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March 2011

"Rubio to Oppose Short-Term CR"

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.

"The 'Obamacare' Gordian knot"

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

"And that is what democracy actually looks like."

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

"Obama tells GOP: Nice try on health care records"

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

a CITIZEN JOURNALIST reports from nowhere near the site of Japan's impending nuclear armageddon (which should not take away from the bevy of natural disasters plaguing the country and its people just now, because that stuff also sucks hard)

Looks mostly sunny in my backyard right now, but I’m not going to say with any certitude that it won’t rain later. **** update: By the way: if it doesn’t rain later, remember who it was who first reported that it was sunny in my backyard. **** update 2: BREAKING: nothing much has changed — though I do note a suspicious movement of the sun westward. Developing… **** update 3:

Marginalia

From Ace’s comments: OK, does anyone read ProteinWisdom regularly? What’s happened over there? I used to read it, but kind of lost interest when the main host got involved in some sort of blog battle and subsequent whiny emotional meltdown. But now I discover (via a link at Patterico) that they have really jumped the shark and are accusing Ace, HotAir, and Patterico of going full-blown Katrina over the Japan

"Japan relieved after nuclear meltdown in Fukushima avoided"

Looks like they’ll be no real-world Godzilla vs Mothra battles, after all. I still say nuclear energy needs to be strongly promoted here in the states (it’s probably best to keep reactors out of California, however). And I suspect we can use what we learn from Japan to better the containment and cooling technology. Besides. I’m pretty sure wind turbines wouldn’t have stood up any better to the earthquake and

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Someone please email this to Brian Kiteley. I’ve never been beaten with tweed and smugness before, but I suspect it doesn’t leave much of a mark. So. So. (thanks to geoffB)

A note to those supporting these public sector union "protesters" who are defacing public property, threatening people and their families, working to overturn elections, and acting like children who know that should mommy or daddy spank them for acting like out of control brats, all they have to do is call the police and the state will take mommy and daddy away, so there!

We are “management,” in your fantastical and romanticized “Fight-The-Powers!” scenario. We are The Man. We: the schlubs who aren’t guaranteed jobs, who have to pay for our own retirements, who pitch in for our own health care, who are expected to actually perform, and who can’t buy wage and benefit increases with votes and money funneled to a single political party. You know what that makes you? The minority. Don’t

"12 Death Threat Photos Against Gov. Walker and Wisconsin Republicans That You'll Never See in Legacy Media #wiunion #solidaritywi #newtone"

Courtesy of Doug Ross. I blame Sarah Palin, and demand that “Meet the Press”‘s David Gregory hound any and all Republicans he interviews until they denounce her, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, the TEA Party, gun-toting middle American white racists racists racists!, evangelical Christians, the Jews who control the media, union busters like Scott Walker and the villainous, anti-working man “management” — the private sector taxpayer —