Okay. But here’s all I really want to know: has the integrity of the containment chambers in any way been breached? Because if not, the plants are working precisely as they are designed to work in the event of a “meltdown” — and they are doing so despite a 9.0 earthquake, a series of aftershocks, a volcanic eruption, and a tsunami that was able to swallow several trains without even

No cuts to ObamaCare. Or Planned Parenthood. Or CPB. The GOP gets $6 billion in cuts — the equivalent to what we’re borrowing every 36 hours. The House GOP should be standing up for the Constitution. Instead, they’re worrying about political optics. These people don’t learn. This is their second chance. They won’t get a third — at least, not from me. YMMV The vote is early this afternoon. Try

USA Inc.: Bought high, selling low. Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the country club socialists have already got theirs. Hell, Obama’s out on the links every week when he’s not entertaining sports stars, comediennes, musicians, or the latest Hollywood it kid — and he’s not even pretending anymore to take part in the governing process. He’s done what he we designed to do — from the earliest stages

So says Barone. Here’s the thing, though. Why wouldn’t he? If his health care “reform” stands, he and his cronies have effectively turned the US into a soft socialist country — one that will perforce move increasingly leftward as more people are “nudged” into voting their economic interests — and it is all by design. The dollar is weak. Unemployment and debt are soaring, making cuts to services is seen

I’ll tell you this much: If Japan doesn’t light up like the underside of a tricked-out Nissan Skyline 2000GT-EX street racer by, say, 5PM MT today, I’m going to file an ethics complaint against Japan for its unconscionable efforts at forcing us — by way of this tease of a possible catastrophic nuclear event — into hysterical, ill-informed, and often quite hyperbolic “coverage”. Much of which makes us look silly,

Obama has his Thomas Friedman moment: A beleaguered President Obama has told aides it would be so much easier to be the president of China, The New York Times reports. There are two ways to read the remark, which is attributed to anonymous aides. One is that Obama resents the burden of global leadership that comes with the American presidency. The other is that he longs for an authoritarian system,

More Republicans are beginning to get it. Now if only our leadership would sack up. From The Corner, Andrew Stiles: The House will vote Tuesday on a three-week continuing resolution that would cut federal spending by $6 billion. It is the second short-term resolution proposed by the 112th Congress. And though it is expected to pass the House comfortably, a number of conservative groups have come out against the measure.

As protein wisdom readers well know, the TEA Party caucus leadership in the House is at odds with the GOP leadership over the issue of CRs — specifically, CR agreements that leave in place the funding for ObamaCare the Democrats snuck into an authorization bill. One of the conservatives on the front lines of this battle with establishment Republican leadership has been Steve King, who today lays out his case

Stephen Hayes provides the WI coda. For background, see this, also from Hayes. Seems strange that if Walker “didn’t run on” collective bargaining reform — as the Journal Sentinel’s Politifact Wisconsin now states — the Journal Sentinel itself would have written this back on Sept 13: Walker wants to make it easier for school districts and local governments to buy insurance through a state-run health benefits program. Barrett would require

Most transparent administration EVAH! President Barack Obama once promised that negotiations over his health care overhaul would be carried out openly, in front of TV cameras and microphones. Tell that to the White House now. Republican congressional investigators got the brush-off this past week after pressing for details of meetings between White House officials and interest groups, including drug companies and hospitals that provided critical backing for Obama’s health insurance