A moral and historical ignoramus.
It’s not like it’s anything new.
[Update a few minutes later]
The Crusades and other “root causes.”
[Friday-morning update]
A Jew examines why Obama will not name Islam.
The Auto Bail Out
It’s official, the taxpayers took a $17B bath on it:
It did not have to be this way. Obama violated numerous bankruptcy laws when he strong-armed GM and Chrysler through bankruptcy, all to the benefit of United Auto Workers members. Non-union employees of the firms got screwed. And so did taxpayers.
That “every penny was paid back” was just another lie from the guy who said you can keep your doctor and your plan.
That “5.6% Unemployment Rate”
It’s a Big Lie.
Brought to you by the people who said you could keep your doctor and your plan.
Artificial Intelligence
Our immortality, or our extinction?
I think that’s a matter of how you define “us.”
Lunar Property Rights
The FAA is taking the first step toward granting them (in a sense). It doesn’t say how big an exclusion zone would be provided. But this is unprecedented. I assume this topic will come up at the conference tomorrow or Thursday.
Headed To DC
I’m actually on the plane from Dallas, and should arrive in less than an hour. My first flight didn’t have wifi.
Angelina Jolie
…takes a stand against ISIS, in Iraq.
Good for her.
The Ukelele
My dad had one, with a Burl Ives book.
When I was growing up, we pronounced it Youkuhlaylee, but as the article points out, Hawai’ian is the most phonetic language in the world (because the written language was invented to be so by the missionaries). So the proper pronunciation is (as the article notes) Ookaylaylay. Also, Honolulu is Hohnohlooloo, not Hahnahlooloo, which is the popular mainland haole pronunciation.
Groundhog Day
A movie for all time.
And yes, I know it’s an oldie, but worth a re-read.
The Emerging Republican Advantage
This analysis is primarily surprising in that it comes from John Judis, who had previously been bullish on Democrats prospects.