check what the president's science czar was saying back in 1977 (with that wonderful guy, paul ehrlich):

http://zombietime.com/john_holdren/

c/o http://pester.livejournal.com/233183.html

Signs with the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act logo are plastered at stimulus-funded construction project sites around America ... The signs cost $500 apiece in Maryland and New Hampshire, $1,700 in Georgia, $2,000 in Pennsylvania and New York, and $3,000 per project in New Jersey. For the price of one $2,000 sign, 40 potholes could be repaired. The costs of the signs are adding up for some states

- http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=8026587

Stimulus Waste? The $3.4 Million Turtle Crossing
Before Approving a Second Stimulus Plan, Some Say Spend the First $787 Billion Properly

- http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=8045022

$18M Being Spent to Redesign Recovery.gov Web Site
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/07/18m-being-spent-to-redesign-recoverygov-web-site.html

stossel on krugman‏
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/johnstossel/2009/07/healthcare-from-dr-krugman.html

House Dems Eye Surtax on Wealthy for Health Bill
- http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Health/wireStory?id=8028076

flaky media people. annoy.

http://neveryetmelted.com/2009/06/27/farah-fawcett-and-ayn-rand/

[ my comment, submitted to site: An intriguing addition to the Rand corpus, biographically and psychologically. Ms Fawcett knows her stuff here, and Rand saw her more accurately than other, more culture-dependent, people did then. These responses prove Fawcett was more like what Rand thought she was and less the public stereotype. After Amy Wallace’s triumph with her biography of William Sidis, “The Prodigy” (which mentions Sidis as a prototypical “striker” in Rand’s sense) I will be interested to see what Wallace’s project comes to. ]

- http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/varv06262009a20090626043159.jpg , in http://southcottus.livejournal.com/302728.html

due to time pressures, but i've not seen this one around enough:

Cuban exile blogger from Miami says he used a female internet alter ego to gain access to a member of the usually impervious family of Fidel Castro ... Mr Dominguez says that by showing what he describes as the opulent lifestyles the Castros live in a communist country like Cuba he has achieved his aim.

main story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8099925.stm

some more (with overlaps):

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/sfl-fidel-castro-internet-trick-061309,0,4650943.story
http://current.com/items/90200216_fidel-castros-son-caught-in-internet-love-sting-with-man-pretending-to-be-woman.htm
http://www.shortell.org/aggregator/sources/5
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/castros-son-reveals-elite-lifestyle-in-web-romance-with-26yearold-colombian/477018/
http://www.cubaverdad.net/weblog/2009/06/fidel-castros-son-tricked-in-internet-love-sting/

find more with google, e.g.:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Claudiacartagena82@yahoo.com

notice how this keeps happening? same as with north korea.

the great moral leftist regimes.

i'm scheduled to be interviewed on the following shows this months:

date: 13 june 2009
time: 9:30am pacific time
venue: authors read
URL: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/AuthorsRead/2009/06/13/Michael-Brown-She-and-I-A-Fugue

upcoming (tba): www.blogtalkradio.com/Adrienna-Turner

upcoming (tba): www.blogtalkradio.com/Jayel-Gibson

anyone wanting further info, or to be put on email notify, just let me know. :)

quick: http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/292349.html (6/4)
thrill: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/thrillingwonder/213652.html (6/4)

Cindy Sheehan to lead protest in front of Bush's private home.
- http://parkcitiesblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/06/cindy-sheehan-to-lead-protest.html

great refutation: Has Prop. 13 Really Robbed California of Property-Tax Revenue?
- http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/weblogs/afb/archives/034048.html
linked in http://www.reason.com/blog/show/133927.html
c/o http://www.everymananisland.com/wp/?p=87

walter williams: Dumbest Generation Getting Dumber
- http://townhall.com/Common/PrintPage.aspx?g=bef9c508-f1c3-4636-a924-a0f35ff40db0&t=c
c/o http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/292349.html

candidate Obama on Clinton: A 'Loose Cannon' Who Tells 'Bald-Faced Lies'
- http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/03/obama-bill-clinton-is-a-bald-faced-liar/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link3|- http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/06/03/obama-bill-clinton-is-a-bald-faced-liar/

Speed cameras on U.S. highways?
- http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/06/04/aa.speed.cameras.highways/index.html

excellent article: Why advancing technology makes health care more expensive, and everything else less expensive.
- http://syndicated.livejournal.com/scrivener_feed/82874.html
[ includes explanation of why this is not a "market failure" or "market paradox" ]

The president today referred to the "nearly seven million American Muslims in our country today." - When asked where the president got the 7 million figure, the White House said the CIA World Fact Book was the source. But the CIA World Fact Book on its web site says the U.S. Muslim population is 0.6 percent of the 307 million population, putting the number of Muslims in the U.S. at 1.8 million.
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/from-the-fact-check-desk-president-obama-and-muslims-in-america.html

shoulda listened to the left and killed wal-mart when we'd the chance: Wal-Mart hiring 22,000 - expects to add more than 1,000 jobs at new stores in several states - incl. California, Florida and Michigan
- http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/04/news/companies/walmart_jobs/index.htm?cnn=yes

Venezuela is preparing to nationalise petrochemical projects as part of President Hugo Chavez's campaign to limit the private sector.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8084326.stm

( links for 06-04-09 )

'Gay' Penguins Raise Adopted Chick
- http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,628508,00.html

Your BFF 'unfriended' you - now what?
- http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/06/04/tf.friendship.breakup/index.html

the melvinator: http://melvin-udall.livejournal.com/684120.html (6/3)
quick: http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291975.html (6/3)

here comes government medicine! Calgary - An outpouring of anger and donation offers wasn't enough to save Calgary's only surgery laser for enlarged prostates, which was removed Friday afternoon. - The Alberta Health Services superboard decided it wasn't a priority in Calgary to spend the $400 to $500 more to perform each laser procedure than the traditional open surgery - even though the more invasive type adds the costs of overnight hospital stays and ties up an all-important bed.
- http://community.livejournal.com/therightfangirl/834005.html and http://ccr1138.livejournal.com/52671.html

Most European countries have seen the damage green energy can do to their economies and are rapidly (if quietly) scaling back their support.
- http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjRkNmE5ZmVmMzI4NGExMmNhYzgwYTAyODM5Y2RjYmY=

tapper: Admin. Bin Laden Finds President Obama and His Outreach to Muslim World 'Very Threatening' - no evidence given
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/obama-administration-obl-finds-president-obama-and-his-outreach-to-muslim-world-very-threatening.html

5 Character Flaws That Are Destroying America's Future
- http://townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2009/06/02/5_character_flaws_that_are_destroying_americas_future

during the first minute of interaction, women with a professed interest in a man send no more non-verbal signals than do non-interested women. "In other words," they explained, "it is hard for a man to determine whether or not a woman is interested in the first few minutes of an interaction. With this in mind, since men are not aware of how well they are doing in terms of getting a date, both sexes may feel a direct approach would be most effective."
- http://syndicated.livejournal.com/britpsychdigest/281122.html

cnbc contributor: After nearly twenty years in Washington I thought I've seen every trick ever conceived, but the White House claims of "jobs saved" attributed to the stimulus bill is unrivaled. What causes the jaw to drop is not just the breathtaking deception of the claim, but the gullibility of the Washington press corps to continue reporting it.
- http://www.cnbc.com/id/31063979
c/o http://www.everymananisland.com/wp/?p=86

Canadian doctor: "Our system is stupid."
- http://community.livejournal.com/therightfangirl/834299.html
also: - http://ccr1138.livejournal.com/52771.html

( links for 06-03-09 pt 4 )

as melvin said: Obama: Nuclear Power OK For Enemies but Not For US?
- http://www.redstate.com/warner_todd_huston/2009/06/02/obama-nuclear-power-ok-for-enemies-but-not-for-us/
c/o http://www.everymananisland.com/wp/?p=86

quick: http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291975.html (6/3)

A Nation of Social Workers (and the Victims Who Need Them) - Forget 'plastics.' In the Obamas' America, the one word is 'helping.' - To a man with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. To a community organizer, every citizen looks like a victim entitled to someone else’s money.
- http://www.businessandmedia.org/commentary/2009/20090527095047.aspx

31% Say Stimulus Package Helped, 27% Say It Hurt Economy
- http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/economic_stimulus_package/31_say_stimulus_package_helped_27_say_it_hurt_economy
c/o http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291975.html

( links for 06-03-09 pt 3 )

[rand] made an incredibly valuable point: [properly,] government people may only do what they are legally permitted to do, while private citizens may do everything except what they are legally forbidden to do.

- http://annemarie.livejournal.com/845352.html

random thought: i wonder what effect the little ice age, and its end, had upon free trade and the industrial revolution.

- http://community.livejournal.com/conservacorner/276567.html [f/locked]

Book: Obama marriage strained by House race - Author: Michelle was angry at Barack’s careerism, he thought she was cold
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31088507/

Robert J. Samuelson: Is Bernanke Nudging Obama on Deficits? - ( Read more... )

Did Pizza Deliveryman Stumble on Rape or Consensual Bondage? - Atlanta Man Charged With Kidnapping and Rape; Accuser Has History of False Reports
- http://abcnews.go.com/US/Story?id=7736489
[ if your report was false, thanks, ma'am, for empowering those who doubt rape/abuse reports ]

Poll: Half say torture is sometimes justified - Survey shows U.S. split over harsh interrogation, closing Guantanamo
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31078634/

brilliant in these times! FDIC extends $250,000 deposit insurance - Coverage will revert to $100,000 per depositor on Jan. 1, 2014
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31090531/

FDIC Regulators shelved a controversial plan that aimed to cleanse banks' balance sheets of toxic assets.
- http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/03/news/fdic.toxicity.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

Californians debate selling classic landmarks - Schwarzenegger plan would raise money to pay off some of state’s deficit
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31091152/

Mammoths roasted in prehistoric barbecue pit - Archaeologists have just uncovered a 29,000 B.C. well-equipped kitchen
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31085915/

Cafferty: Too late for American public schools to become competitive?
- http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/03/education-reform-what-should-be-top-priority/

( Read more... )

Obama "open" to idea of taxing health care benefits - Ah yes, yet another reversal of his reversal of Republican policies and proposals. - Apparently that idea is no longer evil.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_overhaul
[ apologies - i misplaced URL of whoever first posted link and made comment above ]

soup kitchen poverty
- http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/vivianc1968/Cartoons/freeLunch.jpg

i think there was some lying here in '86: The Racial Controversy That Cost Sen. Sessions a Judgeship in 1986
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/you-cant-dwell-on-those-things-sen-jeff-sessions-r-alarecently-told-the-examiners-byron-york-if-i-had-be.html

[BS dem ad] aimed at Republican Rep. Peter King claim that he “opposed an $800 tax cut and opposed creating or saving 215,000 New York jobs.” But King, like many Republicans, never said that. Rather, he said he thought the $789 billion stimulus bill included too much spending. - And the 215,000 jobs (as well as other state specific figures given for other targeted members) are far from a guarantee. Rather, they are calculated from nationwide projections made by President Obama’s advisers in January.
- http://wire.factcheck.org/2009/06/02/tax-cut-ads-clip-some-details/

Days before President Obama visits Germany, Der Spiegel reports that the visit “is creating friction between Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU)"
- http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,627662,00.html
c/o http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/tensions-mit-merkel.html

( links for 06-03-09 pt 1 )

melvin: http://melvin-udall.livejournal.com/683436.html (6/2)
quick: http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291775.html (6/2)

tapper: The Emergence of President Obama's Muslim Roots
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/abc-news-jake-tapper-and-sunlen-miller-report-the-other-day-we-heard-a-comment-from-a-white-house-aide-that-neverwould-have.html

Justice Dept. economic stupidity: "Asst Attorney General for Antitrust Christine Varney ... last month argued 'many observers agree' that our current recession reflects 'a failure of antitrust' and 'inadequate antitrust oversight.' - This is news to most economists. The cause of the recession is not easy money by the Fed, or the bursting of the housing bubble, or excessive risk-taking through complicated financial instruments? It's insufficient antitrust prosecution? The claim is hardly plausible. Prosecuting successful businesses will help the recovery?"
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124390028132574485.html
c/o http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291775.html

U.S. releases secret nuclear list accidentally - Report gives details about hundreds of the nation's nuclear sites, programs
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073594/
[ funny how it's the "u.s." and not "the obama administration" - things were different with bush43, curiously ]

Pro-gun sentiment in America rising, not falling. Firearms sales are up, and there are reports of ammunition shortages.
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/200088

Ethanol's Grocery Bill - Two federal studies add up the corn fuel's exorbitant cost.
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124389966385274413.html#mod=djemEditorialPage
c/o http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291775.html

How GM Lost Its Way - Timid management and coddled workers couldn't compete with Toyota.
- http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124389995447074461.html#mod=djemEditorialPage
c/o http://community.livejournal.com/quicknews/291775.html

the greedy rich: Why I’m Giving Away $1 Billion - By Peter G. Peterson - The moment is overdue for us to become moral and worthy ancestors.
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/200075/?gt1=43002
c/o http://spikedpunch.livejournal.com/1410540.html

( links for 06-02-09 )

Have Astronomers Discovered A New Type of Supernova?
- http://www.universetoday.com/2009/06/01/have-astronomers-discovered-a-new-type-of-supernova/

on this, a day when there's been more than a bit of trouble for those i know.

love can be so simple and beautiful.

nothing simpler, and absolutely nothing more beautiful.

we don't stay true enough to this. somehow, we go away from it.

it's always there. we can return to it - or not.

most do not.

wild chimps make five-piece toolkits - study compares sophisticated set with Stone Age human technologies
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31066482/

Hand-raised Rooks Quickly Figure Out Tool-Use - did not learn from others - social constructionism in animals takes another blow
- http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/05/26/rook-tools-bird.html

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/05/news-flash-car-dealers-are-republicans.html

[ c/o poetpaladin in http://writerspleasure.livejournal.com/642539.html ]