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While not a Jeffersonian at heart, there are things about the Jeffersonian character of Indiana’s government and its institutions I have come to admire over the years. One of the best characteristics modeled at the state and local level is organizing government offices in a central location, be it one of Indiana’s famous county courthouses [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...] It’s great to live in a state with an excellent attorney general like Ken Cuccinelli (Fox News). Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in his state’s presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned. Meanwhile, four GOP candidates on [...] PUT TEXT YOU WISH TO USE AS VISIBLE LINKING-LANGUAGE HERE [...] 
I was reading in the WSJ NY Metro section yesterday about Mere $110 Million Penthouse Near Carnegie Hall Gets Ever-Higher Asking Price The Fine Print Details on One57 penthouse New price : $110 million Old price : $98.5 million Square footage : 10,923 Floor location : 89th-90th Price per square foot : $10,070 Number of bedrooms : 6 Number of bathrooms : 7 plus two powder rooms. Length of central gallery : (for art collection) 60 feet Size of grand salon : 1,500 square feet And this paragraph stood out, Mr. Weill is in contract to sell his penthouse, plus wrap-around terrace, to the 22-year-old daughter of Dmitry Rybolovlev, a Russian billionaire, for the full $88 million asking price, according to a person familiar with the sale. The previous record sale was for a $53 million Upper East Side townhouse. [...] 
It looks like the news is very good: Breaking news – BOTH the AG and the Governor will support remedial legislation to correct the Virginia Primary Joke! Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned. * * * Sources told Fox News that Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is expected to support the emergency legislation as well. Here’s the details, according to Fox News: Cuccinelli’s proposal is expected to state that if the Virginia Board of Elections certifies that a candidate is receiving federal matching funds, or has qualified to receive them, that candidate will upon request be automatically added to the ballot. I think this is a reasonable and fair proposal but I concede that the one who posted the news on the Daily Paul is probably right about what would happen if Ron Paul had fallen short… He [Cuccinelli] also happens to be a Republican. [...] It is nearly New Years day but more importantly for me, it’s nearing New years eve, not only the seventh day of Christmas but the day of [...] Does it make sense? No. Is it awesome? Yes. My favorite Christmas tree ornament packed away today [...] **Written by Doug Powers Possible good news for any GOP candidates not named Mitt Romney or Ron Paul that might still be in the running by the time March rolls around: Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is intervening in the Virginia presidential primary dispute and plans to file emergency legislation to address the inability of most Republican presidential candidates to get their name on the ballot, Fox News has learned. Only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul qualified for the Virginia primary, a contest with 49 delegates up for grabs. The failure of other candidates to qualify — notably Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry — led to complaints that the 10,000-signature requirement is too stringent. Cuccinelli, who is a Republican, shared the concerns. “Recent events have underscored that our system is deficient,” he said in a statement. [...] 
**Written by Doug Powers About three weeks ago, the LA Times reported that Newt Gingrich was involved in a book project revolving around environmental/economic issues, including a chapter addressing man-made global warming: At a time when the Republican presidential candidates are swiftly backing away from past moderate environmental positions, Newt Gingrich may be the only one with a book pending on the topic. Gingrich and Terry L. Maple have something of a sequel in the works to their 2007 book, “A Contract with The Earth,” tentatively titled “Environmental Entrepreneurs.” The duo’s first book called on policymakers and businesspeople on the right to show they had better ideas for protecting the environment and creating jobs than government did. The new book is a collection of essays by various businesspeople and scientists to be edited and stitched together by Gingrich and, mostly, Maple, a former chief executive of the Palm Beach Zoo. [...] 
Doug Ross has the winners, and my blog is the Best Latin American Coverage. Thank you Doug! [...] So fresh, this story is from tomorrow! Australia has already seen the New Year. So it will be old and slimy and covered with the webs of poisonous spiders by the time it gets to us. Bastards! On the other… [...] 
In the spirit of festivus, the Occupiers will be dragging a plastic bag octopus after the Rose Parade is done. In the spirit of idiocy, the LATimes came up with this headline, Occupy’s Rose Parade float: 70-foot octopus of corporate greed , but even the LAT had to mention that Protesters will march the parade route after the floats and marching bands have passed. The Tournament of Roses itself has nothing to do with whatever public demonstration(s) go on after the parade is over. At times like this, I wish I had the talent to draw a cartoon with each tentacle for the octopus : Nine dead DC police union credits them for rising crime wave Public defecation and vandalism Flag burning Rape Theft Anti-Semitism 91 jobs lost Plus 5,400 arrests , and counting. Since the Occupiers claim that The octopus… represents Wall Street’s stranglehold on political, cultural and social life, with tentacles “that reach into your pocket to get your money and a tentacle to get your house,” I’d add an extra tentacle with Jon Corzine’s effigy, since he doesn’t know where US$1,200,000,000 of his clients money went [...] 
Just as that uncivil monster known as Alan Grayson has had his ads pop up on conservative blogs, so has Tim Kaine, the former part-time governor of Virginia / DNC chair who is running for the retiring Jim Webb’s US Senate seat. Kaine’s ads are attacks on the Tea Party and Citizens United (who won the lawsuit that showed McLame/Feingold as unconstitutional because it restricted free political [...] 
Mrs. MIM went up to New York City this week with her parents for a brief trip. On Wednesday, she and my father-in-law, a working journalist and radio host, went down to visit the Occupy Wall Street squatters to interview them. They were there, five protesters strong! (photos from Mrs. MIM) Notice the hippie guy with the Occupy DC sign [...] 
-By Warner Todd Huston My friend Michael Bates has raised some interesting — if technical — points. He notes that Ron Paul could very will win Iowa but still come away with few or even no Iowa delegates. After looking over Bates’ points, I think he has it right. But one thing he said is [[ This is a content summary only. [...] 
by Norman Van Cott, Ph.D. When I teach the economic elements of competitiveness, I use the case of a professional athlete like Albert Pujols, long-time slugging first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals who will be playing for the Los Angeles Angels next year. The skills that make Pujols such a tremendous baseball player — [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] [...] Top ten New Year’s resolutions from About.com: Spend more time with family and friends.Fit in fitness.Tame the bulge.Quit smoking.Enjoy life more.Quit drinking.Get out of debt.Learn something new.Help others.Get organized…. [...] Well, the ONT thread was getting a bit stale so here’s a new one. Since it is the last day of the year and there will be a lot of drinking tonight, here are 12 Tips For Every Drinker. I… [...] 
Deeply embedded in the always lengthy drafts of UN documents is this language on page 16 are these words: Requests the Conference of the Parties to develop, by its eighteenth session, an International Climate Court of Justice in order to guarantee the compliance of Annex I Parties with all the provisions of this decision, which are essential elements in the obtaining of the global goal; So the nations of the world are trying to come up with yet another criminal court to try national leaders for not going along with their goals. Now US leaders may have something else to worry about. Alas, the US did ratify the Convention on Climate Change in 1994. Here is the text . What are their goals? The same ones that ICLEI advocate: Human rights 69. Climate change related actions should fully respect human rights; 70. The adverse effects of climate change have a range of direct and indirect implications for the effective enjoyment of human rights; climate change related actions can have implications on human rights and the effects of climate change will be felt most acutely by those segments of the population that are already vulnerable owing to geography, gender, age, indigenous or minority status, or disability; 71. Indigenous people ensuring the full respect of human rights, including the inherent rights of indigenous people (A broad range of stakeholders engagement, including of indigenous people, is necessary for effective action on all aspects of climate change; 72. Migrants ensuring the full respect of human rights, including the inherent rights of migrants; 73. The full respect of human rights, including the inherent rights of women, children, migrants and indigenous peoples established in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; Compare this with ICLEI’s Charter (emphasis added): 7) Adopt patterns of production, consumption, and reproduction that safeguard Earth’s regenerative capacities, human rights, and community well-being. This means ABORTION! (9) Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, and environmental imperative. This means statist and socialistic solutions to poverty not free-market ones (10) Ensure that economic activities and institutions at all levels promote human development in an equitable and sustainable manner. More share the wealth nonsense (11) Affirm gender equality and equity as prerequisites to sustainable development and ensure universal access to education, health care, and economic opportunity [...] The internet makes sharing information quick and easy, but sometimes it also facilitates the spread of misinformation. Such is the case with HR 3261, the Stop Internet Piracy [...] 
Three days away from the Iowa caucus, the word is out that the Republican Party is in a “panic” over the possibility that Congressman Ron Paul might win the momentum-building contest on January 3, 2012. Iowa brings with it the first major vote and the idea of a Ron Paul victory has little, if any, appeal. Why is this causing so much trepidation? One way to answer this is to look at the way the Republican presidential nominee is chosen. While the Iowa caucus is a little different, primaries are one way or another based upon the vote of the general public; this does not always appeal to the mainstays of the Republican party [...] 
First, we all know Mitt Romney is a convert on the life issue, so his record prior to that conversion is checkered, at best. Second, it’s beyond dispute that Mitt’s record in office on life issues was far, far better than, say, Ronald Reagan’s before he became president. (Mitt vetoed pro-abortion legislation and won [...] 
This has been a year of liberation. The abortion industry has been challenged, like never before, by women and men passionate about protecting all life. The Radiance Foundation, a nonprofit founded by my wife Bethany and I, is one of many dedicated life-affirming organizations fighting this David versus Goliath battle. So many people ask us [...] 
The two abortion practitioners who have been charged with murder for doing late-term abortions in the state of Maryland had long, sordid pasts including brushes with the law and putting women’s health at risk. Steven Chase Brigham and Nicola Irene Riley have been charged with murder related to the deaths of viable babies at an [...] The Obama administration is handing over a vital national security contract for fighter jets to Brazil, and, worse yet, to a firm currently under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violation of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Brian Preston reports, America Deserves Answers on the Obama Administration’s Decision to Outsource the Next Generation of Light Attack Aircraft dditionally, while outsourcing the contract to Embraer would create just 50 jobs in the United States, Hawker Beechcraft says the AT-6 would create about 1,400 jobs at 181 companies across 39 states. It would also keep the manufacturing and parts and supply chains all within the United States. Awarding the contract to Embraer puts most of the platform’s ecosystem outside the US. The AT-6, meanwhile, is built on the proven T-6 platform, which is currently in use by the USAF and other allied air forces [...] |
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