Contributed by: filbert Monday, January 04 2010 @ 09:44 AM CST
New U.S. screening for air travelers from 7 nations: report [*1]
On explaining and defending human freedom and liberty:
anonymous, unverifiable, but authoritative? [*2]
GOP should push education and pro-family tax reform [*3] — and with a dissent:
The new Republican agenda — a bridge we can blow up when we get to it [*4]
Congressional Primary Calendar [*5] — here’s where the defense of human freedom and liberty begins . . .
An Open Letter to Democratic Politicians [*6]
GOP cash woes threaten House bids [*7] — if you don’t listen to the people, the people won’t listen to you — or give you money . . .
The Tea Party Movement Does Not Need a Leader! [*8]
Ron Paul’s ideas no longer fringe [*9] — my disagreements with Paul are tactical, not strategic . . .
Menger Explains the Origins of Money [*10] — such a simple thing, but so many people have no idea where money comes from (hint: it’s not the government) . . .
The reality of Obama and the Democrat leadership as blithering idiots:
Associated Press openly scoffs at Democrat’s “jobs bill” [*11]
Dems declare war on Rasmussen? [*12]
Good Lord: “I think it is unfair and, frankly, political to take pot shots at the president as we respond to this failure in our systems that we’ve got to get fixed.” — Sen. Claire McCaskill [*13] — but wait, it gets better . . .
Claire McCaskill 2010: It’s Unfair to Take Potshots at President… Claire McCaskill 2006: Bush Killed Black People on Rooftops [*14]
Question of the Day: What happens socially and politically if “the first black president” remains an enormous failure? [*15]
The limits of self-reference [*16]
Stimulus Cash Went to Nonexistent Zip Code Areas, Too [*17]
On spotlighting and deconstructing (and occasionally ridiculing) Liberty’s enemies–because even blithering idiots can be dangerous:
Confusing Overrepresentation with Domination [*18]
Americans Deserting Democratic Party [*19]
Race In The 21st Century – Another Inconvenient Truth [*20]
Berkeley’s Unbearable Whiteness of Science [*21]
Obama and the ‘Readjustment of Our National Life’ [*22]
Census Bureau kicks off once-a-decade head count — and they’ve even politicized counting people . . .
Fail Away. Taxpayers Pay. [*23]
Foreign affairs:
Unwelcome truths [*24]
Droning on [*25]
Iran blunders again [*26]
“Global warming” aka “Climate change” — or should that be “Climate Reform?”:
Aviation pioneer and master engineer Burt Rutan on Global Warming [*27]
Are You Now Or Have You Ever Fudged The Data? [*28]
Damn Global Warming![*29] — yeah, it is kinda funny how summer heat waves are signs that global warming is inexorable, but that nasty winter cold snaps are always somehow “just isolated weather events” . . .
Climategate: You should be steamed [*30]
Miscellany:
there’s no way to opt out of the in-your-face cycle [*31]
Preposterous products for people with more money than brains [*32]
Science, technology, and space:
2009’s Sleepy Sun Finally Woke Up in December [*33]
In the Year 2019: Five Forecasts for the Rest of the Decade [*34]
Sports:
Oakland Nips IUPUI in Clash of League Unbeatens as Part of Five-Game Saturday Schedule [*35]
No. 12 K State rolls past South Dakota 91-69 [*36]
Kansas State completes nonconference play by blowing out South Dakota [*37] — oddly enough, the report on Sioux Falls TV station KSFY implied that the Coyotes played well. Maybe they did. Made no difference . . .
So far, so good [*38] — re: SDSU basketball . . .
Media bias–and incompetence:
The MSM still doesn’t understand what being a PUMA is all about [*39]
OK… It’s True, Media “Gatekeepers” Really Are Evil! [*40]
Health care “reform” aka health insurance “reform” — or should that be health care “change?” Perhaps “Global healthing?”:
The Ministry of Wellness [*41]