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Wheat & Weeds – Oops, Sorry Poor Unemployed People

Oh, cash for clunkers. Oh, sigh.

When do we get to cite the commerce clause as giving us the authority to fire congress, eh? Anyone? Seems like a logical progression.

Categories: Politics

It’s rather entertaining to see a nation full of journalists live-tweeting/live-blogging/live-article-writing a book, as they read it. It’s been everywhere. The most entertaining bit, for us ‘Mercuns, is:

Telegraph Blogs – Will Heaven: Tony Blair thinks George W. Bush was a better president than Barack Obama

[I]ndeed, the only positive references to the US President [...]

Categories: Politics

A very good 10 minute video on the history of the commerce clause and how it’s the source of all our present federal governmental joy:

Curtsy: RC2.

Categories: History

I sense a certain inspiration at work in this Australian campaign ad for Bob Katter:

Compare to the similarly-hatted and always ALL CAPS DALE PETERSON:

This bodes well, my friends. GUNS HORSES HATS CROCODILES ON THE LOOSE.

Categories: Politics

WSJ – Ahnuld: Public Pensions and Our Fiscal Future Few Californians in the private sector have $1 million in savings, but that’s effectively the retirement account they guarantee to many government employees.

At the same time that government-employee costs have been climbing, the private-sector workers whose taxes pay for them have been hurting. Since 2007, [...]

Categories: Politics

Chris Young, running for mayor of Providence, recently appeared on the local FOX station for a disastrous interview. The worst part? Choose: a) Young bringing/reading notes, b) saying that he attends church for fun, or c) serenading the befuddled interviewer.

Watch the video. Or try to. Whatever. It’s pretty excruciating.

Categories: Politics

Finally had a moment to watch this election night video Brett McS left in my comments the other day:

Wayne Swan (“The Hapless”) is Federal Treasurer, which is the equivalent of the US Treasury Secretary (but with somewhat more policy setting power, relatively speaking). Michael Kroger is (or was last time I looked) president [...]

Categories: Politics

So, it’s quick links time!

Telegraph Blogs – Daniel Hannan: The Internet is dragging Britain away from Europe and towards the Anglosphere

Brett McS sent me this one within moments of me reading an excerpt from it in The Corner. It’s an interesting and perhaps obvious point, though I think perhaps a little optimistic. And I’m not [...]

Categories: People and Current Events

This is so cute. £.

Categories: Politics

From @wheatweeds:

Dang. Now we have to let him put it in Manhattan. http://americandigest.org/Bomb%20Mot.jpg

If I RT that, heads would explode. Which would be great, but I’m chickening out anyway.

Categories: War and Peace

Telegraph – Ivan the Terrible descendants launch court case to get Kremlin back

The Russian state has been given a month by a court to prove it owns the Kremlin after descendants of Ivan the Terrible filed a lawsuit to stake their claim to the Moscow landmark.

So good.

The problem for the state [...]

Categories: History

Um, I knew I’ve been busy and sick and readying a new house and planning a kitchen remodel and a few other things besides, but did I really miss a whole election?

Wot, no aussie election coverage? Well, OK, we’re not that important. But, very good result! Tony Abbott (my fav) looks like being [...]

Categories: Politics

The Times – Is giving away £5m a reason for such hatred? By David Aaronovitch

Tony Blair announced he’d give the proceeds from sales of his new autobiography to a veterans charity (a quarter of his net worth, apparently), and this sparked a most incredible reaction. Yesterday a letter was published in the Guardian (natch) calling [...]

Categories: War and Peace

I suppose this is just a consequence of the huge population in that state, but good lord, it blows New York away:

It’s like end times over there.

From The Corner: Job Creation in the States

Categories: Politics

Those new lead paint laws meant that the cost of painting our house has gone up by $2,000. Which is, worst-case scenario (original quoted price; might have been less), increasing the cost by a third.

Which means most people simply won’t bother repainting until the paint chips off and gets eaten by local children. Because, [...]

Categories: Politics