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Daily Links – June 6, 2012

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  June 6th, 2012 at 02:00 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Today is June 6th. On this date in 1833, Andrew Jackson became the first U.S. President to ride on a train, when he took a trip on B&O Railroad. The ticket was expensive, but he got his money back when he passed GO. The trip was almost a disaster, though, when his tiny dog, top hat, and race car didn’t fit in the overhead compartment. On this date in 1882, Henry Seely received a patent for the first electric iron. It was on Free Parking at the time. Also on this date, in 1949, George Orwell’s landmark novel 1984 was first published. It is still a mystery how he was able to predict Mayor Michael Bloomberg. And finally, today is National Applesauce Cake Day. Here’s a recipe. Get it while you can, it’s soon to be banned in New York and San Francisco. Consider this an Open Thread.


Weepy Walker Foe Tells CNN: ‘THIS IS THE END OF DEMOCRACY’ | The Blaze
“‘This was it. If we didn’t win tonight, the end of the USA as we know it just happened. That’s it.’”

Time’s Joe Klein Compares Walker Recall to Clinton Impeachment | Newsbusters
“Not surprisingly, appearing on CNN’s Starting Point, Klein got most of the facts wrong (video follows with transcript and commentary)”

Angry libs flood Twitter with death threats after Wisconsin recall defeat | Twitchy
(Language Warning) “Tonight, liberal Twitter users are openly advocating the assassination of Gov. Scott Walker:”

Court: Christian Photog Can’t Refuse Gay Ceremonies | CBN
“A Christian photography studio is guilty of discrimination because it refused to take pictures of a gay commitment ceremony, according to a New Mexico’s Court of Appeals ruling.”

Senate to Hold Hearing Today on the EU’s Emissions Tax on US Airline Passengers | PJM
“… the European Union has found a novel way to raise some revenue: It’s effectively imposing a tax on passengers flying over the United States. Yes, you read that right.”


Taking Krugman et al. Down a Notch or Six from Jake Walker.


cognoscente (kahn-yuh-SHEN-tee): noun; a person who has expert knowledge in a subject : connoisseur
(via Merriam-Webster.com)

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  • commonsenseobserver

    “To have any credibility, the White House should be citing a real analysis by the Congressional Budget Office or career officials at the Office of Management and Budget ? not an opinion article that had been found deficient by fact checkers and other analysts.”

    • Repair_Man_Jack

      views BHO as a credibility risk…

    • tnfriendofcoal101368

      and say the article of that was not Ezra Klein because if it was all is lost for the Obama campaign.

  • http://brainshavings.com Puddle_Pirate

    Didn’t something happen today in 1944?

    • Caleb Howe

      Erick has a very nice post up here though.

      • Flagstaff

        The Won couldn’t touch it in his dreams.

    • Flagstaff

      that invasion thing was left to Teresa to chronicle.

      • lineholder

        Neil has a top-notch, very informative article on the subject at the top of the diaries column.

        • Flagstaff

          But the reference was to D-Day.

  • lineholder

    conversations at higher levels of mgmt. in the DOJ. Evidence proves that Holder has been…”misleading Congress” is the term that Issa uses, but I think “behaving like a lying deceitful corrupt political official” sums up it better myself.

    Good for Issa! Stick with it!

    BTW, chance to respond at government oversight website shown below1

    http://oversight.house.gov/release/new-documents-show-senior-doj-officials-were-informed-of-gunwalking-in-fast-and-furious/

  • lineholder

    Good job to put this up so quickly after WI!

    • Melody Warbington (rwm52)

      of the Wisconsin victory. I’ve had this silly grin on my face all day – just keeps getting better and better.

      Hopefully, more of our governors will be emboldened to forge ahead with ideas and policies like those of Walker, Jindal and other conservatives. Our policies work.

      • lineholder

        Yeah, Mel…right now, I’m loving it! It’s as if our side of the battle is suddenly understanding that there is absolutely nothing wrong with being proactive, taking on challenges, holding to hard lines…and even making a little fun of our opponents in the process rather than being scared out of their wits that they might be called RRRAAACCCISSSTTS or something like that!

        Good day, isn’t it? Hope we have a LOT more of them!

  • zachv

    We may have lost the WI Senate.

    Sen. Wanggaard from Racine is about ~1k votes short of his Democratic opponent. It’s a large enough margin of victory that [knowing the Sen.'s personality] probably won’t result in a recount, much less of a successful recounting of the ballots.

    This puts the Democrats up one vote in the Senate. It’s a bit of an empty victory because there’s no remaining legislative days left between now and November. However, to us Wisconsinites, this is really bad news because we had hoped a special session would be called to address the issue of the Taconite iron mine in Northern Wisconsin.

    Long story short: Democrats + RINO Sen. Dale Schultz killed an iron mine proposal by the Taconite company that would have created 600 – 700 jobs in a very job hungry area.

    • civil truth

      The last 13 precincts shifted about 4,000 votes = about 65% Dem by my calculations. Based on news reports today, it looks like the usual Democrats holding urban (Racine) precincts to the end. Breitbart reported irregularities in Racine. However, it seems to me that the Republicans’ money and resources is going to be better spent focusing on November than challenging a special election.

      The key is to get court to release its hold on voter ID implemented before the November election. The same-day registration also looks to be open to abuse, but proper ID would cut down on this too.

      • Dave_A

        And it is likely to ensure at least a 1-seat GOP majority.

        • zachv

          That had completely escaped my mind. That’s a little cheer for my day. Thanks!

          @civil – I would agree with that too. I’ve already received a fundraising e-mail from the state party, but like I said, I don’t see Wanggaard pounding the desk demanding a recount.

          The very best that I’m hoping for is some deal being worked out between Talconite and the Democrats; and an intense effort on our part towards taking the Senate back and holding the House in November.