San Francisco's big push for low-flow toilets has turned into a multimillion-dollar plumbing stink.h/t ploome
Skimping on toilet water has resulted in more sludge backing up inside the sewer pipes, said Tyrone Jue, spokesman for the city Public Utilities Commission. That has created a rotten-egg stench near AT&T Park and elsewhere, especially during the dry summer months.
The city has already spent $100 million over the past five years to upgrade its sewer system and sewage plants, in part to combat the odor problem.
Now officials are stocking up on a $14 million, three-year supply of highly concentrated sodium hypochlorite - better known as bleach - to act as an odor eater and to disinfect the city's treated water before it's dumped into the bay.
Monday, February 28
And you thought twisty light bulbs were bad
◼ Try the Nanny-State's low-flow toilets...
No, Charlie. We're not all jealous.
◼ Sheen's interviews upstage Oscars a day after
Charlie Sheen - I wouldn't trust you to walk my dog. I can think of 100,000 things I would rather do than meet you. A gazillion things I would rather be than be you, you poor, pathetic, wretched soul. It isn't even amusing watching you piss it all away. The success. The admiration, and the big salary. All worth nothing in the end.
DM
What Percent of California’s State AND Local Budgets are Employee Compensation?
◼ What Percent of California’s State Budget is Employee Compensation? - unionwatch.org
An influential liberal blogger in Orange County, Chris Prevatt, made the following claim on January 25, 2011 in his post “Busting The Myths About Public Employee Pension Costs,” “For California’s budget, salaries represent 7.5 percent of the total state budget. The costs for healthcare and pension benefits are another 3.7 percent.” If only this were true....◼ What Percent of California’s State AND Local Budgets are Employee Compensation? Turns out - 84%
a malicious political opportunist willing to sell out anything for his own personal ambitions
◼ Ted Kennedy, Party Man
Judicial Watch’s release of old FBI files on Ted Kennedy...which the FBI fought on grounds of national security. When the redactions were finally removed, however, it seems clear that the FBI acted to protect Kennedy’s reputation rather than American security...
Among other things, "Waitress Sandwich" Kennedy sent an emissary to Boris Yeltsin: Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. “The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations,” the memorandum stated. “These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign.”
Fascinating. The level to which the Kennedy's are willing to sell out to maintain power. (Yeah, there's more - the renting of the brothel is icing on the cake)
Judicial Watch’s release of old FBI files on Ted Kennedy...which the FBI fought on grounds of national security. When the redactions were finally removed, however, it seems clear that the FBI acted to protect Kennedy’s reputation rather than American security...
Among other things, "Waitress Sandwich" Kennedy sent an emissary to Boris Yeltsin: Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. “The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations,” the memorandum stated. “These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign.”
Fascinating. The level to which the Kennedy's are willing to sell out to maintain power. (Yeah, there's more - the renting of the brothel is icing on the cake)
Shoulda gone with a snow leopard!
◼ Iran Objects to 'Racist' London 2012 Olympics Logo
Iran objects to the logo for the 2012 London Olympics, contending it is racist because it resembles the word "Zion" and warning of a possible boycott of the games....Are they going to riot and shit? and issue FATWAs?
The London logo shows the numbers "2012" in four jagged figures (could you tell?) and until now has been criticized only for its design. The IOC said it received the letter and joined London organizers in rejecting Iran's complaint.
I mean, it's bad enough it coulda been designed by Diane Von Fursetenberg, maybe we should riot.
Looks like Wordpress has added up and downdings
Seen as a new widget on Wordpress blogs... we know this is a bad idea. We have seen where it leads. ◼ http://littlegreenfootballs.com The downward spiral will occur very quickly.
Sunday, February 27
In "SOLIDARITY"
You know, I am really sick of the left using that word "SOLIDARITY" for their pathetic agendas.
That word evokes Lech Walesa, who represented people who endured real hardship and horrific conditions - not pampered Union thugs who want to keep their ability to order politicians around, and who will act as brownshirted (sorry, purpleshirted) stormtroopers for the government.
It really pisses me off when I hear it applied to Democratic legislators who skip out rather than stay and do their jobs. Stay. Have the debate. Maybe lose. It's the way it works.
The truth is we do not need them in their seats in order to know how they will vote. We can fill in their party-line vote for them.
Keep their checks, close their offices and send their staff home with pink slips. save the taxpayers even more money. Meanwhile, Have a vote? Fill in D each and every time.
That word evokes Lech Walesa, who represented people who endured real hardship and horrific conditions - not pampered Union thugs who want to keep their ability to order politicians around, and who will act as brownshirted (sorry, purpleshirted) stormtroopers for the government.
It really pisses me off when I hear it applied to Democratic legislators who skip out rather than stay and do their jobs. Stay. Have the debate. Maybe lose. It's the way it works.
The truth is we do not need them in their seats in order to know how they will vote. We can fill in their party-line vote for them.
Keep their checks, close their offices and send their staff home with pink slips. save the taxpayers even more money. Meanwhile, Have a vote? Fill in D each and every time.
Snow Leopard wins 2014 Olympic mascot race. So do Polar Bear and Hare
(Took out the video, hate the ones that launch without permission)
◼ Row over Russia winter Olympics mascots - the important things in life, you know.
◼ Row over Russia winter Olympics mascots - the important things in life, you know.
Saturday, February 26
So much for civility
Obama’s Labor Secretary Tells DNC: “Public Employees are Under Assault… The Fight is on”…... ◼ at weasel zippers
Does this mean he's gonna call for the pitchforks and torches again?
***
In comments, sofa said...
Teachers and cops are loyal to the union, and not to the people who pay their salaries. Nor are they loyal to their government. They are organized against the people and against the government.
It's a problem. It needs to be fixed.
***
Yes. It does.
Does this mean he's gonna call for the pitchforks and torches again?
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In comments, sofa said...
Teachers and cops are loyal to the union, and not to the people who pay their salaries. Nor are they loyal to their government. They are organized against the people and against the government.
It's a problem. It needs to be fixed.
***
Yes. It does.
Friday, February 25
Thursday, February 24
New Soros investment fund, profiting off Obama's 'green energy' push, hires top Obama conflict of interest energy aide
◼ New Soros investment fund, profiting off Obama's 'green energy' push, hires top Obama energy aide
Nazi collaborator George Soros -- whom we're always told is not serving his own economic interests at all by promoting liberal politicians and big-government policies -- is launching a new investment fund that plans to profit off of the "green energy" boom, which is entirely dependent on government subsidies supported by the groups Soros funds....
The press release casually mentions whom Soros is hiring to run this new fund: Cathy Zoi... Zoi was Barack Obama's "Acting Under Secretary for Energy and Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy." An Al Gore acolyte, Zoi was Obama's point-woman on subsidizing green tech. Now she's going to work for George Soros to profit off of subsidized green tech.
If you remember Zoi's name, it's because of another green-tech conflict of interest: Zoi's husband is an executive at a window company, Serious Windows, which the White House regularly held up as a "poster child of green industry." Oh yeah, Serious Materials pocketed federal stimulus money, too. h/t: nanook
Nuthin' to see here, just move along.
Nazi collaborator George Soros -- whom we're always told is not serving his own economic interests at all by promoting liberal politicians and big-government policies -- is launching a new investment fund that plans to profit off of the "green energy" boom, which is entirely dependent on government subsidies supported by the groups Soros funds....
The press release casually mentions whom Soros is hiring to run this new fund: Cathy Zoi... Zoi was Barack Obama's "Acting Under Secretary for Energy and Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy." An Al Gore acolyte, Zoi was Obama's point-woman on subsidizing green tech. Now she's going to work for George Soros to profit off of subsidized green tech.
If you remember Zoi's name, it's because of another green-tech conflict of interest: Zoi's husband is an executive at a window company, Serious Windows, which the White House regularly held up as a "poster child of green industry." Oh yeah, Serious Materials pocketed federal stimulus money, too. h/t: nanook
Nuthin' to see here, just move along.
Wednesday, February 23
rhetorical pitchforks and light political torches
◼ Democrats just don't understand the new populism - washingtonexaminer
While the liberals can wield rhetorical pitchforks and light political torches, they should realize that it's their guys who are living inside the castle today. Specifically, public-sector unions -- by many measures the most entrenched special interest in American politics -- are not fighting against The Man, which is to say the entrenched powers of government. In this struggle, The Man is the government unions, which are sitting in the smoky back room divvying up the spoils of a crooked racket. And cronyism -- not wealth -- is the object of today's populist ire.
The Left has misread the postbailout populist sentiment all along, assuming public anger was directed at the rich. But American anger, I suspect, is directed not at some people who have money or success, but at those who profit through cronyism and their connections to power.
The acrid Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that government unions provide a "counterweight to the political power of big money."
Hard facts utterly contradict Krugman's claim. First, unions are "Big Money." Of the top 10 sources of political contributions since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, five are unions. Of the top 20 sources of 2010 campaign funds, 10 are unions.
And the notion that Big Labor is cancelling out Big Business -- well, that's a Big Lie, too. The 10 industries that contributed the most during the 2010 elections -- from Wall Street to government unions -- all gave more to Democrats than to Republicans.
The top donor to House and Senate campaigns in the 2010 elections -- the Service Employees International Union -- is otherwise known as "Obama's Union." The company that spent the most on lobbying in 2010 -- General Electric -- is also known as "the for-profit arm of the Obama Administration."
In the retrograde liberal way of thinking, though, populism is about class warfare, in which the wealthy and corporations are the "special interests" arrayed against the poor working man. But in today's Wisconsin skirmish, the "working man" is implausibly the Wisconsin Education Association, the third-largest political donor in the state last election cycle. h/t: jewels
While the liberals can wield rhetorical pitchforks and light political torches, they should realize that it's their guys who are living inside the castle today. Specifically, public-sector unions -- by many measures the most entrenched special interest in American politics -- are not fighting against The Man, which is to say the entrenched powers of government. In this struggle, The Man is the government unions, which are sitting in the smoky back room divvying up the spoils of a crooked racket. And cronyism -- not wealth -- is the object of today's populist ire.
The Left has misread the postbailout populist sentiment all along, assuming public anger was directed at the rich. But American anger, I suspect, is directed not at some people who have money or success, but at those who profit through cronyism and their connections to power.
The acrid Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times that government unions provide a "counterweight to the political power of big money."
Hard facts utterly contradict Krugman's claim. First, unions are "Big Money." Of the top 10 sources of political contributions since 1989, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, five are unions. Of the top 20 sources of 2010 campaign funds, 10 are unions.
And the notion that Big Labor is cancelling out Big Business -- well, that's a Big Lie, too. The 10 industries that contributed the most during the 2010 elections -- from Wall Street to government unions -- all gave more to Democrats than to Republicans.
The top donor to House and Senate campaigns in the 2010 elections -- the Service Employees International Union -- is otherwise known as "Obama's Union." The company that spent the most on lobbying in 2010 -- General Electric -- is also known as "the for-profit arm of the Obama Administration."
In the retrograde liberal way of thinking, though, populism is about class warfare, in which the wealthy and corporations are the "special interests" arrayed against the poor working man. But in today's Wisconsin skirmish, the "working man" is implausibly the Wisconsin Education Association, the third-largest political donor in the state last election cycle. h/t: jewels
Freedom to shop around
The WEA Trust is, in essence, a union-run “multi-employer” health insurance trust (the employers, in this case, are school districts).◼ Follow the Money: What the Wisconsin Education Association Isn’t Talking About - redstate
The way it works is that WEAC has, through collective bargaining (negotiations), convinced school districts to pay into the WEA Trust and, in turn, the WEA Trust is responsible for administering teachers’ benefits. According to PublicSchoolSpending.com, Walker’s proposal would give school boards the ability to shop freely for more competitive insurance rates and save the state millions.
Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary'
"I’m proud to be here with people who understand that it’s more than just sending an email to get you going," Capuano said, according to the Dorchester Reporter. "Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary."
◼ Waiting for the condemnation of "potentially incendiary rhetoric" - thehill
◼ I receive a threat: "whoever video taped this has no life and needs to be shot in the head." - althouse
From the comments: "Isn't it amazing how quickly the Left has done a 180 from their talking points re the Tuscon Shooting?"
◼ Waiting for the condemnation of "potentially incendiary rhetoric" - thehill
◼ I receive a threat: "whoever video taped this has no life and needs to be shot in the head." - althouse
From the comments: "Isn't it amazing how quickly the Left has done a 180 from their talking points re the Tuscon Shooting?"
Tuesday, February 22
The party of NO-SHOW
◼ Now Indiana Dems cut and run - indystar
◼ Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Faces Recall
◼ Recall efforts are underway for AWOL Wisconsin Senators
◼ Even FDR Opposed Public Sector Unions
Seats on one side of the Indiana House were nearly empty today as House Democrats departed the the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation.◼ Political Fight Over Unions Escalates - wsj
A source tells The Indianapolis Star that Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky. They need to go to a state with a Democratic governor to avoid being taken into police custody and returned to Indiana....
Today’s fight was triggered by Republicans pushing a bill that would bar unions and companies from negotiating a contract that requires non-union members to kick-in fees for representation.
On Monday, thousands of steelworkers, autoworkers and other labor activists surrounded the Indiana state capitol to protest a bill before the legislature to dramatically weaken the clout of private-sector unions.◼ Turning up the pressure on the Democrats, Gov. Scott Walker warned that state employees could start receiving layoff notices as early as next week if the bill isn't passed soon. The layoffs couldn't take effect immediately — existing union contracts could forestall them for weeks or months — and Walker wouldn't say which jobs he would go after first.
With their Senate colleagues still in hiding, Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly began introducing a barrage of 100 amendments Tuesday to try to stymie the Republican governor's plan to strip unionized public employees of most of their bargaining rights.◼ Fleebagging Wisconsin Democrats call police after being photographed by patriots in Illinois -- may also need to put out APBs for their paychecks
Both houses of the GOP-controlled Legislature convened shortly before noon amid noisy protests outside the state Capitol that began more than a week ago in an epic showdown that is being watched nervously by organized labor across the country.
The Senate was unable to take up the union measure because its 14 Democrats skipped town last week, denying the chamber a quorum.
◼ Wisconsin Democratic State Senator Faces Recall
◼ Recall efforts are underway for AWOL Wisconsin Senators
◼ Even FDR Opposed Public Sector Unions
You know things are bad when...
◼ WallMart sales are falling. - finance.yahoo
A pretty good indicator that the bad economy is hitting home. It's no longer the gods throwing thunderbolts at each other in the sky. Obama has failed.
A pretty good indicator that the bad economy is hitting home. It's no longer the gods throwing thunderbolts at each other in the sky. Obama has failed.
Monday, February 21
Why has our left become so reactionary?
◼ ...desperately clinging to past views when they are no longer functional or even relevant... Roger L Simon lays it out.
...why has our left become so reactionary, so unwilling or unable to adapt to a changed world that they “act out” with all the juvenility of adolescents deprived of the family car keys? Some say it is because they have replaced religious faith with politics and I, an agnostic, see some truth in that. But there is more. Liberalism has become a mask for greed in our culture – a way of hiding excessive selfishness from others and, importantly, from the self. It’s a deflection, really....
Huge numbers are unemployed. But when asked to pull together for the good of the mean, the liberals, the ones who pay the greatest lip service to equality, say NO.
They hide behind “Union! Union! Union!” and “No pasaran!,” but it’s all a fake. When the chips are down, our modern liberals are overcome by their own sense of entitlement. Christopher Lasch’s Culture of Narcissism has infected them to such a degree reality cannot intrude.
...why has our left become so reactionary, so unwilling or unable to adapt to a changed world that they “act out” with all the juvenility of adolescents deprived of the family car keys? Some say it is because they have replaced religious faith with politics and I, an agnostic, see some truth in that. But there is more. Liberalism has become a mask for greed in our culture – a way of hiding excessive selfishness from others and, importantly, from the self. It’s a deflection, really....
Huge numbers are unemployed. But when asked to pull together for the good of the mean, the liberals, the ones who pay the greatest lip service to equality, say NO.
They hide behind “Union! Union! Union!” and “No pasaran!,” but it’s all a fake. When the chips are down, our modern liberals are overcome by their own sense of entitlement. Christopher Lasch’s Culture of Narcissism has infected them to such a degree reality cannot intrude.
IPCC DEFUNDED!
Another victory for science! House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of UN IPCC! 'It no longer wishes to have the IPCC prepare its comprehensive international climate science assessments'
◼ Defund IPCC 'amendment was sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri), who read aloud on the floor from the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of more than 700 dissenting scientists! (Written by Climate Depot's Morano) -- Luetkemeyer: Americans 'should not have to continue to foot the bill for an (IPPC) organization to keep producing corrupt findings'
◼ House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of IPCC
◼ House Votes to Eliminate IPCC Funding
◼ Defund IPCC 'amendment was sponsored by Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Missouri), who read aloud on the floor from the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of more than 700 dissenting scientists! (Written by Climate Depot's Morano) -- Luetkemeyer: Americans 'should not have to continue to foot the bill for an (IPPC) organization to keep producing corrupt findings'
◼ House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of IPCC
◼ House Votes to Eliminate IPCC Funding
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Who's protesting this?
A religious education teacher in the UK was brutally attacked this past July because he was doing his job. A gang of 4 Muslim maniacs decided to attack this teacher because he was teaching their sisters religions other than Islam. This teacher is a religious education teacher so it’s his job to teach about all religions. The teacher survived the attack but not without major trauma to his face and skull. ◼ Gang of 4 Muslim Monsters slash teacher’s face and fracture his skull...
The ink cartilage needs replacing...
◼ household printers to churn out skin grafts for burns victims
Scientists are developing ways to ‘print’ replacement skin grafts for burns victims using regular office printers.
With basic modifications, they hope to turn the everyday technology into a revolutionary device that can cover up scarring forever.
Sunday, February 20
How'd they do it?
◼ Couple shoplifted $5 million from Portland Safeway stores, police say
I know they caught a pair of ahoplifters here some years back - they came in together, each with a cart, and as they went through the store they'd put identical items in each cart. Then she would check out, take the items to the car, and come back in, hand the receipt to him, and if challenged at the door, the items would match those on the receipt...
Must have worked for quite a while, til someone noticed what they were doing, and a surveillance camera proved the lie. Clever, though.
I know they caught a pair of ahoplifters here some years back - they came in together, each with a cart, and as they went through the store they'd put identical items in each cart. Then she would check out, take the items to the car, and come back in, hand the receipt to him, and if challenged at the door, the items would match those on the receipt...
Must have worked for quite a while, til someone noticed what they were doing, and a surveillance camera proved the lie. Clever, though.
Wisconsin’s public employees will still have benefit plans more generous than most workers across the country. And these steps are being taken with the express purpose of avoiding major layoffs and dramatic paycuts. But the unions don't like it.
◼ The Real Deal in Madison - theothermccain
[UPDATED] - piece of work in progress
◼ Scott Walker vs. Public Sector Unions
◼ Support Scott Walker - Hillbuzz
◼ A full 64% of Americans think government employees should not be represented by labor unions.
That includes 42% of Democrats, and an overwhelming majority of Republicans. Only 49% of Democrats think public workers should be in unions at all.
Democrats, after losing the November election, called a special lame-duck session in an abortive effort to lock in sweetheart deals for government employee unions. When that didn’t work, Democrats have since tried to prevent Republicans from acting to balance the budget◼ Some Recent Historical Context for Wisconsin-Union Dispute
[UPDATED] - piece of work in progress
A lame-duck special session is a rarity in Wisconsin state politics, having been called only once before in the past 40 years. Those very same Democratic Senators who have fled Wisconsin so as to prevent a voting quorum were part of this scheme, and the idea was to take advantage of the absence of any Republican State Senators who had left on vacation to ram through the new deals with 17 different unions, including language that would effectively eliminate oversight of state regulatory agencies and give them full control of workplace policies without having to get government permission....◼ The Morning Scramble – The People versus The Public Unions edition - norunnyeggs (lots of links here)
Dave Hansen, the outgoing Dem majority leader, made the principled decision that the voters of the state had elected a new slate of legislators to deal with budget matters, and all of the contracts but one (for child-care providers) went down by identical 16-16 votes.
It was widely believed that all of those contracts would be approved in Special Session, but Republican lawmakers showed up to do their jobs. Whether Nancy Pelosi was proud of them or not is not recorded.
◼ Scott Walker vs. Public Sector Unions
Wisconsin’s public employees will still have benefit plans more generous than most workers across the country. And these steps are being taken with the express purpose of avoiding major layoffs and dramatic paycuts. But the unions don't like it...◼ Stand with Scott Walker Sign the petition.
...in an effort to avoid contributing to their own pensions and funding 6 percent more of their own health care premiums, teachers have taken unpaid leave to protest and have given up nearly $500 – so far. (They could recoup the money if their districts add school days at the end of the year.) What’s more, Wisconsin teachers pay as much as $1100 each year in compulsory union dues. If the legislation passes, they will no longer be required to pay thosee dues – returning that money to their own pockets....
◼ Support Scott Walker - Hillbuzz
◼ A full 64% of Americans think government employees should not be represented by labor unions.
That includes 42% of Democrats, and an overwhelming majority of Republicans. Only 49% of Democrats think public workers should be in unions at all.
Saturday, February 19
this is how we built political power
Added a new blog to the blogroll - ◼ Warning signs - they have some interesting and unusual pieces, like this vid from Breitbart. h/t: dan
Friday, February 18
Ahmadinejad: Obama can't spell his own name
◼ Ahead of pro-government rally, Iranian leader says US president 'can't control his emotions'
And I doubt Ahmadinejad has any private divorce records to unseal. What can Obama do?
And I doubt Ahmadinejad has any private divorce records to unseal. What can Obama do?
"there is a difference"
◼ Trouble in Wisconsin—and elsewhere - neoneocon
◼ Like a Broken Clock Twice a Day… - The Other McCain
◼ Like a Broken Clock Twice a Day… - The Other McCain
occasionally Joe Klein is right: "Revolutions everywhere–in the middle east, in the middle west. But there is a difference: in the middle east, the protesters are marching for democracy; in the middle west, they’re protesting against it. I mean, Isn’t it, well, a bit ironic that the protesters in Madison, blocking the state senate chamber, are chanting “Freedom, Democracy, Union” while trying to prevent a vote? Isn’t it ironic that the Democratic Senators have fled the democratic process? Isn’t it interesting that some of those who –rightly — protest the assorted Republican efforts to stymie majority rule in the U.S. Senate are celebrating the Democratic efforts to stymie the same in the Wisconsin Senate?"
Thursday, February 17
WAIT A SECOND! I thought the Dem line was "We have to pass it to see what's in it!"
Pay attention to the reason this guy gives for going into hiding rather than do his job.
They pulled this crap in Texas a few years ago, when things don't go their way the Dems cut and run, go into hiding. Forget the sneers about the Party of No, Dems are the Party of Run and Hide.
And this is a pattern.
He said that in fleeing his job, he was doing his job..."my job today is to delay, uh, a vote on a piece of legislation the people of the state have said we have not had time to consider the consequences of."
No shit.
◼ Wisconsin governor to fugitive Dems: Do your job, chumps; Video: Tea partier confronts runaway Dem - hotair
◼ Watch Wisconsin, Part IV: Salary info Big Labor doesn’t want you to see; statewide strike looms, teachers’ union recruits out-of-state protesters - Michelle Malkin
◼ On Wisconsin
"I urge the president to order the DNC to suspend these tactics."
"The White House has even unleashed the Democratic National Committee to spread disinformation and confusion in Wisconsin regarding the governor’s courageous actions," he said. "I urge the president to order the DNC to suspend these tactics."
◼ Watch Wisconsin, Part IV: Salary info Big Labor doesn’t want you to see; statewide strike looms, teachers’ union recruits out-of-state protesters - Michelle Malkin
◼ As Wisconsin Implodes, White House Plans Meeting With AFL-CIO War Council - Red State
◼ Democrats Flee Wisconsin To Deny Quorum On Union Vote; Police Dispatched To Catch Them And Bring Them Back - Ace of Spades
◼ Unions want to overturn election result - Conservative Talk
◼ Watch Wisconsin, Part IV: Salary info Big Labor doesn’t want you to see; statewide strike looms, teachers’ union recruits out-of-state protesters - Michelle Malkin
◼ As Wisconsin Implodes, White House Plans Meeting With AFL-CIO War Council - Red State
◼ Democrats Flee Wisconsin To Deny Quorum On Union Vote; Police Dispatched To Catch Them And Bring Them Back - Ace of Spades
◼ Unions want to overturn election result - Conservative Talk
Walker, remember, is not removing unions' fundamental power to bargain for wages. He is demanding that state workers put 5.8% of their wages toward retirement and that they cover 12.6% of their health care premiums, which would still have them paying more than $100 less a month than the average schmoe. He is also proposing that elected officials determine the shape of employee benefits without having to bargain them, and this as much as the added cost has unions crying "unfair."◼ Wisconsin governor to fugitive Dems: Do your job, chumps; Video: Tea partier confronts runaway Dem - hotair
Wednesday, February 16
Chinese Lunar New Year
◼ Tomorrow, February 17th, is observed as the Lantern Festival - the 15th and final day of Chinese Lunar New Year festivities.
Year 2011 is the Year of the Rabbit by the Chinese calendar.
Huge deficits and debt: Obama’s ultimate redistribution program
◼ Shocking... - Flopping Aces
In 2009 Obama promised to halve the deficit by FY 2013....the lapdog media is portraying Obama as cutting deeply into the budget....He’s not serious about cutting at all. In fact, Obama is doing absolutely everything he can to balloon the deficit and the debt and there is a reason for it.
Obama has added about 141,000 to the Federal Payroll and that’s just the beginning. Obamacare adds 159 new agencies and programs. The list can be seen here. Over one thousand IRS agents and staff will be needed to enforce Obamacare at a cost of $359 million in 2012 alone just to begin implementing Obamacare. It is estimated that overall Obamacare could require at least 17,000 more federal employees. We are going to be made to pay $11 million dollars for 81 workers just to make sure tanning salons pay their new ten percent tax. That averages out to be $135,000 per tanning tax enforcer per year.
Dodd-Frank will add 8 agencies and 5000 people to the Federal Payroll.
The cost of these agencies will very likely double every twenty years. The budget for the Department of Education went from $24 billion in 1990 to $64 billion in 2009.
The number of Federal employees making over $150,000 per year has doubled under Barack Obama. Pay and benefits for federal workers are now double what is seen in the private sector.
Obama has increased welfare spending to historic levels. Welfare spending has increased from $500 billion in 2008 to $750 billion in 2010.... and there's more at the link
In 2009 Obama promised to halve the deficit by FY 2013....the lapdog media is portraying Obama as cutting deeply into the budget....He’s not serious about cutting at all. In fact, Obama is doing absolutely everything he can to balloon the deficit and the debt and there is a reason for it.
Obama has added about 141,000 to the Federal Payroll and that’s just the beginning. Obamacare adds 159 new agencies and programs. The list can be seen here. Over one thousand IRS agents and staff will be needed to enforce Obamacare at a cost of $359 million in 2012 alone just to begin implementing Obamacare. It is estimated that overall Obamacare could require at least 17,000 more federal employees. We are going to be made to pay $11 million dollars for 81 workers just to make sure tanning salons pay their new ten percent tax. That averages out to be $135,000 per tanning tax enforcer per year.
Dodd-Frank will add 8 agencies and 5000 people to the Federal Payroll.
The cost of these agencies will very likely double every twenty years. The budget for the Department of Education went from $24 billion in 1990 to $64 billion in 2009.
The number of Federal employees making over $150,000 per year has doubled under Barack Obama. Pay and benefits for federal workers are now double what is seen in the private sector.
Obama has increased welfare spending to historic levels. Welfare spending has increased from $500 billion in 2008 to $750 billion in 2010.... and there's more at the link
Tuesday, February 15
Support Big Sarge - a serious matter.
◼ Honor The Troops and Big Sarge Show - February 19th, 2011
Listen to a special tribute to the military February 19th at 2pm ET on Blog Talk Radio’s The Freedom’s Wings Show... Join Holger and other friends.
This show has a special purpose as well and that is raising funds for a Blog Talk Radio host and 18 year veteran of the U.S. Army, Robert Brandt who is known to his friends and those at BTR as "Big Sarge". Big Sarge has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment just two months after being laid off from his private sector job of many years. We ask you to Support Big Sarge and his wife and three children through this rough time. This is your chance to reach out and thank a Army veteran in a very special way at a time when he needs your help. Big Sarge sacrificed for his country and our hope is that many of you will join us to help him in this new battle.
Check out www.supportbigsarge.com for more information and to donate to the cause. Any amount is appreciated. All donations go directly to Robert Brandt and his young family except for 5% which Robert has asked go to The Wounded Warrior Project. See you all on February the 19th at:
◼ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomswings/2011/02/19/honoring-our-military-and-big-sarge
Listen to a special tribute to the military February 19th at 2pm ET on Blog Talk Radio’s The Freedom’s Wings Show... Join Holger and other friends.
This show has a special purpose as well and that is raising funds for a Blog Talk Radio host and 18 year veteran of the U.S. Army, Robert Brandt who is known to his friends and those at BTR as "Big Sarge". Big Sarge has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment just two months after being laid off from his private sector job of many years. We ask you to Support Big Sarge and his wife and three children through this rough time. This is your chance to reach out and thank a Army veteran in a very special way at a time when he needs your help. Big Sarge sacrificed for his country and our hope is that many of you will join us to help him in this new battle.
Check out www.supportbigsarge.com for more information and to donate to the cause. Any amount is appreciated. All donations go directly to Robert Brandt and his young family except for 5% which Robert has asked go to The Wounded Warrior Project. See you all on February the 19th at:
◼ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/freedomswings/2011/02/19/honoring-our-military-and-big-sarge
Monday, February 14
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◼ Shirley Sherrod Catches Andrew Breitbart's Car - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
Andrew Breitbart said, in response to being sued, “I find it extremely telling that this lawsuit was brought almost seven months after the alleged incidents that caused a national media frenzy occurred. It is no coincidence that this lawsuit was filed one day after I held a press conference revealing audio proof of orchestrated and systemic Pigford fraud. I can promise you this: neither I, nor my journalistic websites, will or can be silenced by the institutional Left, which is obviously funding this lawsuit. I welcome the judicial discovery process, including finding out which groups are doing so.”
If you are looking for a hero - Breitbart would be tops in my book. Guts, drive, determination, and some amazing accomplishments in the face of horrible adversity.
drano-mation
◼ Support for fast-tracked bio-cremation bill dissolves under scientific scrutiny, but a revival is brewing
"Going green," Miller said, holding back a grin, "is not just a way of life"
It's dissolving your loved one's body in dangerous chemicals that'll warp your pipes as you flush it down the drain, that'll kill any worker who accidentally touches it - but hey, it's soy-lent... GREEN!
Can we just evict every single member of the California legislature and start from scratch?
Miller's "green funeral" bill is one example of the thousands of measures the Legislature takes up each session. Many slip through with little examination....
Funeral homes would place corpses in a pressurized chamber filled with water and lye and heat the chamber to 370 degrees.
After about three hours, all that remains is bone in a soup of salt and amino acids. The fragments can be ground into ash and the thick, coffee-colored liquid poured down the drain.
"There are no recognizable body parts in the discharged effluent," an executive from Matthews International, a leading manufacturer of cremation equipment, assured lawmakers in an informational packet.
"Going green," Miller said, holding back a grin, "is not just a way of life"
It's dissolving your loved one's body in dangerous chemicals that'll warp your pipes as you flush it down the drain, that'll kill any worker who accidentally touches it - but hey, it's soy-lent... GREEN!
Can we just evict every single member of the California legislature and start from scratch?
Miller's "green funeral" bill is one example of the thousands of measures the Legislature takes up each session. Many slip through with little examination....
Funeral homes would place corpses in a pressurized chamber filled with water and lye and heat the chamber to 370 degrees.
After about three hours, all that remains is bone in a soup of salt and amino acids. The fragments can be ground into ash and the thick, coffee-colored liquid poured down the drain.
"There are no recognizable body parts in the discharged effluent," an executive from Matthews International, a leading manufacturer of cremation equipment, assured lawmakers in an informational packet.
The Emperor... he....
However, Chris Matthews still thinks the gowns are woven of the finest gossamer silk, laced with gold and embroidered with diamonds encircling the unicorn horns... ◼ Sound Bite for the Day: “It Took Obama For This To Happen”
Sunday, February 13
Saturday, February 12
Secret of Voynich Manuscript, an Ancient Book Written in 'Alien' Code, Partly Revealed
◼ Secret of Voynich Manuscript, an Ancient Book Written in 'Alien' Code, Partly Revealed
...Found in a chest of books outside Rome by a dealer in antique books, the Voynich manuscript is among literature's great mysteries. The book of aging parchment is written in alien characters, some resembling Latin letters, others unlike anything used in any known language, and arranged into what appear to be words and sentences -- except they don't resemble anything written or read by human beings. And for decades, the manuscript has mystified scientists. "Is it a code, a cipher of some kind?" asked Greg Hodgins, a physicist with the University of Arizona. "People are doing statistical analysis of letter use and word use -- the tools that have been used for code breaking. But they still haven't figured it out," Hodgins said.
Friday, February 11
In the "HE DIDN'T!!!!!" department!
◼ Obama Refers To Himself As "The Gipper" In Farewell To Fibbs
More, LOL
◼ at Michelle's Mirror (the Fibbs tie video is hilarious for a number of reasons) and ◼ Ace
"So, here is an emblematic Democratic "gift:" Giving you back what was always yours and expecting a thank-you for it."
More, LOL
◼ at Michelle's Mirror (the Fibbs tie video is hilarious for a number of reasons) and ◼ Ace
"So, here is an emblematic Democratic "gift:" Giving you back what was always yours and expecting a thank-you for it."
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Just tragic,
Obama,
Robert Fibbs
Mubarak out
◼ Now the military controls Egypt - legal insurrection
◼ BREAKING: Mubarak Resigns, Military Council To Take Over. UPDATE: It's A Military "Coup" - Ace (flaming skull)
◼ Mubarak really steps down this time - neoneocon
◼ Egypt: Mubarak Resigns - The Other McCain
◼ BREAKING NEWS: Mubarak Hands Over Egypt To The Military - NoQuarter
◼ Mubarak Is Out - Gates of Vienna
◼ Breaking: Mubarak resigns, Armed Forces Supreme Council ascends; Ahmadinejad exults - Michelle Malkin
◼ Hosni Mubarak resigns as president - Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.
◼ Obama learns of resignation by watching TV in Oval Office...
◼ Crisis Flummoxes White House - President Mubarak's Refusal to Step Down Signals a Loss of Western Influence; Sense of 'Disbelief' After Speech - WSJ
◼ Egypt Crisis Puts Spotlight on Weakness in US: El-Erian - CNBC
And, neo asks: ◼ So, does this mean…
◼ BREAKING: Mubarak Resigns, Military Council To Take Over. UPDATE: It's A Military "Coup" - Ace (flaming skull)
◼ Mubarak really steps down this time - neoneocon
◼ Egypt: Mubarak Resigns - The Other McCain
◼ BREAKING NEWS: Mubarak Hands Over Egypt To The Military - NoQuarter
◼ Mubarak Is Out - Gates of Vienna
◼ Breaking: Mubarak resigns, Armed Forces Supreme Council ascends; Ahmadinejad exults - Michelle Malkin
◼ Hosni Mubarak resigns as president - Egyptian president stands down and hands over power to the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces.
◼ Obama learns of resignation by watching TV in Oval Office...
◼ Crisis Flummoxes White House - President Mubarak's Refusal to Step Down Signals a Loss of Western Influence; Sense of 'Disbelief' After Speech - WSJ
◼ Egypt Crisis Puts Spotlight on Weakness in US: El-Erian - CNBC
And, neo asks: ◼ So, does this mean…
What Oprah wants
◼ Oprah wants 'respect' for Obama
The comments thread (1,000 +) is fascinating. The gist of it is - where was your call for respect of Bush, of Republicans in general, of Sarah Palin - and why should we be "respectful" of the demi-god's need for "on the job training."
Oprah lost her own respect and following when she, who had presented herself as an advocate for women, chose race over all else.
As an employer, she demands excellence, we assume, and competence and experience when hiring. But when it comes to Obama, she and all others like her are willing to put it all aside and play Mommy. "Oh, just give him a chance." The very statement shows that she KNOWS he is not competent. What is it that they put in the koolaid?
The comments thread (1,000 +) is fascinating. The gist of it is - where was your call for respect of Bush, of Republicans in general, of Sarah Palin - and why should we be "respectful" of the demi-god's need for "on the job training."
Oprah lost her own respect and following when she, who had presented herself as an advocate for women, chose race over all else.
As an employer, she demands excellence, we assume, and competence and experience when hiring. But when it comes to Obama, she and all others like her are willing to put it all aside and play Mommy. "Oh, just give him a chance." The very statement shows that she KNOWS he is not competent. What is it that they put in the koolaid?
Thursday, February 10
It all-ll-ll-ll-ll depends on what the meaning of the word "secular" is
◼ The Egypt crisis has shown us all one thing…Obama is incompetent - Flopping Aces
◼ DNI Clapper retreats from 'secular' claim on Muslim Brotherhood - politico
◼ Mubarak Leaving; Egypt Steps Into Great Unknown – UPDATE - The Anchoress
◼ What the American media isn’t telling you about the rift between Obama and the Saudi King - barenakedislam
◼ Obama “Dispirited” After Mubarak Snubs Him & Decides to Stay in Office - Gateway Pundit
◼ *Whew*, that's a relief -- Someone Alleged to be the Director of National Intelligence reports that the Muslim Brotherhood is... secular - Doug Ross
There've been reports all week about Obama's flailing attempts to appear that he knows what to do with regards to the Egypt situation. He must feel torn between two masters.
Whoever is behind the agitation - the preprinted signs in English - the reports of outside "organizers" and his responsibilities to the real world - the non-activist world, the one he fails so utterly to comprehend... it must be tough.
He needs to dump the activists and Czars out of his administration and get some people in there who know what they are doing. Someone who has a clear and honest knowledge of what the MUSLIM Brotherhood would be a good start.
Oh - and in case the easy rhetoric has lulled you into a false sense of security, or convinced you that secular means "peace-loving pacifists from Mecca" - here's the definition: Secularity, sec·u·lar
[sek-yuh-ler]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
2. not pertaining to or connected with religion ( opposed to sacred): secular music.
3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows ( opposed to regular).
Doesn't that just SOUND like the MUSLIM Brotherhood?
◼ DNI Clapper retreats from 'secular' claim on Muslim Brotherhood - politico
◼ Mubarak Leaving; Egypt Steps Into Great Unknown – UPDATE - The Anchoress
◼ What the American media isn’t telling you about the rift between Obama and the Saudi King - barenakedislam
◼ Obama “Dispirited” After Mubarak Snubs Him & Decides to Stay in Office - Gateway Pundit
◼ *Whew*, that's a relief -- Someone Alleged to be the Director of National Intelligence reports that the Muslim Brotherhood is... secular - Doug Ross
There've been reports all week about Obama's flailing attempts to appear that he knows what to do with regards to the Egypt situation. He must feel torn between two masters.
Whoever is behind the agitation - the preprinted signs in English - the reports of outside "organizers" and his responsibilities to the real world - the non-activist world, the one he fails so utterly to comprehend... it must be tough.
He needs to dump the activists and Czars out of his administration and get some people in there who know what they are doing. Someone who has a clear and honest knowledge of what the MUSLIM Brotherhood would be a good start.
Oh - and in case the easy rhetoric has lulled you into a false sense of security, or convinced you that secular means "peace-loving pacifists from Mecca" - here's the definition: Secularity, sec·u·lar
[sek-yuh-ler]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
2. not pertaining to or connected with religion ( opposed to sacred): secular music.
3. (of education, a school, etc.) concerned with nonreligious subjects.
4. (of members of the clergy) not belonging to a religious order; not bound by monastic vows ( opposed to regular).
Doesn't that just SOUND like the MUSLIM Brotherhood?
So, you know the left HATES corporations and "corporate rule..."
So, AOL. It's like - a, ummmmm, a corporation, no? And so, the Huffington Post... like how do you reconcile this? Heads must be exploding.
Although, they also HATE the rich - but never mind Soros. They HATE nation building and yet getting the Buddhist monks killed, and now meddling in Egypt, not a peep.
Is it hypocrisy? Or something else?
Although, they also HATE the rich - but never mind Soros. They HATE nation building and yet getting the Buddhist monks killed, and now meddling in Egypt, not a peep.
Is it hypocrisy? Or something else?
Wednesday, February 9
Monday, February 7
Ekranoplans Showcase
If you like planes and plans... You'll love this
◼ Ekranoplans Showcase Pg 1 darkroastedblend.com
A bizarre cross between a hovercraft and an airplane, developed during Cold War (warning page 2 has an autoplay audio ad)
h/t: jewels
◼ Ekranoplans Showcase Pg 1 darkroastedblend.com
A bizarre cross between a hovercraft and an airplane, developed during Cold War (warning page 2 has an autoplay audio ad)
h/t: jewels
Cynical games
Take your weakness and try to make it a strength - Look what Nov. 2010 has done - created a "religious" obama, not be confused with chia-pet obama. He is suddenly "devout" - and as usual he can say the words, but the core is never engaged.
For Obama, church is a stepping stone - he chose the abominable Rev. Wright because of the political clout he could deliver and the doors he could open. Once elected he threw religion to the curb, no need for any more pretense.
Reading his words here, it will be interesting to see if any of those who mocked Bush for his faith will call obama on this bullshit. And that is the word for this man and his never-ending cynical rhetoric. It is pure unadulterated bullshit dyed to match the purple kool-aid.
Just wondering if it will fly this time.
◼ Obama invokes religious themes as 2012 campaign nears Next he'll be wearing a flag pin and holding his hand over his heart when they say the flag salute. I wonder just how far he will go.
For Obama, church is a stepping stone - he chose the abominable Rev. Wright because of the political clout he could deliver and the doors he could open. Once elected he threw religion to the curb, no need for any more pretense.
Reading his words here, it will be interesting to see if any of those who mocked Bush for his faith will call obama on this bullshit. And that is the word for this man and his never-ending cynical rhetoric. It is pure unadulterated bullshit dyed to match the purple kool-aid.
Just wondering if it will fly this time.
◼ Obama invokes religious themes as 2012 campaign nears Next he'll be wearing a flag pin and holding his hand over his heart when they say the flag salute. I wonder just how far he will go.
Sunday, February 6
Saturday, February 5
Live Stream! Vice President Dick Cheney's speech at Reagan Center
Friday night Sarah Palin provided the opening speech for the Young America’s Foundation event at the Reagan Center, celebrating the centennial of Ronald Reagan. Saturday February 5th Dick Cheney concludes the two-day retrospective on the nation’s 40th President. YAF will broadcast the speech live through its Ustream channel starting at 7:30 p.m. PST/10:30 p.m. EST.
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In addition to these speeches being available online via UStream.tv , both Gov. Sarah Palin's and Vice President Dick Cheney's speeches will be on C-SPAN live. Gov. Sarah Palin's speech will air on C-SPAN on Friday, February 4 at 8:00 p.m. PST/11:00 p.m.Vice President Dick Cheney's speech will air on C-SPAN on Saturday, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. PST/10:30 p.m. EST.
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In addition to these speeches being available online via UStream.tv , both Gov. Sarah Palin's and Vice President Dick Cheney's speeches will be on C-SPAN live. Gov. Sarah Palin's speech will air on C-SPAN on Friday, February 4 at 8:00 p.m. PST/11:00 p.m.Vice President Dick Cheney's speech will air on C-SPAN on Saturday, February 5 at 7:30 p.m. PST/10:30 p.m. EST.
The Tuscon Tea Party Needs Your Help
◼ Local Authorities Are Trying to Silence These Patriots
We are trying to hold a tea party on April 30th in Tucson. Already the blowback from some in leadership since January 8th has been to try and shut us down.
We were having a town hall/forum on mental health on Feb 18th and one by one the County Prosecutor and Sheriff have spoken to our speakers and intimidated them to the point where they will no longer speak. This really can’t happen....
Do you have any contacts that would be willing to at least consider an invitation to come and speak at our tea party that day?
Another case where it is important to compare and contrast - the way that ANY OTHER protest group gets treated compared to the way these ordinary citizens get treated. The kid gloves applied to Cindy Sheehan, for example, where they threatened a President, and this where NO ONE is threatened, except by mass hysteria.
We are trying to hold a tea party on April 30th in Tucson. Already the blowback from some in leadership since January 8th has been to try and shut us down.
We were having a town hall/forum on mental health on Feb 18th and one by one the County Prosecutor and Sheriff have spoken to our speakers and intimidated them to the point where they will no longer speak. This really can’t happen....
Do you have any contacts that would be willing to at least consider an invitation to come and speak at our tea party that day?
Another case where it is important to compare and contrast - the way that ANY OTHER protest group gets treated compared to the way these ordinary citizens get treated. The kid gloves applied to Cindy Sheehan, for example, where they threatened a President, and this where NO ONE is threatened, except by mass hysteria.
Thursday, February 3
From the Mailbox - this one is for Eric - On Judicial Unanimity
Recap: In response to this statement, "Unanimous decisions are so rare - The fact that the rulings were unanimous can be seen as a signal from on high that the circuit needs to get in line. Duh. Unanimous. That is RARE these days and any lawyer will tell you that. ANY lawyer." Eric said, "Okay, I was just told by an appellate attorney that actually the majority of Supreme Court decisions are unanimous. Most of their decisions are based on procedural technicalities rather than constitutional arguments and the like which don't generate media attention. She said that of the last 15 cases, 10 were unanimous.
She said that the vast majority of decisions to deny cert are unanimous,"
From the Mailbox: Hate to break this to you Eric, but your friend is wrong. Nice attempt at the spin though. (note: And he/she is right, it is long, so I'll put in a page break - and I'm adding a link to an Althouse discussion at the end...)
Lets look at just one year that I had earlier analyzed. That is 2008. You will see that unanimity is just a tad under 30% of all decisions issued by the court that year. There were 70 decisions of which only 20 were unanimous. I will go thru the 2009 and 2010 years when I get the chance.
#70) District of Columbia v. Heller (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-4 opinion in favor of Dick Heller.
#69) Morgan Stanley v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-2 opinion in favor of the utility
#69) Morgan Stanley v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-2 opinion in favor of the utility
#67) Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (decided June 25, 2008)
Chief Justice John Roberts penned the 5-4 opinion in favor of Plains Commerce Bank.
#66) Kennedy v. Louisiana (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the 5-4 opinion in favor of Patrick Kennedy.
She said that the vast majority of decisions to deny cert are unanimous,"
From the Mailbox: Hate to break this to you Eric, but your friend is wrong. Nice attempt at the spin though. (note: And he/she is right, it is long, so I'll put in a page break - and I'm adding a link to an Althouse discussion at the end...)
Lets look at just one year that I had earlier analyzed. That is 2008. You will see that unanimity is just a tad under 30% of all decisions issued by the court that year. There were 70 decisions of which only 20 were unanimous. I will go thru the 2009 and 2010 years when I get the chance.
#70) District of Columbia v. Heller (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-4 opinion in favor of Dick Heller.
#69) Morgan Stanley v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-2 opinion in favor of the utility
#69) Morgan Stanley v. Public Utility Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish County (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Antonin Scalia authored the 5-2 opinion in favor of the utility
#67) Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle (decided June 25, 2008)
Chief Justice John Roberts penned the 5-4 opinion in favor of Plains Commerce Bank.
#66) Kennedy v. Louisiana (decided June 25, 2008)
Justice Anthony Kennedy authored the 5-4 opinion in favor of Patrick Kennedy.
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Wednesday, February 2
Unanimity - This is past getting your ass kicked
◼ Liberal Court Supremely Rejected in 5 Straight Cases
The Supreme Court may be sending a message to one of the country's most liberal appeals courts, (the Ninth Circuit) unanimously overturning five consecutive cases out of the 9th Circuit in less than a week - the key words are "unanimously" "five" and "in one week."
Unanimous decisions are so rare - The fact that the rulings were unanimous can be seen as a signal from on high that the circuit needs to get in line.
Duh. Unanimous. That is RARE these days and any lawyer will tell you that. ANY lawyer.
The Supreme Court may be sending a message to one of the country's most liberal appeals courts, (the Ninth Circuit) unanimously overturning five consecutive cases out of the 9th Circuit in less than a week - the key words are "unanimously" "five" and "in one week."
Unanimous decisions are so rare - The fact that the rulings were unanimous can be seen as a signal from on high that the circuit needs to get in line.
Duh. Unanimous. That is RARE these days and any lawyer will tell you that. ANY lawyer.
Althouse: When did the left turn against free speech?
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Ann asks the question we've all been talking about!
Ann asks the question we've all been talking about!
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