Random bits of jetsom and flotsam from the wreckage of the Good Ship HB 1053: Jason Tolbert has video of a post-failure David Meeks discussing what happened. Between the obvious dry mouth and the stammering, one almost loses the message,…
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Learning Language With David Meeks
Irony (i·ro·ny), –noun 1. the humorous or mildly sarcastic use of words to imply the opposite of what they normally mean 2. an instance of this, used to draw attention to some incongruity or irrationality 3. incongruity between what is…
Rep. Mayberry To Propose Unconstitutional & Hypocritical Law?
As first noted by Jason Tolbert, Rep. Andy Mayberry (R-27) plans to propose a law, the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” which would ban all abortions after 20 weeks’ gestation based on certain scientific studies suggesting that this is…
Adventures in Sanity: BEST Letter to the Editor from the Holiday Weekend (Pt. 2 of 4)
While, technically, there had to be a “worst” letter to the editor from Saturday’s Democrat-Gazette, none was especially egregious. So, rather than force things, I decided to give equal time to the bright spots in an otherwise dismal paper. With…
End of Week Miscellany
“I thought you had the day off yesterday.” “I did! I went in to pick up my check, came home, my supervisor called me about four o’clock. Told me he got me on tape, doing a link dump.” King of…
Giffords was in Palin's Crosshairs [Updated 1/10/2011]
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) was shot in the head, and Chief Judge John Roll of the U.S. District Court for Arizona was killed in an attack in Tuscon, AZ, today. In total, six…
Econ 101: The GOP and The CBO
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office released its estimates on the costs that would accompany a full repeal of healthcare reform. The New York Times reports that [t]he nonpartisan budget scorekeepers in Congress said on Thursday that the Republican plan to…
The Economist: Abortion and Birth Control in the U.S.
The Economist has an interesting piece about the abortion-adoption-contraceptive debate. FAMILY planning and birth control is one of many areas where America has gotten itself wrapped up in a decades-long hysterical moralistic argument over issues whose solutions ought to be…
2011 Legislative Preview: HB 1013
See here for previous posts in this series. Bill Name: AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONTRACTORS LICENSING BOARD TO IMPOSE CIVIL PENALTIES OR SUSPEND OR REVOKE THE CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE FOR A CONTRACTOR WHO IS FOUND TO KNOWINGLY EMPLOY WORKERS…
End-of-Day Miscellany: DADT Repeal Round-Up Edition
One day after President Obama signed the bill that will ultimately lead to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” what is being said around the Arkansas internets about this historic change? Max says that, not only did President Obama…