Monthly Archives: January 2011

Yuck Factor

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Gaius

Gee, you think? Once a year, every year, Professor Thomas Borody receives a single-stem rose from one of his most grateful patients. She is, he says, thanking him for restoring her bowel flora. It’s a distasteful cure for a problem … Continue reading →

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ObamaCare Repeal Passes In House

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Gaius

Yeah, I know it will be blocked by Reid in the Senate. But it passed – with three Democrats joining the Republicans to pass it, 245 to 189: House Republicans passed a bill to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care … Continue reading →

Posted in Medicine, Politics | 1 Comment

Damage

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Gaius

Sally Pipes in the New York Post: Repeal of ObamaCare can’t come soon enough — as several damaging provisions are set to take effect this year. For starters, it has effectively stopped the construction of physician-owned hospitals throughout the country. … Continue reading →

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Gotta Love The Civility

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Gaius

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) has utilized the reductio ad Nazi form of civil discourse on the House floor, comparing Republicans words to those of Joseph Goebbels. “They say it’s a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Democrats | 4 Comments

Holmes To Ride Again

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gaius

Or something resembling Sherlock Holmes, at any rate: Sherlock Holmes is to be brought back to life in the first new novel about the great Baker Street detective to be officially approved. Anthony Horowitz, author of stories about teenage spy … Continue reading →

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ObamaFraud

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gaius

The true costs of ObamaCare are staggering: The fantasy of deficit reduction from the ACA is also built on a $410 billion tax increase over the coming decade, and a flood of revenue in the years after built on cynically … Continue reading →

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Something To Think About

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Gaius

Thomas Sowell: Politics being what it is, we are sure to hear all sorts of doomsday rhetoric at the thought of cutbacks in government spending. The poor will be starving in the streets, to hear the politicians and the media … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Politics, Taxes | 1 Comment

Backfire, Part The Third

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gaius

Something you have seldom seen here at the Crabitat, a link to a Fox News story (its not that I don’t sometimes read Fox – or even watch the odd newscast from them. I just have very rarely actually linked … Continue reading →

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Backfire, Part Two

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gaius

Mickey Kaus: Why would Republican politicians ever fall into this “too hot” trap? Because hot rhetoric gins up their base. But now that they’ve won the House in an off year election, GOP pols don’t need to please the base … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Democrats | 3 Comments

How Do You Know It Isn’t?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gaius

AllahPundit over at Hot Air wonders: Exit question: I’ve asked this before but I’m still mystified by it. If one of the two goals of Stuxnet was to hide its sabotage by making centrifuge operators believe that everything was running … Continue reading →

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He’s Baaaaack

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Gaius

Baby Doc is back in Haiti. After 25 years in exile, former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier has returned to Haiti. Nicknamed Baby Doc, Mr Duvalier, 59, has not set foot in his home land since 1981 when he was overthrown. National … Continue reading →

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Skid Left

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Gaius

Hugh Hewitt: So what happened at Politico?  The big problem is that it grew and you cannot clone Mike Allen, whom everyone generally trusts even though some mistake his affability as pro-Obama tilting.  Jonathan Martin and Ben Smith were great … Continue reading →

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What He Said

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Gaius

Don Surber. Read it. I’ll add this: I do not want “bipartisan seating” at the SOTU address. I want the world to see that there are real, substantive policy differences between the left and the right. I will, as always, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authoritarians, Left Wing | 2 Comments

Missed It

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Gaius

The Crabitat turned five on January 6. Just thought I’d mention it. While cleaning out the blogroll, I had to delete links to several blogs that were well-established when I started, as well as several that had started up since … Continue reading →

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Tax Hikes

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Gaius

Americans for Tax Reform have compiled a comprehensive list of tax hikes included in ObamaCare: Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will be voting on an historic repeal of the Obamacare law.  While there are many reasons to oppose … Continue reading →

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