Reynolds assumes Republicans possess intelligence, integrity (again)

Instapundit:

...somebody on the House side needs to go through the NIH/CDC budgets for next year and strip out all the non-disease funding and move it over to infectious diseases, since apparently they could achieve miracle cures with just a little more money.

Like that’s gonna happen...

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Under the weather...

Richard McEnroe, blogger, Blair’s place denizen, and long-time internet presence, is in hospital

...for an irregular heartbeat, enlarged heart, and congestive heart failure. His heart is twice the norm.  The heart is pumping only 15% of the blood out...  Currently [October 10], he is having two procedures...  If all goes well they won’t install a pacemaker.

and gunblogger ‘‘Borepatch’’ got tangled up on his bike:

7 broken ribs, a broken collar bone, and a bruised lung.  I was lucky that the lung didn’t collapse or get punctured. They had me in the ICU for almost 24 hours.

Get mended quick, guys... we need you!

(Borepatch via Brickmuppet. Thanks.)

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Answer: Two more years of whining ‘‘because we only control two-thirds of the government’’

Roger Simon:

What Happens if Republicans Win?

That’s only if we’re lucky.

Elsewhere:  ‘‘HerbN’’ comments at Instapundit:

And then in 2017 if they have the House, the Senate, and the Presidency they won’t be able to do anything because it could cost them the majority.

True, dat.

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Well, THIS will do *wonders* for e-publishing!

The Register:

Adobe spies on reading habits over unencrypted web because your ‘privacy is important’

Adobe confirmed its Digital Editions software insecurely phones home your ebook reading history to Adobe – to thwart piracy.

And the company insisted the secret snooping is covered in its terms and conditions.

Version 4 of the application makes a note of every page read, and when, in the digital tomes it accesses, and then sends that data over the internet unencrypted to Adobe...

...because some spook monitoring my reading is exactly what I want in an ebook!

Read the Register story for a list of what’s transmitted.  TeleRead has a howto for seeing what’s transmitted about you.

And you may wish to add ‘‘adelogs.adobe.com’’ to your HOSTS file.


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The last refuge of the scoundrel

John J. Escalante, chief of detectives, Chicago Police Department:

‘‘Apple will become the phone of choice for the pedophile.’’.

So always remember, boyz-n-girlz:  Next time you fear you’re losing the argument, just drag in the kids.

UPDATE (141001):  Make That ‘‘Scoundrels’’

Yet another US official has played the ‘‘think of the children’’ card, taking Apple and Google to task for implementing stronger encryption policies in their mobile platforms.

Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder said that child predators could use the encryption settings in mobile platforms to evade authorities and hide illegal images and content on their devices from law enforcement.

Well, that didn’t take long!


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Thought experiment

So... what do you suppose would happen if somebody showed up here carrying the New York State Flag?


Or perhaps wearing a ‘‘Greetings from Riyadh’’ t-shirt?


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(Images from Wikipedia: NY.KSA)

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The word for today is ‘‘could’’...

Investors Business Daily:

Republican Majority in House and Senate Could Stop Unlawful President

And I could be winning Powerball this weekend...

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OK, everybody back to work...

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An Echo, not a Choice

Mark Steyn, on political failure:

America has a two-party system in which one party is committed to making things worse and the other party isn’t committed to making things any better...

I’d like a bit more of a choice than that.

One is evil, the other useless.  Disappointing, isn’t it?

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In•fra•struc•tures, fall•ing down...

Russ, on bridge building in California:

...where political connections among contractors and subcontractors, sketchy material suppliers and corrupt or frightened quality control inspectors come together in a big Venn Diagram of ‘‘Oh Shit!’’

Oh wait, wrong link...

It’s Iraq that he’s writing about.

My mistake!


Note: Do check out the City Journal story, lest you miss Governor Jerry Brown’s incredible response to safety concerns: ‘‘I mean, look, shit happens.’’

Man, that’s right up there with ‘‘What difference does it make?’’!


(City Journal link via The American Interest via Instapundit)

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