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As you've probably surmised, I'm taking a bit of a break the last two weeks of the year. Decompress, catch up on other things and generally relax. That said, I was happy to see that Erb and the anti-Erb have managed to provide the best in entertainment for the QandO faithful.
Looks like the anti-police riots and ambushes are reaching their natural end. That's what happens when you overreach. I'm not at all implying that some protest isn't necessary or warranted. But when it goes beyond that to murder, well, then you're likely to lose any sympathetic audience you might of had prior to that. And that's pretty much what has happened.
I'm also finding if pretty interesting to watch de Blassio sink in his own man-made rhetorical swamp. Great choice, NYC. Now live with it.
Of course we're having to live with the choice of enough of America's voters that we're into year 6 of the 8 year nightmare presidency. And what do we have on the horizon? More of the same. A Bush/Clinton run? If so, we're worse off than I think. No more of either family … please!
As for Elizabeth Warren? Yeah, let's again go for a junior Senator who has never run anything or done anything except claim minority status to get a good paying gig in academia that certainly didn't tax her "work ethic". Let's again let some smooth talking "populist" promise us the moon and deliver Ecuador. And, yes, I'm talking to the press.
The GOP? Name someone with a chance for a nomination and you'll likely name someone I wouldn't want anywhere near the Oval Office.
Then there is the GOP Congress. It appears Obama is saying he will have a new use for his pen these last two year – the veto pen. I say that's good news. Here's a chance for the GOP and Congress to use an opportunity to drop the onus for being obstructionist on the President. If they have the plums to do that. By the way the "obstructionists" in the past wasn't the GOP but Harry Reid who wouldn't bring passed House legislation to a vote in the Senate (not that the press ever caught on) – that problem, theoretically, no longer exists). Do I have any faith the Congressional GOP will inundate the President with legislation he will have to sign or veto? No. None. Recent history gives me no warm and fuzzy about that – especially while McCain and Graham are still in the Senate. Look for McCain and his lapdog Graham to again resurrect the "Maverick" brand and spend as much time as Reid screwing up any plans the Senatorial GOP might have to push legislation to Obama's desk.
Oh …. guess what the NY Times has discovered? There may not be enough doctors to cover any expanded insurance rolls … especially Medicaid. Why? Well for one thing, there are a finite number of doctors that can see a finite number of patients and having insurance hasn't changed that fact one bit. But, what is a determiner in who may or may not get to see a doctor is how much that doctor gets reimbursed for his/her work. And Medicaid is cutting that amount by about 43%. That means doctors will likely opt out of seeing Medicaid patients (or at least new ones). In essence then, not much changes in the real world despite the utopian plans of our betters. While more may have insurance, emergency rooms will be the "primary care" unit for most and "preventive care", a supposed goal of this abomination we call ObamaCare, is still a fantasy without realization. Funny how ignoring immutable facts (number of doctors and how humans respond to incentive or lack thereof) always ends up with predictable results.
Bah … enough. I'm supposed to be taking a break.
See you next year. In the meantime, happy New Year!
Like I said … the "stupid party"
They can always find a way to turn an advantage into a disadvantage.
The GOP's draft 2015 "omnibus" spending bill reportedly includes $948 million to help poor and unskilled Central American migrants establish themselves in the United States, but includes no effective restrictions on President Barack Obama's plan to provide work permits and tax payments to millions of resident illegal immigrants.
That new spending works out to $16,928 for each of the 56,000 youths, young adults and children who crossed the border during the 12 months up to October 2014.
Another apt adjective is "spineless".
The GOP leadership has given merely lip service to supporting the opposition among GOP legislators and much of the public to Obama's welcome for foreign migrants, and is now refusing to direct the Department of Homeland Security not to spend any funds on implementing the Obama amnesty.
Instead, the leadership, led by House Speaker John Boehner, drafted a bill imposing a 60-day spending limit for Obama's immigration agencies.
The planned 60-day spending limit is largely symbolic, because the most important immigration agency can operate on fees paid by the illegals.
"Leadership is basically giving in to every facet of Obama's amnesty. We're giving up an astonishing amount of leverage on every issue imaginable," said one Hill aide.
Useless, ineffective, spineless and stupid. That's no way to go through life, for most. Wonder how the GOP faithful, who pretty forcefully made their desires known, feel about this group now?
They don't call them the "Stupid Party" for nothing
Senator Jeff Sessions points out:
"Polling shows voters believe that Americans should get preference for available jobs by almost a 10–1 margin," Sessions said. "Republicans should not be timid or apologetic, but mount a bold defense of struggling Americans."
Remember what I said about framing the illegal alien amnesty as being about jobs? Remember I said they could own this politically. Remember I also said "of course we're talking about the Republicans here"?
Yeah, well like I said:
Senator Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) suggested that House Republicans are on the verge of breaking their campaign promise to fight President Obama's administrative amnesty, judging by the legislative text currently being circulated.
Sessions said that the proposed language "fails to meet [the] test" established by Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, who promised earlier this year that the GOP would do everything possible to thwart Obama's executive orders.
"The executive amnesty language is substantially weaker than the language the House adopted this summer, and does not reject the central tenets of the President's plan: work permits, Social Security and Medicare to 5 million illegal immigrants — reducing wages, jobs and benefits for Americans," Sessions said in the statement expressing his dissatisfaction with the results of a House Republican conference meeting today.
Yes, yes, the usual nonsense from the stupid party.
Look they're getting ready to vote on a continuing resolution to fund government for next year – so this can't wait till then. It's time to do this now.
Sessions wants Congress to attach a rider to the government-funding bill that prohibits Obama from implementing the orders; his office released a list yesterday, compiled with the assistance the Congressional Research Service, of instances in which Congress did just that on a variety of issues last year.
"Congress must respond to the president's unlawful action by funding the government but not funding illegal amnesty," Sessions said. "This is a perfectly sound and routine application of Congressional authority. In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service reports that last year's omnibus spending bill included 16 such funding restrictions on fee-based programs."
To those inclined to worry that using the spending power would backfire on Republicans, Sessions suggested that economic populism would lead to a GOP victory.
Yes it would. But that's if they had a collective spine and actually meant all the fire and brimstone rhetoric they spouted while they were trying to get elected/reelected.
But we're talking the GOP here – always snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
It seems like every pundit in the world is now ready to give the GOP Congressional majority advice on what they should do for the next two years. It would be nice if they'd tell the lame duck Dems and President how they should act as well. But I'm of the opinion these will be a very interesting two months.
The question I have, after the Republican victory, is what lessons they've learned from this big win? Here are a few that I think they should keep in mind:
1. While this was a big win, it doesn't signal that the same will happen in 2016. We heard that sort of "wisdom" spouted after the impressive GOP win in 2010 – momentum from 2010 was sure to sink Obama in 2012. But it didn't at all translate in the 2012 presidential race. Lesson: while there may be some momentum, what happens in the next two years is much more important than what happened on Tuesday.
2. Guess who focused on social issues? Guess who lost? "The war on women" was beaten to death. In fact, Colorado's Mark Udall was being referred too as "Mark Uterus" with his almost singular focus on that. And then there was Wendy Davis' attempt to cash in on it. Climate change was also a bust. Republicans were disciplined, focused on ObamaCare, the economy, jobs, etc. It paid off. You have to wonder if they'll remember that. There are plenty of important and broad issues to campaign on. You don't have to resort to divisive wedge issues to rally your base as those type issues tend to alienate badly needed independents. Lesson: stay focused on broad national issues and present solutions.
3. If I were to take anything from the election, it wouldn't be Harry Reid's interpretation. Reid now thinks everyone should "work together" because, you know, that's what the American people want. Of course, Harry Reid knows next to nothing about what the American people want and has proven that time and time again. Certainly, if possible, bi-partisan is good. If not, then screw em. Yes, I know that with Obama in the White House, most of what they do is likely to be vetoed. But then it is up to him to explain why nothing is happening, not the Republicans. He becomes the "obstructionist". Politics 101. Of course the GOP has flunked that course many times. Lesson: do your job and make the other party do theirs. If they do, then it helps build a very nice case that they need to go.
There are probably many more you can think of. I'm pitching these up here because they seem to me to be common sense lessons from this election. Yes, impressive win. Got it. Now what? What have you learned?
Well, if history is any indicator, many of the same lessons have been available to the GOP in other elections and they've essentially ignored them. The question of this day is "will they repeat history"?
The aftermath
Hard to call last night anything but a rout for Democrats as in "it was worse than they expected". Pre-election polls seemed to indicate any number of tight races that could have gone to Democrats. But the results were certainly not at all in line with those polls. Nate Silver now tells us that many of the polls were skewed toward Democrats. When the results started coming in, they were shocking to many on the left. Mitch McConnell wasn't really in danger at all. Perdue stomped Nunn in GA. Tom Cotton blew incumbent Mark Pryor away in Arkansas. Kay Hagen, a sure fire winner, down in flames. Those that predicted +8 GOP senate seats were right, even as the left had said that sort of a prediction was extreme.
And there were even more surprises in store. A 78 year old incumbent Republican senator in Kansas defeated a pseudo-independent handily. Colorado went red. Charlie Crist has now lost as Republican, Democrat and Independent. IL dumped an incumbent Democratic governor for a Republican. MA and MD put Republicans in the Governor's mansion as well.
There were some firsts – Joni Ernst became the first woman to represent Iowa in the Senate – as a Republican (as well as the first female combat vet in the Senate). The GOP's first black female, Mia Love, won Utah's 4 district and represent it in Congress. And the first black Senator since reconstruction was elected in the racist South (just ask Mary Landrieu, D- LA about that) as a Republican from SC. An openly gay Republican was elected to Congress, and finally, the youngest women elected to Congress won an open district in NY that has been traditionally Democratic for the Republicans.
Democrat Mary Landrieu of LA faces a runoff she's likely to lose and in Alaska it appears that Sullivan may edge Begich.
Wow. So what does it all mean? Well, we'll see, but you know me, despite all this "change" I really don't expect much to really change in today's highly partisan atmosphere.
Maybe though, we ought to consider some other interesting things this election may portend. For instance, 24 Senators who voted for ObamaCare, no longer are Senators:
On the Senate side, going into Tuesday's elections, 24 senators who voted for Obamacare were already out or not going be part of the new Senate being sworn in on January.
To be sure, it isn't fair to attribute all of the turnover in the chamber to Obamacare. Many senators voted for Obamacare and lost re-election battles in which they were hit hard for their support for the law, and other Democrats were forced to retire because they had no hope of getting re-elected given their support for the law. But in some cases — such as John Kerry leaving his seat to become secretary of state, or Robert Byrd passing away — Obamacare clearly had nothing to do with it.
Obviously … but that's still a large toll and certainly part of the political butcher's bill. And then there's the Immigration Reform Bill which most people viewed as an amnesty bill, and those who supported it:
Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas voted for the Gang of 8 bill. He's GONE.
Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina voted for the Gang of 8 bill. GONE.
Sen. Mark Udall of Colorado voted for the Gang of 8 bill. GONE
Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska voted for the Gang of 8 bill. Almost certainly GONE
Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana voted for the Gang of 8 bill. She will probably be GONE after a January runoff.
Alison Grimes supported the Gang of 8 bill in Kentucky. DEFEATED
Michelle Nunn supported the Gang of 8 bill in Georgia. DEFEATED
Greg Orman supported the Gangof 8 bill in Kansas. DEFEATED
Bruce Braley supoorted the Gang of 8 bill in Iowa. DEFEATED
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Mark Warner of Virginia voted for the Gang of 8 bill and BARELY SURVIVED against longshot challengers.
Remember, this supposedly is Obama's next priority. Does he really want to muddy Democratic 2016 election waters this early in the game?
Hillary Clinton put her political clout and even her political future on the line in this election — from Massachusetts to New Hampshire and in races clear across the country — and as the dust settles this morning we'll see how it paid off.
The news that Republicans took control of the Senate despite Clinton's best efforts doesn't bode well for her desire to become the next president of the United States.
Because if you think Hillary Clinton spent all that time and money crisscrossing the country trying to get fellow Democrats elected or help them keep their seats out of the kindness of her heart — you are sadly mistaken. The goal was to have as many of them beholden to her as possible — and to show that she is someone who can get it done. "It" being to raise massive amounts of money and win votes.
The GOP claimed control of the Senate yesterday by picking off Democratic incumbents in Arkansas, Colorado and North Carolina and holding control of key seats in Kansas, Georgia and Kentucky, while picking up a vacant seat in Iowa. Hillary or Bill Clinton stumped in most of those states, and they wanted winning Democrats there who would owe them favors. She came out of the evening with at least one key win.
Not impressive. In fact, the Clinton's couldn't even stave off a loss in their "home state" of Arkansas. Perhaps the "inevitable" coronation of Queen Hillary isn't quite as inevitable as she and the left might think.
So, certainly, lots to think about and lots to discuss. We've again seen a wave election. Past wave elections haven't produced much in the way of positive change. Is there any reason to believe this one will?
Question of the day.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, this was indeed a repudiation of Obama.
Billy's predictions for the mid-term election and its aftermath
When it comes to the mid-terms, I'm about in the same place psychologically as McQ. But we might as well have some fun with this election. So I sat down and thought about what I expected from it, and came up with the following list:
- The Republicans will do well. They will likely retake the Senate and add at least a dozen seats to their House majority.
- Lots fewer people will care about that outcome than in previous cycles such as 1994 and 2010. More people are now cynical that the GOP doesn't really intend to do anything of consequence.
The default strategy of the establishment GOP right now seems to be to give the Democrats a turn, knowing they'll screw things up even worse. Then the voters will give the establishment GOP another chance, because they screw things up more slowly. Thus, the establishment GOP believes they are assured of another round of favoring their particular crony capitalists rather then the crony capitalists favored by the Democrats. Plus, they get the nice corner offices for a while.
- At least one Senate race will be close, and will go into protracted recounts. The Democrats will eventually win that race with questionable votes. (Bonus points on entertainment value if it's Al Franken again.)
- The media will not report the questionable votes and tactics used to secure the Democratic victory in #3.
- The media will be surprised at the depth of loathing for Obama shown by the election. After all, everyone *they* know likes him.
- The media will only show a flicker of that surprise before they get back to covering for and pimping for Obama.
- At least one major media figure will use the phrase "temper tantrum" or a close synonym to describe what the voters did to cause the GOP gains.
- At least one incident at a polling place will involve blacks supposedly being denied the right to vote because of new voter ID laws. The media might have to manufacture, or at least exaggerate, that incident, but they'll find one no matter how hard they have to search.
- There will be incidents of the opposite kind, like this one in 2008. Those will not be reported by the media, no matter how many there are or how egregious the violation of laws happens to be.
- November and December will see dozens of media stories on how the "ground game" failed for the Democrats. Some of those stories will infer that the Democrats' ground game was sabotaged. There will be no stories in major media of how the Democrats and their ground game failed because Obama has become a laughing-stock.
- Opinion columnists in the major media will begin to excuse Obama's almost total disengagement by blaming it on the new GOP dual majority in Congress. They'll say things such as "Why should he even try, when they won't cooperate with him?" (i.e. "bend over and do what he wants") Some will push for Obama to use even more executive power to bypass the democratically elected majorities in Congress. Some of those will be the same ones who screamed about Bush's "illegal war", even though he sought and received authorization from Congress.
- Someone will attempt to spread rumors about an Ebola outbreak in key places to depress voter turnout by making people unwilling to go out in public. Either side is capable of this – both sides might do it.
- Ted Cruz will give a rousing speech shortly after the election on what the Republicans should do. It will be ignored by the major media, though they might run an out-of-context soundbite of it to try and make him look bad.
- Very stupid social science academics will shake their heads and wonder how the voters could dislike Obama since he's such a great president. Then they'll talk about how things go "back and forth" or "move in cycles" or some such meaningless blather, as if the GOP victories simply resulted from an inevitable force of nature and have nothing to do with Obama's screwups.
- Allies of the establishment GOP, such as the bloggers at Hot Air, will immediately begin justifying why the new majorities can't possibly do anything of consequence. I'm guessing their catchphrase will become "Don't expect too much."
- Allies of the establishment GOP will claim that the election results show definitively that the GOP needs to nominate a moderate for president in 2016. I can't predict what tortured logic they will use for that conclusion.
OK, that's enough for me. How about our astute and intelligent commenters add their own?
The obligatory "here come the midterms" post
Meh. I've come to realize, given the last few wave elections, that if either of the two majority parties are in charge, little if anything will change significantly. Or said another way, for the next 2 years, we're in for the same nonsense we're suffering now and the only thing that will change is the name of the Senate majority leader.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a fan of divided government. I like" do nothing" Congress, because divided government means fewer laws entailing government interference are likely to pass. However, that doesn't change the fact that both parties are heavily invested in interfering with our lives. They simply have different priorities in that regard.
That said, let's look at the mood of the country prior to the selection. POLITICO starts us off with a handy chart:
Too bad we don't have the "none of the above option". Me thinks the gray wedge would be significantly larger. As with most recent elections, there's a large "hold your nose and vote" segment at play here.
However, that particular part of the poll isn't the most interesting to me. These results say more about the "mood" than any:
- Terrorism: Eighty-four percent of voters say the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant poses a "serious" threat to the U.S. homeland, including 43 percent who say it poses a "very serious" threat. Just 12 percent said the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is not a serious concern.
This is an Obama made problem and he and the voters know it. And if it is an Obama-made problem, then it is also a problem for the Democrats. But more importantly, it reflects a belief is how poorly this administration has handled the terrorism problem. They didn't buy the "JV" wave-off and, it seems, are much more able than our security experts to see the type and possibility of the threat ISIS poses to the US homeland. When you have an enemy that will go to any extreme to get to you and doesn't mind if they die doing it, you have a formidable threat facing you. And while you may have more of a chance of being hit by lightning or winning the lottery than being a victim of ISIS terrorism here, please don't try to sell these people on ISIS not being a threat here. This also reflects a tremendous amount of distrust the public in general have for anything this administration puts out there.
- Health care: Most voters believe their health care costs will go up under the Affordable Care Act. Fifty-seven percent said they believe their personal costs will increase, while only 7 percent said they will decrease. A third said their costs would remain the same. (At the same time, support for repealing Obamacare has continued to drop, now down to 41 percent.)
Here's another huge trust in government issue that has been a disaster for Democrats. This is one they own lock, stock and barrel. Thus far they've been able to mostly manage the bad news to fall after elections. But that's unlikely to help them when 2106 rolls around. ObamaCare has, for the most part, failed in every way possible. We now have reports of less people availing themselves of routine health care because the deductibles are so large they can't afford the visits. If you don't think this is a part of the mid-term calculations by voters then you have to believe there's no reason to withhold the increases for insurance until after the election.
- Presidential management: Voters in the midterm battleground states are evenly split on whether President Barack Obama or George W. Bush was more effective at managing the federal government. Thirty-eighty percent named Bush, while 35 percent preferred Obama. A quarter of respondents said the two men were equally competent.
As hard as the left and Democrats worked to make Bush the poster boy for bad government, this one has to hurt. All hail the new poster boy, and the GOP hasn't had to even break a sweat selling this one. Most, if not all of Obama's failures have been via self-inflicted wounds. Will there be a portion of the voters who use the mid-terms as a referendum on the President? You bet there will. This guy is about as bad as we've ever had, and voters are going to make that point in November.
That brings us to this last issue in this particular poll which pretty well makes an important point I want made:
- Ebola: Only 22 percent of respondents said they had a lot of confidence that the government is doing everything it can to contain the contagious disease. Thirty-nine percent they had some confidence, while a third said they had little or no confidence. The poll concluded Oct. 11, before the hospitalization of the second nurse who treated an Ebola patient in Dallas.
Confidence in government and the competence of this administration are at rock bottom. I welcome that. Ebola just happens to be the latest issue to demonstrate both executive and bureaucratic fumbling and incompetence. The only consistent thing this administration has done is demonstrate that. The guy whose goal it was to make "government cool" again, has failed miserably. I welcome that as well. I'd like to see the point understood by more. Instead of success, we've seen an increasingly intrusive but ossified bureaucracy fail time after time when tasked to do their job. They may not know it, but that's one of the reasons, perhaps the main reason, that 64% of Americans believe "things in the U.S. feel like they are out of control right now." We've seen how politics has subverted our public servants into servants of the party in power. And we've also seen various government agencies hold themselves to be above the law in certain instances. How changing parties at midterm will change any of that remains a mystery.
Usually at this point before an election, analysts have decided who will decide the election. You remember "Soccer Moms" etc. Well, this year it's simply "women". Women will decide this. And the implication is that women have always been more of a Democratic constituency than a Republican one … for various reasons. Well, that may not pan out for the Dems this year and of all people, Tina Brown explains why:
But, you know, the fact is that Obama's down with everybody, let's face it, there's a reason," Brown said. "And I think that particularly for women. I don't think it makes them feel safe. I think they're feeling unsafe. Economically, they're feeling unsafe. With regard to ISIS, they're feeling unsafe. They feel unsafe about Ebola. What they're feeling unsafe about is the government response to different crises. And I think they're beginning to feel a bit that Obama's like that guy in the corner office, you know, who's too cool for school, calls a meeting, says this has to change, doesn't put anything in place to make sure it does change, then it goes wrong and he's blaming everybody. So there's a slight sense of that."
If you're not feeling unsafe with this clown in office, then you have no fear. Security – safety – is one of the key reasons women consider a vote for a candidate (or so the experts tell us). If that's the case and we go with the "women will decide the vote" meme, then Dems are in even worse shape than I thought.
And I welcome that as well.
Cantor, cheese and other stuff
So Eric Cantor went down in flames in the Virginia Republican primary I see. I can't say I'm the least bit chagrined. Cantor is the quintessential establishment Republican. And like most of that ilk, he was more worried about what the press thought of him than doing what was right by his principles. I notice the media spin doctors are immediately claiming that he really didn't lose because of his stand on immigration (i.e. a hard lean toward "amnesty" for illegals although he tried to deny it). After all if they admit that immigration reform was a reason for his defeat, then they have to admit that its dead for this year (as, given this lesson, no Republican running for reelection in the House – that would be all of them – is going to touch it with a 10 foot pole). The spin doctors also know that if it is dead for this year, it may be dead, at least in its present form, for good, if Republicans win the Senate. One also assumes that Republicans are aware of the polls out there that place immigration reform as a low priority issue for voters right now (yeah, surprise, they're much more interested in jobs and economic growth than illegal aliens).
I think another reason for Cantor's loss is a deep dissatisfaction with Republican House leadership – such that it is. Add his lack of popularity within his own district and an acceptable alternative candidate and you have the prefect electoral storm. Finally, Tea Party candidate Dave Brat's win signaled, much to the annoyance of the left, that the Tea Party is hardly "dead". It'll be interesting to see how the establishment Republicans react to this upset.
On another subject, yesterday we saw where the FDA had unilaterally decided that it might be necessary to ban the centuries old tradition of aging cheese on wooden shelves. Because, you know, there's been such an epidemic of sickness from such practices here lately and over the ages. What? There hasn't? There hasn't been any real problem at all? However:
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an executive decree banning the centuries old practice of aging cheese on wooden boards. One bureaucrat within the FDA, without surveying all of the scientific literature, and without public commentary, has rattled hundreds of small businesses across the United States. Consumers who eat any kind of aged cheese should prepare for a potentially catastrophic disruption in the market for artisan, non-processed cheese.
Now that was yesterday. Today, yeah, its cave in time. There has been such an outcry from cheese makers, the public and just about anyone else that could find a forum that the FDA is hastily backing down. Overlawyered brings us up to date:
Following an enormous outcry from cheese makers, commentators, and the general public, the agency beats a hasty retreat. Commentator/ Pepperdine lawprof Greg McNeil has the details at Forbes (and his earlier commentary on the legalities of the agency's action is also informative). Earlier here.
In a classic bureaucratic move, the agency denied it had actually issued a new policy (technically true, if you accept the premise that a policy letter from its chief person in charge of cheese regulation is not the same as a formally adopted new policy) and left itself the discretion to adopt such a policy in future if it wishes (merely declaring itself open to persuasion that wood shelving might prove compatible with the FSMA).
This is also a lesson for people in other regulated industries. When government officials make pronouncements that don't seem grounded in law or policy, and threaten your livelihood with an enforcement action, you must organize and fight back. While specialized industries may think that nobody cares, the fight over aged cheese proves that people's voices can be heard…
Yes, true. But … there's always a 'but', Overlawyered points out something that is true and often overlooked. You have to be willing to fight for it all, not just the popular stuff. You have to be willing the challenge all the nonsense bureaucrats put out there:
There is a less optimistic version, however. It happens that a large number of editors, commentators, and others among the chattering classes are both personally interested in the availability of fine cheese and familiar enough with the process by which it is made to be un-cowed by claims of superior agency expertise. That might also be true of a few other issues here and there — cottage food sold at farmer's markets, artisanal brewing practices — but it's inevitably not going to be true of hundreds of other issues that arise under the new Food Safety Modernization Act. In a similar way, the outcry againstCPSIA, the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, rose to a politically effective level only on a selected few issues (publishers and libraries got a fix so that older children's books would not have to be trashed; youthmotorsports eventually obtained an exemption, and so forth) but large numbers of smaller children's products and specialties whose makers had less of a political voice simply disappeared.
Absolutely true. I think of those who want to drink raw milk for instance. Where does the government get off saying you can't drink something you choose to drink if you're willing to take the risk and suffer any consequences? Something that, until pasteurization, everyone drank? But since those who prefer raw milk don't have a large lobby, they're subjected to government bullying and laws prohibiting them from making that choice.
Choice is freedom. Limiting of choice is limiting freedom and government is in the freedom limiting business. The premise is you're not able to make good choices yourself, so government must keep you from doing so. Question? If aging cheese on wood was dangerous to our health and it had been the reason from many deaths over the centuries, how do you suppose the market for such cheeses might have been effected by now? Right. It certainly wouldn't have come down to some government bureaucrat making a unilateral decision in 2014, that's for sure.
In Iraq, Mosul has fallen to terrorists. Nightwatch brings us up to date:
ISIL has been trying to take Mosul since earlier in June, but only lately assembled enough forces to rout the security forces and overrun the city.
ISIL now controls two major cities in the Sunni region of Iraq: Fallujah and Mosul. Its fighters tried to overrun several other cities, but failed. Its aim is to create an Islamic emirate that joins Iraq and Syria.
The group had been affiliated with al Qaida for many years, since the time of Abu Musab Zarqawi, according to the National Counter Terrorism Center. In February al Qaida disavowed all links with ISIL because its actions were more extreme than al Qaida and it would not follow orders to stop fighting the al Nusrah Front in Syria, which al-Qaida supports.
On Sunday in Syria, ISIL fighters clashed with the al-Qaida-affiliated al Nusrah Front in eastern Syria, while its Iraq wing fought to capture Mosul in Iraq. This is a formidable group. Only the Syrian Kurds stand in the way of ISIL consolidating large areas in Iraq and Syria under its control.
Mosul's capture reinforces the judgment that Iraq has re-entered civil war. ISIL is more than an insurgency because it has an effective organization and is conquering territory. By force of arms, it has created a power-sharing arrangement with the government in Baghdad and fragmented the country. A statement by the Muslim scholars association today encouraged ISIL to hold Mosul and to set up an administration. It urged the youth of the city to defend it against the Baghdad government.
ISIL's control in Syria seems tenuous and contested by other opposition groups. In Iraq, it is the dominant anti-government force and it has broken Iraq, for now.
My position? If Iraqi's want a free Iraq, they'd better fight for it. They've been given the time, the equipment and the training. Now, it's up to them.
Finally, yesterday I literally had to laugh out loud when I read something Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor, had written on his Facebook page. It simply demonstrates how effing silly – and dangerous to your freedoms – these people are:
President Obama announced steps yesterday he said will make student loans more affordable. It's probably all he can manage with a grid-locked Congress, but it's still tinkering with a system of college financing that's spinning out of control. What's really needed is to make college free of charge and require all graduates to pay 10 percent of their earnings for the first 10 years of full-time work into a fund that pays the costs (additional years of graduate school means added years of payments). That way, nobody graduates with debts; young people from lower-income families can afford to attend; graduates who go into high-wage occupations in effect subsidize those who go into lower-wage work; and we move toward a system of genuinely equal opportunity. What do you think?
Right … free college for all. Graduate with no debt!
Question: How in the world does this dolt think that making all graduates pay "10 percent of their earnings for the first 10 years" to fund "free college" doesn't equal being in debt? Oh, and who would keep track of all this? Why the IRS of course – another in a long line of ideas to further centralize control of all aspects of your life at the federal level and add to the federal bureaucracy's reach and power.
Then add the scam value of this. Ride the gravy train for 3 or 4 years of free college and then walk away as a non-graduate. Nothing to pay, right? I mean the stipulation is that "graduates" pay, so why not hang out in a college dorm, eat in the chow hall, do your own thing while also doing barely enough to stay in school. That way you can let these other dopes subsidize those years for you. Then, move, apply to a new school and repeat. Trust me, there are enough "professional students" in this world that I can promise that would be done.
Oh … and read the comments to the Reich post. They'll make you weep.
Pretending there's a way out of our mess
Drew over at Ace of Spades encapsulates what many of us are feeling:
…there's no need to leave for Red State or anywhere else to join the "Let-it-burn crowd" because it's everywhere.
Note the actual phrase begins with "let". It's a passive word. No one is saying "Start a fire and burn it down". It is burning already.
Out of control entitlement spending, zero political will to control discretionary spending and an unchecked debt is the fuel that is feeding this fire.
You want to know who is actively fanning the flames of this fire? Mainstream Republican candidates and office holders, not tea party fanatics or people who simply have lost interest in trying to stop the conflagration.
I have sometimes thought about responding to people such as Charles Cooke and Jay Nordlinger at National Review when they tell us that the establishment GOP isn't that bad, and they really deserve our support, and other rationalizations. They're just fooling themselves. Responding does no good, however, because if someone can't see reality at this point, it means they are willfully blind to it and can't be argued with.
It's just too painful for them to think about the essential reality: the establishment GOP is never going to change. They are never going to fight for limited government. They are never going to shrink government at all.
They are never going to willingly turn over the power they have amassed to people who do intend to do those things (i.e. Tea Party types and other limited government advocates). They are going to fight those people with every weapon at their disposal – including the dirty ones.
They are the first obstacle that must be removed before any reclamation of freedom from the federal government can be attained.
Many of us on the right figured that out a long time ago. The civility junkies, the excuse makers, the cocktail party attendees, and the "why can't we all get along" wafflers can't seem to see what's right in front of their face. This fight is on. Choose your side.
If you choose based on your principles, you will choose those who are dedicated to reducing government, knowing that their first actions will be to fight hard against the establishment GOP in order to eventually fight the Democrats on an equal footing. If you choose based on who you've met as soirées, who posed with you for pictures, and who radiates power because the control the GOP today, then you are effectively casting your lot with those who want to grow government indefinitely, until the debt mountain finally collapses. Because that's what the establishment GOP is going to do, whether you like it or not.
You will never change their minds, so you better start lining up with the people who already believe in the principles you espouse.When the burning starts accelerating in earnest, they are the ones who might be able to build some firewalls to contain the damage, and repair things afterwards. Squishes such as Boehner and McConnell will look at the flames in horror, and then let the Democrats amass as much power as they ask for. The sooner they lose control of the GOP, the better the implications for freedom and limited government.
ObamaCare – the political gift that keeps on giving
As this Obamanation known as ObamaCare contiunes to unroll and unravell, we find more and more incompetence evident. At this point, you mostly are so in awe (in a negative way) of how badly this was done, that all you're left to do is shake your head in wonder. The latest:
Amy Goldstein of The Post reveals that the appeals process guaranteed in the Obamacare law does not actually exist. The story outlines an almost comical process that requires citizens who seek a fair hearing to have an innocent, HealthCare.gov-generated mistake corrected to fill out a seven-page paper form that is then inexplicably shipped to Kentucky, where it is entered into a government database that isn't actually connected to anything. It's a digital dead end for those who dare to complain. Typical. As a result, 22,000 Americans who have submitted an appeals request remain without proper coverage and they have no recourse. And, according to The Post, in the latest show of non-transparency from this administration, officials have "not made public the fact that the appeals system for the online marketplace is not working." There is "no indication that infrastructure . . . necessary for conducting informal reviews and fair hearings had even been created, let alone become operational," and administration officials are refusing to give any information as to when the appeals process might start moving. This is an administration that wants to hide things rather than fix things.
So, the appeals process is analogus to filling out a long paper form and then just throwing it into a dumpster for all the good it does the person filling out the form. But has the administration made it clear that the process is – well not broken, how about nonexistent? Nope. People are still required to fill our their appeals forms, submit them and wait. Except there is no mechanism in the current system for anyone to see, much less review, the submission. The appeal is entered into a data base and that's the end of the process. Those waiting are left without recourse.
One more time for the morons in the establishment GOP – here's your issue.
Or, if you continue to pursue immigration – here's your sign.


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Barbie Goes Blue-Chip With Klimt and Van Gogh Collaboration, Elizabeth Taylor's Art to Tour World, and More Must-Read Art News
– Blondes Have More Art-Historical Fun: This week a frisson was sent through the world's top art collectors when a new series by an internationally renowned namewas announced, billed as "truly a must-have for [any] artist or art lover." We speak, of course, of the new Barbie Collector Museum Collection dolls, in which the famed plastic beauty shows off clothes patterned after such classic artworks as Van Gogh's "Starry Night," Klimt's "Adele Bloch-Bauer I," and, of course, Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." Themini-mannequins will be a steal at $34.95 when they go on sale in July —unless Larry's bought up the entire stock already. (Strangely, the Hans Bellmer and Edward Kienholtz editions seem not to have made it into production.) [Press Release, Tablet]
– Elizabeth Taylor World Tour: Starting this September, the Christie'sauction house will be taking the late actress's art, jewelry, and clothes on a grand tour, bringing the actress's treasures to Moscow, London, and Dubai as part of a long process leading to her beatification. Or, actually, leading to a giant auction of the items in New York, where Christie's will "devote its entire Rockefeller Center gallery space to the public exhibition and sales, which are expected to draw thousands of visitors." [BBC]
– $28 Million Gift for London Design Museum: British designer and Habitat chain founder Terence Conran has announced that he is giving the enormous sum to allow the city's Design Museumto move into a larger home. The gift will bring Conrad's total patronage of the institution to about $80 million, given over 30 years. [Bloomberg]
– Seattle Hires New Contemporary Art Curator: Catharina Manchanda will replace high-profile curator Michael Darling in the post of lead curator in modern and contemporary art at Seattle Art Museum. [The Stranger]
Australian Organization Wants to Ban Nude Child Art: Artists such as Bill Henson may have a hard time showing controversial work in Australia soon. Hetty Johnson, executive director of child protection organization Bravehearts, has called for stricter guidelines on images of naked children. The Australian Law Reform Commissionis set to review Australia's child pornography classification system, which may eventually apply stricter restrictions on potentially pornographic art in galleries. [Herald Sun]MOST POPULAR
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Sheriff Timothy B. Howard reports that multiple drivers were arrested by Sheriff's Road Patrols overnight.
After responding to an auto accident in the Town of Elma at approximately 11:15 PM Friday night, Deputy John Szczepanski arrested Joseph Grega (63) of Elma and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated and traffic infractions after he was involved in a Property Damage Accident. A breath test revealed his blood alcohol content to be .12%. He was processed at the Elma substation and released on appearance tickets.
While on Patrol in the Town of Clarence at approximately 4:00 AM Saturday morning, Deputy Timothy Coulombe arrested Cooper R. Wittig (21) of Clarence and charged him with Driving While Intoxicated after stopping his car for speeding on Main St. Wittig refused the breath test. Wittig was also charged with Criminal Possession of a controlled substance. He was processed at the Clarence Substation and released on appearance tickets.
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Appleconomics(Pony Permutation Project: Episode 9)Fimfiction LinkEarly one afternoon, two unicorns walked together along one of Ponyville's side roads."Thanks again for accompanying me, Twilight.""No problem at all, Rarity. So, can you tell me now why we're headed to Applejack's? I thought she was supposed to be busy today.""Field testing." Rarity gave a confident nod towards a familiar barn as they approached it."...still not following.""A couple of weeks ago, Applejack was planning her annual family reunion, and said that she needed somepony to help cater. Since a certain one of us we know quite well owed all of us an apology at the time, we figured she'd be the best one to tap. Thus, I went about crafting a most... fitting outfit." The two stopped in front of the fence to Sweet Apple Acres. "Ahh, here we are. Once again, my brilliant sense of style in action!"Twilight looked towards the front of
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ROCHESTER, NY - 'Ordinary looking' Jason Dufner struck a chord with club players everywhere while also underscoring the extraordinary depth in the modern game with his impressive victory at the PGA Championship on Sunday.
With his characteristic pre-swing waggle and an almost disinterested demeanour, the American does not fit the mould of a golfing superstar yet proved to be the best player on the planet at Oak Hill with a brilliant display of ball-striking.
Known for his unflappable and ultra-laidback persona, Dufner seized control of the tournament by firing a record-tying seven-under-par 63 in Friday's second round, then came from a stroke back after 54 holes to claim his first major title by two shots.
Dufner, who plays golf with a wad of snuff inserted inside his lower lip, was ranked 21st in the world at the start of the week and had only two top-10s in 17 starts on the 2013 PGA Tour, though both came in big events with ties for fourth at the U.S. Open and also at the elite WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Undoubtedly his agonizing experience of losing the 2011 PGA Championship in a playoff to good friend Keegan Bradley, after letting slip a late five-stroke lead, helped him on Sunday but Dufner never felt he truly belonged in the select group of major winners until his breakthrough at Oak Hill Country Club.
"I don't think you can ever claim to belong with a group of guys who have won majors until you've done it," said Dufner, who secured his third career victory on the PGA Tour with a closing two-under-par 68 on a challenging East Course layout.
"So, it's a great accomplishment. Hopefully it will propel me to some better things, some better golf, some more tournaments won, majors won, more Ryder Cups, more Presidents Cups."
Asked how much he expected his life to change following his first major victory, Dufner replied with a typically dead-pan expression: "It's definitely going to change my life, but I'm determined that it's not going to change me.
"There are a lot of things that are going to come up tournament-wise, different tournaments I can play in, different opportunities that are going to come my way, and I'm going to have to deal with that. It's going to be a difficult task.
"You hear a lot of guys talk about the demands of winning a major championship and what that brings. But I'll have to take it step-by-step and day-by-day and go with it," said Dufner, who plays his golf in an almost trance-like state.
On a glorious, sun-splashed afternoon at Oak Hill, Dufner delivered a superb display of ice-cool golf to become the 19th different winner in the last 21 majors, once again underlining the astonishing depth in strength in the modern game.
"You put the top 100 guys in a row on the range and watch them hit a ball, and you can't really tell the difference," said Rory McIlroy, the only double winner in the majors over the past five years, along with British Open champion Phil Mickelson.
"There's so much depth in the game of golf right now. With technology and golf course setup, it's very difficult for players to separate themselves from the rest of the field."
On the eve of last week's PGA Championship, reigning champion McIlroy felt almost anyone in the 156-draw was capable of claiming the title.
"You could look at any other sporting event, and you would have certain favorites," he said. "Obviously in golf, there are a few certain favorites also, but anyone out of this field could win this tournament.
"That's not the case in some other sports, and I think that's something that's quite appealing about golf."
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I have read through countless works from both ends of the spectrum – from mythology to science, Lovecraft to Shulgin. I am increasingly certain that these phenomena lie somewhere in a realm as yet unaccounted for: the strange place where fact and fiction meet, and a new reality comes into fruition.
Feb 27th, 2012 2 people agree 0 people don't
An interesting little mod and as others have mentioned, much like "Dear Esther",
I got the same sense of loneliness and unease travelling through both of these, even though "Nestlings" is so much smaller. Just a house, albeit a creepy one!
But I took my time reading the notes while listening to some wonderful musical accompaniment and was rewarded with an deeply emotional journey. With the gloomy setting and self-narration it all adds up to an emotionally charged ending.
Loved this piece of work, just wish the musical score was a tad longer as I read the notes, maybe too slowly!
Only one complaint: I found the hand-written font a little hard to read at times, breaking the flow of the narrative a bit. Just a minor thing!
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I definitely not download this to READ instead of play.
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liked the music, but it felt too short, but if you enjoy reading random notes scattered around a creepy empty house, then this is a pleasure, that is if you manage to understand all of what's written due to the handwriting.
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A good story telling mod, I enjoyed it. Even if the papers were a little hard to read I still got the point of it. I give this mod a 9 out of 10.
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Good story, good musics. Best for the 3 days of work!
I wish you could spend 3 months and bring us a unique experience.
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An well executed thriller, with an atmosphere that will crush lungs.
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