HALEY BARBOUR PARDONS 14 MURDERERS; JUDGE ORDERS HALT.
Archive for 2012
January 11, 2012
ASKING — AND ANSWERING — THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: Why We Love to Loathe John Edwards: It’s Science.
Of course, Time magazine had a much different take on Edwards a few years ago. Keep rockin’!
I CAN QUIT ANYTIME I WANT TO: “An estimated 5 to 10 per cent of internet users are thought to be addicted – meaning they are unable to control their use. The majority are games players who become so absorbed in the activity they go without food or drink for long periods and their education, work and relationships suffer.”
Related thoughts from the Rhetorican.
CANADA’S NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE HEARINGS SABOTAGED BY CHICAGO-STYLE POLITICS?
VIDEO: HISTORIAN ANDREW ROBERTS ON THE STORM OF WAR:
This week on Uncommon Knowledge Roberts joins Peter Robinson to discuss The Storm of War. Among the subjects covered are why the Germans might have won, Hitler’s shortcomings as military leader, the historical factors responsible for Hitler’s rise to power, Churchill’s unique contribution to Germany’s defeat, Stalin’s blunders, Russia’s contribution to the victory, and a quick look at Europe today. Roberts packs a lot of humane learning into the interview’s 38 minutes. Through our arrangement with the Hoover Institution, we are pleased to present the interview in its entirety. Please check it out.
Click over to Power Line to watch.
MISSING: CALIFORNIA’S $500K EARNERS DWINDLE: As Steve Bartin writes at Newsalert, “Tax haves consequences. Also known as going Galt.”
NO SMOKING IN MARIN COUNTY — UNLESS IT’S POT: Liberal totalitarians carve out a niche for marijuana smoke.
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DOMESTIC TERRORISM: “Animal-rights activists are taking responsibility for an arson fire that destroyed 14 cattle trucks at the sprawling Harris Ranch in the San Joaquin Valley off Interstate 5.”
GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR CHUTZPAH: Uhh Mr. President, About That Venue…
ON ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, OBAMA CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS: “Regardless of the supposed environmental benefits, less uranium mining will mean less economic activity. The president doesn’t seem to understand, as Bill Daley did, that these tradeoffs are unavoidable. Or he does understand it, and the ‘we can have both’ rhetoric is simply posturing.”
SUPREME COURT REJECTS OBAMA ADMINISTRATION POWER GRAB OVER CHURCHES IN HOSANNA-TABOR V. EEOC.
Hugh Hewitt dubs it “A Huge Victory for Religious Liberty, and a Huge Defeat for the Obama Justice Department.”
Y2KYOTO: I’ll Miss the Polar Ice Caps.
RELATED: At the London Telegraph, James Delingpole writes, “Ha ha Warmist losers. For you the war is over:”
One of my resolutions this year is to write as little as possible about global warming. Not only will it make my wife much happier but it will also free me up to talk about more important things such as monetary collapse, hyperinflation and the imminent end of Western civilisation. Oh and also there’s hardly much need for my input on climate change any more. That’s because, basically, my side has won.
As the Insta-Professor likes to say, don’t get cocky.
DAVID AXELROD IS RIGHT ABOUT REV. WRIGHT: He was the victim of selective editing!
(Incidentally, having edited hundreds of hours of audio and video, what exactly is non-selective editing? Even if you’re employing William Burroughs’ cut-up technique, you’ve still consciously selected that method.)
#OCCUPYFAIL: Time to Shut Down Occupy DC: Infant Found Alone in Tent.
A BIGGER PROBLEM FOR ROMNEY THAN BAIN?
RELATED: On the flip-side, Obama’s Peculiar Reelection Strategy.
RADICAL CHIC: “Mercedes-Benz Uses Communist Madman Che Guevara to Sell Luxury Cars,” Mike Gonzalez writes at the Heritage Foundation, linking to a CBS article that opens with this quote:
“Some colleagues still think that car-sharing borders on communism,” Mercedes-Benz Chairman of the Board of Management Dieter Zetsche said onstage at CES today, speaking about Mercedes’ new CarTogether initiative. “But if that’s the case, viva la revolucion!”
The Baader Meinhof Complex comes full circle.
(Again.)
UPDATE: From David Kopel at the Volokh Conspiracy: “Mercedes-Benz: The car for people who admire mass-murdering racist totalitarian thugs.”
VIDEO: Introducing the Greatest Cosmetic Product Known to Mankind: Fotoshop by Adobé.
So powerful, you won’t even recognize yourself!
MICHELLE OBAMA: I’ve tried to fight image that I’m an ‘angry black woman.’
And yet, when people try to help . . .
OBAMA IN WONDERLAND: The Top Five ‘let them eat cake’ moments of the Obama White House.
TWO QUARTERBACKS IN ONE:
To be fair though, I’d hate to be a dejected Pittsburgh Steelers fan who jetted out to Denver to catch the game, and had to see this while I was hopping on my flight back home.
YOU FUELED UP — YOU TRUSTED US: EPA Fines Companies Because They Didn’t Use A Fuel That Doesn’t Exist.
HOW TO STAY HEALTHY: Don’t Get Old.