I was thinking about a picture of the Hindenburg exploding, myself.Thursday, January 19, 2012
First 2012 Obama Campaign Poster Emerges
At least that's what Biff Spackle calls this:
I was thinking about a picture of the Hindenburg exploding, myself.
I was thinking about a picture of the Hindenburg exploding, myself."But we don't have enough regulations!"
The state of Florida Human Resources Department needs to find the person who invented this ingenious regulation (via Marfdrat):
And progressives rail about "evil corporations"?
How about the out-of-control bureaucracies that churn out 80,000 pages of regulations a year?
I had to read it a few times and then contact the officials who required it to discover that the only point of the sign is: it's illegal to not have it. Is this some bureaucrat's idea of a practical joke?The Florida Department of Revenue lists the law on its website. We called them and asked if there was a reason for the law.
Spokeswoman Renee Watters responded: “A vending machine operator that does not place the notice on the machine presumably is not in compliance with the other requirements such as registration and payment of the tax.”
So there is a reason, after all: If a businessman fails to notice the regulation – it’s conveniently located in Rule 12A-1.044(4)(b) of the Florida Administrative Code, by the way – it’s a tip-off to the authorities that he might have failed to follow some of their other confusing regulations.
But even if he is in compliance with registration and taxes, lack of the notice could still land him a $250 fine.
So, if any of you Floridians happen to see a machine without that required special notice, use the number on the notice to report it… Oh wait.
And progressives rail about "evil corporations"?
How about the out-of-control bureaucracies that churn out 80,000 pages of regulations a year?
WaPo: Obama's Keystone pipeline decision "an act of insanity"
Dan from NY:
This decision illustrates just how radicalized the Obama administration truly is.
As they say on the real blogs, read the whole thing.
It’s not everyday that we hear such shrill criticism emanating from a mainstream columnist writing for a liberal mainstream news outlet.
# # #
Washington Post, January 19 2012, By Robert J. Samuelson
Rejecting the Keystone pipeline is an act of insanity
President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico is an act of national insanity. It isn’t often that a president makes a decision that has no redeeming virtues and — beyond the symbolism — won’t even advance the goals of the groups that demanded it. All it tells us is that Obama is so obsessed with his reelection that, through some sort of political calculus, he believes that placating his environmental supporters will improve his chances.Aside from the political and public relations victory, environmentalists won’t get much. Stopping the pipeline won’t halt the development of tar sands, to which the Canadian government is committed; therefore, there will be little effect on global-warming emissions. Indeed, Obama’s decision might add to them. If Canada builds a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific for export to Asia, moving all that oil across the ocean by tanker will create extra emissions. There will also be the risk of added spills.
Now consider how Obama’s decision hurts the United States. For starters, it insults and antagonizes a strong ally; getting future Canadian cooperation on other issues will be harder. Next, it threatens a large source of relatively secure oil that, combined with new discoveries in the United States, could reduce (though not eliminate) our dependence on insecure foreign oil.
Finally, Obama’s decision forgoes all the project’s jobs. There’s some dispute over the magnitude. Project sponsor TransCanada claims 20,000, split between construction (13,000) and manufacturing (7,000) of everything from pumps to control equipment. Apparently, this refers to “job years,” meaning one job for one year. If so, the actual number of jobs would be about half that spread over two years. Whatever the figure, it’s in the thousands and thus important in a country hungering for work. And Keystone XL is precisely the sort of infrastructure project that Obama claims to favor.
The big winners are the Chinese. They must be celebrating their good fortune and wondering how the crazy Americans could repudiate such a huge supply of nearby energy. There’s no guarantee that tar-sands oil will go to China; pipelines to the Pacific would have to be built. But it creates the possibility when the oil’s natural market is the United States...
This decision illustrates just how radicalized the Obama administration truly is.
As they say on the real blogs, read the whole thing.
Bestest Caption Contest Evah!
Okay, I'll freely admit I stole the photo from the invaluable Tammy Bruce's website. That said, it's too good not to propagate this as: (a) a caption contest; (b) a Twitter meme (hashtag #TragicKingdom) and (c) an iPad app.
So have at it in the comments section. Winner gets whatever's left at the bottom of the sock drawer when I clean it out this weekend.
So have at it in the comments section. Winner gets whatever's left at the bottom of the sock drawer when I clean it out this weekend.Which is the proper name: Barack Hussein Foodstamp or Barack Foodstamp Obama?
Because only one man in history can properly be called "The Foodstamp President" and this chart illustrates why.
And you would think Obama would be proud of that title: after all, he reveled in the media's coverage of his "Stimulus" package in 2009. Remember when CBS Evening News ran featured segments like "Stimulus Boost For Food Stamp Recipients?"
And now he wants to run away from his great achievements?
Update: "State Gets $5 Million Bonus For Food Stamp Sign Up"
Hat tip: Mark Levin.
And you would think Obama would be proud of that title: after all, he reveled in the media's coverage of his "Stimulus" package in 2009. Remember when CBS Evening News ran featured segments like "Stimulus Boost For Food Stamp Recipients?"And now he wants to run away from his great achievements?
Update: "State Gets $5 Million Bonus For Food Stamp Sign Up"
Hat tip: Mark Levin.
Larwyn's Linx: Newt: I’d ask Palin to play a major role in my administration
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Newt: I’d ask Palin to play a major role in my administration: Scoop
Hey, Holder: NY Dems say that vote fraud is 'normal': Nice Deb
IA Poll: Gingrich Now Leads Romney in South Carolina: Max
Justice Alito oddly unimpressed with EPA procedures: Hot Air
Even more embarrassing Ron Paul newsletters emerge: Blaze
This is why Marco Rubio is a hero on the right: RS
Five key senators abandon online piracy bills amid Web protests: Hill
NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology: CBS-NY
Rick Perry’s Final Act: King Maker?: RS
Walker: Recall All About Automatic Dues Payments for Unions: BTV
It's Productivity, Stupid: Hoosier
Pelosi: Hey, We're Not Tied to the Criminal Occupy Mob: JWF
Michigan Teacher Pays To Leave Union, Retain Self-Respect: ConCom
Ron Paul's Soros-Funded Defense Plan: Greenfield
GM Has Advertising Campaign Prepared Should Volt Fire Concerns Worsen: PCMag
Fast and Furious Is One Among Many Similar Drug-War Warts: Narcosphere
Obama’s Keystone Pipeline Problem Ready to Blow: Shark Tank
Obama’s National Energy Plan Coming To a Corner Near You?: Shark Tank
Obama Rejects 20,000 Pipeline Jobs to Appease Radical Green Base: AmElephant
Under Obama, Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands Is Down 40%: Foundry
Gingrich on Obama’s Keystone Decision: “This Is a Stunningly Stupid Thing to Do”: GWP
ABC News Holding ‘Bombshell’ Interview with Newt’s Ex Until After SC Primary?: LoneCon
Democrats in denial about Obama's impending loss: Times
Beckel Admits: 'We Liberals Made a Terrible Mistake': FoxNation
Jimmy Carter: Newt Gingrich Has That Subtlety Of Racism: Wizbang
ABC: Romney has millions parked in funds in the Caymans: Hot Air
Why The Media Wants Romney To Win The Nomination So Badly: Riehl
Drudge: Gingrich’s ex-wife is ready to dish; Update: Nothing new revealed in interview?: Hot Air
Levin: We know so little about Obama and ABC is talking to Newt’s ex-wife: Scoop
Oh, About That Newsweek Cover: Driscoll
Not by sight, but by faith: Cal Thomas
Why Is Mitt Romney Still the Least Vetted GOP Candidate?: Tatler
False Flag: CIA memos describe how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies: ForPol
Thousands in Jerusalem protest racism against Ethiopian Israelis: Haaretz
Police Seek Middle Eastern Males in Fatal Philly Beating: Creeping
The Three Rules of Western Discourse and Why The Media Must Always Blame Israel: BRubin
Muslim threatens jihad, shuts down college talk on sharia law: Creeping
How a Diamond Is Like a Champagne Cork: Wired
What Is SOPA Anyway? A Guide to Understanding the Online Piracy Bill: WSJ
October 3rd, 1938: iOTW
Not Romney: Barnhardt
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Rick Santorum for President
Nation
Newt: I’d ask Palin to play a major role in my administration: ScoopHey, Holder: NY Dems say that vote fraud is 'normal': Nice Deb
IA Poll: Gingrich Now Leads Romney in South Carolina: Max
Justice Alito oddly unimpressed with EPA procedures: Hot Air
Even more embarrassing Ron Paul newsletters emerge: Blaze
This is why Marco Rubio is a hero on the right: RS
Five key senators abandon online piracy bills amid Web protests: Hill
NYPD, Feds Testing Gun-Scanning Technology: CBS-NY
Rick Perry’s Final Act: King Maker?: RS
Economy
Some Advice For The GOP: the Abysmal Keystone Decision: HayRideWalker: Recall All About Automatic Dues Payments for Unions: BTV
It's Productivity, Stupid: Hoosier
Pelosi: Hey, We're Not Tied to the Criminal Occupy Mob: JWF
Michigan Teacher Pays To Leave Union, Retain Self-Respect: ConCom
Ron Paul's Soros-Funded Defense Plan: Greenfield
Gunrunner & Energygate
Activist Virginia judge who wouldn’t allow Rick Perry and Newt Gingrich on state’s ballot is Obama appointed: FAMGM Has Advertising Campaign Prepared Should Volt Fire Concerns Worsen: PCMag
Fast and Furious Is One Among Many Similar Drug-War Warts: Narcosphere
Climate & Energy
Obama Kills 20,000 Keystone XL Jobs, Laborers’ Union Vows Not To Forget Betrayal: LURObama’s Keystone Pipeline Problem Ready to Blow: Shark Tank
Obama’s National Energy Plan Coming To a Corner Near You?: Shark Tank
Obama Rejects 20,000 Pipeline Jobs to Appease Radical Green Base: AmElephant
Under Obama, Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands Is Down 40%: Foundry
Gingrich on Obama’s Keystone Decision: “This Is a Stunningly Stupid Thing to Do”: GWP
Media
Is Mark Zuckerberg Teaming Up with Politico to Give Obama an Edge?: BGABC News Holding ‘Bombshell’ Interview with Newt’s Ex Until After SC Primary?: LoneCon
Democrats in denial about Obama's impending loss: Times
Beckel Admits: 'We Liberals Made a Terrible Mistake': FoxNation
Jimmy Carter: Newt Gingrich Has That Subtlety Of Racism: Wizbang
ABC: Romney has millions parked in funds in the Caymans: Hot Air
Why The Media Wants Romney To Win The Nomination So Badly: Riehl
Drudge: Gingrich’s ex-wife is ready to dish; Update: Nothing new revealed in interview?: Hot Air
Levin: We know so little about Obama and ABC is talking to Newt’s ex-wife: Scoop
Oh, About That Newsweek Cover: Driscoll
Not by sight, but by faith: Cal Thomas
Why Is Mitt Romney Still the Least Vetted GOP Candidate?: Tatler
World
Civilization in Reverse: HansonFalse Flag: CIA memos describe how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies: ForPol
Thousands in Jerusalem protest racism against Ethiopian Israelis: Haaretz
Police Seek Middle Eastern Males in Fatal Philly Beating: Creeping
The Three Rules of Western Discourse and Why The Media Must Always Blame Israel: BRubin
Muslim threatens jihad, shuts down college talk on sharia law: Creeping
Sci-Tech
Google Workers Caught ‘Vandalizing’ Open Source Maps: WiredHow a Diamond Is Like a Champagne Cork: Wired
What Is SOPA Anyway? A Guide to Understanding the Online Piracy Bill: WSJ
Cornucopia
What Do Men Prefer; Women With Curves or Women Who Are Model Thin?: RWNOctober 3rd, 1938: iOTW
Not Romney: Barnhardt
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Rick Santorum for President
QOTD: "A mere two days after it's release - discussed here in this space just yesterday in it's role as a serious player in the 2012 campaign -- now comes word from Amazon that Mark Levin's Ameritopia is already Number One on the Amazon list of the 100 best-selling books.
This is no small -- much less easy -- feat. It is a tribute to author Levin, his hard work and most particularly his in-depth understanding of conservatism and its history and application in American life. In case you missed it, Levin was on Hannity discussing the book just last night -- and you can see that here.
Read this book -- understand this book -- and you will understand the 2012 campaign and everything and everyone involved in it." --Jeffrey Lord
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Infographic: a unique view into the brief history of personal computing
A unique view into the history of computing:
Notice that the scale of the Y-axis is logarithmic.
Things move pretty damn quick in industries where government gets the hell out of the way and lets entrepreneurs do what they do best.
Shhh... no one tell the Democrats.
Via Eponymous Pickle.
Notice that the scale of the Y-axis is logarithmic.Things move pretty damn quick in industries where government gets the hell out of the way and lets entrepreneurs do what they do best.
Shhh... no one tell the Democrats.
Via Eponymous Pickle.
I love the smell of red-on-red warfare in the morning: unions vow war with Obama over Keystone XL
In the battle between the flat-earth, no-growth, environmental Marxists and the labor unions for control of President Subprime McDowngrade, it would appear that the ecotards just won a major victory (oh, and "ecotards" is the term they prefer, I hear).
Hey, O'Sullivan: did Obama at least buy you flowers beforehand?
Dick Trumka and Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. could not be reached for comment at press time. I just wanted to know whether they would miss the roughly 100,000 jobs (direct and indirect) that would have been created by the Keystone. I guess not, since they're sitting in their multi-million dollar homes, insulated from the concerns of their hapless members.
After months of playing political ping-pong with 20,000 potential (mostly union) jobs, the Obama administration decided on Wednesday to kill the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries...
For more than three years, the State Department has conducted its “transparent, thorough, and rigorous review.” However, apparently, the Obama Administration believed that three years wasn’t enough to be transparent, thorough, or rigorous enough......As a result of the Obama’s job-destroying decision, Laborers’ union president, Terry O’Sullivan issued a blistering statement:
The score is Job-Killers, two; American workers, zero. We are completely and totally disappointed. This is politics at its worst. Once again the President has sided with environmentalists instead of blue collar construction workers – even though environmental concerns were more than adequately addressed. Blue collar construction workers across the U.S. will not forget this.
The project would create thousands of good jobs at a time when unemployment in the construction industry is 16 percent with 1.3 million men and women jobless.
Environmental groups have used the Keystone XL as a disingenuous proxy for arguments about global warming. The pipeline would carry up to 900,000 barrels of oil a day from Canada’s Tar Sands to the U.S., reducing reliance on oil from hostile nations. While environmental groups decry Tar Sands development, the Canadian government and Trans-Canada, the company developing the Tar Sands, have made clear the oil will be developed – and possibly sold to China – regardless of whether Keystone XL is built...
Hey, O'Sullivan: did Obama at least buy you flowers beforehand?
Dick Trumka and Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. could not be reached for comment at press time. I just wanted to know whether they would miss the roughly 100,000 jobs (direct and indirect) that would have been created by the Keystone. I guess not, since they're sitting in their multi-million dollar homes, insulated from the concerns of their hapless members.
Hilarious graph: what Californians got for their $27 billion
Man, those teachers' unions are working out great in Cali, aren't they?
Say, I've got an idea for you hardworking California taxpayers: keep electing Democrats to office who are completely beholden to public sector unions and whose allegiance lies with illegal immigrants. That way, you'll keep paying more and more money for fewer and fewer services. At least until the state melts down in a cauldron of civil unrest.
That's the Democrat way.
Hat tip: BadBlue.
"Would an Extra $27 Billion Improve CA Public School Performance?" ...an op-ed in today’s Orange County Register [explains] that’s not a theoretical question. After adjusting for inflation and enrollment growth, CA spent $27 billion more on K-12 public schooling in 2010 than it did when Jerry Brown was first elected governor back in 1974. SAT scores fell over that period (see chart below)....And if a $27 billion spending boost was associated with a decline in SAT scores, why would anyone expect Governor Brown’s proposal to raise another $7 billion in education taxes to do any good?
Say, I've got an idea for you hardworking California taxpayers: keep electing Democrats to office who are completely beholden to public sector unions and whose allegiance lies with illegal immigrants. That way, you'll keep paying more and more money for fewer and fewer services. At least until the state melts down in a cauldron of civil unrest.
That's the Democrat way.
Hat tip: BadBlue.
Obama: Resolutely Determined to Do Absolutely Nothing About Iran
Dan from NY:
Mr. Chamberlain, meet Mr. Obama.
This comes from an Iranian news site (www.mehrnews.com), and you have to assume the Iranian regime has to approve the slant of everything that goes out.
Even so, the idea that Obama is still offering to engage the Mullahs, and being ridiculed for it, is more like a running joke over there than it is news or giving away state secrets.
# # #Details of Obama’s letter to Iran released
TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) -- A number of Iranian officials have released the details of the letter that U.S. President Barack Obama recently sent to Tehran [...] warning that closing the Strait of Hormuz is a “red line” that would provoke a response by the United States.
Obama has called for negotiations ... MP Ali Motahhari said on Wednesday, “In the letter, it has been stated that ‘closing the Strait of Hormuz is our red line’ and they have requested direct negotiations..."
Obama says U.S. will not take hostile action against Iran ... “In the letter, Obama has mentioned cooperation and negotiation based on the interests of the two countries... He has stated in the letter that they will not take any hostile action against the Islamic Republic of Iran..."
“Obama’s letter indicates that the United States has become afraid of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s might and has realized the point that an arrogant spirit is of no use... The important issue is that without the Islamic Republic of Iran’s permission, no country can benefit from the Persian Gulf."
Mr. Chamberlain, meet Mr. Obama.
Apparently, there is such a thing as a free lunch.
So all of those years my Dad spent drilling into my head the acronym TANSTAAFL ("There ain't no such thing as a free lunch") were -- it would seem -- a complete waste of time.
That is, if you're a Democrat intent on addicting children (and their parents) on governmental dependency; the theory being that all will turn out to be reliable Democrat voters.
The Democrat Party is following the Utopian template of Plato, Thomas More, Hobbes and Karl Marx; each believed that a few altruistic masterminds in government could orchestrate society into an ideal community.
And each of their models, of course, descended into despotism, tyranny and mass murder as a few not-so-altruistic masterminds used the levers of governmental power to pursue their own corrupt ends.
So too will the Democrats' plans fail -- as they have throughout all of human history.
And only the Constitution and an engaged citizenry, you and I, stand between the Democrat masterminds who seek to destroy this society and replace it with a Utopian nirvana that they can't even define.
Only the Constitution -- the greatest bulwark of liberty ever created, designed explicitly by our founders to protect the individual from the corrupting powers of centralized government -- only the Constitution, you, and I stand in their way.
And 2012 may be our last chance to save this republic from their destructive, Utopian dreams. And I don't care if Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Rick Perry is the GOP candidate. I would vote for a banana peel over Barack Obama, because a banana peel would do significantly less damage to this society than the Utopian mastermind who won't even reveal his college transcripts.
That is, if you're a Democrat intent on addicting children (and their parents) on governmental dependency; the theory being that all will turn out to be reliable Democrat voters.
From the data provided by the Ohio Department of Education, I created a chart showing the number of students and free lunches provided in the period 2002 through 2011.While the number of school children in Ohio is trending down (the 2005 figure from the Ohio Department of Education seems to be a mistake), while the number of students receiving a free lunch is trending up at a much faster pace.
What do should we make of this chart?
• poverty has greatly increased in Ohio
• the Great Recession is responsible for the increase
• government has created another program that fosters dependency
The simple fact is, that there is no way that this many families cannot provide lunches for their own children. Instead, in a great many of these cases... government is simply allowing parents to shirk their responsibilities to their own children, and in essence, place that burden on other taxpayers.
...A decline of individualism is upon us and is being replaced with, almost a Plato like system where the children are raised by the community rather than the parent.
Aristotle, in Politics, wrote of the consequences of the communal state:
"That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common interest; and only when he himself is concerned as an individual."
The Democrat Party is following the Utopian template of Plato, Thomas More, Hobbes and Karl Marx; each believed that a few altruistic masterminds in government could orchestrate society into an ideal community.And each of their models, of course, descended into despotism, tyranny and mass murder as a few not-so-altruistic masterminds used the levers of governmental power to pursue their own corrupt ends.
So too will the Democrats' plans fail -- as they have throughout all of human history.
And only the Constitution and an engaged citizenry, you and I, stand between the Democrat masterminds who seek to destroy this society and replace it with a Utopian nirvana that they can't even define.
Only the Constitution -- the greatest bulwark of liberty ever created, designed explicitly by our founders to protect the individual from the corrupting powers of centralized government -- only the Constitution, you, and I stand in their way.
And 2012 may be our last chance to save this republic from their destructive, Utopian dreams. And I don't care if Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum or Rick Perry is the GOP candidate. I would vote for a banana peel over Barack Obama, because a banana peel would do significantly less damage to this society than the Utopian mastermind who won't even reveal his college transcripts.
Larwyn's Linx: Sarah Palin Endorses Newt (Sort Of)
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Sarah Palin Endorses Newt (Sort Of): Ace
White House locked down after Tea Partiers throw smoke bomb: WZ
Debate Reaction: Pundette
Final Recount Could Show Romney Lost Iowa: Exam
Valerie Jarrett Has a Secret Service Detail?: Dossier
The obnoxious little turd that is Mike Bloomberg: WyBlog
All We Ever Wanted: TL in Exile
Ron Paul Steps In It In South Carolina: OTB
Ron Paul Flashback: Civil War Was Senseless: Pirate's Cove
Soros funds Indiana Right-To-Work opposition: HoosierAccess
Obama administration warns the left: You will not like our budget: Hill
“Financial terrorism suspected in 2008 economic crash”: ProWis
Another Installment in the Horrors of Socialized Medicine: MB
Presenting The Big Mac Index Infographic: ZH
Another subsidized solar company lays off most of its employees: Hot Air
Another Obama "investment" goes belly up: WZ
A Response to Skeptical Science’s “Patrick Michaels: Serial Deleter of Inconvenient Data”: WCR
Playing the Glacial Fraud Game: Real Science
NY Times Editorial Board: “Sarah Palin Got It Right Last Week”: C4P
The Transformational Tyrant: Gensert
Mark Levin Proves Leftism Is Predicated On Utopianism In New Masterpiece, 'Ameritopia': DLim
Selling Faux Outrage: The Economics Behind Media Matters’ Hit Pieces: Stranahan
After Jarrett Rips Republicans From Pulpit, Scarborough Slams MSM Double Standard: NB
Why Are President Obama's Defenders So Dumb?: IBD
Sarah Palin Slams Newsweek for Giving Cover Story to 'TrigTruther' Andrew Sullivan: NB
Video: Carney dodges question about Obama’s college transcript: Hot Air
Muslims Attacked, Media Silent: Creeping
Report: Iran planning attacks on U.S. targets in Turkey: Haaretz
Windows 8 Doesn’t Play Nicely With Others: WSJ
Internet strike: Wikipedia, Mozilla, Reddit to go dark tonight: LAT
'Sue us if you want compensation' Concordia survivors told: Telegraph
Mutombo’s role in $10 million gold scam only now coming to light: Chron
Image: Big Mac Index - Zero Hedge
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Rick Santorum for President
Nation
Sarah Palin Endorses Newt (Sort Of): AceWhite House locked down after Tea Partiers throw smoke bomb: WZ
Debate Reaction: Pundette
Final Recount Could Show Romney Lost Iowa: Exam
Valerie Jarrett Has a Secret Service Detail?: Dossier
The obnoxious little turd that is Mike Bloomberg: WyBlog
All We Ever Wanted: TL in Exile
Ron Paul Steps In It In South Carolina: OTB
Ron Paul Flashback: Civil War Was Senseless: Pirate's Cove
Economy
45% of Ohio schoolchildren receive subsidized federal lunches: VRSoros funds Indiana Right-To-Work opposition: HoosierAccess
Obama administration warns the left: You will not like our budget: Hill
“Financial terrorism suspected in 2008 economic crash”: ProWis
Another Installment in the Horrors of Socialized Medicine: MB
Presenting The Big Mac Index Infographic: ZH
Gunrunner & Energygate
11 More Solyndras — if it’s this bad on CBS News...: ProWisAnother subsidized solar company lays off most of its employees: Hot Air
Another Obama "investment" goes belly up: WZ
Climate & Energy
Canada's Big Green Fight: Daily BayonetA Response to Skeptical Science’s “Patrick Michaels: Serial Deleter of Inconvenient Data”: WCR
Playing the Glacial Fraud Game: Real Science
Media
Pathetic. Vile. Disgusting: The Attack On The Santorums: Camp o' the SaintsNY Times Editorial Board: “Sarah Palin Got It Right Last Week”: C4P
The Transformational Tyrant: Gensert
Mark Levin Proves Leftism Is Predicated On Utopianism In New Masterpiece, 'Ameritopia': DLim
Selling Faux Outrage: The Economics Behind Media Matters’ Hit Pieces: Stranahan
After Jarrett Rips Republicans From Pulpit, Scarborough Slams MSM Double Standard: NB
Why Are President Obama's Defenders So Dumb?: IBD
Sarah Palin Slams Newsweek for Giving Cover Story to 'TrigTruther' Andrew Sullivan: NB
Video: Carney dodges question about Obama’s college transcript: Hot Air
World
The Society for the Protection of Iranian Nuclear Scientists: KnishMuslims Attacked, Media Silent: Creeping
Report: Iran planning attacks on U.S. targets in Turkey: Haaretz
Sci-Tech
Scientists find hundreds of lost fossils from Darwin collection: FoxWindows 8 Doesn’t Play Nicely With Others: WSJ
Internet strike: Wikipedia, Mozilla, Reddit to go dark tonight: LAT
Cornucopia
So Why Read Anymore?: Hanson'Sue us if you want compensation' Concordia survivors told: Telegraph
Mutombo’s role in $10 million gold scam only now coming to light: Chron
Image: Big Mac Index - Zero Hedge
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Rick Santorum for President
QOTD: "Inside the home, the federal government regulates washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, dishwasher detergents, microwave ovens, toilets, showerheads, heating and cooling systems, refrigerators, freezers, furnace fans and boilers, ceiling fans, dehumidifiers, lightbulbs, certain renovations, fitness equipment, clothing, baby cribs, pacifiers, rattles and toys, marbles, latex balloons, matchbooks, bunk beds, mattresses, mattress pads, televisions, radios, cell phones, iPods and other digital media devices, computer components, video recording devices, speakers, batteries, battery charges, power supplies, stereo equipment, garage door openers, lawn mowers, lawn darts, pool slides… toothpaste, deodorant, dentures…" --Mark Levin, Ameritopia
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
The 'Give the Mullahs a Case of the Squirts' Ticket
That sound you hear in the distance is Debbie Wasserman-Manhands' head exploding.
I find it especially interesting that the Republican establishment keeps telling us that the nomination is a fait accompli for Mitt Romney; yet, somehow, the man can't seem to get even 40 percent of the vote. And, with proportional delegates in the states, the race remains wide open.
Further, Florida gets only half of its delegates this year because it jumped the primary line. So I encourage Newt and Rick to keep at it. When their respective constituencies combine forces, I predict a very unhappy Karl Rove.
I find it especially interesting that the Republican establishment keeps telling us that the nomination is a fait accompli for Mitt Romney; yet, somehow, the man can't seem to get even 40 percent of the vote. And, with proportional delegates in the states, the race remains wide open.Further, Florida gets only half of its delegates this year because it jumped the primary line. So I encourage Newt and Rick to keep at it. When their respective constituencies combine forces, I predict a very unhappy Karl Rove.
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to news
A couple of noteworthy enhancements to BadBlue.com should make it easier for news junkies to explore current events. Oh, sorry. In case you've been out of town, the news site TrendingRight.com is now called BadBlue. BadBlue is a news service that monitors the social networks to determine which stories are getting the most "buzz". It's kind of like a real-time Drudge Report, only more centrist (heh!).
Now, for the enhancements. You'll notice that each story includes a small tag that indicates the source of the story (the blue arrow points to an example, below).
Clicking on that name will give you a list of the most popular stories from that site.
One other note: the small ∞ icon -- which represents a hyperlink -- is a permanent link (or permalink) to a comments page.
For you bloggers out there, if you ever want to check out the popularity of all of your posts in the BadBlue database, just bookmark the following link (obviously, change the red text to your domain rather than Nice Deb's :-)...
http://badblue.bitnamiapp.com/d.php?did=nicedeb.wordpress.com
So check out BadBlue when you have a chance and let Biff know what you think!
Now, for the enhancements. You'll notice that each story includes a small tag that indicates the source of the story (the blue arrow points to an example, below).
Clicking on that name will give you a list of the most popular stories from that site.
One other note: the small ∞ icon -- which represents a hyperlink -- is a permanent link (or permalink) to a comments page.For you bloggers out there, if you ever want to check out the popularity of all of your posts in the BadBlue database, just bookmark the following link (obviously, change the red text to your domain rather than Nice Deb's :-)...
So check out BadBlue when you have a chance and let Biff know what you think!
Eric Holder Finds Endemic Racism Laced Throughout American Society
Attorney General Eric Holder used the occasion of Martin Luther King's birthday this weekend to lobby against the integrity of the ballot box, just weeks after his Justice Department blocked South Carolina's voter ID law from taking effect.
Holder asserted that requiring a valid ID to vote is racist, stating, "...today, a growing number of citizens are worried about the same disparities, divisions, and problems that Dr. King fought throughout his life to address and overcome."
Holder also pointed to union elections as bastions of Jim Crow-style racism, because they require IDs in order to vote.
As for the TSA, which requires IDs for air travelers, Holder termed it a "cauldron of racial injustice."
Holder also pilloried the liquor store industry for its discriminatory policies of requiring identification in order to buy alcohol.
And the attorney general saved some of his harshest vitriol for the military, observing that recruiting offices' outrageous requirements for IDs had set a terrible precedent, one which would have outraged Dr. King.
The Social Security Administration didn't escape Holder's attention; he described it as a "factory for racial discrimination."
Actually, Eric Holder didn't say any of those things -- except for that first statement, concerning his hatred for the requirement for voter IDs. Eric Holder despises the sanctity of the ballot box, because he would never go after the military, the TSA, liquor stores, et. al. for their practices of requiring identification. Eric Holder, in short, wants to taint the vote.
No, Eric Holder is the most malevolent and lawless attorney general in American history. He makes John Mitchell look like an Eagle Scout. And I can't wait for Congress to get to the bottom of his involvement with Operation Fast and Furious.
Holder asserted that requiring a valid ID to vote is racist, stating, "...today, a growing number of citizens are worried about the same disparities, divisions, and problems that Dr. King fought throughout his life to address and overcome."
Holder also pointed to union elections as bastions of Jim Crow-style racism, because they require IDs in order to vote.
As for the TSA, which requires IDs for air travelers, Holder termed it a "cauldron of racial injustice."
Holder also pilloried the liquor store industry for its discriminatory policies of requiring identification in order to buy alcohol.
And the attorney general saved some of his harshest vitriol for the military, observing that recruiting offices' outrageous requirements for IDs had set a terrible precedent, one which would have outraged Dr. King.
The Social Security Administration didn't escape Holder's attention; he described it as a "factory for racial discrimination."Actually, Eric Holder didn't say any of those things -- except for that first statement, concerning his hatred for the requirement for voter IDs. Eric Holder despises the sanctity of the ballot box, because he would never go after the military, the TSA, liquor stores, et. al. for their practices of requiring identification. Eric Holder, in short, wants to taint the vote.
No, Eric Holder is the most malevolent and lawless attorney general in American history. He makes John Mitchell look like an Eagle Scout. And I can't wait for Congress to get to the bottom of his involvement with Operation Fast and Furious.
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Martin Luther King’s Conservative Principles: Foundry
South Carolina: the Final Five: Malkin
Why Martin Luther King Was Republican: Rice
IL Republicans May Not Be able to Vote for a Presidential Favorite: BG
The Worst White House Aide: WS
Valerie Jarrett Blasts Republicans from the Pulpit: WS
Eric Holder, Voter ID, and the Chicago Way: PJM
Holder uses MLK day to tar voter ID laws as racist: WZ
Dem Party of Wisconsin requires photo ID for volunteers!: Troglo
Congress logs most futile legislative year on record: Times
Progressive Paradise of Detroit: Cube
Mark Levin’s Ameritopia: Progressivism, the Oldest Evil: PJM
Huffington rips FLOTUS over insensitivity to the poor: Equalizer
New Santorum slams Romney over principles: CBN
Email 3114, April 2007, Phil Jones again with a massive red flag: Nelson
Nuclear Disarmament in the Resource Wars: RCW
Romney’s Airport Tarmac ‘Shoe-Shine’: Powers
Politico Notices That A GOP Win In November Could Mean The End of Obamacare: Pirate's Cove
Redistribute This: Hayek
Mark Levin: Ron Paul’s interpretation of the Constitution not always accurate: DC
Overblown Urine-Gate Story Reflects a Left-Wing Media Tired of Pretending They Respect Our Troops: BigJourn
Ameritopia Explodes Into 2012 Campaign: AmSpec
Newt obliterates Juan Williams for race-baiting question: Scoop
Can Real Liberalism and the Democratic Party Be Saved from the Radical Takeover?: BRubin
European bailout agency may need bailout: AT
Iran to give US a model of downed American drone: ynet
Apple invites labor practices review in overseas factories: USA Today
Zappo Zapped: Biggest Consumer Danger Not Credit Cards But Identity Theft: Forbes
DC may be like Hollywood for ugly people, but…: NakedDC
Tim Tebow Will Be Broncos Starter For Next Year: Ace
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Contribute to the Rick Santorum for President Campaign
Nation
Martin Luther King’s Conservative Principles: FoundrySouth Carolina: the Final Five: Malkin
Why Martin Luther King Was Republican: Rice
IL Republicans May Not Be able to Vote for a Presidential Favorite: BG
The Worst White House Aide: WS
Valerie Jarrett Blasts Republicans from the Pulpit: WS
Eric Holder, Voter ID, and the Chicago Way: PJM
Holder uses MLK day to tar voter ID laws as racist: WZ
Dem Party of Wisconsin requires photo ID for volunteers!: Troglo
Economy
One more time: The unemployment numbers in context: Q&OCongress logs most futile legislative year on record: Times
Progressive Paradise of Detroit: Cube
Mark Levin’s Ameritopia: Progressivism, the Oldest Evil: PJM
Huffington rips FLOTUS over insensitivity to the poor: Equalizer
New Santorum slams Romney over principles: CBN
Climate & Energy
China Buying Up Canadian Energy Riches: BigPeaceEmail 3114, April 2007, Phil Jones again with a massive red flag: Nelson
Nuclear Disarmament in the Resource Wars: RCW
Media
David Gregory beclowns himself once again with more incestuous bias: NBRomney’s Airport Tarmac ‘Shoe-Shine’: Powers
Politico Notices That A GOP Win In November Could Mean The End of Obamacare: Pirate's Cove
Redistribute This: Hayek
Mark Levin: Ron Paul’s interpretation of the Constitution not always accurate: DC
Overblown Urine-Gate Story Reflects a Left-Wing Media Tired of Pretending They Respect Our Troops: BigJourn
Ameritopia Explodes Into 2012 Campaign: AmSpec
Newt obliterates Juan Williams for race-baiting question: Scoop
Can Real Liberalism and the Democratic Party Be Saved from the Radical Takeover?: BRubin
World
Vatican Says “Most Serious Concern” Is “Islamic Extremism”: DollardEuropean bailout agency may need bailout: AT
Iran to give US a model of downed American drone: ynet
Sci-Tech
Wikipedia to shut for 24 hours to stop anti-piracy act: TribApple invites labor practices review in overseas factories: USA Today
Zappo Zapped: Biggest Consumer Danger Not Credit Cards But Identity Theft: Forbes
Cornucopia
Mayday! Mayday! S.O.S. WTF?: MOTUSDC may be like Hollywood for ugly people, but…: NakedDC
Tim Tebow Will Be Broncos Starter For Next Year: Ace
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Contribute to the Rick Santorum for President Campaign
QOTD: "A Saudi Arabian court sentenced a man to two years in prison and ordered him 200 lashes after he was caught alone with a woman in his apartment, English-language Emirates 24/7 news outlet reported Monday.
The man, a "Christian Asian" in his 50s, summarily rejected the verdict in the Riyadh court, demanding deportation.
The man said he should not be subject to Saudi Arabia's strict Muslim law as per extramarital relations given that he is Christian.
The report did not say whether his girlfriend was also sentenced." --JPost.com Staff
Monday, January 16, 2012
TrendingRight is now...
...BadBlue.com.
The news aggregator TrendingRight.com has undergone a major transition. The name has changed to BadBlue (accessible via http://badblue.com or http://larwyn.com). There are many enhancements that should make it much more relevant and useful for discovering the hottest news stories of the hour.
• A new algorithm levels the playing field for news sources of all sizes - the new link-finding algorithm allows a small blog to achieve front-page status by automatically adjusting the popularity of stories based upon Alexa traffic rankings. A story at a tiny blog, for instance, that gets re-tweeted 10 times, could be equivalent to 60 re-tweets of a story at a major newspaper. You'll notice that the current front page has links from blogs of all sizes.
• New Drudge-style layout - rather than a single column of stories, there is a cleaner-looking, Drudge-style layout that should make it easier to read.
• Pictures! - the new layout thumbnails images from stories to make it easier to figure out what a story is about.
• Fresher news - links are refreshed more frequently.
• Twitter and RSS support - unlike the prior version, you can follow BadBlue on Twitter (@BadBlueNews) or RSS.
• Comment support - the permalink page for each story includes a comments section (with easy social network sign-on supported), so it's easy to make fun of left-wing hacks without visiting one of their sites.
In short, Biff Spackle is standing by in the comments section, waiting to hear your feedback: positive, negative or just, eh, it's okay. If you like it, remember to bookmark the website -- it should provide some of the freshest news stories you'll find anywhere.
So please check it out and let Biff know what you think. He's emotionally quite sensitive, so be gentle.
The news aggregator TrendingRight.com has undergone a major transition. The name has changed to BadBlue (accessible via http://badblue.com or http://larwyn.com). There are many enhancements that should make it much more relevant and useful for discovering the hottest news stories of the hour.• A new algorithm levels the playing field for news sources of all sizes - the new link-finding algorithm allows a small blog to achieve front-page status by automatically adjusting the popularity of stories based upon Alexa traffic rankings. A story at a tiny blog, for instance, that gets re-tweeted 10 times, could be equivalent to 60 re-tweets of a story at a major newspaper. You'll notice that the current front page has links from blogs of all sizes.
• New Drudge-style layout - rather than a single column of stories, there is a cleaner-looking, Drudge-style layout that should make it easier to read.
• Pictures! - the new layout thumbnails images from stories to make it easier to figure out what a story is about.
• Fresher news - links are refreshed more frequently.
• Twitter and RSS support - unlike the prior version, you can follow BadBlue on Twitter (@BadBlueNews) or RSS.
• Comment support - the permalink page for each story includes a comments section (with easy social network sign-on supported), so it's easy to make fun of left-wing hacks without visiting one of their sites.
In short, Biff Spackle is standing by in the comments section, waiting to hear your feedback: positive, negative or just, eh, it's okay. If you like it, remember to bookmark the website -- it should provide some of the freshest news stories you'll find anywhere.
So please check it out and let Biff know what you think. He's emotionally quite sensitive, so be gentle.
Good news: EPA creates bureaucratic nightmare to prevent farmers from using... pesticides
And what could possibly go wrong with a de facto ban on pesticides? Farm Futures explains:
In other words, if a farm has any water on its property, it could be required to submit a "pesticide discharge management plan". This fun package of regulatory overreach includes:

• a Pesticide Discharge Management Team;
• Problem Identification;
• Pest Management Options Evaluation;
• Response Procedures;
• Spill Response Procedures;
• Adverse Incident Procedures;
• and Documentation to Support Compliance with Other Federal Laws.
As the understated Farm Futures observes, "it is unlikely most agricultural operations could support this bureaucratic framework."
I guess we really didn't need reliable food production after all.
And what's the real motivation behind this regulatory nightmare? To make farming so difficult, so onerous, so bureaucratic, that small farms will simply give up and sell out to huge corporations; you know, the kind that have an incestuous relationship with Congress. With the state. It's Crony Capitalism 101, folks (refer to tenets #1 and #7 in Compare and Contrast: Karl Marx' 10 Point Program of Communism and the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Agenda).
The U.S. Senate and the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from issuing a regulation which will require a Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit when applying pesticides.
...any person discharging pesticides and leaving a residue, waste or surplusage through a point source and into a water of the United States will be required to obtain a NPDES permit before application. This case still poses a legal risk for tillage agriculture...
• mosquito and other flying insect pest control;
• weed and algae pest control on the water and the water's edge;
• animal pest control...;
• forest canopy pest control where pesticides will necessarily have to be applied over and deposited into water.
The general permit issued by EPA will start being enforced at the end of February, 2012... As producers, you need to be extremely vigilant as to what your state environmental agency may be doing with regard to requiring NPDES permits for spraying of pesticides.
In other words, if a farm has any water on its property, it could be required to submit a "pesticide discharge management plan". This fun package of regulatory overreach includes:

• a Pesticide Discharge Management Team;
• Problem Identification;
• Pest Management Options Evaluation;
• Response Procedures;
• Spill Response Procedures;
• Adverse Incident Procedures;
• and Documentation to Support Compliance with Other Federal Laws.
As the understated Farm Futures observes, "it is unlikely most agricultural operations could support this bureaucratic framework."
[The framework] does not provide any protection or preemption if a producer is sued by a citizen who claims the spraying of a crop leads to the discharge of the pesticide or herbicide into the air and is discharged or deposited into a water of the state.
...Before spring planting begins, you should have your local farm organization check with the state environmental agency to determine its position on pesticide application and any potential legal liability that might develop as a result of spraying practices... It still poses a risk to farmers and applicators.
I guess we really didn't need reliable food production after all.
And what's the real motivation behind this regulatory nightmare? To make farming so difficult, so onerous, so bureaucratic, that small farms will simply give up and sell out to huge corporations; you know, the kind that have an incestuous relationship with Congress. With the state. It's Crony Capitalism 101, folks (refer to tenets #1 and #7 in Compare and Contrast: Karl Marx' 10 Point Program of Communism and the Obama-Pelosi-Reid Agenda).
Marco Rubio's awesome letter to Barack Obama: America deserves honest leaders, i.e., not you
My gosh, this Marco Rubio is one impressive statesman.
We only need about 66 more senators like him and we'll be well on our way to saving this republic.
We only need about 66 more senators like him and we'll be well on our way to saving this republic.
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