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Genius Harvard Econ Prof Greg Mankiw points
out that the "cap-'n'-trade" bill under consideration is
in direct conflict with promises President Obama made on the
campaign trail. And asks, I think puckishly, whether Obama will
issue a veto threat.
(Of course, if we had a non-sycophantic media, you might have heard about this from other sources. Which brings us to …)
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Patterico notes,
quite masterfully, what we mean when we talk about media bias: the disparate
treatment of assertions made by Dick Cheney and Barack Obama. Guess
whose assertions are singled out as being "difficult to prove"?
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George Will criticizes
a recent
law review article by Zephyr Teachout, who sounds horrifying to
anyone who takes free speech seriously. Prof Teachout means to find
an "anti-corruption context" to "refine the meaning of
the privilege of
political speech." (Emphasis added.) Hence opening the barn door wide to
allow the government to regulate.
<sarcasm>
Naw, I don't see any problems there, do you?</sarcasm>
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Washington Post
has the amazing story of the Three
Wolf Moon T-Shirt, Available in Various Sizes.
For a day or two, a black T-shirt featuring an image of three wolves baying at a full moon claimed the top slot at the online store's clothing bestseller list,, beating out the usual, unremarkable mix of Levi's 505 regular-fit jeans, Crocs clogs and Adidas running shoes.
Why? Because of an Internet meme started at collegehumor.com which pointed out the amusing reviews the shirt was getting.
The t-shirt is made by a Keene, NH company "The Mountain." They seem equally amused and stunned. (Via Granite Geek.)
May
24
2009
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