When you’re as successful as he is you can say anything you want to say: Nature doesn’t need people. People need nature. Nature and this planet would survive easily, beautifully without the pressure of the human animal and it would
Conor Friedersdorf devotes a column today to bashing Michelle Malkin for something she wrote back in 2002. Yes, that’s right, an 11 year old column was in desperate need of a rebuttal. Here’s the bit Friedersdorf is upset about: How
The President’s predictions of doom and gloom if the sequester cuts took place seems not to have convinced most Americans. A Fox News poll released today found 49 percent of respondents labeled the cuts a “good thing” while just 37
Today the NY Times has a case study on the cost of Obamacare to one small business. The business in question is Baked in the Sun, a California baker with 95 employees. Baked in the Sun does about $8 million
In response to Party Nightmares: I don’t know if you’ve watched Ramsay’s show but the premise is that he intervenes in restaurants that are truly desperate, i.e. in every case they are at the point of closing their doors. Often
It occurs to me that after the 2012 election the GOP is in the position of one of the failing restauranteurs on Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. In the show, which is worth watching (especially the British version), Gordon Ramsay comes in
He who frames the debate, wins the debate. It’s time to re-frame the debate on the GOP relationship with Hispanic voters. Chris Cillizza had an interesting piece in yesterday’s Washington Post. Titled “The Republican problem with Hispanic voters — in
In response to Sympathy for the Devil: I must have a good imagination because I think there is a resemblance. In fact, when I opened the screengrab this morning I assumed it was a Photoshop. Headshots of the actor with
As his trial opened today, Jack McMahon, defense lawyer for Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell, claimed his client was the victim of “an elitist, racist prosecution.” He also accused the prosecutors of turning the trial into a “lynching.” Gosnell is on
Pew Research has a new State of the Media 2013 report which finds that MSNBC’s output contains far more opinion than news. This chart shows the balance at all three cable networks: The methodology Pew used was to survey stories
Last week we saw what can happen when a photo of a dead child is used to make a political point. The photo, which appeared on the front page of the Washington Post, showed a 10-month-old victim of an Israeli
One of the incidents which prompted Sen. Rand Paul’s day-long filibuster last week was the drone strike that killed Abdul Rahman Anwar Awlaki. Abdul was the 16 year-old son of Anwar Awlaki. He was killed in an airstrike on October
According to the USGS website it was a 4.6 located near Palm Desert. That’s down from an initial estimate of 5.1. Depth is listed as 0.1 km. The epicenter is about 100 miles due east of me and I felt
This Politico story points out that Atty. General Holder’s response to Sen. Paul’s 13 hour filibuster was just 43 words long. That got me wondering how many words it took to prompt that curt response. Transcripts of the first 7
Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center is making the media rounds again. Today he’s quoted in a NY Times story about the moderation being expressed by Christian group Focus on the Family. For contrast, the story mentions the
In response to a government report, Prime Minister of Sweden FredrikReinfeldt has announced he will seek to increase Sweden’s retirementage. The Prime Minister also suggested this is just the first stepneeded to keep Sweden’s welfare system in balance. The Swedish
In response to They’ve Already Done the “We’d Never Do this” Spiel: You’re right. They did use the “of course” line once. As you noted that was the response Sen. Paul found unsatisfactory since it leaves the door open a
In August 2007, candidate Obama gave a major foreign policy speech at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington DC. In the speech Obama outlined five points that would define his approach to foreign policy if he were to be
In response to Ace: The White House has not responded to Sen. Paul all day. Even Politico couldn’t get them to talk. But it seems unlikely the President will be able to simply ignore this. It will be network news.
In October 2007, Barack Obama had some pretty tough things to say about George Bush’s approach to civil liberties. He also promised things would be different if he were elected: You know I taught constitutional law for 10 years at
In the first hour of his filibuster over the nomination of John Brennan, Sen. Paul spoke 9,024 words, enough to fill 15 pages as a standard Word document. A transcript of the first hour was provided by Sen. Paul’s office
The California Public Utilities Commission has expanded its Lifeline program to include free cell phones. The Commission has also won approval to be exempted from the federal fraud detection network associated with the program. The new cell phone program will
Sen. Paul’s filibuster can be viewed live on CSpan 2. Senator Rand Paul is leading a one-man filibuster of John Brennan’s nomination to lead the CIA. Senator Paul is on the Senate floor quoting Hayek, Montesquieu, GlennGreenwald and an author
In response to I’ll Chalk It Up to Zombie Habit-Viewing: So I started watching The Following mostly because I generally like Kevin Bacon. Let me just say that the characters on The Following make the ones on Walking Dead look
The USDA contains a department called the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service whose role is to protect the nation’s agriculture from pests and disease. Like everyone else, their budget is being cut by the sequester. Yesterday a regional manager
