Huckabee is Birther Friendly

On The NCAA Cartel

Guilty Until Proved Innocent - NYTimes.com:

"When the N.C.A.A. investigates an athlete for breaking its rules, not only is he presumed guilty but his punishment begins before he knows what he’s accused of. He is not told who his accuser is. The N.C.A.A. will delve into the personal relationships of his relatives and demand their bank statements and other private records. And it will hand down its verdict without so much as a hearing. Reputations have been ruined on accusations so flimsy that they would be laughed out of any court in the land. Then again, the N.C.A.A. isn’t a court of law. It’s more powerful."

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On Debt paranoia

Does Debt Matter? - Robert Skidelsky - Project Syndicate:

"As with “the specter of Communism” that haunted Europe in Karl Marx’s famous manifesto, so today “[a]ll the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise” the specter of national debt. But statesmen who aim to liquidate the debt should recall another famous specter – the specter of revolution.

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Companies I like - Part 1

Redstar Films Limited - Redstar Films:

"Redstar Films is a film and television production company located in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Founded in 1999, Redstar has produced a wide variety of film and television programming, including the television series The Classical Now and Ghost Cases, the documentaries Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Sightings, Denise Djokic: Seven Days Seven Nights, and Stanton T. Friedman is Real, and the feature film Eternal Kiss.

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This is my college friend Paul Kimball's company. I tease him a lot about UFOs and such but he does good work. Watch his films. Make him rich so he will buy me lobster when I visit Nova Scotia. Or at least a Tim Horton's coffee.

Why It Matters That Newt Gingrich Has Been Unfaithful

Because he says things like this ...

Defending Marriage. As President, I will vigorously enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, which was enacted under my leadership as Speaker of the House, and ensure compliance with its provisions, especially in the military. I will also aggressively defend the constitutionality of DOMA in federal and state courts. I will support sending a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman to the states for ratification. I will also oppose any judicial, bureaucratic, or legislative effort to define marriage in any manner other than as between one man and one woman. I will support all efforts to reform promptly any uneconomic or anti-marriage aspects of welfare and tax policy. I also pledge to uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity to my spouse and respect for the marital bonds of others.

He is now on wife #3. He cheated on BOTH of his previous wives and if we are to believe wife #2 it is possible that marriage #3 is (or was at some point) an open marriage.

Newt, Marriage and the USA

Newt Gingrich's Three Marriages Mean He Might Make A Strong President -- Really | Fox News:

"Conclusion: When three women want to sign on for life with a man who is now running for president, I worry more about whether we’ll be clamoring for a third Gingrich term, not whether we’ll want to let him go after one.
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I have no words... go read the whole thing

On Perfection

Thanks to my friend Marcia Pagliuso for this one. You can find her here