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Robert Samuelson asks: If We Can’t Kill Farm Subsidies, What Can We Kill? Farm subsidies are a metaphor for our larger predicament. We no longer have the luxury — as we did for decades — of carrying marginal, ineffectual or … Continue reading →

As you can see, if you are one of my few returning visitors, Boulder is a Stoopid Place now has it’s own domain name and the blogging platform is now WordPress instead of Blogger. There’s quite a bit of work … Continue reading →

Tell me it isn’t true. Recipe for a long life: overweight people have LOWER death risk

Indeed.

John Hinderaker: They can’t argue with arithmetic American voters accepted Obama’s claim that no change is necessary, that $16 trillion of debt is nothing to worry about. In France, voters put socialists into office, vowing not to give an inch … Continue reading →

Zero Hedge: “Right now we are living in a bubble of debt-fueled false prosperity that allows us to continue to consume far more wealth than we produce, but when that bubble bursts we are going to experience the most painful … Continue reading →

Obama’s Four Horsemen: The Disasters Unleashed by Obama’s Reelection Conquest, Famine, War, Death – the four horsemen are coming, in the form of the national debt, widespread dependence on government, turmoil in the Middle East, and the expansion of the … Continue reading →

John Hinderaker on doing nothing. He concludes… In the meantime, I sympathize with liberals who say we need to do something right now…something like banning random types of firearms, for no particular reason. No, seriously–I get the fact that sometimes … Continue reading →

Scientists link obesity to gut bacteria(registration required) Researchers in Shanghai identified a human bacteria linked with obesity, fed it to mice and compared their weight gain with rodents without the bacteria. The latter did not become obese despite being fed … Continue reading →

From Wikipedia’s page on narcissism… In everyday speech, “narcissism” often means egotism, vanity, conceit, or simple selfishness. Moving on… Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself President Barack Obama used the funeral for Hawaii senator Daniel Inouye to talk … Continue reading →

Wow, woulda thunk it? Tax migration.

Female US cop caught on tape giving two women body cavity search during routine traffic stop… and ‘using the SAME gloves on both’ The Texas Rangers and the Texas Department of Public safety better get their checkbooks out.

Green Energy Corruption: This fiasco only brings one question to our minds: Is there anybody in the world of tax-funded green energy who isn’t a sleazy thief or an incompetent idealist? The green agenda is hardly helped by these kinds … Continue reading →

Complicity of Silence in Michigan: Media Condones Violence, Racism It’s just not a sensational story with all the elements that usually sets the media ablaze, it’s also a legitimate story. This black man who lost his hot dog stand to … Continue reading →

Jonah Goldberg: So, to Sum Up Our Day