January 2010
100 posts
Obama's Stunning Admission
The last thing I will say, though — let me say this about health care and the health care debate, because I think it also bears on a whole lot of other issues. If you look at the package that we’ve presented — and there’s some stray cats and dogs that got in there that we were eliminating, we were in the process of eliminating. For example, we said from the start that it...
This Weight Watchers Meal Includes A Free Frozen...
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Partying Pig Pelosi at the Taxpayer Trough:...
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On Menu in Japan - Beef Bowl With Side of...
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Adolf Hitler praised Islam as a 'war like'...
During an interview conducted in the late 1930s (published in 1939), Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychiatry, was asked “…had he any views on what was likely to be the next step in religious development?” Jung replied, in reference to the Nazi fervor that had gripped Germany We do not know whether Hitler is going to found a new Islam. He is already on the way;...
Who is the largest user of electricity and fuel in...
Who is the largest user of electricity and fuel in the U.S.? by Ariel Goldring The government, of course. The federal government will take steps to cut its energy use and reduce its heat-trapping emissions by 28 percent by 2020, compared with 2008 levels, the White House announced on Friday. The government is the largest user of electricity and fuel in the country,...
Islam: Why the Peaceful Majority is Irrelevant
We are told again and again by “experts” and “talking heads” that Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want to live in peace. Although this unquantified assertion may be true, it is entirely irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in the name of Islam....
Hear the rumble of Christian hypocrisy
Robertson may spout evil nonsense, but he is a mere amateur at that game. Just read your own New Testament. Pat Robertson is true to it. But you? Educated apologist, how dare you weep Christian tears, when your entire theology is one long celebration of suffering: suffering as payback for “sin” — or suffering as “atonement” for it? You may weep for Haiti where Pat Robertson does not, but at...
The Anthrax Attacks Remain Unsolved
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Bin Laden blasts US for climate change: Are you...
Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has called for the world to boycott American goods and the U.S. dollar, blaming the United States and other industrialized countries for global warming, according to a new audiotape released Friday. via washingtonpost.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
The hypocrisy of JNU "professors" knows no bounds:...
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Calculated Risk: Freddie Mac: Delinquencies...
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Lucky rescue for dog stranded on ice floe
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Javed Akhtar is a fool (or more likely: a closet...
Javed Akhtar, a prominent writer of Bollywood lyrics, declared that “all Islamic fanaticism and fundamentalism is nurtured by the U.S.A.,” and accused the U.S. government of deliberately hiding the “fact” that Osama bin Laden was dead. via online.wsj.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Fried Rice
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U.S. One-Month Bill Rate Negative for First Time...
U.S. One-Month Bill Rate Negative for First Time Since March By Allison Bennett Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — Treasury one-month bill rates turned negative for the first time in 10 months, as issuance declines while investors seek the most easily-traded securities amid a renewal of risk aversion. The rate on the...
Paul Krugman Moaning about the filibuster: Becomes...
Sen. Tom Udall is proposing a change in Senate rules, going back to the Constitution — which says nothing about supermajorities. via krugman.blogs.nytimes.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
The Zero Rate Bound, RIP
The zero rate bound in economics plays much the same role as black holes (or “singularities”) play in physics. It is the point where all the laws of macroeconomics break down. Quantitative easing doesn’t work, the central bank can’t ease policy by cutting rates, increased saving no long leads to more investment, wage cuts don’t boost employment, and the AD curve may slope upward. via...
Why the Soda Tax May Drive Some to Drink: Your...
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Baby Platypuses (Platypi?)
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Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from...
What do you think are the odds that you will die during the next year? Try to put a number to it — 1 in 100? 1 in 10,000? Whatever it is, it will be twice as large 8 years from now. via gravityandlevity.wordpress.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
Five Easy Questions for Obama
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Pachauri must resign at once as head of official...
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Louis Armstrong and Friends: "When The Saints Go...
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The middle class is the great enemy of...
The President says “I have every interest in seeing a unified country solving big problems.” The rest of us have an interest in being allowed to pursue our individual solutions to those problems, according to the liberties our Constitution says belong to us as absolutely as our souls. We can see the wreckage of those “unified” solutions strewn through our past, and littering the rest of the...
Cricket Team Snub Reeks of Politics to Pakistanis
NEW DELHI — India and Pakistan have fought three wars, claim hunks of each other’s territory and sit astride a deep religious and political divide. Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image Athar Hussain/Reuters India and Pakistan share a passion for cricket, but no Pakistani players were chosen for a major tournament this spring. Enlarge...
Jaipur: Rambagh Palace
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Memo to Krugman: What do you mean "We", Kemosabe?
For Mr. Krugman nevertheless to insist that “the nation is waiting” for final legislative approval of this ‘reform’ reveals that Mr. Krugman’s arrogance has reached such Brobdingnagian proportions that he mistakes his own desires for those of the American public. via cafehayek.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
A simple theory of political jobs, with respect to...
Political jobs would be torture for most people. You have no freedom. You are underpaid and over-bugged. You lose a lot of your privacy. You have to stop writing emails or saying what you think. You don’t get to read many good books or go for many quiet walks. It’s hard to be a non-conformist. And so on. Yet it’s really hard to get top political jobs. So who gets...
Funny People
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Aaj Mausam Bada (Dharmendra & Mumtaz)
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Tiger Shortage? Not if Markets Are Allowed to...
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The fat plateau
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Don’t Cite Global Numbers Unless You Know They’re...
Most development people confidently cite global statistics without knowing what they are based on. Sorry, that’s no longer allowed with today’s greater demands for transparency. Angus Deaton’s AEA Presidential Address just given at the AEA meetings will not let you ever trust the World Bank again on how many people in the world are in extreme poverty. via aidwatchers.com Posted via web...
Buttonwood: Model behaviour | The Economist
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In Another Ten Months, Mr. Obama will Recognize...
Really? This guy’s been on the television more than the Geico lizard, morning, noon and night, and the only time he stopped talking to the American people was the three days or so that we really wanted to hear from him, when somebody tried to blow up a flight to Detroit on Christmas. It’s not the lack of talk, Mr. President, it’s what you’re doing. via campaignspot.nationalreview.com ...
Stiglitz Praises Venezuela after Meeting Chavez!...
After meeting in the presidential palace with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, Stiglitz praised the South American country’s success at distributing its oil income among citizens. He urged the government to ensure its economic policies are leading to sustainable growth. via bloomberg.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
Where is "Prince" Bandar?
The Missing Prince 19 January 2010 Hugh Miles Tags: saudi arabiaCategories: Uncategorized—> Have you seen this man? Saudi Arabia’s former ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, has disappeared. In the absence of any official news about his health or whereabouts, the rumour mill has been working overtime. As is often the case with Saudi...
Fear and Loathing at MSNBC
Just in the last day or two we witnessed: Keith Olbermann’s unhinged rant calling Scott Brown “an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, teabagging supporter of violence against women”; Ed Schultz suggesting that Democrats cheat to keep the Republican “bastards” from winning the Massachusetts Senate race; David Shuster introducing a segment on...
Budget director blames old computers for...
A big reason why the government is inefficient and ineffective is because Washington has outdated technology, with federal workers having better computers at home than in the office. This startling admission came Thursday from Peter Orszag, who manages the federal bureaucracy for President Barack Obama. via thehill.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment » ...
Google Islam search "bug" continues, Day 10 -...
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Bist Du Bei Mir
via me.com Bist du bei mir (en: “Be thou with me”) (BWV 508) is an aria by the German composer Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel. Bist du bei mir, geh’ ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh’. Ach, wie vergnügt wär’ so mein Ende, es drückten deine lieber Hände mir die getreuen Augen zu! English translation: If you are with me, then I will gladly go to [my] death...
Bist Du Bei Mir
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Muslim Extremists Flip Out Over Facebook Photo:...
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Chicago's Real Crime Story by Heather Mac Donald,...
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GDP by Ethnicity: Miscellaneous-Americans
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Egypt's soccer boss says piety key to making team ...
The coach of Egypt’s national soccer team says he only wants players who observe Islam and the selection of his squad is based equally on religious piety and skill. via seattletimes.nwsource.com Posted via web from Bah, Humbug! | Comment »
Energy Policy is a Waste of Money
Barely a few months after taking office, Obama killed it. Pointing out the many objections and obstacles to hydrogen as a significant source of transportation fuel, Obama’s energy secretary, Steven Chu announced plans to dramatically slash the funding for the Bush initiative. At a press briefing, Chu said: “We asked ourselves, ‘Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will convert to...
Calpers Says Middlemen Received at Least $125...
Calpers’ 13-member board in May asked its private investment managers to detail the extent of their use of placement agents. In October, the fund said it hired a law firm to investigate after discovering that former board member Alfred Villalobos earned more than $58 million in the last decade while acting as middleman for firms seeking to manage some of the fund’s assets. via businessweek.com...