Monday, May 20, 2013
YOU KNOW you're doing something right when 1,200 Harvard students oppose you.
Note: 'edited for clarity' means edited for political correctness.
Note: 'edited for clarity' means edited for political correctness.
MANNED V. UNMANNED: I admit -- I'm somewhat surprised.
When I retired from Lockheed Martin 13 years ago, it was looking as if manned surveillance aircraft (e.g., the U-2 and others) were going the way of the dodo.
When I retired from Lockheed Martin 13 years ago, it was looking as if manned surveillance aircraft (e.g., the U-2 and others) were going the way of the dodo.
OH, MY: Even the government's own immigration enforcement union opposes the Senate immigration bill. An 'insurmountable bureaucracy'.
IT'S NOT WISE to poke at a sleeping bear. Bears have teeth, claws, and a nasty temper when rudely awakened.
OBAMACARE: Insurers predict 100% to 400% Obamacare rate explosion. Owners of so-called 'Cadillac plans' appear to be the least affected (our premium went up by only 5%) since coverage already exceeds the Obama mandate, but those with lesser coverages (e.g., small businesses and individuals) are going to hurt badly.
Our family will take it in the shorts next year, when my wife retires and we're forced into Medicare. My plan is roughly the same as the young are expected to do -- not insure, pay the penalty if forced to, and only enroll when a catastrophic event occurs.
Our family will take it in the shorts next year, when my wife retires and we're forced into Medicare. My plan is roughly the same as the young are expected to do -- not insure, pay the penalty if forced to, and only enroll when a catastrophic event occurs.
NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Climate Warnings Growing Louder’ as CO2 emissions fall. It would be cognitive dissonance at the Times except that cognitive dissonance requires cognition.
THE CICADAS ARE BACK IN TOWN. Here's one on the lamp post at the end of the driveway. The block it's perched on is 1" thick.
The last appearance, if I remember correctly, was in 2007 so this is Brood II of the 17-year cycle pests. They're beginning to show up everywhere, but haven't peaked yet. Outside it sounds like a diesel engine idling in the background. Right now, the engine sounds about two blocks away; before it's over, it'll be right outside the door.
The last appearance, if I remember correctly, was in 2007 so this is Brood II of the 17-year cycle pests. They're beginning to show up everywhere, but haven't peaked yet. Outside it sounds like a diesel engine idling in the background. Right now, the engine sounds about two blocks away; before it's over, it'll be right outside the door.
SHOULD DOCTORS be allowed to choose not to treat fat people?
If ObamaCare finally comes to pass, I think the question will be "Will doctors be allowed to treat fat people?"
If ObamaCare finally comes to pass, I think the question will be "Will doctors be allowed to treat fat people?"
THE IDEA of impeaching Obama is industrial-strength insane. Or so says Michael Tomasky.
Tomasky needs to be forcibly yanked from his nutso Left industrial-strength beltway bubble for a short visit with the rational Right in the world as it actually exists. It's been a few days since Tomasky's screed was published and it's become abundantly clear that Obama's 'leadership' is indeed culpable.
Tomasky needs to be forcibly yanked from his nutso Left industrial-strength beltway bubble for a short visit with the rational Right in the world as it actually exists. It's been a few days since Tomasky's screed was published and it's become abundantly clear that Obama's 'leadership' is indeed culpable.
SECURE THE BORDER? It's been done. Jeff Jacoby offers an alternate view of what the US has done. But Byron York has a different view.
I agree with Byron York this time. The immigration problem that has to be correctly addressed is border control, not border crossing as Jacoby seems to suggest.
I agree with Byron York this time. The immigration problem that has to be correctly addressed is border control, not border crossing as Jacoby seems to suggest.
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