Bruce Henderson on May 25th, 2009

News overnight that North Korea conducted it’s second nuclear test at it’s test site near Kilju, in the north eastern part of their country. Early indications are that the shot was between 2 Kilotons and 6 Kilotons, a larger yield than their first attempt where the result was a fizzled 500 Tons.
There are conflicting [...]

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Bruce Henderson on May 13th, 2009

I actually laughed quite a bit when I first read this article in Politico, Democrats: CIA is out to get us
Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Democrat in [...]

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bfwebster on May 2nd, 2009

MORNING LINKS — such as they are
ITEM: Warmists are realizing that when you’re losing the data debate, the  scientific debate and the popular debate — you should just change the terms of the debate!
The problem with global warming, some environmentalists believe, is “global warming.”
The term turns people off, fostering images of shaggy-haired liberals, economic sacrifice [...]

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bfwebster on April 29th, 2009

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ITEM: Speaking of swine flu hysteria, this may be a good time to invest in pork belly futures – there may be a shortage soon.
ITEM: Yet another way in which Western Europeans are looking for the US to help them financially.
ITEM: Here’s a slideshow of items from the Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch auction. Some [...]

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bfwebster on April 26th, 2009

MORNING LINKS — apparently, Monday’s also a snowy day
ITEM: I went to bed with rain falling outside and woke up to about an inch of snow on the ground, with more falling. And apparently we could get more on Friday Morning (May 1st).
ITEM: For about two years before things collapsed, my co-blogger, Bruce Henderson, was [...]

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Bruce Henderson on April 23rd, 2009

The rookie president is busy shredding the intelligence community, and my biggest gripe is I am not sure how much I should talk about it.
But here is something from the UK press that indicates that one of the big names that the Obama administration may try to target with a show trial would be none [...]

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bfwebster on April 23rd, 2009

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ITEM: I figured that Janet Napolitano had some kind of security credentials beyond being a Democrat from a border state who was current on all her taxes. It doesn’t appear so (the credentials, that is; not the taxes; hat tip to the Drudge Report):
In an interview broadcast Monday on the CBC, Ms. Napolitano attempted [...]

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bfwebster on April 22nd, 2009

MORNING LINKS — yeah, I’m up early
ITEM: Jim Lindgren over at the Volokh Conspiracy does the simple investigation that no news organization (except possibly Fox) seems willing or able to do. His finding: states with the highest unemployment rates have high tax and unionization rates, while states with the lowest unemployment rates have low tax [...]

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bfwebster on April 20th, 2009

[For those of you coming in from Ace of Spades HQ, here's the Atlas Shrugged review.]
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ITEM: Visualization is always a good thing. The Heritage Foundation graphically illustrates the minuscule nature of Obama’s proposed  — and far from realized — cuts (hat tip to Instapundit):

MORNING LINKS — things are heating up a bit.
ITEM: The stimulus [...]

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bfwebster on April 17th, 2009

“Mr. Rearden,” said Francisco, his voice solemnly calm, “if you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling, but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater [...]

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