CBS POLL: Romney 47, Obama 46. Among registered voters.
Archive for 2012
July 18, 2012
CHANGE: Rising Corn Prices And Your Grocery Bill.
Think strategic shopping.
HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? (CONT’D): Post Office Might Miss Retirees’ Payment.
BILL WHITTLE EMAILS TO RECOMMEND THIS: 1001 Reasons to Vote Against Barack Obama.
#NARRATIVEFAIL: Zimmerman says he never heard of Stand Your Ground law prior to incident. Making it unlikely that the law had much to do with what happened. But, then, there was never any real reason to think it did. That was just a lefty talking point aimed at exploiting a tragedy for political gain. As usual.
HOW’S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKIN’ OUT FOR YA? States Grapple With Fiscal Budget Crises. “The task force has identified six threats to state government fiscal health. Chief among them is Medicaid, the federally-backed insurance program for the poor and disabled.”
GOT A TECHNOLOGICAL INTEREST IN NANOTECHNOLOGY? You might want to attend the Foresight Technical Conference on Nanotechnology, in January.
#GREENFAIL: Amonix closes North Las Vegas solar plant after 14 months, heavy federal subsidies. “The Amonix plant was highly touted by political leaders and economic development officials when it opened in May 2011. Company executives said they would employ as many as 300 assembly line workers paid $12 to $14 an hour, plus benefits. Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Gov. Brian Sandoval were among the political leaders who lauded the company when it announced it would start making solar panels in the Golden Triangle Industrial Park. . . . Amonix isn’t the only solar company to go under after receiving an infusion of federal capital. California-based Solyndra filed for bankruptcy last year after receiving $535 million in federal loan guarantees from the Obama administration. Colorado-based Abound Solar, which received a $70 million loan guaranteed by the Energy Department, filed for bankruptcy in June.”
DEBORAH JONES MERRITT: Attending Law School Is A Risky Decision. It’s much less risky if you don’t borrow a lot of money, though.
I DON’T REALLY KNOW HIM, but blogger Jeff Borland has reportedly lost his home to a fire and can use some help. I donated.
LOLPREZ: Obama Can Haz Re-Election? I’ve noticed this phenomenon myself.
UPDATE: Seen on Facebook:
Ouch.
ANDREW MCCARTHY: ‘You Didn’t Build That!’ … Oh Yeah?
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: Blue Blight Syndrome Hits Scranton, PA. “Scranton’s problems reflect the combination of long term economic decline, a failure to re-imagine and reform the way government works, the usual failed urban redevelopment boondoggles and shortsighted behavior by municipal employees and politicians who pander to them. In other words, Scranton is a fairly typical if unusually unlucky American city. As time goes by, we can expect more cities to come to this pass with all the human suffering and unfairness that comes out of this kind of crisis. The only way out is a much more sweeping program of national and local reform than is yet on the table; the longer we wait the harder this will be.”
TECHNOLOGY: Screen Yourself for Skin Cancer at Home With Your Phone’s Camera. “The University of Michigan has created an iPhone app that allows you to inspect yourself for skin cancer. All you have to do is take 23 nude pictures of yourself with your smartphone.”
UPLOAD YOUR MIND: The Strange Neuroscience of Immortality. Back up your brain!
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BILL WHITTLE: THE DEPENDENCY AGENDA. A video based on Kevin Williamson’s book of the same title.
FRANK J. FLEMING: The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease: A short history of whining.
WHEN LAWYERS ARE DESPERATE TO GET OUT.
ROMNEY IN PENNSYLVANIA: Obama Is “Out Of Touch.” Plus, pushing Shale Gas.