the second coming of Jimmah Cahtah would be a BEST case scenario

I've heard tell of this happening but heard it myself tonight.

Attending auditions for a local production. An actress turned in her audition form without noting whether she would accept “any” role. The show has one notable female roll and three walk-on parts, two of which are party girls. The director asked if she'd accept any role. “I may HAFTA become a hooker after SB 5 passed.”

My response: "Welcome to the real world". Mumbles from the assemblage.

Not three minutes later she informed us that she wouldn't be able to make all the rehearsals because she was going on a Caribbean cruise in late April.

She was NOT happy when I asked if SB 5 covered THAT!

Note: I have NO problem with people taking vacations. But DON'T cry poor mouth one second then flaunt the vacation that the rest of us (in the public sector) AREN'T taking.

Yesterday the President of the United States tried once again to mislead the public about domestic oil production and how much untapped oil is left in the ground.  He said that domestic oil production is at the highest level in seven years and he indicated that American reserves are not adequate to help the US reduced its dependence on foreign oil.

Not so much.

Less is more!

Up is down

I've long dispared that I've been unable to come up with a good representation of the silliness that is the Keynesian concept of aggregate consumption.  Thankfully the insipid presdent of the NY Fed JUST provided a beautiful one.

William C. Dudley is the amazingly out-of-touch President of the New York Fed. Speaking in Queens today, he said the economy has improved, but a long way from improved employment and price stability.

The audience pressed Dudley about higher food prices, wherein Reuters reports “people forget that even as the price of food is rising, other prices are falling. He mentioned the price of the iPad 2, prompting guffaws from the audience.”

... because to a Keynesian (ie the folks who have been running the gov't the last 4-60 years) an iPad2 equals dinner.

because it makes me aware of the fact that there are other people out there JUST like me!

found over at Consumerist.com:

I just ran across Burger King's latest "deal" tonight, concerning its Stacker sandwiches. While there's some good value to be had, BK's math has me thinking it's been taking lessons from Target.

You can get a single, double, or triple Stacker for $1, $2, or $3.
The single has one beef patty, one slice of cheese, and two
half-slices of bacon. The double has two patties, still one slice of
cheese, and three half-slices of bacon. The triple has three patties,
two slices of cheese, and still three half-slices of bacon.

If you buy three singles and put them together, you end up with an
extra slice of cheese, and double the bacon you'd get just compared to
ordering the triple alone. While that may get a little messy, you
could easily just take the bottom buns off two singles for a
quick-and-easy "double" with one more slice of both cheese and of
bacon than you'd get ordering the proper double Stacker.

with the signing of the bill in Wisconsin and an increase in "activity" this is starting to get worse.

More Death Threats Against GOP Senators, WI Assembly Debating Union Bill

TWITTER USERS WISH DEATH ON SCOTT WALKER, and Prof. Jacobson asks: Why do these people, many of whom are professionals, feel no fear in expressing such death wishes in the open? 

and a day later:

MORE ON THOSE DEATH THREATS AGAINST WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS. Also, here.

DON SURBER: Obama silent as liberals make death threats.

Sure hope I can remember these.  From Jay Nordlinger's Impromptus yesterday

I revisit -- prompted by a reader -- the pronunciation of forte: which is “fort.” That’s if you mean forte as in expertise, strong suit. Forte as in loud is “for-tay.” (I could explain the roots of these things, but I have done so a hundred times, and must have bored people to tears by now.)

A reader writes, “The strong half of a fencing blade is also a forte, pronounced ‘fort,’ and is used for parries.” Great. Glad to know. But then our reader continues, “The strong parry, like unto a brick wall, is the parry Mason. The easy and apparently casual but effective parry is the parry Como. The Canadian water parry is the parry, eh?”

is worth a thousand words .....too bad it itsn't worth a few jobs!

but this one practically DEMANDS it: