1. SEIU Catch-22 (or, “how I learned to stop worrying and love it when they begin eating their own”). h/t a fine scotch 2. Sen DeMint: Obama “believes Americans are stupid.” (h/t Dave O’C) 3. From CNS: “Christy Romero, the acting Special Inspector General for the TARP bank bailout program, told the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday that the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law may not end the ‘too big

Courtesy David Thompson. If you’ve already seen this, apologies. But it is absolutely astounding — and one of the reasons I tend to view public safety officials, be they police or fire fighters, with a healthy dose of suspicion. Whereas being suspicious of local government and its petty tyrants is pretty much standard fare.

This story made me wonder if some courageous Asian-Americans couldn’t kill the Asian American quota system within the University of California system. Since the university system is discriminating against Asian-Americans on the basis of their race, which requires self-identification, I suggest everyone start self-identifying as African-American. You might say, no, that’s cheating. I say it is not – is there a statuatory definition of race? Is there some blood test

It’s like Jeremiah Johnson meets The Candidate, with a pinch of Easy Rider thrown in for good measure. Or maybe not. From Jim Geraghty’s review: By far, the most eye-opening part of the film — and no doubt, most useful to the presidential hopes of Palin — is the second act, detailing Palin’s time as Alaska’s governor. Oil companies are the relentless villain of Alaskan politics; in retrospect it seems

I dunno: Does a bear pray in the woods? Does the Pope shit Pope shit in the Vatican crapper? I mean, what’s with the rhetorical questions? Why so coy? Just say it, brother! The Fed is nothing but a bad bank that we refuse to audit! There. Was that so difficult?

The EPA: Getting rid of that pesky mercury particulate because Obama Administration cares about your health, and the health of the planet. It has nothing to do with wanting to cripple the energy sector, cost untold numbers of jobs, and drive up prices to influence behavior and further define the classes. To argue otherwise is racist. The fact that they’ve stood behind a mandate that requires you reintroduce that mercury

Rather than come to grips with the necessity of austerity, Greek union members continue making demands for other people’s money that no longer exists, and anarchist youths riot in the streets. But it could never happen here, right? Imagine. A crisis of civil unrest that would require the government to step in and create order. Why, it’s like a totalitarian wet dream…! (h/t Terry H)

I’m not a legal expert — nor have I read the decision — but if I had to venture a guess, the Wisconsin justices most likely outlined their reasoning based on a number of key facts, most strikingly, that Judge Sumi’s initial ruling was dishonest, partisan, and in no way aligned with any possible reading of applicable law or precedent, largely because she’s a judicial disgrace who should be reprimanded

On the one hand, we’re supposed to believe that anyone can read and understand the Constitution — meaning, we don’t need a special priesthood to interpret the thing (and of course, this is true, assuming a base level of reading comprehension and intelligence, and assuming one can get past the fact that the document itself is like, over a hundred years old!); and yet at the same time, the Federalist

Sure. But that’s only because he’s a lock for re-election — so weak and wrong on the issues is the field challenging him. I know this because conservative David Frum tells me so. And honestly, has there ever been a more astute student of reading political trends than David Frum? Incidentally, I forget: who’s the “No Labels” candidate for 2012? Trump? Bloomberg? Either way, I can’t wait!