WASHINGTON IS HOLLYWOOD FOR UGLY PEOPLE, and Congress is “Temptation Island.” “The effect this place has, especially [on] men who come to Washington who are away from their families and the behavior you see at night is the behavior you often saw from our friends in college. Especially unattractive members of the Congress who have not had women show attention to them maybe since college.” Beware.
Archive for 2010
November 17, 2010
IT’S A DIRTY JOB, BUT SOMEONE’S GOT TO DO IT: Correcting Glenn Greenwald on Israel, again. “At least it’s worth pointing out that Greenwald’s obsessive hostility is not based on much actual knowledge of the country in question.” He’s obsessively hostile to the Israel in his mind.
CLAIMS THAT THE MEDAL OF HONOR HAS BEEN “FEMINIZED” are rebutted with manly firmness by Tom Maguire and McQ at BlackFive.
REVIEWING THE REVIEWERS: A roundup of book reviews from all over.
TRIFECTA: DON’T TOUCH MY JUNK.
ROLL CALL: BREAKING: Pelosi Wins Bid for Leader Despite 43 Defections. It was my endorsement that put her over the top. . . .
JOHN HINDERAKER: “In the Telegraph, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wonders whether the current monetary crisis will bring down the European Union. I rather hope so.”
CHANGE: Members of US Congress Get Richer Despite Sour Economy. Recessions, like taxes, are for the little people.
GOVERNMENT-OWNED GENERAL MOTORS gets suspiciously favorable tax ruling from IRS. Taxes are for the little people.
JACOB SULLUM: Chilling Her Softly: The secret silencing of a pain treatment activist. “Schneider, who founded the Pain Relief Network (PRN) in 2003 to highlight the chilling effect of drug law enforcement on the practice of medicine, evidently has a talent for getting under the skin of people in power. But that is not a crime. By treating it as such, [Assistant U.S. Attorney Tanya] Treadway has used grand jury secrecy to cloak an unconstitutional vendetta.”
I HOPE IT DOESN’T SPREAD A ZOMBIE PLAGUE OR SOMETHING: Asteroid dust returned to Earth. But don’t worry. Although a grizzled old scientist warned of danger, the government’s top men say there’s nothing to worry about.
LOU DOLINAR: Sea Life Flourishes In Gulf Of Mexico. “The Great Oil Spill Panic of 2010 will go down in history as mass hysteria on par with the Dutch tulip bubble.”
Dolinar adds by email: “A few days have gone by since all these reports and I’m shocked, shocked that the story hasn’t been reported in the big national media. If I didn’t know better, I’d think they have an agenda or something.”
WILLIAM CALLAHAN REVIEWS John and Doris Naisbitt’s book, China’s Megatrends: The 8 Pillars of a New Society.
FIGHTING ICING with nanotechnology.
ANDREW TRAVER: Andrew who?
A LOOK INSIDE THE Toyota Prius Minivan.
OH, GOODY: Not Made in America Prevails as Fed’s ‘Cheap Money’ Finds Its Way Overseas.
Well, foreign markets don’t suffer from as much Regime Uncertainty.
ALAN BOYLE: How far can you go in a Nissan Leaf?
WHY MORE ANTITRUST IMMUNITY FOR THE MEDIA IS A BAD IDEA.
IN THE MAIL: From Massad Ayoob, The Gun Digest Book Of Concealed Carry.
LAWSUIT OF THE DAY: Parents sued by man who killed their son.
CLAUDIA ROSETT: Charlie Rangel Should Have Worked For The U.N.
THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR JOHN MCCAIN, political “scientists” would be banning birth control. And they were right! FDA Still Blocking Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception For Teens.