Archive for 2012
April 5, 2012
I’M SURE IT’S SEXIST TO POINT THIS OUT: 90 Percent Of Engaged Women Plan Their Weddings At Work.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: Do You Have A Work Husband?
NEWS YOU CAN USE: How to Trigger a Volcanic Eruption on Purpose.
AT AMAZON, warehouse deals in Home Improvement.
RICHARD EPSTEIN: Physical and Regulatory Takings: One Distinction Too Many.
WASHINGTON POST: Obama’s Supreme Court comments lead some to question his strategy. “Even some legal scholars sympathetic to Obama and the health-care law are saying that the president might have been better off keeping quiet.” And the ones who aren’t saying it, are thinking it.
MASSIVE RESISTANCE: Maryland To Appeal Handgun Permit Ruling.
THE WALKBACK CONTINUES: CNN Enhances Zimmerman 911 Call Again — And Reporter Now Doubts Racial Slur Used.
Related: ESPN ‘Grantland’ Writer Twists George Zimmerman’s Actions. “The story, by Wesley Morris, is about a photograph of the Miami Heat NBA team, all dressed in hoodies to identify with Trayvon Martin.”
Also: Zimmerman Racial Slur Narrative Falling Apart. “Since the beginning of this case I have urged caution not to jump to conclusions. The questionable narratives suggest I was correct.”
HOW E-BOOKS ARE changing reading. “21% of Americans have read an e-book. The increasing availability of e-content is prompting some to read more than in the past and to prefer buying books to borrowing them.”
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT: If Americans Start Saving, Who Will Borrow?
FRACKNATION is in its final hours on Kickstarter.
NEW YORK’S TAXI OF TOMORROW, by Nissan.
THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED REPUBLICAN, WASHINGTON D.C. WOULD BE A HOTBED OF RACISM. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Barry Comment Critical of Asian Business Owners.
“We got to do something about these Asians coming in and opening up businesses and dirty shops,” Barry said. “They ought to go. I’m going to say that right now. But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
But maybe he was set up or something.
UPDATE: Barry says he was taken out of context, but isn’t very persuasive . . . .
SOMEWHERE, RUSH LIMBAUGH IS LAUGHING: Low ratings could end cable deal for Gore’s Current TV. How’s Bill Maher doing? Anybody know? He seems to have been keeping a low profile lately.
TECHNOLOGY: First Bedside Genetic Test Could Prevent Heart Complications. “For some cardiac patients, recovery from a common heart procedure can be complicated by a single DNA base pair gene responsible for drug processing. The risk could be lowered with the first bedside genetic test of its kind. The test shows promise for quickly and easily identifying patients who need an alternative medication.”
WALKBACK: DOJ files letter with 5th Circuit affirming judicial authority. A copy is at the link. It’s all pretty unexceptional except for the final sentence.
UPDATE: Maureen Dowd recites from the script. Funny how they all know what to say.
Related: The Atlantic: Movement Liberals Cannot Credibly Demand Judicial Restraint. Nope, but that’s not stopping them.
THE PROBLEM WITH overfishing.
APPLE BOTNET DISCOVERED: 600,000 COMPUTERS INFECTED. “Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is coming under heavy criticism for its slow response to known vulnerabilities and for perpetuating the myth that OS X is malware-free.”
SPREADING GENDER WAR FOR POLITICAL GAIN: Obama: It’s time for Augusta golf club to admit women members.
Boy, anything to advance that “war against women” slogan, huh? Somebody should have asked Howell Raines and Martha Burk how that worked out last time. What’s next, Obama coming out for forced sterilization of men?
YET ANOTHER REASON TO ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: “A lack of leadership at the agency allowed this. Its mission statement – which none of the officers could recall at the trial – is to serve the American public with vigilance, integrity, and professionalism. They displayed none of these. The agency says that integrity is its cornerstone; that its officers are guided by the highest ethical and moral principles. A gang of armed security officers bullied this family – a family who cooperated with the officers to their detriment. Our homeland will not be secure by these rascals. They played agency games, abused the people they are to serve, and violated their oaths to support the Constitution.”