from Jay Leno.
A SAD STORY: Proxy wedding means Marine’s widow, baby unwelcome.
UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. Sorry!
THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY National Lawyers’ Convention will be in DC this year, Nov. 12-14. More information at the link.
KEITH HENNESSEY: 20 questions for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission.
DEBASING THE CURRENCY REDUCES ITS VALUE: ‘Racist’ claims defuse once powerful word: With the word being used so often, it’s harder to define its meaning. Gee, do you think? You keep running the printing presses with nothing to back them up, and that happens . . . .
PRAISE FOR ANDREW BREITBART from John Hinderaker. Andrew has certainly set a new standard in alt-media journalism.
BYRON YORK: Under Fire, Democrats Abandon ACORN in Droves.
FROM THE MANOLO: The Nerd-In-Chief. “Manolo says, you should see his collection of action figures.”
TOM NICHOLS: Obama Made the Right Decision on Missile Defense. I’m unpersuaded, but I hope I’m wrong.
ARNOLD KLING: “Of the following statements made by President Obama in his speech on health reform last week, which is not true? Answer below the fold.”
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MEANING OF “NOT RAISING TAXES” IS.
MATTHEW VADUM: Why ACORN’s Internal Audit Is A Sham.
SO HOW’S THAT “SMART DIPLOMACY” WORKING OUT FOR YOU? Polish PM wouldn’t take U.S. calls.
MICKEY KAUS: Ezra Klein, Unreliable Narrator!
JAMES TARANTO: Kill Grandma or the Terrorists Win.
HOUSING CRISIS UPDATE: FHA cash reserves will fall below minimum. “The Federal Housing Administration has been hit so hard by the mortgage crisis that for the first time, the agency’s cash reserves will drop below the minimum level set by Congress, FHA officials said. . . . ‘It’s very serious,” FHA Commissioner David H. Stevens said in an interview. ‘There’s nothing more serious that we’re addressing right now, outside the housing crisis in general, than this issue.'”
“I FIND YOUR LACK OF GRACE DISTURBING.” Actually, this is my favorite photo-op so far. I feel a little sorry for Tim Morehouse, though.