A compilation. I guess we should have listened to them.
The Frat Pack Is Back
Man, is this bad optics. As a commenter notes, this is what happens when you surround yourself with yes-people.
Weird Post Du Jour
Humanocentric Heinleinism? With a bizarre bonus comparison of Loonies to Palestinians.
An NPR Head Rolls
This shouldn’t be enough to save them, though:
The Board has expressed confidence in Vivian Schiller’s leadership going forward. She accepted responsibility as CEO and cooperated fully with the review process. The Board, however, expressed concern over her role in the termination process and has voted that she will not receive a 2010 bonus.
NPR also announced that Ellen Weiss, Senior Vice-President for News, has resigned.
As noted at the post, she was treated a lot better than Juan Williams was.
And NPR should still be defunded. This incident wasn’t a reason, but it will serve as a good excuse to do what should have been done long ago on principle.
Bill Whittle
Has actually started up a blog.
Clothes-Shopping Advice
…for women:
When it comes to shopping for fashion, women usually dominate, buying clothing for their men as well as themselves. But ladies, I have a gauntlet to throw down: Women have a lot to learn from the way men shop.
I first sensed this when menswear designer Thom Browne told me that he couldn’t use a fabric unless it felt good “to the hand,” because men won’t buy uncomfortable clothing.
Come again? If comfort were the top criterion for selling womenswear, Jimmy Choo would be out of business. Unlike men, women frequently settle for garments that don’t fit well and don’t feel good.
Women shop. Men buy clothes.
I’ve never understood why women let themselves be abused by the fashion industry. If they’d rebel against crap with labels, and letting Parisian poofters tell them what’s fashionable, the labels wouldn’t be able to get away with it.
One Down
…but plenty to go. The House Global Warming Committee is no more.
Good riddance. It’s morning in America.
The Country Is A Little Safer Today
Nancy Pelosi is no longer third in line for the presidency.
No, Ezra
…and Nancy, and other economic ignorami, ObamaCare will not reduce the deficit.
[Update early afternoon]
Garbage-Out, Garbage-In budgeting.
It’s Good To Be King
Seat-belt laws are for the little people. It would be poetic justice if he were to smash that pretty mug in an accident. I had trouble mustering up much sympathy for Corzine, blasting down the highway above the speed limit on the way to a political photo op, sans belt.