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 May 1st, 2009

ADMIN: Yeah, I know today’s post title doesn’t rhyme with the others — but here’s a quick test of your own nit-pickiness: did the difference between Monday’s title and the rest of the week bother you?
MORNING LINKS (and these are likely the only link you’ll get today).
LINK: Speaking of workers, I’m going to be tied [...]

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bfwebster on April 23rd, 2009

OVERNIGHT LINKS
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 21st, 2009

[For those coming in from Ace of Spaces, here's the link to the "Atlas Shrugged" review]
MORNING LINKS
Item: I swapped e-mails this week with “S. Weasel” who runs one of my favorite blogs. She and her significant other (now husband) recently moved to England; she loves it there, but in her e-mail to me, she talked [...]

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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.]
AFTERNOON LINKS
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 15th, 2009

MORNING LINKS
ITEM: Wondering where all those Tea Parties are taking place? Have a look. Hat tip to Instapundit.
ITEM: Creeping socialism/fascism alert — A Greenville, Texas City Council member is arrested and removed from a City Council meeting for talking about a subject that the Mayor didn’t like. Pretty amazing video, including the attempt by the [...]

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bfwebster on April 13th, 2009

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ITEM: Robert Samuelson, one of the more sane and balanced economic observers (probably because he has no noticeable political agenda), points out the fundamental flaw in Obama’s approach to the economy:
What Obama proposes is a “post-material economy.” He would de-emphasize the production of ever-more private goods and services, harnessing the economy to achieve broad [...]

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bfwebster on April 11th, 2009

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ITEM: Why newspapers are dying — note the lead headline for the online version of the Denver Post:
ITEM: Speaking of animals, this story of a dead whale on the beach at Del Mar brings up memories of one of Dave Barry’s funniest columns and the video that inspired it.
ITEM: Y’know, articles like this one [...]

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bfwebster on April 6th, 2009

MORNING LINKS — get ‘em while they’re fresh
ITEM:  “Should war be a game?“ is the fatuous subhead of the day, from an article talking about a new videogame recreating the battle for Fallujah (Iraq). The reporter shows no awareness that wargames have been around for centuries and that most of them do indeed “use actual [...]

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