The latest from Fukushima is the acknowledgement that the #1 reactor has melted down, which means that there’s a pool of once-molten core at the bottom of the containment vessel (best case), and the heat from that lava apparently caused the containment vessel to crack. Nuclear engineers call this non-frothy mixture corium. The fact that …
Just Retire Already
Olympia Snowe is a wee young lass of 64, so I can understand why she’s throwing away all her principles and debasing herself in the face of a primary challenge: Snowe stunned longtime Democratic colleagues Wednesday by blocking action on a small-business bill she co-wrote because Democratic leaders refused to allow a vote on an …
This Year’s Model
This airport from a gigantic model of a city is just crazy. Here’s your open thread.
Bush Legacy
(Click to embiggen.) This chart (via) would be a good visual accompaniment to Ramesh Ponnuru’s NYT op-ed advocating that Jeb Bush run for President. Here’s another good one from the same article: You have to be in a really well-sealed echo chamber to think that anyone with the name “Bush” would have a chance in …
Rubber Stamp
Remember the FISA court, the one that rules on surveillance warrants for people suspected of being foreign agents? Back in 2005, there was a major controversy over this court because the Bush Administration decided that getting a warrant was too onerous, so they went ahead and did domestic wiretapping without warrants. Well, it turns out …
Open Thread – White House Guest Suggestions
Why are Michelle and Barack inviting black rappers who talk about using Uzis on the cops, when they could be inviting nice white hipsters who sing about infanticide? Perhaps you can add some other clean, presentable and articulate guest suggestions in this thread.
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Homer’s Older Brother
Alan Simpson, co-chair of a commission set up to “fix” Social Security, doesn’t understand some very basic and key facts about retiree ages, and refuses to believe that the Social Security Administration got them right. Color me unsurprised. As someone who lived in Wyoming while he was Senator, I observed firsthand that Simpson’s not that …