This is a conservative Republican?
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today dismissed the “big city” critics of corn-based ethanol and suggested the biofuels industry will be able to “stand on its own” without federal subsidies once all autos are “flexible-fuel” vehicles.
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First, they came for our toilets, and we had to put up with it. Next, they came for our light bulbs, and we were told to suck it up. Now, we're not allowed to have clean dishes, either:
This sounds like the greatest advance in communications technology since the Post-It note:
Virtual Hold Technology based in Akron, Ohio, provides a solution that allows callers to receive a callback without waiting on hold or losing their place in the phone queue. The company has added several new state labor departments to its list of government clients.
Oh, come on now, cut it out, you two, or at least get a room! No, wait, not that room!
Evansville police arrested two individuals who allegedly broke into a vacant apartment for what they told police was "some time alone."
Jerry Lipson, 43, and Tiffany Cartwright, 36 are being held in the Vanderburgh County Jail, each on $100 cash bonds.
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Mike Pence on President Obama's SOTU address: "It appears the president is committed to more spending, more government . . ."
We've had a conversation or two here about the damage done when a commitment to self-esteem leads to playing nice instead of playing to win. But is there any point at which it is appropriate to show some mercy? Rob McGill, coach of the Christian Heritage girls baskeball team that annihilated an opponent 108-3, doesn't think so:
Man, gotta keep an eye on them all the time. A legislator proposes a nifty new "fee," i.e. tax:
A bill has been proposed that would have consumers paying .10 a bag for grocery bags.
If passed, the bill, introduced by northern Indiana State Representative Shelly VanDenburgh, would act as a type of tax.
Well, bless their hearts:
At a time when the state is cutting funding for college and can't find money for preschool education or dental care for the poor, some of Indiana's legislators are proposing the state give back money to taxpayers.
Drop the earphones, scumbag! I said, DROP THE EARPHONES, SCUMBAG! I SAID . . .
It's not uncommon to see runners and pedestrians walking or jogging with headphones on. But here in Arkansas that could soon be against the law.
State lawmakers have proposed a bill that would ban headphones in both ears near streets.
Tim Poole says he's seen the worst of what could happen while running with headphones.
Rapacious lawyers discover climate change, and you know the results can't be good:
From being a marginal and even mocked issue, climate-change litigation is fast emerging as a new frontier of law where some believe hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake.
South Bend officials feel like they've been mugged by Newsweek:
City leaders dismissed a new Newsweek list describing South Bend as one of the nation's 10 "dying" cities, and said they aren't worried it will hurt the city's reputation.
This one's for the "With friends like this, you don't need enemies" file, perhaps with the subcategory, "If you allow yourself to be lectured on conservatism by The Journal Gazette editorial page, you deserve what happens." Tea party activists are seeking to challenge Sen. Richard Lugar in the primary next year on the grounds that he is not sufficiently conservative. Now the senator is being defended vigrously by The Journal Gazette. Case closed!
Here's a fun one if you like that kind of music -- the top 10 greatest classical composers, at least in the opinion of John Althouse Cohen. The list is notable for going against the consensus of critics in putting Beethoven at No. 1 instead of Bach. And he puts Mozart at No. 2 and Brahms at No. 3, relegating JSB to No. 4. Even if we disagree with Cohen's arrangement of the 10, we can enjoy the links he includes (both audio and video) of pieces by them.
If you go to the supermarket every week, you're probably wondering what all this "inflation still low" talk is. I don't pay that much attention to the price of individual items, but I generally buy the same things, so it's easy to notice that my total bill has been creeping ever upward for about a year now. And there is even hidden inflation (or at least something that has the same effect):
About that woman everyody has been watching on YouTube, you know, distracted by texting and walking right into a fountain:
Yes, Illinois, thank you very much. We would love to have your Jimmy John's:
Some "paranormal investigators" want to check for ghosts in the former Owen County Home in Spencer, but they aren't being allowed to:
But commissioners in the southern Indiana county say there's already been enough research done at the former home for the old, infirm and mentally ill that was built in 1878 and abandoned in 2002.
I suppose Pointless, Extravagant Pile of Crap is out of the question:
We are one community, and our commitment to building a more attractive and competitive Fort Wayne and Allen County was strengthened with the decision to bring nearly all City and County government together in two downtown buildings.
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What should the community call the new government building at 200 E Berry?
