This is one part of the argument with which I’m not going to disagree, and I don’t see the point in belaboring (heh) the point that a lot of the folks now playing that card don’t seem to care much about national security in other dimensions. So, given the wage gap, how can the US become competitive in machining and tool-and-die work? By resort to more robots. Unfortunately, for some

I’ll probably be denominated a sociopath again, but here goes. Not to be too Aristotelian about it, Dan, but Blago lacks the stature to be a tragic figure, and the Illinois electorate has been too complicit with the political shenanigans to make them proper victims. NB: O! isn’t a tragic figure yet, either. He’s not O!thello. For one thing, it’s too carnivalesque. (h/t Sdferr) Heh, more: Why libs have decided

Now the cholera is Amerikkka’s fault. Snarly: If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say. In this Dec. 1, 2008, file photo, Attorney General-designate Eric Holder speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, right, in Chicago. Holder may have to consider removing himself… (Associated Press) Holder was a

(another serr8d joint) Related. We . . . I . . . The Chicago Tribune reports it has learned that “Rahm Emanuel, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick to be White House chief of staff, had conversations with Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration about who would replace Obama in the U.S. Senate.” It quickly adds that “the revelation does not suggest Obama’s new gatekeeper was involved in any talk of dealmaking involving the

You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! According to the BBC’s Tom Housden, reporting on the Cambay find: map showing siteThe vast city — which is five miles long and two miles wide — is believed to predate the oldest known remains in the subcontinent by more than 5,000 years. The site was discovered by chance last year by oceanographers from India’s

UK responsible for cholera epidemic.

It’s a bathedy. Meanwhile, Illinois is PLUNGING INTO CHAOS: Illinois plunged deeper into turmoil Friday over disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich as the attorney general asked the state’s highest court to strip the governor of his powers, billions of dollars in bills went unpaid and lawmakers moved closer to impeaching the scandal-plagued politician. But Blagojevich showed no sign of backing down. He took time to pray with ministers at his home

Well, according to Hale “Bonehead” Stewart, it seems that those corporate stooges want . . . a depression! The truth is that we want an Official Seal.