February, 2009 “I am outraged by Sarah Palin’s promotion of this cruel, unscientific and senseless practice, which has no place in modern America,” actress and animal activist Ashley Judd said in a press release. “Because she is apparently determined to continue and expand this horrific program, I am grateful that Defenders will aggressively fight to stop her. I am proud to be a part of that effort.”
June, 2013 “Noah and me working with Canadian wild life officials to cull seal population near Rankin Inlet. Over population of seals is causing great damage to local fisheries. Thousands of seal pups must be culled each year. We worked with trappers who taught Noah how to identify the weak ones.”
A Most Righteous Rant
Originally started out as an answer to “what do you think about Minnesota’s new Amazon Tax” to a most righteous and worthy rant on economics, nepotism, and politics.
Huge language warning.
Reader Tips
“We don’t want other children to lose their parents.”
h/t Jondular Minty
The comments thread is open for your Reader Tips.
Well, Sure…
But can you remain morbidly obese on $4.50 a day?
New Coke: Twice in a Month
DRM + Always on Internet + Prism == Really Bad PR + Backtrack fast!
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Tocqueville would not recognize America today. Indeed, so completely has associational life collapsed, and so enormously has the state grown, that he would be forced to conclude that, at some point between 1833 and 2013, France must have conquered the United States.
You scratch my back….
So, what decided the policy if it wasn’t $112,000?
Between 2006 and 2010, Justin Trudeau collected $112,500 from various unions for speaking fees. As a political candidate, it would have been illegal for unions to donate any money to him under federal electoral laws.
Trudeau has promised that Liberal Senators will work “hard to try and slow down, block, impede” Bill C-377 and he has promised to repeal it if it becomes law, should he become Prime Minister. At the same time, Trudeau is promising to increase transparency, yet is fighting a bill that would actually have seen unions have to disclose the $112,500 they paid him for his speeches.
Sentence Of The Day
At The Gods of the Copybook Headings:
… Don’t expect higher ethical standards from political leaders than those exhibited by the electorate…
Deep Impact
Gallup: Less Than One Fourth of Americans Trust Newspapers
Take Me, Obama
No word on the number of virgins.
They Remember The Stasi
Berlin: 200,000 for Obama in 2008; Only 6,000 Today
Humanitarian aid is correct.
Via Drudge, we learn that Syria, is Libya, is Eygpt. Like, “surprise”, or something.
Good call, PM Harper. We really don’t need to be spending more lives supporting radical Islamists who are going to be worse than the disease.
Obamanation’s ‘Brilliant’ Redistribution Plan
Reader Tips
Tonight we watch a calm, moderate, scholarly, and informed televised discussion of the finer protocols of wife-beating.
The comments are open, as always, for your Reader Tips.
Bada boom bada bust
The headline at Time.com:
All of a Sudden, There Aren’t Enough Electric Cars to Keep Up with Demand
From the story underneath that headline:
For the time being, Honda is sticking with a plan to sell a maximum of just 1,100 Fit EVs in the U.S. As the LA Times put it, “there is little financial incentive to increase production” on the Fit EV because Honda loses money on each of the cars it builds.
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr has submitted a proposal that would pay unsecured creditors about 10 cents on the dollar. Similar haircuts would be made to underfunded pension and health benefits for retirees. Orr is hoping that the creditors and the unions that he will be negotiating with will accept this package, but he concedes that there is still a “50-50 chance” that the city of Detroit will be forced to formally file for bankruptcy.
But what Detroit is facing is not really that unique. In fact, Detroit is a perfect example of what the future of America is going to look like. We live in a nation that is rotting, decaying, drowning in debt and racing toward insolvency. Already there are dozens of other cities across the nation that are poverty-ridden, crime-infested hellholes just like Detroit is, and hundreds of other communities are rapidly heading in that direction. So don’t look down on Detroit. They just got there before the rest of us.
h/t RFB
Paris In The Arab Spring
“This is a laboratory,” said Manar Skandrani, a former activist in the ruling Islamist Ennahda party who has pulled away to try to form a party calling for dialogue between the secular-minded and the fundamentalists.
The political choices are particularly clear-cut in Tunisia, partly because of a large, activist middle class that has long looked toward France, the former colonial power, for much of its inspiration.
Uprising in Brazil
Brazil appears to be the latest nation where the people have grown fed up with their corrupt, elitist, out of touch politicians. Interesting comments, in English, from a Brazilian vlogger.
Update: More videos from Brazil here and here.
Oopsie
Always blame the Chicoms:
Not only that, when NSA makes a technical mistake during an exploitation operation, critical systems crash. Congress hasn’t declared war on the countries – the majority of them are our allies – but without asking for public permission, NSA is running network operations against them that affect millions of innocent people.
Whiners
“CRT (critical race theory) isn’t about helping black people or minorities. It was and is about therapy. The women came to class to blame all their problems on race and sex. They didn’t have the drive to better themselves.”