Friday Humor II: William Shatner Reads Sarah Palin’s Tweets

Following up on Stephen Littau’s post, here’s the return visit William Shatner paid where he read selections from Sarah Palin’s (old) Twitter Account:

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 7:39 pm

Friday Humor: William Shatner Reads Selections from Sarah Palin’s Farewell Speech and “Acted Stupidly”


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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 6:20 pm

Obesity! (Women And Minorities Hardest Hit)

Chalk this one up to the sloppy language and anthropomorphism. Marc Ambinder is responding to points Megan McArdle made about obesity, and he takes a few steps too far (via Democracy in America):
If you tend to blame individuals for their choices, then your answer will be no. But the crucial fact is that obesity […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 5:38 pm

What’s Really Wrong With “Cash For Clunkers”

This morning, we learned that the Car Allowance Rebate System, known more popularly as the “Cash for Clunkers” program was running out of money after only a few days in operation:
The government’s “cash for clunkers” program, aimed at boosting stagnant auto sales, is almost out of money, putting its future in question, according to sources […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 3:05 pm

Ben Bernanke's record

Brian Doherty has an article slamming the record and conduct of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke. It will not be news to the likes of us hard-money advocates, but still, well worth your time. I like Doherty's recent book on the American libertarian movement, by the way….

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 4:00 am

Farewell to the King of the Blues

Sir Bobby Robson, former manager of Newcastle Utd, England and a brace of successful European clubs (such as PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona), has died after a brave fight against cancer. But the club that in many ways will feel the pain of his loss the most is Ipswich Town FC, the club I have supported since I was a young boy He took this relatively unfashionable club on the UK's east coast to the heights of…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Friday 31 July 2009 at 4:00 am

Michael and Brian chat about the Ashes

Tomorrow morning, the third test in the current five match Ashes series begins in Birmingham, weather permitting. Ashes as in cricket, between England and Australia, which is as big as test cricket (i.e. the long-drawn-out goes-on-for-days-and-days variety) in England ever gets. Both Michael Jennings and I have had a break from blogging in recent weeks, but earlier this evening we got together to record a conversation about it all, and here it is. We rambled…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 4:00 am

Not waving but drowning

Dan Rather is calling on the state (naturally) to prop up the old mainstream media and had this to say: "If we do nothing more than stand back and hope that innovation alone will solve this crisis,” he said, “then our best-trained journalists will lose their jobs." From your lips to God's ear, Dan. But innovation is indeed 'solving' this 'crisis' as the meteoric spread of blogs and other forms of new media are demonstrating….

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 4:00 am

How did children ever manage before 'alchohol educators'?

Someone called Tara Parker-Pope in the New York Times has written about the use of alcohol in the latest Harry Potter film and I must say I find her article deeply… something…disturbing? No, not quite right… alien… yes that is it. It is deeply alien. As Harry Potter fans crowd movie theaters to catch the latest installment in the blockbuster series, parents may be surprised by the starring role given to alcohol. In scene after…

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 4:00 am

Obama, Gates, Crowley, and the Troubling Controversy that Seemingly Won’t Go Away

Up to now I have purposely avoided this whole disorderly conduct arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. for a number of reasons.
First reason being that compared to the other cases I’ve written about here and elsewhere, this is a very minor case of police misconduct. I have yet to read or hear any reports […]

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Blogged under Libertarian News on Thursday 30 July 2009 at 3:11 am
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