The slipping tipping point
Back in ’07, there was alarming news coming out of NASA as to disappearing arctic ice: Joey Comiso reports that this year’s large Arctic sea ice decline may be …
London’s Burning
When you have lost Maureen Dowd . . .
One wonders if the USA’s current Commander-in-Chief isn’t thinking about the fate of President Lyndon Johnson. Johnson’s decision not to run for a second full term as President is …
To all those who believe the Tea Party caused the S&P downgrade …
August 8, 2011
Asshats, Barack Obama, Big government, Democrats, Economics, Tea Party Movement
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The key word in S&P’s explanation of its downgrading of US debt is “TRAJECTORY”. A trajectory is based on a series of data points collected over time, not on …
Progressive Agenda
A previous post asks for the goal of people who call themselves Progressives. Well, the answer may have been provided by Walter Russell Mead. In his commentary “The Progressive …
SEAL shoot down was a trap
That from an Afghan official: “Now it’s confirmed that the helicopter was shot down and it was a trap that was set by a Taliban commander,” said the official, …
“We’re pretty darned f*cked”
Yes we are… and we’ve been that way since Obama was elected… unfortunately, I don’t think it’s what former Obama economic adviser Christine Romer meant: Only hours after Standard & Poor’s …
Springtime For Allah And Dar al-Islam
The “Arab Spring” continues apace, well into summer. In Libya, the rebels are fighting amongst themselves, while no one quite knows what the hell is going on and the …
Did he really?
Amidst news of the S&P credit rating downgrade, the loss of 30 Americans in Afghanistan, to include nearly two dozen of our elite Navy Seals, and news predicting that …
Pride And Prejudice
Over the weekend, my colleague Rick wrote about a rather modest proposal to restore the notion of “shame” to those who depend on public welfare. It’s an interesting notion, …