Free James Delingpole!
The Liberal War on Metaphor. (h/t Robert in Calgary)
This Is Awkward
All members of France’s socialist government have been given a week to publish full details of their wealth as President François Hollande struggles to overcome a damaging scandal over a secret Swiss bank account held by his former budget minister.
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h/t Frank
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer.
h/t Cal2
The Libranos
An old blogosphere driven story resurfaces;
A scathing legal judgment has found the federal government improperly awarded multibillion-dollar contracts in 2002 and 2004, turning a blind eye as the winning bidder used “insider knowledge” and a cozy relationship with evaluators to enrich itself.
Judge Peter Annis ordered the feds to pay losing bidder Envoy Relocation Services nearly $30 million in a decision released Saturday.
“Envoy should have been declared the winner,” Annis found.
The case turned on the then-Liberal government’s awarding of relocation contracts for members of the Canadian Forces, civil service and the RCMP.
h/t JM
Bill Maher is New Self-Declared Expert on Libertarianism
If I Had A Million Dollars
1978 “AFFIRMED” Triple Crown Trophy for sale on Ebay.
Reader Tips
You’re a sweet little headache, but you are lots of fun. I’ve a good mind to spank you, then thank you for all you’ve done.. ♫
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The Children Are Our Future
And that’s why I’ve taken to sleeping in a chair with the shotgun in my lap.
Y2Kyoto: State Of Anorexia Envirosa
Is President Obama waging a war on coal? Republicans say yes. Democrats deny it. Here’s what Bill McKibben, self-styled leader of America’s “fossil-fuel resistance,” has to say: “Recently, I had a long talk with an administration insider who kept telling me that, for the next decade, we should focus all our energies on ‘killing coal.'” Sounds like a war to me.
That wasn’t good enough for McKibben, who insisted that the administration would have “to put the same sort of thought and creative energy into killing oil and natural gas, too.” Now that’s creativity. Energy independence? “Last century’s worry,” says McKibben.
The Tolerant Left
MSNBC: Is Dr. Ben Carson ‘Just a Black Sarah Palin?’
4 Year Recovery Watch Remains On High Alert
Well, it’s only gasoline consumption. Probably nothing.
h/t Melinda Romanoff
The Iron Lady
May she rest in peace.
Diversity in Everything Except Thought & Ideas
The WSJ has a fascinating story about a detailed analysis of a liberal arts school in Maine. Here’s a snippet:
The school’s ideological pillars would likely be familiar to anyone who has paid attention to American higher education lately. There’s the obsession with race, class, gender and sexuality as the essential forces of history and markers of political identity. There’s the dedication to “sustainability,” or saving the planet from its imminent destruction by the forces of capitalism. And there are the paeans to “global citizenship,” or loving all countries except one’s own.
The full study can be read here (PDF).
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
The disability insurance trust fund has been running at a deficit since 2009. So far, it has been able to make payments drawing down on surpluses built during the 1990s and early 2000s. But unless revenue increases or payouts drop that extra cash will eventually run out. In fact, the most recent report of the fund’s board of trustees expects it to run dry as soon as 2016.
It’s Probably Nothing
Portugal Considers Paying Public Workers In Treasury Bills Instead Of Cash
Reader Tips
In tonight’s entertainment en route to the tips Luna Lee plucks, pushes, and strums on her gayageum as she performs a version of Jimmy Hendrix’s Voodoo Chile.
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Quote of the Week
In North America, we call it ‘Fisker’
‘Solyndra’, and crony capitalism.
“My wife has been crying for three or four days now saying: ‘Why should we pay and not them?'” says Andreas.
It was revealed last week in Greek media that Laiki, the Bank of Cyprus and the Hellenic Bank forgave loans amounting to millions of euros to companies, local authorities and individual politicians.
It’s what happens when politicians and business people spend time together on the golf courses.
H/t: Dick Slater