The Smallest Minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. – Ayn Rand
So there I was, buck naked in front of an attractive woman I had met an hour before, one female friend holding my junk out of the way and a male friend holding my hand in solidarity, and the thought struck me:
There went the last of your boundaries, AD. That’s not good. A grown man should have boundaries.Ambulance Driver, Blogorado IV: The Recap
Remember when I said I really want to attend a Blogorado some day?
Maybe not….
Hayward’s First Law of Environmental Energy Politics: there is no source of energy, no matter how clean, that environmentalists won’t oppose if it becomes cheap and abundant. — Steven Hayward, PowerLine: Algae Energy: Get Ready for the Turnabout
There were a couple of other really excellent pullquotes, like this one:
…unlike ethanol, wind, and many other energy boondoggles, there is a lot of private capital going into algae energy research, and while some research efforts clamor for government grants, etc, most of this is being done without government subsidy for the simplest of reasons: if someone can make algae fuels competitive with oil, they’ll make the next great energy fortune.
(My emphasis.)
It’s a short piece. RTWT.
When my kids were going through K-12, I found “gifted” meant mostly “will do what the teacher wants.” Real gifted kids, with the scores to prove it, were more often than not treated as “behavior problems” even if perfectly respectful and controlled. — Sarah Hoyt
From House of Eratosthenes:
Pretty much.
U.S. Citizen does the math that liberals never do. Excerpt:
The (Affordable Care Act) tax represents a 20% increase in cost to their employer from $7.25 to $8.69 per hour.
Instead of paying the ACA tax, workers’ hours will be reduced.
RTWT. It’s short and to the point.
And goes along with the Steven Crowder piece below.
Bill Quick has some evidence backing him up.
I haven’t had anything to say about Wednesday’s debate ’cause I didn’t see it, but I have to say that Jim over at The Travis McGee Reader has today’s QotD:
Okay. Obama presented a world view of free candy. Romney offered free ice cream. Obama promised to be a more compassionate Romney. Romney promised to be a more efficient Obama.
If there were any “world-view” differences, science has a serious challenge: develop an instrument sensitive enough to detect them.
The only one I can think of: “Supreme Court Justice Eric Holder.”
Robb Allen has a birthday bleg.
I’m in. How about you?
When the day comes that America has cattle cars and camps, the boxcars will have ads on the side and the prisoner’s uniforms will have sponsorship logos. (“Real Americans wear Nike when they get reeducated!”)
You KNOW she’s right. But only she would think it and write it down.
No! Glenn Reynolds has been posting his candidacy for the 2016 Presidential race with Elizabeth Foley as his running mate.
Back in 2003 I think we had the right ticket, and by 2016 (assuming we still have a country) Rachel should be back in the U.S. from her extended trip abroad:
I think it needs some updating, but I still like the slogan.
Found at House of Eratosthenes:
Can I get an “AMEN!”?