Randall Munroe is asking the important questions.
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The Real Voter Suppression Of 2012
Voter ID didn’t reduce turnout, but the IRS may have.
History may very well view the past election as illegitimate. If so, there’s not much we can do about most of the races, but there is a solution for the top one.
Masterb@tion
The politics of it.
As sins go, it’s pretty weak tea to me. And I think it’s actually good for your health, as long as you have a healthy attitude toward it. In fact, I think that it’s sinful and frankly stupid that people would deny sexual pleasure to those unable to find a willing partner. It certainly beats the hell out of rape.
Why A One-Way Trip To Mars?
Three applicants explain.
And over at Space News, Rod Pyle has the story on why Bernie Taupin had it right: “Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids.” What he doesn’t mention is that the issue came up as a result of a question from me to Lansdorp. I think that it would be bioethically irresponsible, given the current state of knowledge, to send a fertile woman there, at least with men along, and it didn’t appear to me that he’d given the matter much thought. I’ll probably write a piece on this, maybe even today.
Lois Lerner
The American people have a right to know both how deep and how high the corruption of our government runs. The White House has an interest in minimizing the scandal, and surely that is Obama’s objective if he is trying to throw Lerner under the bus. Let’s reserve judgment on her and make sure not to let off the hook the man whose re-election the IRS’s abuse of power helped to advance.
I don’t want her scapegoated. As Michael Ledeen suggests, she (and the others whom the administration is trying to sacrifice and scapegoat) should be immunized, so we can get to the truth. And if part of that truth leads to the president, let’s just hope for the sake of the country that the vice president is implicated as well.
Light Blogging
I’m headed down to Long Beach for the Space Tech Expo. I’m not taking a computer, just my phone, so I may put up brief posts, but nothing extensive, or linky.
What Aren’t They Telling Obama
A new trending Twitter hashtag.
Protest The IRS
Tomorrow. At high noon.
It will be interesting to see how the media responds this time. Will the Tea Partiers still be racists, or rebels with a cause?
Looking Ahead To A Bright Future
Glenn Reynolds reviews a new book co-authored by mutual friends — America 3.0
A Do-Nothing Congress
Call me crazy, but this sounds like good news. Given the vast improbability of them doing anything good, nothing seems to be preferable to me.