INTEREST IN GLOBAL WARMING COOLS OFF.
Archive for 2013
March 2, 2013
DESIGNING THE PERFECT PIG.
STACY MCCAIN: Harvard Abandons America (Or: Ted Kaczynski Is Not ‘Anti-Intellectual’). “By the way, the pharisaical editors of the Harvard Crimson might notice that I’ve cited the titles of a few books. Anyone care to bet that none of the fanatical ignoramuses have ever read any of those books?”
Related: Who is John Galt? Who is Antonio Gramsci? Who is Barack Obama?
THEY TOLD ME IF I VOTED FOR MITT ROMNEY, PRUDES WOULD BE TRYING TO DRIVE PORNOGRAPHY OFF THE INTERNET. AND THEY WERE RIGHT! Apple blocks emails containing phrase ‘barely legal teen’ from iCloud in new ‘anti-pornography’ move.
CHANGE: Polls Show Opposition to ObamaCare Is on the Rise Again.
ObamaCare has always struggled in the court of popular opinion, and two new polls highlight the public’s continued lack of support for the law. Indeed, after a brief post-election rise in support, public opposition to ObamaCare is on the rise again.
February’s Kaiser Family Foundation health tracking poll puts opposition to the law at 42 percent and support at 36 percent; in Kaiser’s November poll, 43 percent said they supported the law and 39 percent opposed it.
A newly released Reason-Rupe poll offers some confirmation that more Americans hold negative views of the law. Asked an open-ended question about what comes to mind when they hear the term “ObamaCare,” 48 percent gave a negative response of some sort. At 22 percent, the largest single response was a generalized comment that the law is a bad thing.
Overall, the poll shows pessimism about the law. Asked about the law’s impact on the country, meanwhile, 37 percent responded that ObamaCare made the nation worse off, compared to 31 percent who said it made the country better off. Another 24 percent said it made no difference, which suggests a large strain of indifference in addition to the positive and negative reactions.
Since the law passed, Democrats have (not surprisingly) tended to be much more supportive of the law than Republicans. That’s still true, but Kaiser’s poll finds that Democratic support has dropped substantially since last year’s presidential election, from 72 percent in November to 57 percent in the February month’s poll. That’s the second weakest level of support Kaiser has found amongst Democrats since it began the monthly tracking poll in April 2010.
Dems thought it would become popular once the legislative fight was over. That turned out not to be the case.
March 1, 2013
LOWER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Teachers outnumbered in schools by administrators, support staff in many states, study shows.
I discuss this phenomenon in The K-12 Implosion.
DAVID SWINDLE: The Legacy Andrew Breitbart Left for The Next Generation.
And here’s the YouTube video of the report Helen and I did from the Washington, D.C. Breitbart memorial last year.
Featuring Katie Pavlich, Cynthia Yockey, Christian Adams, Sean Hackbarth, Stacy McCain, and more.
ONE YEAR LATER: Andrew Breitbart’s Example Lives On.
Also, remembering what a schmuck David Frum was about Andrew’s death.
EXCUSES THAT PROBABLY WON’T FLY: Is Infidelity The New Miracle Diet?
GUY BENSON: Our Useless White House Press Corps.
BORED-OUT AND BLUEPRINTED: Ke$ha Has A “Souped-Up” Vagina.
21ST CENTURY RELATIONSHIPS: “My Online Gaming Boyfriend doesn’t Want to Label Our Relationship.”
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EUGENE KONTOROVICH ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: “A look at the legislative history does not support the notion of a subjective, political exemption for politically-motivated pirates.” Ragnar Danneskjold take note.
NEWS FROM BRITAIN’S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE: Now even doctors don’t trust their own hospitals: Study finds nearly 40% of health service workers would NOT recommend own workplace to friends or family.
Kinda like those Chicago public school teachers who mostly send their kids to private school. What is it about Big Government solutions? . . .
BENJAMIN KERSTEIN: Why the Original House of Cards Is Infinitely Better Than Netflix’s Remake. I’ve got the original in my online Netflix queue, but I don’t want to start it until I finish the American version.
MORE ON THAT MARS-GRAZING COMET. “There is a lot of ice frozen into the Martian crust. The heat of an enormous impact would melt a huge amount of it. If, as some believe, there are microbes living deep under the Martian surface, such a burst of warm, wet conditions over a substantial chunk of the planet would give them a brief chance to thrive at and close to the surface before the planet refroze. It’s not obvious how to observe such exciting developments, but there are surely already people at NASA and elsewhere giving thought to the matter. And they will have time. Parts of the surface and subsurface in the impact region, if there is an impact, will stay warm for decades.”
THE CIRCLE OF HELL THAT IS J.C. PENNEY.
CONNECTICUT DEMOCRAT TO 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL: If you’re bashful, I’ve got a snake right here under my desk. “Did I forget to mention that he said this at a public hearing? Out: War on women. In: War on girls.”
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ALSO, MEMBERS OF JOURNOLIST START ATTACKING GEORGE LUCAS AND GENE RODDENBERRY: White House tries to salvage Obama’s sci-fi mistake with Star Wars/Star Trek meme. “A mind meld is a power attributed to Vulcans in the Star Trek series, while the Jedis of Star Wars, of course, can do mind tricks.”
AS LONG AS THEY DON’T USE THEM TO CALL IN DRONE ATTACKS: This Electronic Temporary Tattoo Will Soon Be Tracking Your Health.
SEVEN RULES FOR dealing with difficult people.