JustOneMinute: When Is A Tie Not A Tie?

JustOneMinute: When Is A Tie Not A Tie?: "And for a real tiebreak, maybe we can look at both 2009 and 2010. The Romneys move up to 16% for the two years. And the Obamas? Ooops - GI was up a lot at $5.623 million, charitable giving was up a little at $329,100, and their donation rate was 5.9%. Totaling over the two years, the Obamas averaged 7.7%."

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JustOneMinute: When Is A Tie Not A Tie?

JustOneMinute: When Is A Tie Not A Tie?: "President Obama and his wife, Michelle, despite having the second-lowest income of the four candidate/spouse combos, gave the highest percentage of their $1.8 million income to charity in 2010, at 13.6 percent.
The wealthiest couple, Mitt Romney and wife Ann, finished slightly ahead, giving 13.8 percent to charity — most of it to the Mormon church. Of course, Romney also made far more than anyone else in 2010, at more than $21 million.

I know what you are thinking, even if you are a WaPo reporter - 13.8% is more than 13.6%. But we can move Obama to the front with a simple adjustment!"

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Greg Mankiw's Blog: Semantics at the Highest Level

Greg Mankiw's Blog: Semantics at the Highest Level: "Consider these two policies:

A. An employer is required to provide its employees health insurance that covers birth control.

B. An employer is required to provide its employees health insurance. The health insurance company is required to cover birth control."

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Obama touts S.C. Boeing plant that NLRB sued | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner

Obama touts S.C. Boeing plant that NLRB sued | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner: "President Obama rallied with union workers at a Boeing plant in Washington, but he praised the manufacturing conducted by Boeing in South Carolina, even though his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) tried to close the South Carolina plant at the behest of the Washington union workers."

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Rivkin and Whelan: Birth-Control Mandate—Unconstitutional and Illegal - WSJ.com

Rivkin and Whelan: Birth-Control Mandate—Unconstitutional and Illegal - WSJ.com: "The law also provides that any later statutory override of its protections must be explicit. But there is nothing in the ObamaCare legislation that explicitly or even implicitly overrides the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The birth-control mandate proposed by Health and Human Services is thus illegal."

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hmm. not so sure about this.

The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "Jonah Goldberg is right. He makes an excellent point in his piece this morning on President Obama’s abortion-pill mandate. Conservatives, libertarians, and others who believe in medical freedom should make this argument much more often when engaging liberals: What happens if “the bad guys,” namely we right-wingers, win the next election, and now we get to run Obamacare?"

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Farage On Greek Chaos: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | ZeroHedge

Farage On Greek Chaos: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | ZeroHedge: "Outspoken and oracular MEP Nigel Farage bombards his fellow unelected officials with 'you can't handle the truth' comments"