Monthly Archives: March 2009

Yet Another Obama Nominee Withdraws

Via Memeorandum comes this item. It seems that the Obama nominee for deputy director of the EPA has withdrawn. The EPA itself questioned the use of some $25 million in taxpayer money that was mismanaged by a foundation that the … Continue reading

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Rearranging The Deck Chairs

Dick Polman calls it “Tension on the ocean liner”. I’d put it as more like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. No matter, the result is the same:  cap and trade legislation appears to be sinking. In Obama’s ideal … Continue reading

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Who has Congress And Obama Been Beating Up On?

Meet Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president of the American International Group financial products unit. He is also a private citizen who has had enough of being the whipping boy of a bunch of political thugs. After 12 months of … Continue reading

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Congress Giveth, Congress Taketh Away

Well, if you thought the retroactive vindictiveness of Congress toward bankers was the only thing they are up to these days, you’re wrong. Remember that much-vaunted middle-class tax cut passed as part of the “stimulus bill”? Democrats are taking that away. … Continue reading

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Feeling Stirred?

Not shaken? Obama has released some “stirring” excerpts from his statement tonight. “At the end of the day, the best way to bring our deficit down in the long run is not with a budget that continues the very same … Continue reading

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Phallatial Estate

We have all heard of palatial estates. This is the first phallatial estate we here at Blue Crab Boulevard have heard of. Rory McInnes, 18, climbed on to the flat roof of his parents’ home and daubed the symbol using … Continue reading

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Truth

Joe Klein has been a target of the far left all too often, despite the fact that he is an unapologetic supporter of Democrats. He’s just not far enough to the left for the left. Today, he manages to write … Continue reading

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Since We’re On The Subject…

Of political money not well spent, as in the previous post, let’s talk about the huge – truly huge – amounts of money unions spent to try to get their anti-secret-ballot initiative passed. Well, Arlen Specter, of all people, just … Continue reading

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Short Term Rentals

Glenn Reynolds on what Wall Street’s campaign contributions to Democrats in 2008 bought them. Nothing. As Joseph Nocera wrote in the New York Times, “Congress, with its howls of rage, its chaotic, episodic reaction to the crisis, and its shameless … Continue reading

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Political Malfeasance

George Will reels off a list of the antics of the anti-constitutional Congress since the start of the year. It isn’t even complete, yet it shows just how badly Congress is behaving. With the braying of 328 yahoos — members of … Continue reading

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Dumping Dollars

How badly are Obama’s economic policies playing globally? Bad enough that the Chinese are now agitating for a replacement for the dollar as a reserve currency. China’s central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve … Continue reading

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Gee, Ya Think?

Surprise: ex-post-facto, vindictive use of the tax code to punish private citizens for Congressional stupidity is a bad idea. But the actions of Congress last week may have raised concerns well beyond the bonus question. “There’s a great deal of uncertainty beyond executive … Continue reading

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Too Late

A Japanese astronaut is test flying, so to speak, some new, “stink-free” underwear: Teen-age boys, are you tired of embarrassing questions about when you last changed underwear? Japan’s space scientists may have just the answer — a line of odour-free … Continue reading

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Is It Real, Or Is It Photoshopped?

Very interesting free application that can help detect whether an image is real or has been altered/edited or tweaked. If you’ve ever visited a forum on the Web, you’re familiar with how easily a single photo can spark a debate … Continue reading

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The Plan. Such As It Is.

Timothy Geithner has a plan: The Public-Private Investment Program will purchase real-estate related loans from banks and securities from the broader markets. Banks will have the ability to sell pools of loans to dedicated funds, and investors will compete to … Continue reading

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