Earlier today I wrote that the President told an outright lie and failed Econ 101 when he claimed that only polluters would be paying the energy tax. Now, via PowerLineBlog comes this map showing how much the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill will cost:
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Consumers and taxpayers will be [...]
I managed to watch most of the presser online and just wanted to highlight a few outright lies.
(1) When the President claims that cap and tax will be paid for only by polluters, implying that it will not have an impact on the economy, he fails Economics 101. Polluters, aka [...]
When I say “emergency” I mean this wasn’t exactly planned. The President knows he’s slipping and tomorrow’s infommercial might not be enough to rally support for more big spending. So he’s going to loosen the lid today:
President Barack Obama will throw his weight behind legislative bids to reform healthcare and [...]
I’m still coblogging at Ace of Spade HQ. I just haven’t had as much time for blogging, which means I haven’t been double-posting over here.
To be honest, once you miss the first three or four it becomes easier to let the next dozen go. I’ll try to do better [...]
Megan McArdle is a smart journalist. She’s great on many economic issues. And she should be; she went to the right schools. But she’s also a libertarian. And like many libertarians–especially libertarian journalists–she’s always eager to show off how much she is not a Republican to all the Lefty friends [...]
God help us, the fact that Jennifer Granholm’s name can even be mentioned in the same breath as other potential Supreme Court nominees is a bad joke. But, somehow she’s on the list and she’ll be at the White House tomorrow, which is leading some to wonder since TOTUS said [...]
For your lunchtime reading enjoyment, how about a snarky review of Honda’s newest hybrid?
Much has been written about the Insight, Honda’s new low-priced hybrid. We’ve been told how much carbon dioxide it produces, how its dashboard encourages frugal driving by glowing green when you’re easy on the throttle and how [...]
As Robert Stacy McCain puts it: “‘Counterintuitive’ Is the New Stupid.” The idea is to discourage resubscriptions until total circulation drops. The magazine is also raising prices. What kind of crazy shit is this? R.S. McCain explains:
Meacham [Newsweek's editor], an admirer of the Economist, is fashioning a serious magazine for [...]
Big surprise. The NY Times’ “public editor” laughs it off as an unverified story about merely “technical violations of campaign finance law.” It was unverified, though, because as soon as it looked like there was some truth to the story and after they had scheduled an on-the-record interview about it, [...]
There’s a must-read op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal; the gist is that states that tax the rich to make up for their budget mismanagement tend to drive the rich away. The result being the states don’t actually get the taxes they want AND they end up economically weaker. A [...]
For this to make any sense at all you have to take it as given that Global Warming is going to KILL US ALL and that as a result the EPA is tasked with making decisions to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Of course, that’s bullshit we can thank Congressional Nincompoops [...]
Heh. I have trouble getting worked up over this because it seems like the stun-gunning was consensual. Also hilarious:
A total of 43 children were directly and indirectly shocked by electric stun guns during simultaneous ”Take Your Sons and Daughters to Work Day” events gone wrong at three state prisons, according [...]
This wouldn’t be the first time somebody sat down with the President and came away thinking something completely different about the meeting than him. Remember Poland and the missile shield? And all those Obama staffers who thought the President was saying one thing until he decides to “clarify” their “inartful” [...]
File under culture war:
In a decision released yesterday, the Florida appeals court held that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires Florida courts to give “exacting respect” to the adoption decree of a Washington court. The decision is here (PDF).
The case doesn’t break new ground; it [...]
Moe Lane posted this over the weekend, but I only saw it last night at the Corner and PowerlineBlog. He compares the voter trust numbers for the top issues from just before the election to now:
As you can see, compared to last fall, fewer voters appear to trust the Democrats [...]
Idiots. As the infamously leaky CIA demonstrated over the past eight years, the intelligence agency is out for itself more than any other objective. That means prioritizing protection for its agents, analysts, and methods, above partisanship. The Democrats thought the CIA was an ally against Republicans and they were happy [...]
Ann Althouse’s commenters have the goods (and prove once again that there’s more combined sense and knowledge among a host of commenters than there is in any one journalist or blogger).
It boils down to this observation: the photo released by the White House, which is so obviously snapped as a [...]
The upcoming issue of the Weekly Standard has the best treatment of the Notre Dame situation that I’ve seen. The author recognizes that for Catholics this isn’t about politics–or not just about politics. It’s about what it means to be a Catholic institution.
What all these critics of Glendon share is [...]
Timelapse video of an itty-bitty tanker on its way out to sea. It’s a gorgeous trip.
0:40 – 610 Bridge
0:54 – Lyondell Turning Basin
1:10 – Crown Bend
1:44 – Jesse Jones Bridge (aka Beltway 8 bridge, aka 2 dollar bridge)
2:13 – Battleship Texas (on the right, mostly unlit)
2:17 – Lynchburg Ferry [...]
Number of comments: 2 Just got back from seeing it. No time needed to mull this one over. It was great. They did a very fine job with the characters, the plot, the setting (which was like an Apple Store meets 1966). There were so many shout outs to the original show and the [...]
Maine is the second state to legislatively allow same-sex marriage without being forced to by a court order. This gay marriage stuff is happening so frequently now, what would have once been worth a flaming skull is rapidly approaching sidebar headlines status.
The Maine marriage bill, like Vermont’s, contains religious conscience [...]
Number of comments: 2 I’ve been mulling this since yesterday. It’s a more refined version of the federalism amendment Randy Barnett proposed last week. There are ten proposed amendments, and I can’t excerpt them all so go take a look. I really like most of the suggestions, with the exception of these a few:
Article [...]
Drew M. points me to the continuing dust-up between the Chrysler creditors and the Obama Administration and asks about the Fifth Amendment questions they’ve raised. I missed this story earlier in the day, so it may be old already, but it bears repeating.
Zombie-Chrysler has teamed up with the unions and [...]
What the fuck, man?
“Well, I was sorry to disappoint many people. Frankly, I was disappointed that the Republican Party didn’t want me as their candidate,” Mr. Specter said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “But as a matter of principle, I’m becoming much more comfortable with the Democrats’ approach. And one [...]
Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is one of the likely candidates to replace Justice Souter. Chuck Schumer has been pushing her name and she meets Obama’s stated interest in increasing diversity on the bench (she’s Hispanic).
So, what kind of judge is she? Morgen, of [...]
Number of comments: 1 The shameful Al-Marri case is nearly played out; he pleaded guilty to a single charge of providing material support for terrorism. Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri was arrested in December 2001 on suspicion of being a sleeper agent. He was then held as an enemy combatant starting in 2003.
He is the [...]
Number of comments: 2 The folly of pretending the War on Terror is a law enforcement problem was illustrated again yesterday, first in the UK and then here in California.
First, The three 7/7 conspirators, on retrial for aiding in the bombing attacks on London’s metro and bus system, were acquitted of the terrorism charges. [...]
Number of comments: 1 Another example of Obama’s extreme childishness and lack of regard for anyone other than his own self:
A Boeing 747 used by the president was escorted over lower Manhattan by an Air Force fighter jet Monday as part of a government photo opportunity and training mission, causing a brief panic among [...]
It’s in the Nation today (link is to Don Surber), which means it will be in the N.Y. Times tomorrow and parroted on the evening news programs tomorrow night.
Susan Collins, the Judas who made the spendulus possible, apparently blocked $900 million in pandemic preparation money from the Senate version of [...]
There have been several developments in Iowa over the past few weeks. The Iowa Supreme Court’s marriage decision will go into effect on Monday and both sides of the vigorously ongoing debate are ready for more drama.
Two Wednesdays ago, an assistant for a Republican state representative called a county [...]
Alright, alright, now, let’s not get hysterical (yet). The flu variant that has folks worried responds to two common treatments and there isn’t enough data yet to tell how widespread it is or how severe it will be (so far the fatality rate has varied widely based on location).
On the [...]
The captured Somali pirate faces five criminal charges, including conspiracy to take a U.S.-flagged ship by force and piracy. The complaint is here (PDF).
Piracy is one of the oldest crimes under federal law and the statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1651 is unusual:
Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of [...]
I can’t believe it has been so long. Fourteen years ago at 9:02 in the morning a truck parked outside the America’s Kids Day Care Center exploded. The blast, fueled by a fertilizer-diesel mix, was felt up to sixty miles away. It obliterated the day care center and brought down [...]
Number of comments: 1 The Thomas Moore Law Center has sued the Department of Homeland Security because of the “Rightwing Extremists” intelligence assessment released last week. The suit is filed on behalf of a pro-life group, an Iraq war veteran, and Michael Savage. All three allege First and Fifth Amendment violations. According to their [...]
Number of comments: 2 Like Michelle I wasn’t too sure this was for real when I first saw it; but now she’s confirmed it. The report, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment”, was made available April 7 and then posted by the Liberty Papers.
DHS tends to paint [...]
Sorry for the non-existent posting; I’m slammed at work and too tired to write when I get home. Fortunately, my cobloggers are blogging up a storm at AOSHQ. [...]
Last week the Iowa Supreme Court decided that civil marriage must be available for gay couples as well as straight. Here’s what people are saying.
Robert Stacy McCain argues that marriage is important enough that conservatives should put their foot down and say “No further.” A taste:
We know, however, that their [...]
Associated Press, like most of the other major media dinosaurs, is trying to adapt to the internet and new media. The strategy thus far has been to intimidate bloggers and other websites which use AP’s copyrighted content into taking it down or paying $2.50 per quoted word. Most folks just [...]
I’m not sure that I believe this poll, but:
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North Korea’s missile launching capability. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure.The telephone survey [...]
Number of comments: 1 Microsoft’s new ad strategy is provoking lots of discussion, with most suggesting that it hits Apple right where it hurts: function over form.
Microsoft’s latest ad, launched Saturday, gives a dude named Giampaolo $1,500 and tells him to buy himself a new computer. Giampaolo, who describes himself as “technically savvy,” says [...]
Number of comments: 1 I don’t really have anything to add to what the Powerline Guys say. Except that if Obama loves Europe and dislikes the U.S. so much he should just stay there.
The President’s new comments aren’t the mere embarrassments we’ve all come to expect from him over the past three months. Yes, [...]
I don’t know what it is about Fridays, but interesting articles about the demise of newspapers keep showing up on my desk each week. So far we’ve heard from two newspapermen, one who suggested we are on the brink of a revolution in journalism and another who traced the paperdämmerung [...]
Can’t get to the court’s webpage right now because their servers are alternately crashed or moving so slow they time out. However, word is filtering out of the Supreme Court building that the plaintiffs have won and that the Supreme Court has overturned Iowa’s ban on same-sex marriage as a [...]
Today, a district court judge in D.C. applied the Supreme Court’s ridiculous reasoning in last year’s Boumediene v. Bush to extend constitutional habeas rights to three aliens captured by the military during a war and held in a war-zone. The lengthy opinion is here (PDF).
Yes, aliens held overseas in military [...]
The news yesterday that Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, has almost a year before her next immigration proceeding was met with outrage from many, for example Michelle Malkin, and grumblings of special treatment, from our own Blogger-in-Chief. So let’s talk about what happens in removal proceedings.
In a case like this, where [...]
Drew wrote about the Attorney General’s disregard for the U.S. Constitution this morning and about how the A.G. doesn’t care whether a law is constitutional, but only whether a non-frivolous argument can be made in court. I want to emphasize something.
As an attorney, Eric Holder has sworn several oaths. When [...]
Stevens was already convicted on seven counts of lying on mandatory financial disclosure forms, but the prosecution stalled in the sentencing phase because it turns out that DOJ lawyers withheld documents. The judge had already held in contempt four DOJ lawyers for misconduct during the trial. Afterwards, Stevens asked for [...]
I thought this was an old story, but it turns out we haven’t mentioned it here at the HQ. Everything you wished you didn’t have to know about Obama’s choice for State Department legal adviser Harold Koh was written back in September by Ed Whelan.
Here’s Part 1 and here is [...]
Number of comments: 1 The president will present the rest of his Ailing Big Two plan tomorrow, which White House aides are touting as tough on everyone involved. The first condition for future funds, however, appears to be GM CEO Rick Wagoner’s resignation.
The White House confirmed Wagoner was leaving at the government’s behest after [...]
Sorry for the non-existent posting; I’m slammed at work and too tired to write when I get home. Fortunately, my cobloggers are blogging up a storm at AOSHQ. [...] 
