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First It’s Cartoons

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And now this:

Prominent Muslim religious heads have expressed anger and dismay on the information of a US dog being named ‘Khan.’ Maulana Syed Athar Ali said that it is a known fact that Muslims detest pigs and dogs.

“To name a dog a Muslim name by US security agencies is to deliberately incite the Muslim community. We would be meeting soon and devise a strategy to protest and seek apology from the US,” said Maulana Athar Ali.

Yes, of course. It was a deliberate act of provocation. And just how angry are they? This angry.

Hey, it’s a religion of peace. Or so they say.

Business, Economics, Media Criticism, Political Commentary

Thoughts On Facts And Science

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…from an unwashed hillbilly:

Those words mean two things to this unwashed hillbilly: (1) I have doubts that Obama is “the smartest guy ever to become President,” and (2) he lies.

When Obama was trying to sell the plan, he said it would bring the cost curve down. Once his plan was signed into law, he said he knew that it was “going to increase our costs.” At least that sure looks like a lie to this ignorant know-nothing. Maybe there’s some nuance I don’t understand. Or does “down” mean “up” in actuarial science? Maybe Katie Couric could enlighten me; she knows pretty much everything about climate science.

I guess I’m an unwashed hillbilly, too.

Political Commentary

Trampled By The “Astroturf”

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Pity Nancy Pelosi.

Or don’t.

I am highly gratified by the losses of: Alan Grayson, Jim Oberstar, Phil Hare, Barron Hill, Bob “Who are you?” Etheridge, Russ Feingold, Charlie Crist, all the Blue Dogs who voted for the health-care disaster, and others, off the top of my head.

I’m disappointed that we haven’t ended the long national nightmares of Barney Frank, Harry Reid (though he’ll actually probably continue to do damage to the Democrats, particularly if he remains the Minority Leader), Loretta Sanchez, Barbara Boxer, and no doubt others.

I’m very happy to see Senators Rubio, Ron Johnson, and Pat Toomey, among others.

But the main thing is that at least we will be able to stop digging, and spend the next couple years Preparing to finish the job, in the Senate and the White House.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary

California, Too Far Gone

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We seem to have reached a tipping point here. Too many Californians think that they can have both lunatic environmental and economic policies, and a viable economy. Almost every initiative went the wrong way, as did the gubernatorial and senatorial elections, though the former was partly a result of an awful Republican candidate — Jerry Brown might have been beatable by Chuck DeVore.

It’s a positive feedback situation with increasingly negative results. The economic ignorami in the electorate vote for idiotic propositions, and send economic ignorami to Sacramento in the legislature and governor’s mansion, resulting in flight by the sensible, continuing to distill and concentrate the idiocy in the electorate. It will end in bankruptcy (the state is basically already there), and then they’ll demand a bailout from the rest of the country. Fortunately, with the new Congress, they won’t get it. But I don’t know if the state is salvageable at this point. It’s some of the best real estate on earth, but its current inhabitants don’t deserve it, and have squandered a great legacy.

It’s an opportunity for other states to poach a lot of space companies, I think.

[Update early afternoon]

California, winner of the Dumbest State Award, by a landslide.

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