HIGHER CO₂ LEVELS PRODUCE “superwheat?”

THE HILL: Opposition building to Genachowski’s net neutrality proposal.

CHANGE: Britain ‘more Thatcherite now than in the 80s’ says survey: British Social Attitude report finds people less supportive of the welfare state than in the 1980s. Well, Thatcher warned about running out of other people’s money. Now they’ve gone and done it.

VERONIQUE DE RUGY: Social Security Is Broken.

MEGAN MCARDLE on the meaning of corruption.

UPDATE: Kenneth Anderson offers some observations from experience.

MORE ON Class Conflict in the 21st Century.

CAVUTO TO CHRIS MATTHEWS: Cram your remarks about Chris Christie’s weight up your tingly you-know-what. “I’m not paraphrasing; watch to the end and you’ll see that he really does go there.”

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THE “COFFEE PARTY” CALLED AND THEY WANT THEIR MUGS BACK: “No Labels” Rally Bipartisan with a Democratic Tinge. Ya think?

Ann Althouse is harsh:

Every couple of months we get something like this, don’t we? It’s the “Coffee Party” all over again — isn’t it? — an attempt by elite Democrats to create the impression of a grass-roots movement. It never works. And “No Labels” is such a silly… uh… label. It has a certain nostalgic 60s vibe: I ain’t lookin’ to… analyze you, categorize you, finalize you or advertise you…. But I came from the 60s, and I’m sick of that vibe when it’s used to advertise to me. Wasn’t there some ad campaign with a sincere-looking model staring straight into the camera and saying “no labels”? Or was it “no games”? Or no some other damned thing?

Also, from the comments: “I look forward to the day I can point to someone wearing a ‘No Labels’ T-shirt and say ‘you really don’t see the irony’?”

Plus, it’s brand-new and already transcendently dumb.

STUDENTS SHOULDN’T CHEAT: Court Affirms Dismissal of Dental Student For Cheating.

A SCENARIO FOR an Obama Comeback.

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A MORNING ROUNDUP FROM Jennifer Rubin.

MITT ROMNEY COMES OUT AGAINST THE TAX DEAL.

CHANGE: Japan Plans Military Shift to Focus More on China.

GOOD THING OBAMA STOOD UP TO THOSE RICH GUYS: Wall Street Sees Record Revenue in ’09-10 Recovery From Bailout.

Related: 2011: The Best Year Ever to be Rich.

Change!

PAUL MIRENGOFF TO OBAMACARE OPPONENTS: Don’t Get Cocky.

CHUCK SCHUMER, Tea Party Expert.

SHOULD WE expand Congress?

THIS MUST BE MORE OF THAT “SMART DIPLOMACY” WE WERE PROMISED: Hamid Karzai: “If I had to choose sides today, I’d choose the Taliban.”

QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND: Paul Gigot: “I love the symbolism of two Democratic presidents — not one, but two — endorsing Bush tax cuts, saying, ‘We need them crucially to help the economy’.”

BILL QUICK CHEF MOJO likes the cut of Nikki Haley’s jib.

WENDY MURPHY: Bogus Assange Rape Case Hurts Real Women.

SHRINKWRAPPED ON COLUMBIA, INCEST and the morality of the Übermensch.

I would encourage readers to look at Arthur Allen Leff’s “Unspeakable Ethics, Unnatural Law,” which I have mentioned here before, and which is now, happily, available online.

Related: Thoughts on “the wisdom of repugnance.”

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