Fleece of Gideon

George Will On Contraception Flap: "This Is What Liberalism Looks Like" | RealClearPolitics

2012-02-13T21:27:00.000+01:00

George Will On Contraception Flap: "This Is What Liberalism Looks Like" | RealClearPolitics: "George Will: Three points. As Paul Ryan said to you, this is an account gimmick that they've done that in no way hems the complicity of Catholic institutions and individuals in delivering services they consider morally abhorrent.Second. You asked the question, 'How did this come about?' George, this is

LMAO: Vestas Drops as Exane Cuts Share Target By 50%: Copenhagen Mover - Businessweek

2012-02-13T16:52:00.000+01:00

Vestas Drops as Exane Cuts Share Target By 50%: Copenhagen Mover - Businessweek: "Exane today cut its share price estimate to 25 kroner from 50 kroner and repeated an “underperform” recommendation. Vestas last week reported sales that missed its forecast, said its chief financial officer stepped down and its chairman will leave next month. Exane’s target is the lowest of 22 analyst valuations

CURL: Here comes Obama's magic budget - Washington Times

2012-02-13T16:04:00.000+01:00

CURL: Here comes Obama's magic budget - Washington Times: "And all the Obama proposals will lead to a White House-predicted unemployment rate in 2012 of — wait, 8.9 percent. Even higher than what it is today? Sounds about right.Of course, under the new plan, things will get worse — again — before they get better. The president’s plan would push this year’s deficit to $1.33 trillion. But wait,

RealClearPolitics - Contraception and the Cost of the Culture Wars

2012-02-13T15:49:00.000+01:00

RealClearPolitics - Contraception and the Cost of the Culture Wars: SOooooo true..."WASHINGTON -- Politicized culture wars are debilitating because they almost always require partisans to denigrate the moral legitimacy of their opponents, and sometimes to deny their very humanity. It's often not enough to defeat a foe. Satisfaction only comes from an adversary's humiliation.One other thing about

Review & Outlook: Our Friends the Russians - WSJ.com

2012-02-13T12:08:00.000+01:00

Review & Outlook: Our Friends the Russians - WSJ.com: "Mr. Putin's United Russia party dominates the media and will keep a majority in the Duma in this weekend's parliamentary elections, and Mr. Putin will stroll back into the presidency in the spring. But the lesson for the U.S. concerns the limits of friendship with an authoritarian government that has no interest in being a strategic partner

Vestas delivers terrible 2011 result | The Copenhagen Post | The Danish News in English

2012-02-10T09:01:00.000+01:00

This news made my day. So happy to see a naive, spoiled, clueless Danish company have an epic fail.These clowns fell for the oldest temptation in the book: overgrowth. Growing too fast. Expanding too rapidly.All based on expectations -- not orders. And now, more than 2,000 people are out of work because these dumbasses never should have hired them in the first place.There is a simple way to

Review & Outlook: No Budget, No Problem - WSJ.com

2012-02-10T07:57:00.000+01:00

Review & Outlook: No Budget, No Problem - WSJ.com: "Asked yesterday about the lack of a Senate budget, spokesman Jay Carney said that "Well, I don't have an opinion to express on how the Senate does its business with regards to this issue." ABC's Jake Tapper pressed, incredulously, "The White House has no opinion about whether or not the Senate should pass a budget?""'via Blog this'

New mental health manual is dangerous say experts | Reuters

2012-02-10T01:21:00.000+01:00

When my mother died in 1996, I thought I was forever done even thinking about my least favorite publication in the world: the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).I got to know the DSM in my 20s when I was trying to understand Mom's illness. What I read in that book scared the hell out of me.Now, it seems, it has gotten even worse.I remember thinking, when I first started

Going Viral Visualized

2012-02-09T16:54:00.000+01:00

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Horseshit: Marketers Who Share Content Drive Traffic, Gain Customers [INFOGRAPHIC]

2012-02-09T16:53:00.000+01:00

Not one word, of course, about any supporting data linking all this effort and budget to increased product sales.Because there are no data, of course.Marketers Who Share Content Drive Traffic, Gain Customers [INFOGRAPHIC]: "Marketers Who Share Content Drive Traffic, Gain Customers [INFOGRAPHIC]"'via Blog this'

Michigan Must Decide What to Do With an Unexpected Surplus - NYTimes.com

2012-02-09T15:42:00.000+01:00

Michigan Must Decide What to Do With an Unexpected Surplus - NYTimes.com:'via Blog this'

Henninger: Transformers - WSJ.com

2012-02-09T14:56:00.000+01:00

Henninger: Transformers - WSJ.com:"The Catholic Church has stumbled into the central battle of the 2012 presidential campaign: What are the limits to Barack Obama's transformative presidency? The Catholic left has just learned one answer: When Mr. Obama says, "Everyone plays by the same set of rules," it means they conform to his rules. What else could it mean?Anyone who signs up for more of this

9 Reasons Your Current Resume Will Never Get You A Job At Apple Or Google

2012-02-09T14:00:00.000+01:00

9 Reasons Your Current Resume Will Never Get You A Job At Apple Or Google:'via Blog this'

Review & Outlook: The Super PAC President - WSJ.com

2012-02-08T13:04:00.000+01:00

Review & Outlook: The Super PAC President - WSJ.com: "So let's see: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be able to speak at an event that is expressly a Super PAC fund-raiser, but because she won't be stuffing the checks in her purse she will not violate federal rules against coordination between a candidate's campaign and a Super PAC. After the election, and especially if Mr. Obama wins, the

Jenkins: Revisiting the Auto Bailout With Clint - WSJ.com

2012-02-08T12:59:00.000+01:00

Jenkins: Revisiting the Auto Bailout With Clint - WSJ.com: "Just ask Volkswagen and Daimler: Here we have almost a parody of public choice theory, which in raw form holds that whatever the stated purpose of government policy, it usually devolves into an excuse for politicians and bureaucrats to grant favors and extort tribute from special interests. The Germans are among the few willing to say

Review & Outlook: ObamaCare's Great Awakening - WSJ.com

2012-02-08T12:48:00.000+01:00

Review & Outlook: ObamaCare's Great Awakening - WSJ.com: "The political furor over President Obama's birth-control mandate continues to grow, even among those for whom contraception poses no moral qualms, and one needn't be a theologian to understand why. The country is being exposed to the raw political control that is the core of the Obama health-care plan, and Americans are seeing clearly for

Fields of Gold, Eva Cassidy

2012-02-07T22:21:00.000+01:00

Fields of GoldAs sung by Eva Cassidy Capo 2nd Em CYou'll remember me when the west wind moves D GUpon the fields of barley Em CYou can tell the sun in his jealous sky A7 D G When we walked in fields of gold EmSo she took her love

Copenhagen Post: Exploited in Denmark

2012-02-07T14:26:00.001+01:00

Denmark: the "happiest people on earth" and Europe's golden land of opportunity for immigrants (hvis du er villig til at arbejde sort...) "A series of investigations by trade union magazine Fagbladet 3F has uncovered the systematic exploitation and squalid living conditions of Romanian cleaners in northern Zealand.According to the magazine, four Romanians were recently employed by Denmark’s

Truth, lies and Afghanistan - February 2012 - Armed Forces Journal - Military Strategy, Global Defense Strategy

2012-02-07T14:14:00.000+01:00

Truth, lies and Afghanistan - February 2012 - Armed Forces Journal - Military Strategy, Global Defense Strategy: "I spent last year in Afghanistan, visiting and talking with U.S. troops and their Afghan partners. My duties with the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force took me into every significant area where our soldiers engage the enemy. Over the course of 12 months, I covered more than 9,000 miles and

Stephen Moore: A Fairness Quiz for the President - WSJ.com

2012-02-07T10:09:00.000+01:00

Stephen Moore: A Fairness Quiz for the President - WSJ.com: "Is it fair that American corporations pay the highest statutory corporate tax rate of all other industrialized nations but Japan, which cuts its rate on April 1?Is it fair that President Obama sends his two daughters to elite private schools that are safer, better-run, and produce higher test scores than public schools in Washington,

Review & Outlook: Egypt Spirals Down - WSJ.com

2012-02-06T13:04:00.000+01:00

Review & Outlook: Egypt Spirals Down - WSJ.com: "If Egypt's military-led government wants to lose $1.5 billion in annual U.S. aid, it should keep up its current attacks on nongovernment institutions and their American employees. Nothing will sour U.S. Congressional and public support faster."'via Blog this'

RealClearPolitics - U.S. "Friends" Like Wexler, Obama Play Israel for the Fool

2012-02-05T14:58:00.000+01:00

RealClearPolitics - U.S. "Friends" Like Wexler, Obama Play Israel for the Fool: "American “friends” like Wexler and Obama play Israel for a fool again and again."'via Blog this'

How to piss off a Dane | Matador Network

2012-02-05T13:28:00.000+01:00

This is hilarious -- and there's so much more. The list could go on and on and on...How to piss off a Dane | Matador Network:'via Blog this'

The Forgotten Man

2012-02-04T03:04:00.000+01:00

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Charles Krauthammer: Syria — It’s not just about freedom - The Washington Post

2012-02-03T14:40:00.000+01:00

Charles Krauthammer: Syria — It’s not just about freedom - The Washington Post: "Force the issue. Draw bright lines. Make clear American solidarity with the Arab League against a hegemonic Iran and its tottering Syrian client. In diplomacy, one often has to choose between human rights and strategic advantage. This is a rare case where we can advance both — so long as we do not compromise with