HEH. BUT OF COURSE: Three states considering taxing electric cars to compensate for lost gas taxes. “Instead of taxing fuel to finance road infrastructure, a VMT tax system charges motorists based on their ‘road consumption,’ as measured by total miles traveled. VMT could be implemented via the use of GPS units, which records distance traveled and charges motorist accordingly.”
Archive for 2011
March 25, 2011
JOINED AT THE HIP TO OBAMA, G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether.
WASHINGTON POST: Anxiety Grows Over Japan’s Food And Water Supply.
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: Administration to brief lawmakers on Libya.
JAPANESE SUPPLY CHAIN’S missing links.
HEH: “You know, that website that talks about airplanes, and ekranoplans, and tsunamis, and erotic male photography.” Shockingly, that doesn’t narrow things down as much as you’d think.
TRYING TO jog Nick Kristof’s memory.
10 CLASSIC ALBUMS for $3.99 each.
REPUBLICAN APPROPRIATORS STILL DON’T GET IT, and may face Tea Party primary opponents. They should.
“SMART DIPLOMACY” (CONT’D): Allies Are Split on Goal and Exit Strategy in Libya.
THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED REPUBLICAN, we’d see the KKK breaking out all over. And they were right! “70-year-old John Paul Rogers wants to become the next mayor of Lake Wales, but critics say he could have a tough time bringing the town together because he’s a former member of Ku Klux Klan. . . . Voters will make the final decision when they cast their votes in the non-partisan mayoral race on April 5. Though party affiliation is not a factor in the race Rogers and Carter are both Democrats.”
But she’s politically reliable. My guess, however, is that they’re floating her name to draw fire and make the actual appointment — who will be just as politically reliable — seem better by comparison. So look closely when that’s announced.
CENSORSHIP at the Huffington Post.
REUTERS: Unlike Obama in Libya, Bush Was “Going It Alone” In Iraq. Well, except that he had a coalition twice as big. Really, Reuters just gets more pathetic.
MORE ON THE “kinetic military action” vs. “war” question.
YOU NEED MORE retirement savings.
REBEL COMMANDER IN LIBYA fought against U.S. in Afghanistan.
UPDATE: WaPo: Pressure building on Obama to clarify mission in Libya.
ANOTHER UPDATE: White House: Libya War? What Libya War?
CBO SAYS taxing drivers based on miles driven a real option for raising revenues. With a handy GPS device in your car to track your driving!
I had some thoughts on that subject here.
LEFTIST ENCLAVES ALWAYS SEEM TO TURN OUT THIS WAY: San Francisco Becoming Child-Free Zone As Youth Population Declines.
JAMES TARANTO ON MEDIA MATTERS: “At least we’re done with all the prissy ‘civility’ talk that was faddish for a few weeks in January.”
March 24, 2011
JIM TREACHER: If Obama really was born in Kenya, right now we’d be talking about President Hillary Clinton. “Putting aside the stupidity of Barbara Walters saying George Bush ‘left this mess,’ referring to the deficit — which is a bit like saying Bush once lit a match, so it’s okay for Obama to burn down your house — this is a pretty remarkable moment. Trump can get away with saying this stuff, because what are you gonna do about it? I mean, the guy walks around looking like he just stuck his head in a microwave. He gave up caring what you think long, long ago. But what’s really revealing here is that not only is he not laughed off the stage, but he gets a couple of applause breaks for it. Hey, Barry, when you start to lose the hens who’ll actually sit through a taping of The View…”