…from Clark Lindsey, with a lot of links.
[Early afternoon update]
Jeff Foust has a story at The Space Review.
Category Archives: Economics
The “Tax Cuts For The Rich”
Now that the election is over, they’ve morphed into middle-class “tax cuts.”
These demagogues are despicable.
Leftists
…are boring. Thoughts on Oliver Stone’s turgid new tome.
Michigan Miracle
It’s about to become a right-to-work state. I hope the backlash from the thugs isn’t too bloody, and Lansing doesn’t become Madison.
[Update early afternoon]
I would note though, that the whole state will benefit, not just the lower peninsula. The place is finally starting to undo all the Obama-like damage that Granholm did to it.
That 91% Top Rate
Peter Schiff describes what a fantasy it was. No one paid it.
The Entitlement State
…has begun to eat its own:
The biggest federally funded program (Medicaid) is competing directly with the next-biggest set of programs (education). State politicians are now squeezed between the two most voracious (and unionized) constituencies in American politics: the education blob, and the health care/AARP/provider complex. They will want a way out; otherwise, they’re toast. And the only way out is interposition to Obamacare.
When something can’t go on, at some point, it doesn’t.
They Think You’re Stupid, America
And you just proved them right.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems related, somehow: Why I’m not a Republican. We have one party that thinks we’re stupid, and one that is stupid itself.
Alan Boyle’s Golden Spike Report
…is up.
Golden Spike
It’s a half hour until the press conference. They’ve put up this promotional video:
Here‘s the Twitter feed.
[Update a few minutes before the conference is due to begin]
Charlie Martin has a scoop interview with Alan Stern.
[Update at 2 PM EST]
Adam Mann has more over at Wired.
[Via Brian Doherty]
[Update a couple minutes later]
Joel Achenbach has the story at the WaPo as well.
[Update a few minutes in]
Jeff Foust is tweeting from the press conference. So is Alan Boyle.
[Update a while later]
Looks like the company web site has finally gone live.
[Update a while later]
OK, party seems to be over, with a lot of questions remaining. Impressive board, technical architecture described, potential customer interest, but they need to raise billions of dollars.
I personally know almost everyone on the board, FWIW.
Right To Work
…is coming to Michigan?
That would have been unthinkable over the past decades, and would do wonders for the economy there.