The Strange Beast of Health-Care Technology
From an essay entitled How American Health Care Killed My Father: Read more...
Porkopolis, Today, 12:24am
Yost to Speak at Tea Party Event at King's Island
Release:Dave Yost will be attending the "Friends of Liberty Day" at King's Island on Saturday, September 4th. The event is sponsored by the Cincinnati Tea Party and the Ohio Liberty Council. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Today, 12:24am
Connie Pillich's Ribbons
Connie Pillich with President ObamaIf you've been around the internet checking up on Ohio Democrats, you may have seen a story floating around asking what is up with Connie Pillich's rack of military ribbons. I have been working on this story for a few days trying to pin down a few details and... Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Today, 12:24am
Portman Appears Headed in Right Direction
Not to rile up my good friend Tom Blumer of BizzyBlog.com, but he might want to look at this post again... Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Today, 12:24am
Bad News Out of GM Is Not News at AP
The news out of Government/General Motors the past couple of days hasn’t been particularly good.
First, August sales results were disappointing. Second, it become known today that GM will attempt to go public on November 18, a later than originally hoped post-election date chosen to hopefully allow for another reported quarterly profit to boost investors’ appetite [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Yesterday, 10:07pm
AP Howler of the Day: Kasich ‘Keeping Pace’ With Strickland in OH Guv Race
Talk about an in-kind contribution.
In a short item about a Democratic Governors Association election complaint about Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate John Kasich, the Associated Press’s Julie Carr Smyth showed that she is willfully ignoring Buckeye State reality, or has been living a hermit’s existence for the past few months.
In describing Kasich’s standing against Democratic incumbent [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Yesterday, 3:43pm
A Mixed Bag, Halfway Through the Big Econ Reports
I say we’re “halfway” because the two big ones coming in tomorrow (Uncle Sam’s Employment Situation Report and the Institute for Supply Management’s Non Manufacturing Survey) will have about that much relative impact.
Here are quick looks and quick takes on what’s come in thus far.
ISM Manufacturing
As announced yesterday, it went up to 56.3 in August [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Yesterday, 12:31pm
Al Gore Had Nothing To Do With It
I have seen a number of postings making a "big deal" out the Discovery Channel Nutjob having been "affected" by Al Gore's so-called documentary, but as a conservative I believe in personal responsibility. Al Gore is no more responsible for that Eco-Terrorist than when the lefties blame Timothy McVeigh or Rush Limbaugh or whoever the convenient target of the week happens to be for the latest tragedy. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Yesterday, 12:25pm
Lucid Links (090210, Morning)
Do you remember during the final months of the 2008 presidential campaign when candidate Barack Obama petulantly a crowd that he wouldn’t take their guns away, because “Even if I want to take them away, I don’t have the votes in Congress”?
The implication that Obama and his administration would be have no ability to curb [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Yesterday, 9:29am
Positivity: Knights of Columbus support Mexican bishops’ freedom of expression
From Mexico City:
Aug 31, 2010 / 11:57 am
The Knights of Columbus in Mexico have expressed their solidarity with the country’s bishops for their courageous, firm and respectful opposition to the Mexican Supreme Court’s recent rulings on abortion, same-sex “marriage” and adoption by gay couples.
“Mexico is a free, plural and democratic country where persons and institutions [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Yesterday, 7:51am
CNN numbers on a three-way Presidential race
Today, CNN released a poll regarding a three-way race for the Presidency between Republican Rudy Giuliani, Democrat Hillary Clinton, and Independent Michael Bloomberg (aka Satan). Here's the story from CNN: Read more...
VikingSpirit's blog, Yesterday, 12:41am
Mike DeWine's Half Truth
I just read the PolitiFact piece on Mike DeWine's claim about the fundraising in the Attorney General's race and have to conclude that Mike managed to take a good talking point and twist it in to a "half-truth." Don't take my word for it, PolitiFact lays it all out for you. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Yesterday, 12:25am
Look Out Below: Nets’ Evening Newscasts Hit 2nd Straight Collective All-Time Low
How the once-mighty have fallen. In the midst of covering the performance of the broadcast networks last week, David Bauder at the Associated Press noted the following (HT Kevin Alloca at Media Bistro):
Meanwhile, the NBC, ABC and CBS evening newscasts combined for a dubious record last week: the average of 18.7 million people who watched [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Sep 1, 11:15pm
Proposed Cuyahoga County GOP platform is anti-gun
Recently, the Cuyahoga County Republican Party (RPCC), released their proposed platform, which is to be voted on by the RPCC Central Committee this coming Wednesday. It defiantly has some interesting ideas, such as making some County positions, such as County Engineer, appointed instead of elected. But, the stickler in it is that it's anti-gun. Here's the scoop from the Buckeye Firearms Association: Read more...
VikingSpirit's blog, Sep 1, 12:29pm
Must C-TV: CSPAN hearing on Bernie Madoff SEC Investigation
The Senate Banking Cmte. heard from key players in the Security & Exchange Cmsn.’s (SEC) investigation of a Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff, the recently convicted financier. David Kotz, the SEC Inspector Gen., described the agency’s failure to adequately respond to whistleblowers like investor Harry Markopolos, another witness. Read more...
Porkopolis, Sep 1, 12:29pm
Detroit: A Strait to Our Tomorrow?
In French, the word détroit translates to strait in English. Détroit was used to describe the geography of a navigation passage between Lakes Huron and Erie. Eventually, Detroit was used for the name of the city founded on the banks of the Detroit River. Read more...
Porkopolis, Sep 1, 12:29pm
Constitution Party Candidate for US Senate Indicted
The "Also Ran" in the US Senate race here in the Great State of Beautiful Ohio is a dude named Eric Deaton. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Bubba just got indicted for unlwful sexual contact with a minor female. Deaton claims that the prosecution is "politically motivated" but nobody outside of a handful even know that this guy is in the race. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Sep 1, 12:29pm
WSJ and IBD, on Obama and the End of OIF
Both financial papers’ editorial boards made astute observations about the President’s posture and the war’s meaning, one before and one after he spoke last night.
The Wall Street Journal had this to say after the speech (bold is mine):
Oval Office Ambivalence
Obama’s address focused too much on the costs of the Iraq war and not enough on [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Sep 1, 8:13am
Your Weekly Rob Portman Counterpoint: Still A Toss-up; Now Rasmussen Says So
This post has been carried forward from last night.
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Rasmussen is the latest to move the Ohio U.S. Senate race to a toss-up
This is happening because Rob Portman won’t address the issues in the June post to which I linked back last week — not because I raised them, but because they are legitimate issues, period.
It’s [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Sep 1, 7:31am
Latest Pajamas Media Column (’It’s the Spending, Stupid’) Is Up
It’s here.
It will go up here at BizzyBlog on Friday morning (link won’t work until then) after the blackout expires.
The column’s key point is that, despite appearances to the contrary, fiscal 2010’s spending and deficit will come in higher than that of fiscal 2009.
Specifically, on spending, building on info I put together a couple of [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Sep 1, 7:20am
Positivity: Commemorative stamps celebrate Pope’s UK visit and Newman beatification
From London:
Aug 31, 2010 / 03:22 pm
The post office of the Isle of Man, a small independently-governed island near the U.K., issued a set of commemorative stamps this month honoring Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman, along with Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope will officially beatify the English cardinal at the end of his visit [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Sep 1, 6:43am
Content Generata
Nix Guy tagged me...so here we go. Read more...
VikingSpirit's blog, Sep 1, 12:44am
They Still Don't Get It
One of the things that I have been saying all along is that the Ohio Republican Party doesn't seem to be in a position where they can be taken seriously. They show very few signs of actually getting what Ohio has gone through already and even less indication that they have any clue about what to do if Ohio Republicans gain power. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Sep 1, 12:27am
Another Really Bad Week for Lee Fisher
Rob Portman sucked all the jobs out of Ohio according to Lee Fisher. PolitiFact calls that FALSE. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Sep 1, 12:27am
Your Weekly Rob Portman Counterpoint: Still A Toss-up; Now Rasmussen Says So
Rasmussen is the latest to move the Ohio U.S. Senate race to a toss-up
This is happening because Rob Portman won’t address the issues in the June post to which I linked back last week — not because I raised them, but because they are legitimate issues, period.
It’s a toss-up because Rob Portman won’t get out [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 11:02pm
Not Looking Good: August Vehicle Sales
It’s not official yet, so we haven’t gone to the crying towel yet. But it doesn’t look good:
U.S. auto sales in August probably were the slowest for the month in 28 years as model-year closeout deals failed to entice consumers concerned the economy is worsening and they may lose their jobs.
Industrywide deliveries, to be released [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 6:40pm
QE2 (Quantitative Easing, Round 2) Is a Go
From the AP, the Fed is going where no central bank has gone before:
In the end, the Federal Open Market Committee, the panel of Fed board members and regional bank presidents who set interest rates, voted 9-1 to support the modest easing move. The only dissent came from Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 2:48pm
AFSCME’s Weasels
Longtime BizzyBlog readers may be wondering what’s going on upon seeing the ad containing the three graphics near the top right.
Never fear, yours truly hasn’t gone all union thug or anything. There is a method to the seeming madness.
When I was reviewing the ad for approval, three things struck me (other than the fact that [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 2:23pm
CBS Should Also Look In-House for the Roots of Climategate
While CBS' Declan McUllagh is keeping tabs on Climategate across the pond, he should also take a look at his own network's reporting over the years. Read more...
Porkopolis, Aug 31, 12:24pm
Strickland Was For Invacare Before He Was Against Invacare
Showing his true colors, T-Shirt Ted attacked an Ohio company that had the nerve to have John Kasich on its board at one time. Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Aug 31, 12:24pm
Lucid Links (083110, Morning)
“Your” Department of Education, not at work:
“ED staff are invited to join Secretary Arne Duncan, the Reverend Al Sharpton, and other leaders on Saturday, Aug. 28, for the ‘Reclaim the Dream’ rally and march,” began an internal e-mail sent to more than 4,000 employees of the Department of Education on Wednesday.
…. Education Department spokeswoman Sandra [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 8:38am
Positivity: Over 3,600 attend annual Catholic conference in Wichita
From Wichita:
Aug 29, 2010 / 01:25 pm
Over 3,600 people from 17 states and Mexico attended this year’s Midwest Catholic Family Conference Aug. 6-8 in Wichita, Kansas. Kevin Regan, co-director of the conference, said 800 youth and teens also participated in the programs.
“We had rave reviews about all our speakers,” Regan said a few days [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 31, 6:38am
Rep. Uecker Wants to Strengthen Concealed Carry
Check out this really good idea being presented by State Representative Joe Uecker! Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Aug 31, 12:24am
Team Wilson on Pillach's OEC Complaint
Release: Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Aug 31, 12:24am
On GM’s IPO: Taxpayers ‘are poised to get royally screwed’
Geez, Shikha Dalmia, how do you really feel?
Also note that Ms. Dalmia, in the midst of describing the IPO’s possible valuation at Forbes, pretty much gives away the fact that Ed “We Don’t Want to Be ‘Government Motors” Whitacre more than likely was shown the door for griping (bolds are mine):
(The IPO’s) timing is driven [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 30, 6:31pm
Lucid Links (083010, Afternoon)
We told you, but you voted for him anyway, Part 1: Peggy Noonan at the Wall Street Journal –
We Just Don’t Understand
Americans look at the president and see a stranger.
Instapundit’s reax: “Of course, if Obama is such a mystery, maybe people in the press — like Peggy Noonan — should have given him closer scrutiny [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 30, 1:04pm
Positivity: Glenn Beck’s Rally to ‘Restore Honor’ Gathers Half a Million Americans, Makes History
Via Deacon Keith Fournier at Catholic Online (HT Instapundit):
8/29/10
The crowd easily exceeded 500,000 people
On Saturday, August 28, 2010, a massive crowd of people gathered in Washington, D.C. for a “Restoring Honor” Rally. The Rally was called by Glenn Beck, who has captured the heart of many Americans and raised the ire of some in [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 30, 5:56am
Repost: What’s in it for U.S.?: The Limited Government Case against Gay Marriage
With the recent ruling in California on Proposition 8, this post from last Fall is appropriate to re-vist: Read more...
Porkopolis, Aug 30, 12:41am
GZM Developer, Imam Have Tax, Financial Issues; Will National Media Care?
This past weekend, intrepid journalists at the New York Post and NorthJersey.com released information they unearthed about proposed Ground Zero Mosque “organizer” Sharif El-Gamal and frontman Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, respectively, that the wire services, the New York Times and the national TV networks would likely have run with by now had the items related [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 30, 12:26am
AP Outrageously Asserts that Beck ‘Borrowed’ Obama’s Lines
It would appear that the development of persuasive rhetoric began and ended during the 2007-2008 presidential campaign of now-President Barack Obama.
That’s the nearly inevitable conclusion one must reach based on a breathtakingly absurd contention in a (I can’t believe I’m typing this) “Breaking News Update” that appeared at the Associated Press at 3:40 p.m. yesterday.
When [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 29, 9:37pm
The ‘Recovery Summer’ has been found! — In Germany
This post went up at the Washington Examiner’s OpinionZone blog and was teased here at BizzyBlog on Friday afternoon.
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It turns out that the “Recovery Summer” the Obama administration has turned into a national joke really is taking place — just not here.
Uncle Sam’s Bureau of Economic Analysis reported its first revision of second-quarter economic growth [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 29, 2:45pm
A Revealing AP Slip? A Strange Stray Question Mark Appears in Report on Ground Zero Mosque Imam
An interesting character made an appearance in a Saturday evening Associated Press report by Cristian Salazar on Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf:
It’s not a one-time accident. The same paragraph carried at Google’s version of the story has the same extra character:
The question mark is actually well-placed, as the following paragraphs from Salazar’s report demonstrate (bolds are [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 29, 10:16am
Positivity: ‘Glenn Beck 8/28 rally — It’s a matter of honor’
From Alveda King, written on the day before yesterday’s Glenn Beck “Restore Honor” rally in Washington:
… Americans are hungry to reclaim the symbols of our liberty, hard won by an unlikely group of outnumbered, outgunned, underfunded patriots determined not to live in servitude to the British Empire. If we want to sing the national anthem at [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 29, 6:05am
Switching horses: I'm supporting Fred Dalton Thompson
After much deliberation, I'm dropping my support of Rudy Giuliani for Fred Thompson in the Republican Presidential primary. Why you ask? Well, it's somewhat based on ideological reasons, but more based on having a chance at winning the Presidency in 2008 (and, in turn, stopping Hillary Clinton). Read more...
VikingSpirit's blog, Aug 29, 12:41am
TIB All Stars -- Show Notes and Live Blog
The TIB All-Stars Show is LIVE and DIRECT at 6PM Eastern... Read more...
Weapons of Mass Discussion, Aug 29, 12:23am
WSJ Grills Geithner and Obamanomics
In an editorial today (”The 1.6% Recovery”):
… As recently as August 3, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner took to our competitor’s pages to declare that this couldn’t happen. “Welcome to the Recovery,” he wrote, describing how the $862 billion government stimulus was still rolling out, business investment was booming, and the economy was poised for sustainable [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 28, 11:18am
AP’s Econ Coverage Continues Singular Focus on Bernanke, Non-Naming of Others in Govt.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s first full day as the only person in the whole wide world with any kind of influence over what happens in the economy didn’t go too badly.
That’s the impression one might get from consuming two Friday Associated dispatches and a related AP Video.
Bernanke apparently took full charge of anything and everything [...] Read more...
BizzyBlog, Aug 28, 10:05am