Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Orrin Hatch Thinks The Tax System Is Unfair Because It Doesn’t Tax Poor People Enough – Stay classy, Orrin!
- U.S. Taxes At Lowest Level Since 1958 – And yet tax increases to cover some of the deficit reduction are completely off the table, for some reason. Cui bono?
- Senate Republicans Introduce Bill To Abolish The EPA – The only thing surprising here is that they didn’t try to roll it under the Commerce Dept.
- Huckabee: Reagan Would Have A ‘Very Difficult, If Not Impossible Time’ Getting Nominated Today – While I usually disagree with a lot of what Huckabee has to say, he is spot-on with this observation.
- Wonk Room » Bush’s Torture Team To Dominate This Week’s Sunday Shows – Ah, our “liberal” media …
- Parent Removes Children from School because Atheists Set Up Table During Lunch – If the only way you can protect your faith is by hiding from people who disagree with it, it’s not very strong faith, is it?
- TSA Considers Making Airport Screenings Less Annoying For “Trusted Travelers” – So … people who are “trusted” and fly a lot … most likely businessmen and politicians … almost certainly more wealthy … and thus less inconvenienced by security measures. Yeah, there’s a surprise.
- Why Is Toyota America Using A Japanese Virtual Idol To Promote The Corolla? (Videos) – Actually, think it’s kind of cute. I mean, certainly no worse than the real-life pop star of the month in so many similar commercials.
- What Can This Babies R Us Coupon Actually Be Used For? – Yeah, have to wonder how many people got to the checkstand before discovering those “little” details. And how many of them went ahead and bought the stuff anyway. And how much of that behavior was anticipated by BRU.
- Wall Street Journal launches insecure Wikileaks clone, promises to sell you out – Yeesh.
- Antivaxxer Mark Geier has license revoked in Maryland – And, it sounds like, for very good reason.
- D&F Clock Tower Residence On The Market For $1.2 Million – Wow. If I had a million dollars … And just across the street from my Tokyo Joe’s, too!
- Bills banning bestiality, baggy pants pass in Fla. – Local News – Miami, FL – msnbc.com – Thank goodness the Florida legislature and governor have solved all the important problems in the state, such that they can deal with this sort of stuff. Or, maybe, better that they be distracted with this than deal with anything actually government-worthy.
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