N.C. Aizenman via The Washington Post concerning the new “tan tax” in Obamacare: But the levy’s supporters argued from the start that it had a dual purpose: to raise funds to cover some of the cost of extending health coverage to the uninsured and to discourage a habit that scientific studies have linked with increased […]
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Sara Murray via The Wall Street Journal concerning people on the dole turning down good job offers: Management Recruiters of Sacramento, Calif., says it recently had a tough time filling six engineering positions at an Oregon manufacturer paying $60,000 a year—and suspects long-term jobless benefits were part of the hitch. [. . .] Some candidates […]
Via CNN: Ashtiani, 42, will be buried up to her chest, according to an Amnesty International report citing the Iranian penal code. The stones that will be hurled at her will be large enough to cause pain but not so large as to kill her immediately. Ashtiani, who is from the northern city of Tabriz, […]
There is only one sort of busybody “anti-x” that I find more annoying and absolutely non-sensical than drug warriors, and that’s your average libertarded anti-gunner. According to Peter Hamm, blatant government failure should result in government suppression, or at least significant government interference, of law abiding individuals wishing to obtain a concealed carry permit in […]
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Neil King Jr. And Keith Johnson of The Wall Street Journal: Obama Decried, Then Used, Some Bush Drilling Policies Criticizing Bush during his presidential campaign, then co-opting his shitty policies and making them all his own, then blaming Bush when shit goes wrong is par for the course with Obama. What is the deal this […]
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Justin Scheck via The Wall Street Journal: Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko, his budget under pressure in a weak economy, has laid off staff, reduced patrols and even released jail inmates. But there’s one mission on which he’s spending more than in recent years: pot busts. The reason is simple: If he steps up his […]
Douchie McDoucherson (AKA Mitchell Bard of The Huffingtion Post) constructing strawmen of epic proportions: I was tailgating with my wife and two friends in the parking lot of Miller Park before a Brewers game yesterday, when a guy with a pasted-on, plastic, local-news-anchor smile approached our group. He wanted us to sign a petition to […]
Senator Chris Dodd (D-Conn) in his post-“doing something”about our financial institutions orgasm: It’s a great moment. I’m proud to have been here. No one will know until this is actually in place how it works. But we believe we’ve done something that has been needed for a long time. It took a crisis to bring […]
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Great. Not only are lawmakers “doing something” in an attempt to fix what was messed up the last time they did something, but they’re doing it tense, tired, and trying to make a joke of a serious matter.
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Errol Morris via The New York Times in a series titled “The Anosognosic’s Dilemma: Something’s Wrong But You’ll Never Know What It Is”: As Dunning read through the article, a thought washed over him, an epiphany. If Wheeler was too stupid to be a bank robber, perhaps he was also too stupid to know that […]
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