Since his campaign is built on coded dog whistles, Newt’s targeting a older, white electorate that knows the code and hears the whistle. So it’s no surprise that he ditched the Ryan plan almost immediately. And since he’s Newt, he has to make the Ryan plan sound like something Stalin cooked up: Newt Gingrich slammed …
Brace Yourselves
The Times has the first of what I’m sure will be many “we can’t afford it” pieces about mandatory employee insurance, pitched to get one interest group an exemption. This one is from the nursing home lobby, though I’m sure we’ll see one from every service industry that’s built on low-wage employees. After you’ve …
Open Thread
Looks like it’s time.
A Foolish Consistency
Doug Mataconis makes this point in his examination of Ron Paul’s statement that he wouldn’t have voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act because it violates “property rights” of the owners of establishments that chose to discriminate: It’s also worth noting that Plessy v. Ferguson involved a Louisiana law that was designed to prevent the Pullman …
Ugly
WSJ: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund and a presidential hopeful in France, has been arrested and charged with attempted rape, criminal sexual act and unlawful imprisonment, New York City police and the IMF said on Sunday. […]Mr. Strauss-Kahn allegedly forced a cleaning woman onto his bed and sexually assaulted her at around …
The Cat’s Ass
John’s threat to replace this blog with pictures of Tunch’s anus, as well as a few margaritas, got me thinking: I’ll bet there’s already blog devoted to pictures of a cat’s assholes. Well, entrepreneurs, there’s an opportunity out there, because I couldn’t find one. But I did find this: It belongs to a linebacker for …
The Shocking Conspiracy Against FranziaPundit
Since her first blog was down, Althouse was forced to blog from a previously undisclosed location: You know, I’m beginning to suspect that there’s some behind-the-scenes campaign to report my blog as abusive. People who hate/fear the Althouse blog could make a loud noise to Google. Back in 2004, 98% of Google employees gave money …
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