Master Sgts. Marshall Davis and Chris Reese prepare the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS) unit installed in a C-130 Hercules to respond to the Waldo Canyon wildfire in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27. MAFFS is a self-contained aerial firefighting system that can discharge 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in less than five seconds, covering an area … [Read more...] about Defense Update: Fire-Fighting C-130s in the Air Again
Rick Renfroo, Job Creator, And Runyan, The Libertarian Wonder Boy, Take On Medicaid Expansion
[The scene, again, is a washroom at Goldman Sachs. It's late at night. Renfroo and Runyan are just coming out of one of the stalls when washroom attendant Selig Cartwright comes upon them. He's breathing heavily...] Sorry, Job Creator and Wonder Boy. [Pant, pant]. I saw the Job Creator signal flashing in the sky, the Sign of the Dollar, and got here as fast as I could. I see … [Read more...] about Rick Renfroo, Job Creator, And Runyan, The Libertarian Wonder Boy, Take On Medicaid Expansion
Higgs Boson
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Romney’s Flip-Flop Olympics Trials
Seeded No. 1 by acclamation, the GOP standard bearer is so outdoing himself in issue acrobatics that even a sympathetic judge, Rupert Murdoch, is raising questions about doping in his performance. “Met Romney last week,” he tweets. “Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful.” Such concern, echoed … [Read more...] about Romney’s Flip-Flop Olympics Trials
Another Violent Thug Skates
After all, she's a good mother, so, you know... who can blame her, in a world of princesses? … [Read more...] about Another Violent Thug Skates
Very Little Good Economic News
June was not a good month. … [Read more...] about Very Little Good Economic News
(UPDATED) Mitt Romney’s Campaign Gets Bad News: More Americans Are Going Back To Work
What [conservatives] really want is a different candidate and a different electorate. They want to believe that the American people are hungering for detailed endorsements of Republican plans . . . But that’s not what the public wants and Romney knows it. ~ JONATHAN CHAIT By all rights, Mitt Romney should be kicking Barack Obama's butt with a struggling economy and the … [Read more...] about (UPDATED) Mitt Romney’s Campaign Gets Bad News: More Americans Are Going Back To Work
VIDEO: Stuff Hack Magicians Say
I had the pleasure of appearing in my other incarnation on two family variety show bills in two California cities in June with Las Vegas magician Jason Andrews. He was a superb emcee and totally captivated audience members of all ages with his magic act. Here is what I predict will be a classic for magicians, entertainers, and fans of magic. Andrews and his friend, fellow … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Stuff Hack Magicians Say
Tammy Kicks Butt
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The Money Manager
WASHINGTON -- You can conduct byzantine transactions through opaque investment accounts and private corporations in offshore tax havens such as Bermuda and the Cayman Islands. Or you can credibly run for president at a time of great economic distress. I don't think you can do both. Let me be clear that I have nothing against wealth. In fact, I have nothing … [Read more...] about The Money Manager
Election Money
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Can Mitt Romney’s Money Haul Make Up for Bad Messaging?
WASHINGTON - The Etch A Sketch candidate Mitt Romney has now flipped on Eric Fehrstrom's gafferiffic claim about Obamacare being a penalty, not a tax. As you see below, the Wall Street Journal has already proclaimed if he's undone this was the undoing. If Mitt Romney loses his run for the White House, a turning point will have been his decision Monday to absolve President … [Read more...] about Can Mitt Romney’s Money Haul Make Up for Bad Messaging?
I Don’t Have Much To Say
I don't have much to say so how about a picture? … [Read more...] about I Don’t Have Much To Say
Defense Update: What Really Matters (to Both Sides)
Of course our fighting men and women have sacrificed, are sacrificing and will sacrifice everything for home and country. They do so because they love America; they love Americans; they love their families. For those who are old and fortunate enough to have young children, there can hardly be greater love than our heroes have for their young children. Likewise it is … [Read more...] about Defense Update: What Really Matters (to Both Sides)
Some Big, Civilization-shaping Ideas from Religion
[This is the 7th in the series Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship.] Proverbial Models In this 7th part of the series, we take a look at some religious proverbs that have become woven into the fabric of civilization: the golden rule, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” “turn the other cheek,” and the idea of universal dignity. “An eye for an eye” is … [Read more...] about Some Big, Civilization-shaping Ideas from Religion
Quote of the Day: Conservative Bill Kristol on Romney’s Campaign
Our political Quote of the Day comes from The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, one of many conservative voices expressing doubts about how all-but-certain-Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney is conducting his campaign. Some chunks of his piece: Remember Michael Dukakis (1988) and John Kerry (2004)? It's possible to lose a winnable presidential election to a … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: Conservative Bill Kristol on Romney’s Campaign
Mitt Romney Sets Republican Fund Raising Record
He may be coming under fire now from some GOPers because they feel he's a flawed candidate, but presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney is like a rodeo rider on the meanest horse: he's getting big bucks. In fact, he's set a record for a GOPer in raking in the dough: The Romney campaign, along with its Romney Victory fund, raised more than $100 million in … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney Sets Republican Fund Raising Record
Sex, Hatred, and Hypoagency
Tim Goldich does amazing work. LINK HERE. I hope to get his book soon. *Update*: See also Gendercide: Rwanda. (This item cross-posted to Dean's World.) … [Read more...] about Sex, Hatred, and Hypoagency
Live-tweeting of Obama Event in Parma, Ohio Tonight
First the vitals: Follow @Jillmz or the Twitter.com hashtag #ObamaBusTour starting around 7pm or earlier (the event is scheduled to start at 7:15pm but I will be there earlier with a press credential - I'm tweeting and blogging as a Contributing Editor for BlogHer.com). The less vital but might answer the "who's she" questions: I haven't posted here in a long time because I … [Read more...] about Live-tweeting of Obama Event in Parma, Ohio Tonight
Can Employers in the Business of LifeGuarding, Enforce Depraved Indifference to Certain Human Lives?
Just a .02, and to try to not mix issues, for that often makes muckmire. I'd just say, if the facts are a person was drowning having drifted or swam out of bounds as often happens in big water currents, and regardless of how they got themselves in that situation, and a person who is trained to save lives, saved the person from peril... then KUDOS are in order, not kicking … [Read more...] about Can Employers in the Business of LifeGuarding, Enforce Depraved Indifference to Certain Human Lives?