I browse so you don’t have to: A catalog of exoplanets (planets outside our solar system), courtesy of the Planetary Society. Isn’t this just like a reporter? (Hat tip to Dave Barry) The next hot bumper sticker. No, really. Victor Davis Hanson on “Obamafusion“. And speaking of which…. The Law of Unintended (But, Frankly, Entirely […]
As Ben Franklin put it, “Experience is a dear [i.e., costly, expensive] school, but fools will learn at no other.” Hat tip to Instapundit. ..bruce w..
Yep, this about sums it up: Hat tip to Gerard Vanderleun at American Digest. ..bruce w..
Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. . . .Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1 (1905) To the left is the new logo chosen by the Obama Administration for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). In other words, […]
I have been warning now for several weeks that the second big round of financial stress has been gathering strength, carefully picking it’s time to emerge and unfold. This week the European Union will hold a summit to try and chart a course out of the death spiral that many EU member nations now find […]
I ran across this photo of VP Joe Biden over at the Wall Street Journal Photo Journal and felt it cried out for captions: My first thought was: “So, whaddya think? Sauteed? Roasted?” ..bruce w..
Cracked.com has put out one of the frequent lists, this one of “10 Awesome Ads (For Traumatizing Children)” (warning: Cracked tends to use vulgar language a lot). All ten ads were great picks, and several were truly disturbing, but this one (#4) was for me the most frightening: It’s like watching the setup for an […]
They prepare us for that which is to come: Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse? Heh. ..bruce w..
Monday morning roundup
Links worth reading: Democrats try to rebrand earmarks as good government. Not a surprise, since they’re also trying to rebrand trillion-dollar deficits as good economics. And speaking of good government, Rep. Charlie Rangel responds to direct questions about his tax issues. Robert Samuelson weights in on Obama’s approach to the economic crisis: Confidence (too little) […]
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