Court halts rules relaxing smog controls, `Irreparable harm’ possible, judges say
By Gary Polakovic
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
December 25, 2003
A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked new rules by the Bush administration that would exempt companies from installing state-of-the-art air pollution controls when they modify or expand their plants.
The changes, some of the most contentious modifications to [...]
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Jesus “Really Dreading” This Next Birthday
JERUSALEM—Jesus Christ, son of God and savior of humanity, confided Monday that He is not looking forward to His 2003rd birthday, saying that He is “really dreading turning the big two-oh-oh-three.”
“Well, here’s another one,” said Christ, who will be 2003 Dec. 25. “I can’t believe I’m actually turning 2,003 [...]
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Christmas Spirit
This weekend, I moved into my new place here in D.C. (please feel free to drop by and stay guys! I now have a great spare bedroom!) I responded to an ad on Craigslist for a bed and couches that were being practically given away. I drove out to [...]
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Mad Cow Disease Sure is Crazy
The first case of Mad Cow disease has been discovered in the United States. Approximately 10% of the U.S. beef industry is sold for export. Now, thanks to one crazy cow, that will temporarily stop. For how long though, no one is really sure.
The crazy cow was [...]
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U.S. Agricultural Policy Works Both Ways
Brachs, the candy manufacturer, officially left Chicago yesterday. 3,500 jobs were lost to Tennessee and Argentina where land, labor, and utilities are cheaper. Candy is still a major industry in Chicago. Local manufacturing employees 10,000 people and has revenues of $3.5 billion annually. Unfortunately, with the [...]
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Pigs Get Fat, Hogs Get Slaughtered, part Deux
Yesterday, former Illinois Governor George Ryan pleaded innocent to federal corruption charges.
Ryan’s attorney, former U.S. Atty. Dan Webb says Ryan will be acquitted for three reasons:
1) After a 5 1/2 year investigation, the prosecution doesn’t have one witness that has seen Ryan take a bribe.
2) The [...]
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A Merry and a Happy
There is nothing more that I can say about this time of year that has not already been said and said better.
Therefore, I will just stick to the essentials:
Merry Christmas(with a special [...]
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Wictory Wednesdays for Bush.
Well, nearly Wednesday, I’ll be on the road tomorrow. Have you ever thought about donating time or money for old W? Here’s the rollcall of blogs who participate with us in this endeavor:
The Ole Miss Conservative
Brandon Speaks
Argghhh!
AlphaPatriot
Viking Pundit
Stars ‘n Stripes
BushBlog.us (unofficial blog)
A Rice Grad
Matt Margolis
Spot On
The Irish Lass
The Hedgehog Report
Boots [...]
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Common Sense In Charge Until Friday.
Look out, the monster of the midway, Yakov Bok, will be running things (and the table) until kindly Uncle Fire returns from Christmas in the city of plight. Read Yakov, love Yakov, hook Yakov up with your sisters and their friends!
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Charles Murray Interview.
I was extremely proud of this one and, honestly, I was quite thrilled just to speak to a person as accomplished as he.
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Hunter Baker’s Christmas in Old Europe . . .
When my wife proposed a Christmas trip to Germany to see her sister give birth to her first child, I balked. “Surely they don’t expect us to make a 10-13 hour flight to Frankfurt, followed by a multi-hour train ride to Freiburg with a six month [...]
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Tis the Season For Emotional Trauma, fa la la la - a la la la
In Denver, there’s a radio station that is playing nothing but Christmas Carols, 24/7 for the entire holiday season. I’m wondering how station employees are prevented from going on shooting sprees as a result. Well, apparently a union in [...]
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Is Syria Opening Up?
It’s no suprise that with the Arab world’s population largely under the age of 25, there are a lot of pressures to reform their backwards, archiac societies. Syria is doing their best, it ain’t perfect, but at least they’re trying. Read the story here.
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Reducing Our Oil Dependency
If we’re going to be serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, one way to do it is to update the corporate average fuel economy guidelines, known as CAFE. For far too long SUVs and light trucks have been able to skirt the guidelines and in some occasions, receive tax [...]
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Ways of Knowing
I played Santa Claus today for the 25 kids at the day-care center where I volunteer.
I am powerfully tired of reading articles on fathering, parenting, etc, etc, that sound like they are straight out of Blackstone’s Commentaries on Law.
The connection [...]
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Thomas Sowell–Nobody Does it Better.
As some teachers might exclaim: “Hey kids, America Sucks!, see there’s no reason why you should get a voucher. What more do you want out of school? I just shared with you the Chomskyian wonders of the world–now tell your parents to keep paying their property taxes and just [...]
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Free Daily Political Journal.
James Taranto is on vacation so the old WSJ is offering us this report for free this week. It’s a fun, easy, interesting read, but it is in no way worth paying for (even if it’s only 4 bucks a month). I say this because there is so [...]
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Taxing the Internet.
Man does this make me mad! What they’re talking about doing is adding a tax to Internet Service Providers who, of course, will pass on their burden to you and I. There was thought that the current moratorium on taxes would turn into a permanent ban but old NRO sincerely doubts [...]
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Tax and Spend Public Officials
Cook County, which encompasses Chicago and a few collar communites, has a $3 billion per year budget. The County President, John Stroger, is an old school Chicago politician that spreads his clout around through graft. He says the County needs $58 million additional dollars in 2004 and will need [...]
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