Peter Pan Fiscal Policy
…approaching the end?
As we saw in Greece, when something can’t go on, eventually it doesn’t.
Sixty-Three Percent
…now favor repealing the health-care debacle. Sounds like a good Republican campaign issue this fall.
The supporters of ObamaCare are not helped, of course, by stories like this:
Healthcare law tax credits encourage small businesses to stay small, not hire…
You don’t say.
The only question is whether this was an intended, or unintended consequence. It was perfectly predictable to anyone who understands human nature, incentives, and economics. Which excludes most Democrats.
Stop Slandering The Innocent, Joe
Moe Lane makes a good point about Sestak’s claim that there was bribe attempt, but refuses to say by whom:
Either Sestak is lying about this, in which case he’s, well, a liar who did so for crass political gain; or Sestak’s telling the truth about this, in which case he’s pretty much explicitly participating in a cover-up of a felony. Either way, talking in general terms is not really acceptable. Unless there was an active conspiracy permeating the entire Executive Branch to bribe Joe Sestak, somebody in the White House is innocent of this crime – but until we get the full details of what happens, we won’t know who. And while I may have been heavily critical of the unprofessional behavior of the White House’s staffers, I think it’s hardly fair of Sestak to talk about this scandal in a fashion that implicates all of them.
Of course, the White House could clear things up, and clear the innocent, if it wanted to. After all, Gibbs won’t deny it — he just won’t talk about it.
Commercial Human Spaceflight Prospects
Jeff Foust has a good roundup of the current state of play in industry/congressional skepticism about the ability of the new players to do the job.
And Tom Frieling describes an appallingly bad book on space history. This kind of thing is really inexcusable, and may feed ignorance for years. When I do my pieces for The New Atlantis, I circulate drafts among a lot of knowledgeable people, to make sure that I get it right. If I write a book, I’ll do the same thing. But I guess that kind of thing isn’t very important to some authors and publishers.
A Premake
What if The Empire Strikes Back had been made in the fifties?
[Via Geekpress]
Martin Gardner
RIP. I hadn’t realized that he’d retired so long ago.
[Update a few minutes later]
Some personal memories from John Derbyshire.
Led By Schlemiels
Some thoughts on self-abasing Jews. I like the Star Trek reference in comments.
And sadly, this seems related. They’re not brown shirts — they’re purple shirts, supported and encouraged by the State.
Folks, for those who have been brainwashed by academia all these years, this is what real fascism looks like.
[Update later morning]
A thug too far? Unfortunately, probably not, unless the media gets interested in the story.
[crickets chirping]
The Last Episode Of Lost
I missed it. As I did all the other episodes. I never saw a single one.
Though, actually, now that I think about it, I never missed a single one.
It’s Always The Last Place You Look
An eighth grader has found Jesus in his thumbprint. The eighth grader’s thumbprint, that is. The other interpretation would be too recursive.