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Up top, an unholy combination of first words books and considerable cynicism about the world. And then, a collective of artists turned illegal billboards into art.
Internationally, Afghans are increasingly nervous about the rise of the Taliban in Pakistan, the United States defense secretary is reassuring allies in the Middle East that Iran will not suddenly be the U.S.'s new BFF, (as others think the U.S. is retreating too much, to let Iran fill the void, A United States journalist imprisoned for eight years on charges of espionage has hunger struck, sufficiently to hospitalize her, the United States military had to defend itself again, saying that soldiers were not out to convert local Afghanis to Christianity, and The Washington Times says all the new international pressure is a test singly for Mr. Obama. Oh, did we mention Iraq is holding firm to its June 30 deadline?
Domestically, Georgia's state legislature decided that devoting a month to honoring the people who broke away from the Union so they could continue to keep slaves is a good thing. The article linked explains why it isn’t.
The President expressed his intent to curb tax shelters for corporations who do not wish to pay United States taxes on their businesses incorporated in the Untied States. This may help with the other shoe finally dropping as China makes decisions to not buy as much United States government debt.
The Post makes comment on a defense contracter receiving no-bid contracts from the Pentagon, an otherwise unnoteworthy item except that the company chief is the nephew of a sitting Representative.
Farmers are worried that H1N1 will travel from humans to pigs, a rather interesting twist on the “swine” flu.
The Washington Times thinks the pendulum on energy has swung the opposite way, from energy companies writing Bush policy to environmental groups writing the Obama policy, with the Democrats bristling at the very comparison.
Texas concealed carry permits may soon permit concealed carry on university campuses. Well, the first time such a thing is used is probably when we’ll find out whether or not people will think of it as a good idea.
In the opinions, recall that the police are not supposed to be militarized, nor are they supposed to be doing the same work as the military, and then think about this bumper sticker.
The Washignton Times says the White House Press Corps will soon spin up to adversarial and fighting form. As others claim that political comedians are going soft on the new President, because the material is clearly there. Well, comedians and satirists both like low-hanging fruit, and if the President presents some that are lower-hanging than, say, a significant crop of Republicans and others, I think they’ll grab it. To say that they’re hesitant to mock the candidate they elected and supported would be to say that satirists don’t like their jobs. Reuters gushes that things are going swell for Mr. Obama, anyway, so what’s there to make fun of, huh?
A writer in Canada praises Fox Nes for telling us about all the things that the mainstream media isn't, like the cost of spending bills, the missed opportunities at G20 and NATO summits, and all those things that, say, the AP, the NYT, and others weren’t covering in favor of fawning over the President. So Fox is the single place that’s going to stand up to the President? Wow. They’ve got their work cut out for them, then, to report all the news that the Obama Administration wants buried.
The WSJ hopes the SCOTUS will scuttle a provision of the Voting Rights Act that forces certain Southern states to prove voting law changes won't be discriminatory, based on that we’ve had forty years of progress since the section was needed.
The WSJ is also complaining about how the administration intends on scuttling a D.C. voucher program, despite being committed to “what works”. the WSJ blames the teacher’s unions for this one, as well as the Congress, who would have to reauthorize the program. Mr. McGurn calls it a double-standard and shameful, because the people killing the vouchers are sending their kids to private schools.
And one more - taking exception to Mr. Specter's comments about how Republican priorities have resulted in retarded cancer-fighting ability by declaring that private companies and competition have done much more than government intervention can, and oh, yes, the Democrats want to nationalize health care, which everyone knows means rationed care and bureaucrats deciding whether you live or die.
Mr. Lawton says the government has better things to do than prop up failed businesses, especially automakers, and should just let them die like they were supposed to. If he wants to do something, he should ensure that nobody else haas to deal with “too big to fail”. A sensible position to have. Mr. Stephens suggests that we admit the private sector acted in their own interests and the government in the perceived interest of everyone, and they both led to the crash, then we can go about fixing the problems that led to the crash.
Mr. Hanson, on the other hand, seems to think anything Mr. Obama promises will happen means that the opposite already has happened, and that Mr. Obama is acting in an inexplicable and harmful manner when it comes to foreign relations, suggesting that the President might see himself in a messianic way.
And last out, Mr. Prelutsky does a very passable impression of "git off mah lawn", exaggerating a sensible suggestion that he label his opinions as such into a screed against everything he finds inconceivable.
In tech, building a virtual model of an ancient Egyptain temple complex, quack medicine sticking around longer and being recommended more than the real stuff, by virtue, it seems, of not working, brain imaging may have found regions responsible for self-control, which will probably help those trying to improve our ability to concentrate so we can not be distracted by flashy things, a robot with a Facebook page, peeking in on the first few seconds of the universe, as we continue to look at the possibility of dark matter, detecting cancer with tiny, apparently harmless particles, as well as putting malaria detection on a single chip, giving artificial cells the ability to tap external power sources, trying to replicate how striders walk on water, an aggregator for one's social media presence all in one place, with the ability to make comment on it, thinking an e-reader with a bigger screen might help periodical subscriptions, wearing skin cells as jewelry and body art, high-lithium content water resulting in lower suicide rates, sails that would help jettisoned stages and/or satellites glide back to earth, and why getting back to the baby brain might be the best thing for us all.
Last for tonight, individually wrapped itsems that most people would buy in quantity. And, for those of you for whom today is an excuse to imbibe, the naked Barbie project.
For those of you looking for just neat stuff, The World Digital Library has all sorts of stuff. Check for context, though, otherwise you could end up offending a lot of people about their cultural past.
Internationally, Afghans are increasingly nervous about the rise of the Taliban in Pakistan, the United States defense secretary is reassuring allies in the Middle East that Iran will not suddenly be the U.S.'s new BFF, (as others think the U.S. is retreating too much, to let Iran fill the void, A United States journalist imprisoned for eight years on charges of espionage has hunger struck, sufficiently to hospitalize her, the United States military had to defend itself again, saying that soldiers were not out to convert local Afghanis to Christianity, and The Washington Times says all the new international pressure is a test singly for Mr. Obama. Oh, did we mention Iraq is holding firm to its June 30 deadline?
Domestically, Georgia's state legislature decided that devoting a month to honoring the people who broke away from the Union so they could continue to keep slaves is a good thing. The article linked explains why it isn’t.
The President expressed his intent to curb tax shelters for corporations who do not wish to pay United States taxes on their businesses incorporated in the Untied States. This may help with the other shoe finally dropping as China makes decisions to not buy as much United States government debt.
The Post makes comment on a defense contracter receiving no-bid contracts from the Pentagon, an otherwise unnoteworthy item except that the company chief is the nephew of a sitting Representative.
Farmers are worried that H1N1 will travel from humans to pigs, a rather interesting twist on the “swine” flu.
The Washington Times thinks the pendulum on energy has swung the opposite way, from energy companies writing Bush policy to environmental groups writing the Obama policy, with the Democrats bristling at the very comparison.
Texas concealed carry permits may soon permit concealed carry on university campuses. Well, the first time such a thing is used is probably when we’ll find out whether or not people will think of it as a good idea.
In the opinions, recall that the police are not supposed to be militarized, nor are they supposed to be doing the same work as the military, and then think about this bumper sticker.
The Washignton Times says the White House Press Corps will soon spin up to adversarial and fighting form. As others claim that political comedians are going soft on the new President, because the material is clearly there. Well, comedians and satirists both like low-hanging fruit, and if the President presents some that are lower-hanging than, say, a significant crop of Republicans and others, I think they’ll grab it. To say that they’re hesitant to mock the candidate they elected and supported would be to say that satirists don’t like their jobs. Reuters gushes that things are going swell for Mr. Obama, anyway, so what’s there to make fun of, huh?
A writer in Canada praises Fox Nes for telling us about all the things that the mainstream media isn't, like the cost of spending bills, the missed opportunities at G20 and NATO summits, and all those things that, say, the AP, the NYT, and others weren’t covering in favor of fawning over the President. So Fox is the single place that’s going to stand up to the President? Wow. They’ve got their work cut out for them, then, to report all the news that the Obama Administration wants buried.
The WSJ hopes the SCOTUS will scuttle a provision of the Voting Rights Act that forces certain Southern states to prove voting law changes won't be discriminatory, based on that we’ve had forty years of progress since the section was needed.
The WSJ is also complaining about how the administration intends on scuttling a D.C. voucher program, despite being committed to “what works”. the WSJ blames the teacher’s unions for this one, as well as the Congress, who would have to reauthorize the program. Mr. McGurn calls it a double-standard and shameful, because the people killing the vouchers are sending their kids to private schools.
And one more - taking exception to Mr. Specter's comments about how Republican priorities have resulted in retarded cancer-fighting ability by declaring that private companies and competition have done much more than government intervention can, and oh, yes, the Democrats want to nationalize health care, which everyone knows means rationed care and bureaucrats deciding whether you live or die.
Mr. Lawton says the government has better things to do than prop up failed businesses, especially automakers, and should just let them die like they were supposed to. If he wants to do something, he should ensure that nobody else haas to deal with “too big to fail”. A sensible position to have. Mr. Stephens suggests that we admit the private sector acted in their own interests and the government in the perceived interest of everyone, and they both led to the crash, then we can go about fixing the problems that led to the crash.
Mr. Hanson, on the other hand, seems to think anything Mr. Obama promises will happen means that the opposite already has happened, and that Mr. Obama is acting in an inexplicable and harmful manner when it comes to foreign relations, suggesting that the President might see himself in a messianic way.
And last out, Mr. Prelutsky does a very passable impression of "git off mah lawn", exaggerating a sensible suggestion that he label his opinions as such into a screed against everything he finds inconceivable.
In tech, building a virtual model of an ancient Egyptain temple complex, quack medicine sticking around longer and being recommended more than the real stuff, by virtue, it seems, of not working, brain imaging may have found regions responsible for self-control, which will probably help those trying to improve our ability to concentrate so we can not be distracted by flashy things, a robot with a Facebook page, peeking in on the first few seconds of the universe, as we continue to look at the possibility of dark matter, detecting cancer with tiny, apparently harmless particles, as well as putting malaria detection on a single chip, giving artificial cells the ability to tap external power sources, trying to replicate how striders walk on water, an aggregator for one's social media presence all in one place, with the ability to make comment on it, thinking an e-reader with a bigger screen might help periodical subscriptions, wearing skin cells as jewelry and body art, high-lithium content water resulting in lower suicide rates, sails that would help jettisoned stages and/or satellites glide back to earth, and why getting back to the baby brain might be the best thing for us all.
Last for tonight, individually wrapped itsems that most people would buy in quantity. And, for those of you for whom today is an excuse to imbibe, the naked Barbie project.
For those of you looking for just neat stuff, The World Digital Library has all sorts of stuff. Check for context, though, otherwise you could end up offending a lot of people about their cultural past.
