damnum absque injuria

March 19, 2010

Impeachment Trap?

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 2:34 pm

Radio windbag Jeffrey T. Kuhner wants the House of Representatives to violate the hidden constitutional requirement that Congress actually vote on every bill they don’t want to become law before being allowed to vote on the one they do, and then turn around and impeach President Obama for the high misdemeanor of signing their own bill into law. O-kay.

March 18, 2010

On the Self-Executing Rule

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 1:42 pm

If this account of Nancy Pelosi’s “deemer” trick is accurate, then I’m not really sure what all the fuss is about.  According to the story, no one is talking about “deeming” the House to have passed the Senate bill so that the Senate bill can become law without a vote.  Rather, they’re considering ”deeming” the House to have voted for a bill they don’t want in its present form, so that the House can then go on to vote for the version it actually wants.  I realize this is cutting corners under House rules, but as a constitutional matter, why should anyone outside the House even care what is “deemed” about any version of the bill other than the final one?  Unless you’re a diehard fan of House rules, great, but the only thing the rest of us should care about is whether a majority of sitting Representatives and a majority of sitting Senators actually voted for the final version of each bill that ends up on the President’s desk for his signature.  There is no earthly reason to care what anybody “deems” or doesn’t “deem” about anything else.

That said, ObamaCare is a stinker on substance, so if all this pseudo-constitutional hand-waving is what it takes to keep a bad bill from passing, I’ll take that result.

March 16, 2010

Awesome This Is

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:12 pm

Via Anwyn, enjoy:

Third-Party Outings

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 12:52 pm

Apparently, the real policy on gays in the military is don’t ask, don’t tell, and hope to God some other jerk doesn’t tell, either.

Credit Card Chargebacks

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 7:06 am

If you have a charge on your credit card that you disagree with, try to resolve it with the merchant first, and go to the credit card company last. Failure to do so could get you blacklisted.

March 15, 2010

And He Was Happy to See Those Nice Young Men In Their Clean White Coats

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:58 pm

Am I the only whose first thought upon seeing this:

was that at long last, they’re finally coming to take him away, ha ha?

Life With BPD

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 8:59 pm

If you’ve ever wondered whether you may have borderline personality disorder, or are close to someone who might, this video is a must see.

March 14, 2010

Deep Thought of the Day

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:14 am

U.S. Senate hopeful Carly Fiorina (h/t: Tabitha Hale) notes that “only in America” can you have the privilege to run for the U.S. Senate:

She’s right, you know.

March 13, 2010

For the Record

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 11:41 pm

Matthew Hoy notes that saying so don’t make it so – unless you call it a “fact” and preface it with “for the record,” in which case it apparently does.

March 7, 2010

ACORN “Cleared”

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 12:41 pm

Ann Coulter thinks the criminal-minded ACORNies in the Brooklyn video are guilty of criminal conspiracy. I’m not so sure. I don’t recall the ACORNies conspiring with each other on the tape, only attempting to conspire with two people they thought were a pimp and a prostitute but who actually weren’t. Can you have a conspiracy of one?

 

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