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Archive for April, 2010

The Right To Marry Is The Right Of Free Association

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, Gay Marriage, Individual Liberty, Privacy, Right to Contract

From Friday’s Cato Daily Podcast, The Cato Institute’s Chairman Bob Levy discusses the challenge to Proposition 8 out in California and makes the point that, in the end, the right to be married is nothing less than the right of free association, and the government should not interfere with that right:

Iranian Cleric Blames Earthquakes On Scantily Clad Women

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Islam, Religion

One Iranian cleric has discovered the key to the geological instability the world seems to be experiencing:
An Iranian cleric has proclaimed that inappropriately dress women leading to extramarital affairs are the resons behind the devastating earthquakes that frequently rattle the country.
Speaking to worshipped at the Friday prayers here on Apr 16, senior cleric Ayatollah Kazem [...]

What America Needs Is A Guy Like Chris Christie

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Political Parties, Politics, Republicans

New Jersey’s Governor continues to impress me:
“I said all during the campaign last year that I was going to govern as if I was a one-termer,” explains New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on a visit this week to the Journal’s editorial board. “And everybody felt that it was just stuff you say during a campaign [...]

Haley Barbour Mulling White House Run

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under 2012 Election, Elections, Haley Barbour, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Republicans

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is reportedly thinking about running for President:
POLITICO has learned that Barbour is weighing the prospect of a 2012 White House bid and convened a private meeting April 8 with a group of some of his oldest and closest advisers, some of whom flew in from the East Coast to Jackson, Miss. [...]

Rush Limbaugh Blames Icelandic Volcano On God Being Upset About ObamaCare

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Dumbasses, Health Care Reform, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, idiot:

You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, “Hey, you know, I’m looking around. The earth hadn’t opened up. There’s no Armageddon out there. The birds are still chirping.” I think the earth [...]

Last Night In Baseball: A No-Hitter, A 20 Inning Marathon, And Two Red Sox Losses

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Baseball, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Sports

It was one of those nights in Major League Baseball last night.
First, Ubaldo Jimenez made history by becoming the first Colorado Rockies pitcher to pitch a no-hitter:
ATLANTA – Once Ubaldo Jimenez found the strike zone, the Atlanta Braves had no chance — and the Colorado Rockies had their first no-hitter.
Jimenez pitched the first no-hitter in [...]

Sarah Palin: First Amendment ? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ First Amendment

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Religion, Individual Liberty, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin:
LOUISVILLE, KY. (AP) – Sarah Palin spoke to a crowd of about 16,000 attending an evangelical Christian women’s conference in Louisville Friday night.
The Courier-Journal reports the 2008 Republican candidate for vice president mixed stories of personal struggles and calls for women to be good mothers and good citizens with criticism of President Barack Obama [...]

George Washington: Father Of His Country, Library Scofflaw

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under History, Humor

America’s First President owes some books to the New York Public Library:
NEW YORK – If George Washington were alive today, he might face a hefty overdue library fine.
New York City’s oldest library says one of its ledgers shows that the president has racked up 220 years’ worth of late fees on two books he borrowed, [...]

SecDef Memo Warns Obama: We Have No Strategy For Dealing With A Nuclear Iran

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

The New York Times is out this morning with a story that is sure to get Washington talking. Essentially, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned Obama in a no-longer-secret January memo that the United States has no strategy for dealing with Iran if sanctions and diplomacy fail:
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has warned [...]

Icelandic Volcano Ash Cloud Continues To Cripple European Air Travel

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, April 18th, 2010. Filed under Europe, Foreign Affairs, In The News

For the 4th straight day, a massive ash cloud from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is crippling European air travel:
LONDON – Air travel across much of Europe was paralyzed for a fourth day on Sunday because of a huge cloud of volcanic ash, but Dutch and German test flights carried out without apparent damage seemed [...]

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