Contributed by: filbert Friday, February 12 2010 @ 05:27 AM CST
Western Illinois 64, Oral Roberts 62. “That’s why they play the games.”
SECTION TWO: Things That Amuse Me:
Simians and other aminals*:
Toads Anticipate the Timing and Impact of Their Landings [*1]
Bird-from-Dinosaur Theory of Evolution Challenged: Was It the Other Way Around? [*2]
*Yes, I know it’s “animals,” it’s just that I always found the childhood mispronunciation really, really cute . . .
Travel:
DOT Attaches Foolish Conditions to US Airways and Delta Slot Swap in New York and Washington [*3]
Sports:
Jackrabbits’ vision for future could be ‘state changing’ [*4]
Jackrabbits and Bison clash at Frost [*5]
Mayor Wants No City Money For Sports Complex [*6]
East Texas coach, player out on bond [*7]
Jacks battle Bison in Pink Zone® game [*8]
Li’l Jack [*9]
Science Fiction and Writing:
Nothing spacey today.
Science, technology, and space:
The Government Can Monitor Your Location All Day Every Day Without Implicating Your Fourth Amendment Rights [*10] — I can see how this could be a problem . . . can you?
Bill Clinton has two stents placed in heart: aide [*11] — As I realize I don’t have a straight “news” section . . .
Miscellany (amusing things not fitting above, or below):
South Dakota man accused of attacking snow plow driver who knocked over mailbox at his home [*12]
Tennessee grandfather charged with holding boy on his lap while driving drunk [*13] — One or the other, but not both, Grandpa!
SECTION THREE: Politics: The neverending battle against blithering idiocy:
People doing potentially good things (including sightings of politicians doing something less than totally idiotic):
Sarah Palin displays her pitch-perfect populism [*14]
Palin Exposes the Tea Partiers’ True Colors: Why trading liberty for security is not consistent with a limited government philosophy. [*15] — Cautionary note . . .
Beck: Maybe both parties aren’t the same [*16]
Palin Visits Walter Reed: Our Wounded Warriors Unite Us [*17]
Palin Watch: David Broder Says It’s Time to Take Her Seriously, But Half of All Republicans Don’t Think She’s Ready [*18] — Of course, well over 50% of Democrats thought Obama was ready, so there . . .
Chris Wallace: Palin Serious Political Player [*19]
There’s Something About Sarah [*20]
Tea, anyone?–The independent-bent thirst for limited government is more than just some marginalized shouting [*21]
Robert Reich: “I’m also joining any Tea Party of mad-as-hellers fed up with how Big Insurance, Big Pharma, Wall Street, and much of the rest of corporate America have taken over our democracy.” [*22]
Rep. Paul Ryan, Really Randian [*23]
The Four Horsemen of the Ablogalypse: 2010 Version [*24]
The cure for blithering idiocy: freedom and individual liberty (yeah, I know–ooh, ick, philosophy!):
Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom: Do we want a culture of takers or makers? [*25]
Americans’ First Loyalty Must Be to the Constitution [*26]
Interview With Bruce Caldwell, Editor of Collected Works of Hayek [*27]
The reality of President Obama as a blithering idiot (and he’s the President, so he gets credit, if that’s the word, for the entire Executive Branch):
Stunner. Obama Now Says He’s “Agnostic” On Raising Taxes On Those Making Less Than $250,000 [*28]
Why Real Men Get Their Hands Dirty [*29]
Obama doubles down; hits twenty… twice [*30]
Quinnipiac: Obama down to 45% [*31]
Robert Gibbs Tells White House Press Corps That Obama Saved Iraq (Video) [*32]
Vice Idiot Joe Biden: Iraq “Could Be One of the Great Achievements of This Administration” [*33] — You have to wonder what color the sky is in their world . . .
The reality of Washington Democrats (and Independents, and Socialists) as blithering idiots:
Pelosi Aide Prepares to Turn Congress Over to GOP [*34]
CNN Poll: 67% Unhappy With How Federal Government Works [*35]
Rising Red Tape Erodes Economic Freedom in United States [*36] — No, it’s not just the Democrats, but it’s mainly the Democrats . . .
Reid rejects bipartisan jobs bill endorsed by White House [*37]
The reality of Washington Republicans as blithering idiots:
Heartache: Tea Party candidate in Texas a 9/11 truther; Update: Medina responds [*38] — Well, not exactly “Washington Republican” but “Texas Tea-Partier” should be close enough for most people . . .
Other blithering idiots at large making life difficult for regular folks:
Protectionist Nonsense [*39]
Congratulations to the ‘Tea Bashers’ [*40]
Nice strategy for mean libertarians? [*41] — I hadn’t really thought of a “libertarians as blithering idiots” category, but I might have to consider it . . .
“Of course, Nader is simply wrong about what the Supreme Court did” [*42]
Lefties Struggle To Crack Racist Right Wing Code (I Am Here To Help) [*43]
Opposition Research: because blithering idiocy can be dangerous, especially when organized into idiotic groups with idiotic ideologies:
Deception as a Principle of Governance [*44]
Is Bipartisanship a Desirable Goal? [*45] — Not if it’s two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner . . .
The “Jobs” Bill Sham [*46]
A Less Perfect Union [*47]
The Keith Olbermann Memorial “Special Comment” on blithering idiots in the Media:
Did Palin’s position “deteriorate significantly” in WaPo/ABC poll? [*48]
‘Chief Investigative Reporter’ for Tina Brown’s Daily Beast Resigns After Plagiarism Scandal [*49]
CNN Analyst Wants Obama to “Go Gangsta” [*50] — This would be an epically stupid thing to do. I’m not sure even Obama and his advisors are that . . . er . . . well, actually, they are that stupid, I’m afraid . . .
SECTION FOUR: Case Studies in Blithering Idiocy
“Global warming” aka “Climate change” — or should that be “Climate Reform?”:
Is it time to overhaul the IPCC? – Climate scientists debate whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change should be tweaked, overhauled, or scrapped. [*51]
Climate and Rent-Seeking [*52]
“Frozen Wasteland” [*53]
A Blizzard of Global-Warming Hype [*54]
Editor of Nature forced to resign from climate review panel [*55]
The IPCC Is Underwater [*56]
New Paper in Science: Sea level 81,000 years ago was 1 meter higher while CO2 was lower [*57]
Rally for Academic Integrity [*58]
Health care “reform” aka health insurance “reform” — or should that be health care “change?” Perhaps “Global healthing?:
Nothing today.
The Economy (Can the blithering idiots bring down the most productive economy the world has ever seen? Yes, They Can! Will they?):
Did they expect to be bailed out [*59]
Missouri State Workers Angry Over Savings Plan Cuts [*60]
N.J. Gov. Christie Freezes Spending: With State’s Budget In ‘Shambles,’ New Governor Slices Into School Surpluses, NJ Transit Subsidies; Dems Furious [*61] — There’s going to be a lot of angry/furious Democrats, government employees, and welfare recipients before this is all over, I’m afraid . . .
Foreign affairs and National Security (Will blithering idiots get us all killed, or make us all speak Spanish–or Chinese–or Arabic–or all three?):
Dissing America [*62]
The 20% Solution[*63]
Ahmadinejad: Iran is a “Nuclear State” [*64]
The Morning Whip is a (mostly) daily review of what’s out there that caught my attention, sometimes but not always posted before 11 am Central time in the U. S. of A., unless I just don’t feel like it that day, am out doing something more important or more fun, or I’ve been abducted, detained, arrested, or otherwise flummoxed by the agents of blithering idiotry.
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