The Ramble for 08/01/11

College Point, NY— I’m across the water from Manhattan, with Laguardia between myself and there. It’s a pretty sight in the early evening, at least from this distance. I’ll be back here tomorrow morning,  with another load of drinks. Apparently

York, PA– I”m at the ES3 warehouse, here waiting for for the load I brought down from Barilla in Avon to be offloaded. At that point I’ll hit the sack and be up around 6am to run a load of

Rand Paul – 1, Dirty Harry Reid – 0, Rand Paul the junior senator from Kentucky has Dirty Harry Reid flummoxed, Roberta Costa has the conservative story of the day, from National Review:

Washington — Sen. Rand Paul

Dumbo Lost, Barack Obama clueless, from Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal:

It all seems rather mad, doesn’t it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn’t take place within a less hospitable context. The

Christina-Taylor Green, from Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star:

Aspiring politician Christina-Taylor Green was born in the midst of tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001, and died Saturday morning while trying to meet Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

The strong-willed 9-year-old third-grader

‘Pubs to Holder: It is the jobs stupid, from Byron York, Washington Examiner:

There are many areas in which Republicans and [Attorney General Eric] Holder are likely to disagree, but the most contentious could be immigration, starting with

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• GOP Disappointed In Schwarzenegger? Sure and there’s a damned good reason

Is Dumbo Sane? From Byron York, Washington Examiner:

There was one particularly striking moment in President Obama’s widely panned Oval Office speech on the Gulf oil disaster. About midway through his talk, Obama acknowledged that he had approved new

L & O DOA, Deadline:

This one is a shocker. Veteran crime drama Law & Order will not get its shot at history after all. I hear that after long deliberations, NBC has decided to cancel the long-running

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• IS AL GIVING UP ON GLOBAL WARMING? Roger Simon seems to think so.
• BYE BYE CHARLIE! I see Charlie Crist is finally decided

Schooling the Professor, Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit:

THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER is pushing an Obama cheating scandal story. Bah.  When was the last time they got one of these things right?

Granted the Enquirer has developed a knack for finding

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• THE CLIMATEGATE WHITEWASH CONTINUES: Myron Ebell explains. Today’s must read.
• FOX CAVES? It certainly appears so.  Any

Jennifer Rubin on the Dim Won’s fading power of oratory, Commentary:

[Barack Obama’s] rhetoric (which to the amazement of many conservatives – who noticed he was largely talking New Age gibberish during the campaign – transfixed a great number

Pirates – 11, Navy – 0, Dana Hughes and Kirit Radia from ABC News:

A U.S. Navy ship has sunk a pirate “mother ship” in the Indian Ocean and captured 11 pirates, and then promptly let them go.

While

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• IDIOCY SQUARED: I mentioned in last night’s Ramble that the Democrats are busy avoiding the real issue… and used that blithering