Archive for June, 2010
World Champions Of Political Chutzpah
When it comes to chutzpah, no American politicians can even begin to hope to come close to the guys who will no doubt be the reigning world champions for many, many years to come. Indian lawmakers are all set to award themselves a fivefold increase in pay: Indian lawmakers currently take home about $372 a [...]
What the Fork?
Remember all the fulmination we have heard from this White House on the subject of executive compensation? Especially when there were major flaps last year over AIG and assorted TARP-resuscitated banks being hell-bent on paying outrageously large bonuses? It may surprise you no end to learn that apparently the White House was speaking with forked [...]
Trapped In A Kafkaesque Nightmare
Yahya Wehelie is an American citizen, born and raised in Virginia, trapped by President Obama‘s homeland security apparatus in a literally Kafkaesque nightmare which ranks right along with some of George Bush‘s most ludicrous homeland security shenanigans. This is far from the first time that Obama has been in the spotlight for seamlessly continuing the [...]
New Official Rate Of Spewage
The official government estimate of the rate at which the BP oil spill is spewing oil has just been updated again, five days after the previous update. On June 10, we were told that three different groups of scientists had produced revised estimates of the rate of spewage. “One group estimated a range from 12,600 [...]
The Spirit Of Self-Help
Never let it be said that Rand Paul doesn’t practice the libertarianism he preaches. It is well known that the libertarian gods help those who help themselves. In that spirit of self-help, Rand Paul is a “board-certified” ophthalmologist because he created his own “board” to “certify” himself: U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul says he is [...]
The Emergency Room Model Of Free Universal Health Care
Remember the compassionate conservative meme which gained wide currency in the time of Bush, that we already have free universal health care because anyone can show up at an emergency room and be treated for free? That model of free universal health care just took a gunshot wound to the shoulder: An unemployed Michigan woman [...]
Depends On The Definition Of Simply Untrue
BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles last Wednesday: Recent media reports have suggested that individuals involved in the cleanup operation have been prohibited from speaking to the media, and this is simply untrue. BP fully supports and defends all individuals rights to share their personal thoughts and experiences with journalists if they so choose. BP [...]
The Courage of Rep. Steve King (IA)
Steve King is a master baiter. When it comes to race, that is. Appearing on G. Gordon Liddy’s radio show yesterday, he declared that President Barack Obama is a racist who “favors the black person”. Oh, and Rep. King is also offended by Attorney General Eric Holder: When you look at this administration, I’m offended [...]
Pardon My French
Last week, the American Energy Innovation Council tried to highlight the urgency of the need to act on a radically new energy policy: On June 10, a group of technology-focused business leaders — including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr, and the current or former chief executives of General Electric, [...]
BP Spill Flow Rate Estimates: Fact and Fiction
Here’s the AP‘s summary of yesterday’s BP oil spill flow rate developments. With each new look by scientists, the oil spill just keeps looking worse. New figures for the blown-out well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico show the amount of oil spewing may have been up to twice as much as previously [...]