Outlawing Happy

Over at OTB, James points to an AP feed which reports they’ve banned ‘Happy Hour” in the UK. Obviously, the stated concerns are health-related.

It must, however, be asked if Government isn’t overstepping it’s bounds here?  More correctly, perhaps is

Christopher Sherman at AP, last night::

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) – A county prosecutor who brought indictments this week against Vice President Dick Cheney and others pounded his fist and shouted at the judge Friday during a routine hearing. Willacy County

David Kope who writes with the Volokh boys, says this morning:

Earlier this year, Eric Holder–along with Janet Reno and several other former officials from the Clinton Department of Justice–co-signed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller.

Here’s a partial list we’ve gotten here of stores and their plans after the first of the year:

• Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
• Ann Taylor 117 stores nationwide closing
• Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine’s to close 150 stores nationwide

This Ain’t Hell…

So, this morning, reading my usual news sources, I find on Michelle Malkin and Moonbatterythat some whining cry baby sued eHarmony, the online dating service, because they didn’t have opportunities for same-sex singles to meet. CNN

An amazingly insightful article from Bruce Walker at The American Thnker has caught my attention this morning. It’s so good I wish I could post the whole thing here. As it is, I’ll give you enough to make you go

The Wall Street Journal is reporting just now:

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed insider trading charges against Mark Cuban, the outspoken owner of the Dallas Mavericks, for allegedly dumping shares in Mamma.com upon learning it was raising money in

McQ over at Q&O points up a source of power we haven’t been using as much as we should; Tidal forces.

With 12,383 miles of US coastline, this seems like a technology which would make sense for both development and

Talk about pity, Karl Rove, a/k/a Turd Flower, nails the problems with two administrations, present and future, Gateway Pundit:

I’ve learned in looking back now a sobering lesson. The president needs to be careful in his language but he

Me at Q&O  just now…

I have always seen the union as the core of the issues with domestic automakers. I submit that the quickets and most efficient way to get GM back in the black and on a growth

From Investors’ Business Dailty:

IBD/TIPP Tracking Poll: Day Eleven
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008

McCain has cut into Obama’s lead for a second day and is now just 1.1 points behind. The spread was 3.7 Wednesday and 6.0 Tuesday.

Watch this closely, folks. this is important.

Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that Iran would prefer Democrat Barack Obama in the White House next year. Larijani also dismissed any idea that the US would attack Iran.

I almost hope Obama wins so I can stop hearing about how evil the GOP is. I’m sure that’s part of the media/Dem plan, though.

That’s a comment I just picked up over at Q&O.

Frankly, though, the source is

Over at OTB, Steve Verdon restates what I’ve been saying here for weeks:

An older article, but relevant.

It is important to understand that, as GSEs, Fannie and Freddie were viewed in the capital markets as government-backed buyers

David’s quote of Ed Morressy seems to me quite on the money. Consider the operative phrase of Ed’s very first line: “Stench of Desperation”.

And what is driving this desperation, you may ask? Wasn’t Obama ahead? What explains this?
Well,