AboveTheLaw: Reality TV On Mission to Destroy Reputation of Law School Students Everywhere.
Really? Sounds to me like the reputations of certain law schools is what will suffer instead. But then again, that’s all part of a larger trend.
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WyBlog: “He is not running for president…He’s running for consigliere, and he’s got advice galore for the GOP and their candidates”.
Well, fortunately Chris Christie has plenty of time to change his mind…
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Hitch has been diagnosed with esophagus cancer.
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The challenges of Al Gore’s Current TV.
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Looks like it should hold a lot of data, but looks can be deceiving.
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VP Biden called a small businessman “smartass” after he asked for lower taxes.
What did he mean? Did he mean the businessman did not know his place? (like this NPR item suggests about constituents?) Did he mean the businessman was behaving pretentiously? (like the media tends to do when citizens assert themselves) Did he mean this American businessman didn’t have a right to petition the government of the United States for lower taxes?
Another good question: is Biden a public servant or a ruler? Which are you Mr. Biden? And is this why they call you “Bite-Me” in certain circles?
Watch how the MSM and the Sorosphere either ignore this instance of White House arrogance or shred the small businessman to pieces. Don’t hold your breath for the sort of reaction they would unleash on the VP if his name were Dick Cheney.
If Biden is smart, he’ll apologize to that man (i.e., he won’t).
UPDATED: Related content at Fausta’s: Wash Biden’s mouth with soap, again.
MORE: Ace: Joe Biden, Man of the People.
ANOTHER ONE: Hillbuzz: The Administration’s coming Marie Antoinette Moment? I could have sworn they’ve already had a few of those. Maybe it just feels that way…
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The EPA classifies milk as oil?
Yes, it does. Because milk contains animal fat, which is technically an oil. Not petroleum-based oil, but it’s oil nevertheless.
Why do you look stunned? The EPA folks are from the government. And they’re here to help.
Via Blogprof.
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Via Instapundit: Would NPR prefer that voters leave tyranny to the professionals?
If so, they’re not alone. How dare the voters exercise their right to choose? Outrageous!
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NBC/WSJ Poll: Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook: “For the first time, more people disapprove of Mr. Obama’s job performance than approve.”
And it didn’t take a hostage crisis in Iran, either. Although it sure feels like America is being held hostage by a lack of leadership and – in some communities – by a cynical, nihilistic political class…
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At TOM. It’s Aggregation Station over there! Lots of links.
Funny how things turned out. Obama stuck by Bush policies right from the start, then he embraced them to the point of making him his own, now he’s outright borrowing leadership solutions from Bush.
And all that after openly criticizing these same policies for almost 2 years. What’s that saying again regarding imitation and flattery? I thought Obama wanted to part with the “failed policies” of the last 8 years.
That giant, deflating sound you hear is millions of rubes across America being let down.
Related: Chris Wysocki must be surprised that Petraeus got the job. And if he in fact is surprised, I can’t blame him…
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L.A. Weekly: “The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to approve one exemption from its economic and travel boycott of Arizona: A Scottsdale-based company will be allowed to continue to operate the city’s red-light cameras.”
I thought Arizona was as pit of racism. I guess racist red-light cameras are ok, as long as they’re L.A.’s red-light cameras.
UPDATE: Related (marginally): Meanwhile, in nearby Maywood, California: “You single-handedly destroyed the city.”
Bad, incompetent government is endemic in California…
MORE: And don’t forget Michigan: Disgraced Detroit Ex-Mayor Indicted on 19 Federal Counts: “Kilpatrick and his associates used the mayor’s office to run a criminal enterprise.”
Political Class-ic.
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Cory Doctorow on Mickey’s methamphetamine connection.
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Celebrate the birthday of the LP with a very thorough slideshow.
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ABC News: Congressional Democrats Put Breaks On New Spending.
Vote’em out anyway. This is just their survival instinct kicking in, not who they really are.
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Crossing into a land of statistical incoherence with the NYT: Lower crime rates in Arizona? Sure! Right next to the local beach front property I’d love to sell you.
Hard to tell where the bias ends and the incompetence begins. All in a news day’s work, I suppose…
Via AmericanPower.
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…not named Atticus Finch: a Salon.com slideshow.
Happy Father’s Day to all non-fictional dads out there!
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For Neda, a 67-minute documentary chronicling the story of Neda Agha-Soltan – who died on this day last year in the midst of Iran’s Green Revolution – is currently airing on HBO as part of its summer documentary series.
Check your local listings. Or watch it free on your computer – at the link above – or via YouTube:
Related content here.
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Bill Quick on why we owe a debt of gratitude to the utopiaphilic rubes who helped Obama become president.
I agree with Bill. Thank you, Rubes.
(via Instapundit)
UPDATE: Related: Ed Driscoll: Boulevard of Broken Dreams.
Personally, I think it’s more like an interstate system of broken dreams.
MORE: Who’s the Ace of Rubes? Smitty knows.
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Bloomberg: BP was struggling with Gulf well cracks since February, Minerals Management Service knew.
And yet no warning was issued or any countermeasures were adopted. Too busy with meth and porn, I suppose…
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Obama’s oil spill chief will be part-time.
Obama is spending over a billion nonexistent dollars to promote walking and biking. Surely he can incur enough debt to afford a full-time Clean-up Czar!
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In a documentarian’s court, you could say: The People vs. George Lucas.
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E.J. Dionne: “We are seeing what happens when government takes too hands-off an approach to private economic actors.“
I would love to live in this magical world Dionne has entered. Alas, I doubt I’ll see that in my lifetime…
UPDATE: Related content from Ed Driscoll, who links. Thanks!
MORE: Meanwhile, in the Mirror Universe: Roger Ebert uses the words “Carter” and “inspire” in the same sentence. If only…
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TOM: Newsweek proto-journalist attempts to describe Hayek’s Road to Serfdom, elicits comedy instead.
Bonus question: where were the editors? Oh, wait. This is Newsweek.
Who knows? Perhaps Princeton is not what it used to be; and expecting this Princeton senior to grasp a treatise by Hayek is just plain unreasonable. But that’s no problem, because we have cartoons!
UPDATE: Taking Hayek Seriously links. Thanks!
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Texas Monthly: “When Lonesome Dove was published in 1985, it transformed Larry McMurtry’s career overnight and revived the fortunes of the western itself.”
The story is behind a paywall for the next couple of months or so. Lucky for me, I’m a subscriber.
I still remember watching the mini-series on CBS back in – I think – 1987 or maybe 1988. I was a college freshman at the time and one of the English courses I selected was Southwestern Literature. Lonesome Dove
was assigned reading. Watching the mini-series was part of our homework, too. The characters have stayed with me ever since.
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Fausta: Illegals in Mexico: What Calderon doesn’t want the US to know.
UPDATE: Related: Gov. Brewer launches Keep AZ Safe.
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Meet Watson, a “question answering” machine from IBM, “able to understand a question posed in everyday human elocution…and respond with a precise, factual answer.”
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“BREAKING — Obama, Biden declare ‘Recovery Summer’“.
Jimmy Carter must be kicking himself. “Why didn’t I think of that?”, he must be saying…
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From fear of American flags to fear of…toy soldiers!!!
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Obama administration spends $1.2 billion on cycling and walking initiatives.
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Bullfighting: Matador flees bull, gets arrested.
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“When Kabul had rock ‘n’ roll, not rockets“.
Sad to see what it’s become. Amazing to see what it used to be.
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Yes. But only at company-operated stores. Starting July 1.
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Heartbreak for “our Jimmy”: PayPal reinstates Atlas Shrugs account.
Justice and truth prevail. Self-righteous vanity, not so much…
UPDATE: Monty Python salutes James Wolcott:
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Laura Ingraham: Obama fundraises off of the Gulf: “Did President Bush ever raise money off of 9/11? Hurricane Katrina? The thought is mind boggling–who would think to politicize a national catastrophe or use it to push an unrelated legislative agenda?”
It’s amazing how little self-awareness these people have…
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PayPal cuts off Pamela Geller and accuses her of running a “hate” site, but RevolutionMuslim gets to keep their PayPal account?
Read the updates towards the bottom…
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Or laugh. This would be funny if it wasn’t so outrageously stupid (via Instapundit): An obscure federal law forbade the Coast Guard from accepting help from foreign-made boats with foreign crews in the Gulf clean-up. But Obama could have granted an exemption from the law by executive order.
Why didn’t he? Does the administration know about this obscure federal law? “The answer is apparently yes: they found out this week, indirectly, from the usual source: a conservative think tank.”
The capper: During Katrina, Bush knew. And he acted.
Next time Obama blames “failed policies of the past” for anything, you can laugh a little before you go back to lamenting the Gulf’s misfortunes…
UPDATE: Foreign Policy: The 13 countries which offered help…and were rejected. Plus, a coverup!
“As a policy matter, we’re not going to identify those offers of assistance until we are able to see, you know, what we need… And as we accept those offers of assistance, we will inform you.”
Reporters pointed out that the Bush administration identified assistance offers after the Katrina disaster, so what is this, a new policy?
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Actor Jerry O’Connell puts law school on hold to play TV lawyer.
I had no idea Jerry O’Connell was going to law school. Years ago I ran into him at NYU. Weird.
One of my study group buddies – one of my best friends from law school – is a former Hollywood actor himself. A penchant for theatricality can come in handy in the courtroom, I suppose. Maybe that’s why I prefer transactional work…
