Good morning.

1. In the land of no-vouchers for education. Felony?
2. Coptic Christians, women, and now gays … Arab Spring or something less attractive?
3. Meanwhile in Korea …
4. Some historical amazons.
5. Keynesian and neo-Keynesians need not fear … policy makers are addicted to y’all. After all, what other theory recommends increased spending in recession and boom?
6. Some European economic indicators.
7. Coir composites coming to a car near you?
8. Putting Mr Jobs in perspective.
9. Deer (actually a hartbeest) crossing.
10. A qualification on Obama’s liberal label.
11. The Sitters and their motives … best left as unstated shared assumptions, ’cause when they go out and state them, gosh that’s not helping.
12. The high court and a question.
13. A quote for the day.

Good morning.

1. More on “Occupy Wall Street.” here more related stuff (with pictures) here.
2. Solar UAVs and their uses.
3. Golummmm (and his Precious).
4. Religious freedom.
5. So, communism? (living wage regardless of employment status?)
6. Things to be nervous about.
7. Windows based? Yikes.
8. The next performance enhancing drugs?
9. Uhm, you don’t need “four dimensions” … spinors (that is SU(2)) requires 4 pi rotation (not 2) to return to the original state. Yer keys are spin 1/2 (fermions) that’s all. 😀
10. Wait wait wait … coffee is the elixir!

Good morning.

1. I’ve never understood the tacit assumption that “salvation-based theologies” would necessarily struggle with intelligence on other planets.
2. Harnessing the sneeze (and other exhalations).
3. Oooh, more lies and yes, of course he knew it “entailed risk” after most of the advisers were against it.
4. Chains and the Internet age.
5. Clarifying why the modern liberal movement is to be resisted on all fronts, when its stated goal is to dilute the individual.
6. Those colors hurt.
7. FEMA now under Mr Obama, change? … not so much.
8. “Occupy Wall Street” a movement expands, noted here and here.
9. More seriously.
10. A contrast shown between Occupy movement and the Tea Party.
11. Development and design.
12. Oooh, Mr Krugman notes  DeLong vote in the Brown/Warren race. More here.
13. Praise for the Romney list.

Good morning.

1. Well, that’s a recurring theme. Mr Obama makes a statement, soon it is noted, “The problem is, it’s just not true.”
2. Very very cute.
3. Looking at things the Wall Street protesters are saying.
4. How not to do global public relations.
5. Innovation, and consider, for example, auto and health care regulations and ask yourself about risk.
6. Uhm, he’s lost his bully pulpit (FOX) … who/where/how are all those conservatives allegedly listening to him.
7. Millionares? at $125k per year.
8. A Cliff note for Christians.
9. Climate averages shaping up for 2011.
10. Mr Jobs has passed, two notable notes, here and here.

Good morning.

1. Some thoughts on sexual identity and the history of the notion.
2. Of Toledo and (?) Bulgaria?
3. A neighbor notices unrest.
4. Another take on the Ms Knox case.
5. Of price and access and accessibility.
6. I disagree with David here, saying rapists are not “particularly different than any man on the street” is actually saying that the converse is also the case (that every man in the street is like the rapist).  It’s also wrong, people who turn to in-your-face violence to achieve any of their goals are very different than the “any man” on the street.
7. So liberals, here’s a question … what amount is “reasonable.” By what criteria?
8. An apt response indeed “Lord, have mercy.”
9. So, will strong Tea Party support for Mr Cain silence the “Tea Party = racists meme?”
10. Nope.
11. The root cause of our current difficulties.
12. A book noted.
13. The Democrat party and their hatred of women?

Good morning.

1. Rolling up Europe (and psy-ops in general and Iraq).
2. Ferdinand, a outraged (outrageous?) Serb and us.
3. What the high court won’t hear (and why it matters).
4. She’d be one who might know.
5. China … and the US … and Taiwan.
6. Reading Scripture the rong weigh.
7. Ugly girls have all the fun, in which “fun” alas means not going to jail.
8. Solyndra as VC (Venture Capitalism). You know … if you’re going to make the VC argument a VC investor typically invests in 10-20 things cutting losses intelligently banking on one of them being a home run. If you’re going to make the WH as VC argument, show us the intelligent pruning and the home runs. Otherwise stop making that claim.
9. On the the same topic (Solyndra) the White House strategy of lie lie lie remains intact however.
10. Slipping free.
11. Seeking the mythical utilitarian who, erhm, isn’t a psychopath.
12. Fast food is not cheap.
13. Ms Clinton re-writes history for her convenience.
14. The problem with lying when there is a clear and present paper trail.

Good morning.

1. Watching the high court …
2. Looking at Mr Cain.
3. News sources, timing and the Al-Awlaki killing.
4. Birth demographics.
5. Art and its purpose. Challenge? Where went creating beauty?
6. Fat and racism.
7. An odd conundrum. On the one hand, the left is (often) against parental rights but can’t bring itself to condemn sexual matters and the right on the other hand defends parental priority over the state.
8. Not a gymnast.
9. Democracy and coercion, here.
10. A beheading for … what?
11. Why are artists and academics fond of increased state power and economic influence?
12. And they’re not very fond of Christianity either.
13. How are theoretical astrophysics and the USGS alike? Answer, they put their error bars in the exponent.
14. Just being of service.
15. Hell is personal.
16. Hitler and the Red Sox.

Good morning, double dose of links?

1. When you choose to go to war, there is one outcome to seek (hint: win) (HT)
2. A book noted (two actually).
3. Obamacare was to “bend the cost curve” … and guess what? It is, but there is a reason why the supporters of that act aren’t touting that fact.
4. Uhm, ouch?
5. One  really really good reason to go to liturgy (or else?).
6. 1.6 per? Gosh.
7. An interesting reflection on SSM and religious freedom.
8. Oh, on the topic of religious freedom, will this man be a martyr or a confessor?
9. A foreign policy question.
10. Well, that might be interesting grist for the Google-as-monopoly charges … but Opera already compresses web pages for their mobile browser.
11. Well, the tea-party=racists runs into the Cain Florida results.
12. Well, there’s cool and then there’s Gandalfy cool.
13. Liberty is an unstable equilibrium, and unlikely after much “Hulk smash” activity.
14. Speaking of liberty.
15. Zoom zoom.
16. Well, 25 years ago, I recall remember reading a study that mice fed a diet BHT lived 30% longer. So eat your cereal boxes!
17. Depends on the car buddy! For yesterday’s 350 miles of driving I got 87 mpg.
18. The real unConstitutional part of Obamacare.
19. Well, it’s likely the pilot got out OK.
20. Somebody really really hates mutual funds.
21. Vader meets teenage angst.

Good morning.

1. Bertrand Russell and some suggestions (commandments?) for teachers.
2. Transcription of voice to text.
3. But not to Taiwan, eh?
4. Taking the game very very seriously.
5. Press and politics and relationships.
6. Mr Bush.
7. Missing missiles.
8. American church and it’s reflective view of itself. (HT)
9. Changing a phrase.
10. Be afraid, very afraid … or not. 😀
11. There are probably knuckleheads who think remembering Traveler is racist. Just keep in mind they are knuckleheads.
12. Obama and his PR.
13. Art meets math.
14. And a book noted.
15. The real source of the term “green energy.”

Good morning.

1. A father’s pride and a little wood tape. (HT)
2. He was “too nice?”
3. This is not unrelated.
4. UC Berkeley Republican bake sale. Whaddya think?
5. More on Solyndra.
6. Inhaler bans and alphabet bureau confusion.
7. Remember the Tea Party=racist theme the left tried selling? Herman Cain and the Florida straw poll anyone?
8. Red State/Blue State and divorce rates.
9. North Korea and soldier rations.
10. Ooh, look more parasites.
11. Off to the top court … for political reasons of course.

Good morning.

1. What did Archimedes say, “Give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth?” These guys need to do a few more calculations before setting their lever down.
2. Perhaps that’s why the Admin has such problems sorting out Intra vs Inter state commerce?
3. Of boots and drones.
4. Mr Obama’s bridge and why it isn’t fixed.
5. Well, will one of these goofy cars get out of prototype? I wants one. 😀  150+ mpg would be cool.
6. I was most struck by watching effect of time on the body.
7. OOoohh. I can play that game. One can claim affirmative action was designed with the intention of keeping certain minorities ‘down’ (and lo’ and behold, it’s working).
8. The love of a parent noted.
9. Well, if any administration needs a clue on how to create jobs, this is a good primer.
10. Systematic theft.
11. Too the winner go the spoils.
12. Pedagogy gone wrong.
13. Our progressives will explain that excessive waiting lines are good for you, it’s “progress.”
14. And our generation downloads them on to our ebooks … and doesn’t read them. 😀

Good morning.

1. What are the biggest changes in the last 60 years?
2. How did Solyndra do it?
3. One child and consequence.
4. I’m guessing this isn’t a call to privatizeing that aspect of state powers to individuals or communities.
5. Drones. So, how long will it be before US law enforcement uses drones within the US borders? Less or more than 5 years?
6. New books on Solzhenitsyn.
7. Co-habitation and marriage.
8. Mutual funds examined.
9. Unfortunate news for those who dislike  Ms Palin.
10. The cure for the Ayn Randian impulse, Mr Valjean (although a common thread in both is that government sucks).
11. A development sure to excite the TSA to no end.
12. A question of violent revolution put in context. What would it take for you to support violent revolution in your country?
13. Uhm, baseball just isn’t that exciting. Sorry.

Good morning.

1. So are these straw arguments … or are there really people in the world who don’t exercise because they think its bad for you?
2. The consensus “experts” keep talking about peak oil … and keep being proven wrong.
3. Difficulties with Mr Solzhenitsyn (and language).
4. Mr Obama and the information asymmetry problem.
5. Computer metaphors come to life.
6. This is not unrelated.
7. So, if you’re not using your liver, can I, uhm, kill you for it?
8. A knotty writing problem.
9. GOP campaign ads coming out.
10. Manual labor and growing up.
11. More on those millionares not paying their share.
12. What was she saying?
13. Good whiskey and the Trinity.
14. Well, I didn’t get past “Tea party treason” … huh? What the heck is that? Belief in smaller government is treason. That’s, uhm, not exactly a “moderate voice” dude. Dumb perhaps, but not moderate.

Recently the Paul interview sparked a conversation about the limits of government to take our choices putatively for the public weal. This is, for the nonce, the status quo regarding education. How that impacts us in society is of some relevance as the progressive/liberals in our midst have the notion that this would be a good thing if moved to other spheres, like healthcare. What they fail to do is point out the downside for the ordinary person. Read the rest of this entry

Good morning, to y’all!

1. Illegal to give advice? or not?
2. Iraqi war casualty counts.
3. Taking the fifth, and is that “do themselves more harm” or do the Admin more harm, which after reprisals would ultimately do them more harm?
4. Oh, and here’s the Solyndra timeline.
5. Well, Ms Greer is a name to remember … as a complete idiot and a person whose opinion is completely useless. Sorry, kissing your children if done by mom or dad is just fine. Not doing it is more problematic.
6. The AP looks at Mr Obama’s millionaire tax claim. (and Buffet paid about a billion in taxes, not $7million … oops).
7. And about his jobs bill, which is more like his job bill.
8. I didn’t catch this on the MSM wires … did you? Bias or not?
9. A film noted.
10. Errant climate nonsense, “the sky will be full.” Heh.
11. It’s those misunderstanders of Islam?
12. You go, err glow (?), girl!
13. The Netflix business plan.