“REYNOLDS’ LAW” seems to be catching on.
Archive for 2011
March 17, 2011
FIGHTING SPACE DEBRIS with lasers. Related item here.
MARKDOWNS ON Rosetta Stone language software.
STANDING UP against racism.
ANN ALTHOUSE, not backing down. Also, her readers seem to have figured out the identity of the threatener, as well as his address, property tax records, Facebook and Twitpic pages, etc. The last guy to threaten her wound up begging for mercy. This guy will probably envy that one before it’s over . . . .
MORE THUGGERY IN WISCONSIN: “LA CROSSE, Wis. (WTAQ) – Wisconsin Senate Republican Dan Kapanke has called off public meetings in his La Crosse area district, after his property was vandalized and had death threats.”
If it were me, I’d respond by introducing a bill abolishing public education entirely and replacing it with vouchers. Why fund a violent, entitled class at taxpayers’ expense?
SO IS THIS THE HOPE, OR THE CHANGE? Weak Job Market Forces Maine Legislator to Resign, Look For Work Out of State. “A member of the House of Representatives and then the Senate, Bliss was laid off from his position as an administrator at the University of Southern Maine in late 2009 after two decades with the school. Maine legislators work only part-time, collecting about $13,000 a year for their service, leaving Bliss raising three children on only his partner’s full-time work as a low-income housing consultant.”
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW, about concealed carry for women.
AND NEOCONS EVERYWHERE SMILE: Ecstatic crowds in Libya celebrating imminent use of U.S. military force against Gaddafi.
UPDATE: Reader Adam Sullivan emails:
Just pointing out the obvious –
Like the comments in the BBC news section right now where you’d think no one had ever tried to put together a coalition of western democracies to depose an Arab tyrant who was abusing his population. And this one hasn’t even bothered to invade anyone recently.
From those comments one thing is clear – that was one well deserved Peace Prize!
Did these people never hear of Saddam gassing the Kurds, running over Shia with tanks to quell their uprising, or throwing his opponents in chippers?
Guess not.
I suppose that means my support for getting Saddam was “blood for oil” but my support for “Lyberation” is virtuous.
I just can’t figure myself out sometimes.
They told me if I voted for John McCain, we’d be bombing Arab countries while the supporters of the bombing promised that we’d be greeted as liberators. And they were right!
ANOTHER UPDATE: Prof. Stephen Clark writes:
Your reader Adam Sullivan makes raises an interesting point: Those who condemned the use of force against Saddam, but who now praise the use of force against Qaddafi on humanitarian grounds have some explaining to do. Is the difference really a UN resolution – Oh wait, there were 17 UN resolutions on the books, as I recall, the majority of which Saddam had violated, that that would have authorized a resumption of hostilities from the first Gulf War – and one would think provide sufficient cover for any humanitarian intervention. I look forward to the rhetorical contortions to come. Neocons smiling, indeed.
Heh.
MORE: John Steakley emails: “In the interest of fairness and bipartisanship, allow me to defend the President against the ‘Obama Lied’ crowd: He promised to bring the troops home. He never said it wouldn’t be through Libya.”
MORE LEFTIST THUGGERY, THIS TIME IN MICHIGAN:
One person arrested at Wednesday’s protests at the Capitol was armed with a weapon and faces felony charges, Michigan State Police said.
State Police troopers arrested 14 people during a rowdy protest of Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget bills. One of them was a man who allegedly broke into the Capitol through a window and assaulted officers, state police said. The man was armed with a sharp-edged weapon, state police said.
Remember all that talk about the importance of civility and tone? Me neither.
UPDATE: Reader Eugene Dillenburg writes:
Just watched the local Lansing TV news on the aftermath of Wednesday’s protests and arrests. Key points:
* Lansing Mayor (and failed Dem. gubernatorial candidate) Virg Bernero addressed the crowd at Wednesday’s rally and told them you won’t be arrested for protesting.
* A short time later, with the rally in full swing and protesters marching and chanting, the Lansing police left the scene. A spokesman later said they felt the State Police on the scene had things well in hand.
* On Thursday, the Lansing chief of police admitted that was a mistake and they should have stayed. The TV reporter asked her, point blank, seven times: did Mayor Bernero talk to you or have any input into the decision to pull the police out? The chief refused to answer yes or no, simply reiterating that she made the decision.
* The State Police have said that the 14 people arrested after the rally was over, mostly for trespassing for refusing the leave the capitol building, were not part of the union rally. The only one I have seen identified is a college student from Detroit; the others I saw on television appeared to be of a similar age.
Hmm.
COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT TO BEAR PITCHFORKS. This is likely to become more relevant in the foreseeable future. . . .
PARTY ABOVE ALL: Obama to Hit Fourth Party Event This Month.
DAN COLLINS is asking for help.
IT WOULD HAVE DONE MORE GOOD A WEEK AGO: Libya To Be Attacked By The West?
A LIBERTARIAN CONFERENCE AT MISSISSIPPI STATE: Matt Welch will be speaking.
UNION SUPPORTERS TO ANN ALTHOUSE: “WE WILL FUCK YOU UP.” This is why public employee unions should be illegal — they foster a sense of entitlement that leads to criminality. So, Paul Krugman, where’s your civility talk now? Will you write a column suggesting that unions are over-entitled? That the left feels too free with its efforts at intimidation? That maybe there’s something sick, or evil, at the heart of the Wisconsin Democratic party?
Or will you just stick your fingers in your ears and move on? I know how I’m betting.
IOWAHAWK: Your Bracket Awaits, Mr. President!
READER PAUL MUSIC recommends this solar charger for iPhones, cellphones, etc. Well, if you’re anticipating a lengthy power outage, it might come in handy.
UPDATE: Reader Douglas Appelt writes: “Just thought I’d point out that this appears to be an extremely useful device, even if you’re not ‘anticipating a lengthly power outage.’ You can now bring your iPhone on a backpacking trip, and assuming you can get a phone signal in the wilderness (a big if, but you often can if you’re on top of a mountain with a clear line of sight to the nearest tower) you can have a device for emergency communication, and that can be used as a GPS locator, and can store maps of the vicinity where you’ll be, not to mention looking up that interesting bug or plant on the web.”
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Law School Loses Its Allure as Jobs at Firms Are Scarce . “Student applications to law schools are down sharply this year, as college seniors grow leery of a degree that promises certain debt and uncertain job prospects. The number of law-school applicants this year is down 11.5% from a year ago to 66,876, according to the Law School Admission Council Inc. The figure, which is a tally of applications for the fall 2011 class, is the lowest since 2001 at this stage of the process.” Smart law schools will be looking for ways to minimize the debt, and maximize the employment prospects.
And it’s not just law: “Business-school applications for the fall 2011 class have not been tallied yet by the Graduate Management Admission Council. But last year, the average number of applications to full-time graduate programs declined 1.8%, the Council said, the first decline since 2005.”
JENNIFER RUBIN: Why would Jim DeMint risk his Tea Party standing for Mitt Romney?
“WHERE ARE THE AMERICANS?” (CONT’D): “Despite the urgency, it appears that the Libyan insurrection likely will be over before the Obama administration makes any decision as to what to do about it. It may well be that the best course has always been to do nothing. But if that is the case, what was the point of Obama’s pronouncement that Qaddafi ‘must’ go? If it is important that Qaddafi go, then why is the United States unwilling to lift a finger to bring about the event that ‘must’ happen? And how can a situation simultaneously be urgent, but not worth doing anything about? Weakness, incoherence, drift, indecision–these are the hallmarks of the Obama administration. We are beginning to get a sense of what a world without American leadership looks like.”
HOW WASHINGTON ruined your washing machine.
TAKING WELFARE REFORM to the next level.