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Archive for September, 2009

An Afghan War Strategy I Can Agree With

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs

John Derbyshire gets it just about right, I think:
Can anyone tell me what the %#*!&% we’re doing in Afghanistan? I’m darned if I know. I suspect the true answer is to be found in a certain old WW1 marching song.
Eight years in, and there is “heavy Taliban activity across 80 percent of Afghanistan”
Eight years, and [...]

Judge Napolitano On Massachusetts H1N1 Mandatory Vaccination Law

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under Health, Individual Liberty, Politics, Privacy, Swine Flu

If this is an accurate representation of what Massachusetts is considering, it’s pretty damn scary:

Yankees Win, Clinch Playoff Berth

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

After a one-year hiatus, the Yankees are back in the post-season:
ANAHEIM, Calif. — It was a subdued celebration for the Yankees on Tuesday night, no souvenir caps or Champagne showers for becoming the first team in the majors to clinch a spot in the playoffs. They have a six-game lead in the American League East [...]

Tampa Police Play Wii Bowling During Drug Raid

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News

Police in Florida stormed the house of a convicted drug dealer, then decided to play a few rounds of bowling on the guy’s Wii:
With guns drawn and flashlights cutting through darkened rooms, Polk County undercover drug investigators stormed the home of convicted drug dealer Michael Difalco near Lakeland in March.
As investigators searched the home for [...]

Class Action Lawsuit Settled For $ 0 For The Plaintiffs, $ 10,000,000 For The Lawyers

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under In The News, Legal

On some level, the class action lawsuit has turned into little more than legalized extortion:
Costco, along with other fuel retailers, has been sued over the way it measures gallons of fuel in some states. The putative class plaintiffs have settled the case–for zero dollars for the class, and ten million dollars for the attorneys. You [...]

Birther Queen Bee Orly Taitz Signs Up For Google Adsense, Hillarity Ensues

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Orly Taitz is upset because a pro-Obama ad has shown up on her web site:
I added Google Adsense adds to this blog in order to get some advertising dollars, which would help me cover the expenses of Obama eligibility law suits. Amazingly, the very first add that appeared, was an add from Obama’s website “Fight [...]

“Can’t All Conservatives At Least Agree That Glenn Beck Is Not The Enemy ?” Umm, No.

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Glenn Beck, Politics

Robert Stacey McCain has the question:
Can’t all conservatives at least agree that Glenn Beck is not the enemy?
And I’ve got the answer:
No.
Definitely not.
Are ya kidding me ?
Seriously ? Have you seen this wacko in action ?
Again, no.
I mean, really, watch this one and tell me he’s not nuts.
And don’t even get me started about [...]

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009. Filed under Glenn Beck, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Is Glenn Beck “the enemy?” He is the enemy of anyone who believes in reason, in logic, and in rational thought. In that sense, he can take down a hundred Van Jones and ACORNS and still be a blot on the political landscape. It doesn’t matter if he is a conservative or not. Conservatives have [...]

Charts Of The Day: The Recession Might Be Over Edition

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009. Filed under Business, Credit Crisis, Economics

The Index of Leading Economic Indicators:

[E]ach of the last five recessions has ended when the Leading Indicators have increased five months in a row, and history now suggests that the Great Recession is either ending, or is already over.
And, the Richmond Fed’s Manufacturing Index:

The Richmond Fed Index been in positive territory for five consecutive months [...]

Justice Sotomayor To Throw Out First Pitch At Yankee Stadium

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sonia Sotomayor, Sports, Supreme Court

Justice Sonia Sotomayor will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Yankees’ final home game on Saturday:
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Sonia Sotomayor, the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, will help the Yankees commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month by throwing out the first pitch before Saturday’s game against the Red Sox.
The Bronx native, who on Aug. [...]

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