Why, the notion of living within our means is just crazy talk.
Category Archives: Business
The Death Tax
…and how it wrecked the Dodgers.
Only Eleven?
Prices will go up for (at least) eleven other things as a result of rising fuel costs.
Energy Lunacy
…from the Obama administration. Well, it is Government Motors, after all. Gotta look for the union label when it comes to paying off your supporters with taxpayer money.
Congress Wants To Go To The Moon?
Really?
My thoughts at the Washington Examiner.
Brief Thoughts On Donald Trump’s Cowardice
…from Mark Steyn.
Why Tax Hikes Won’t Work
Megan McArdle explains to Kevin Drum. Again.
Six-Dollar Gas?
It could happen, if the dollar continues to fall. And the White House seems determined to make that happen.
I have an idea for an ad campaign next year. Show a video clip of Obama back in ’08, talking back how “gas prices will necessarily go up” to carry out his green agenda, or about “bankrupting the coal industry.” Then end the ad with, “He got what he wanted. Did you?”
To The Consternation Of The Suits In Hollywood
Atlas Shrugged seems to be doing pretty well:
business has been brisk enough for producers Harmon Kaslow and John Aglialoro to expand from 299 theaters to 425 this weekend and to 1,000 by the end of the month. They don’t have enough film prints to fill all the orders.
“Things have turned for us,” Kaslow said. “When we started, exhibitors were not embracing the film like we thought they would. Now, we can pretty much go into as many theaters as we want. It’s just a matter of logistics.”
Unexpectedly!
Though he’s still cautious, this would bode well for Parts 2 and 3.
CCDev Winners Announced
NASA wanted to wait until they had some certainty in their budget, so with the passage of the CR last week, they made the announcement today. I’ll be interested to see more details when I get some time, particularly as to what Blue Origin will do with their twenty-two million. But I found this statement by Ed Mango politically interesting:
“The next American-flagged vehicle to carry our astronauts into space is going to be a U.S. commercial provider,” said Ed Mango, NASA’s Commercial Crew Program manager. “The partnerships NASA is forming with industry will support the development of multiple American systems capable of providing future access to low-Earth orbit.”
While I agree with that (and it’s been true for years, really ever since Mike Griffin decided to waste money on Ares), it can’t thrill defenders of either SLS or MPCV on the Hill.