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Archive for 2010
January 14, 2010
ED DRISCOLL: Oh, That State-Run Media!
DANNY GLOVER CHANNELS PAT ROBERTSON ON HAITI: Vengeance for Offending Jehovah Gaia!
BOOKS: Exploring World War II.
SCOTT BROWN FAN: “I know more Democrats who are voting for this guy than Republicans.”
Plus: Jackpot: Brown raised a million dollars a day every day this week. “The first-ever moneycarpetbomb?”
NEW POLL: Boston Herald: ‘Brown-out’ poll shows Scott Brown trumping Martha Coakley. “Riding a wave of opposition to Democratic health-care reform, GOP upstart Scott Brown is leading in the U.S. Senate race, raising the odds of a historic upset that would reverberate all the way to the White House, a new poll shows. Although Brown’s 4-point lead over Democrat Martha Coakley is within the Suffolk University/7News survey’s margin of error, the underdog’s position at the top of the results stunned even pollster David Paleologos.”
THE BELMONT CLUB: Haiti After The Quake. With satellite imagery.
TROUBLE AT HOME for Ben Nelson.
U.S. GOVERNMENT INVESTS $78 million in algae biofuel research.
READER BRYAN LIVINGSTON WRITES ON THE MASSACHUSETTS RACE:
I have been mentally preparing myself for the most probable outcome in the Massachusetts senate race – a close loss by Scott Brown. The Boston Globe story this morning on the air war in the Boston media market clarified the biggest single impact of the race.
FTA:
What was supposed to be a cakewalk is suddenly a strain on the party treasury, draining funds that otherwise would have been available to defend vulnerable Democratic seats this fall.
There may be better illustrations of the impact of a tech-savvy citizenry, but the leverage here is breathtaking. The future of electoral politics in this country is beginning to look much more interesting, not to mention hopeful.
Yes, this was supposed to be a non-race for the Democrats; that it’s close is already a defeat of sorts, though obviously a real defeat would be worse for them.
ANNE MCKINNEY BIDS A NOT-SO-FOND FAREWELL TO LANE KIFFIN:
REMEMBERING THE GOOD OLD DAYS.
COULD HAITI’S EARTHQUAKE TRAGEDY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?
ILYA SOMIN: “Most commentators have interpreted the movie Avatar as having an anti-capitalist message. Libertarian economist David Henderson, however, claims that it is actually a defense of property rights. Though I must reserve judgment until I see the movie, I am skeptical that Henderson’s interpretation of the movie is either the message intended by the producers or the one most American viewers come away with. However, it’s interesting that Henderson’s interpretation is exactly how the film was perceived by many in China, where the government has forcibly expelled millions from their homes in recent years, in order to make way for various development projects.”
SEX STING IN POCONOS NETS FORMER U.N. WEAPONS CHIEF. So you don’t think Scott Ritter was blackmailable, or anything, and that this might have had something to do with his sudden change of position?
GM’S BOB LUTZ NOW FAVORS HIGHER GAS TAXES: “And this from the guy who declared global warming a ‘crock of sh*t’.” Yeah, but now he works for the federal government, which likes higher taxes.
THE ANCHORESS is keeping a constantly updated Haiti post going.
DONATE BLOOD: Get Free Beer.
HOW THE MEDIA ARE COVERING that disastrous Head Start study. “A day after it was released, here’s a roundup of how the mainstream media are covering the HHS study showing that America’s $100 billion plus investment in Head Start is a failure: […crickets…] Nada. Zilch. Rien du tout, mes amis.”
HAPPY SIXTH BLOGGIVERSARY to Ann Althouse.
BACON: IS THERE ANYTHING IT CAN’T DO? Bacon and eggs could help pregnant women boost their baby’s intelligence.
FROM MAURICE STUCKE: Am I a Price-Fixer? A Behavioral Economics Analysis of Cartels. Looking into “why executives risk prison, their careers, and their status in the community, and violate the antitrust laws.”
AN INTERESTING RESPONSE to high textbook costs.