Video: Oddly enough, new celebrity Planned Parenthood ad doesn’t mention abortion « Hot Air

Video: Oddly enough, new celebrity Planned Parenthood ad doesn’t mention abortion « Hot Air: "Planned Parenthood performed 332,278 abortions in the United States in 2009, according to a fact sheet the group published last month.

That is about as many as the 333,012 people who lived in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2009, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The 332,278 abortions Planned Parenthood performed over the 365 days of 2009 equals an average of 910 lives terminated per day–or about 38 per hour, or one every 95 seconds."

General: U.S. may consider troops in Libya - CBS News

General: U.S. may consider troops in Libya - CBS News: "The United States may consider sending troops into Libya with a possible international ground force that could aid the rebels, according to the general who led the military mission until NATO took over."

Wow.

Georgian woman cuts off web access to whole of Armenia | World news | The Guardian

Georgian woman cuts off web access to whole of Armenia | World news | The Guardian: "An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper to sell as scrap when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to all of neighbouring Armenia, it emerged on Wednesday."

I can't believe my best friend is a Republican - Life stories - Salon.com

I can't believe my best friend is a Republican - Life stories - Salon.com: "Her daughters' names are Liberty, Honor and Victory, the latter named at the time we invaded Iraq. (Her son's name, inexplicably, is Bernard.) She owns a bust of Ronald Reagan and cried when he died, proving that she, perhaps alone with Nancy, had remembered that he was still alive."

A Comeuppance on Gitmo - Rich Lowry - National Review Online

A Comeuppance on Gitmo - Rich Lowry - National Review Online: "In one of his first acts as president, Obama signed an executive order to shutter Gitmo within a year. In late 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder followed up by announcing that he would try KSM in New York City. Ever since, it has been one reversal after another in a legal version of Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. The administration now hopes to return to the situation circa January 2009, when it cut short KSM’s military trial to embark on its long, pointless meandering.

Where does George W. Bush go to get his apology?"

Morality and Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

Morality and Medicare, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty: "There are always three ways to deal with the increased usage of premium medicine.

a) have government experts ration medical services
b) give consumers fixed amounts of money based on income and medical condition, and having them make their own decisions
c) tell people that neither (a) nor (b) is necessary

Remember that what everybody wants for themselves is unlimited access to medical services without having to pay for them. So the politics of health care push in the direction of (c). I am always ready to have the debate between (a) and (b). But instead, politicians and pundits attack (b) with (c). That is fundamentally immoral."

America may be involved in Libya for many years, experts say | Sara A. Carter | World | Washington Examiner

America may be involved in Libya for many years, experts say | Sara A. Carter | World | Washington Examiner: "The United States is in Libya for the long haul, whether the Obama administration likes it or not, and weeding out al Qaeda infiltrators from the opposition bent on taking over control of the country from strongman Moammar Gadhafi will be an enormous challenge, experts said."

The Volokh Conspiracy

The Volokh Conspiracy: "Like Brennan, I don’t believe that citizens have a duty to vote. Staying home on election day isn’t morally wrong. But if you do choose to go to the polls, you have a moral obligation to your fellow citizens to exercise the power of the ballot responsibility. And that means trying to become a better-informed voter and making a real effort to evaluate the information you learn in an unbiased way."

King Barack I - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

King Barack I - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan: "Rand Paul, meet Alexander Hamilton:

"Many of us supported this president because he promised to bring back the constitutional balance after the theories of Yoo, Delahunty, et al put the president on a par with emperors and kings in wartime. "

'[The Commander-in-Chief power] would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces, as first general and admiral of the confederacy: while that of the British king extends to the declaring of war, and to the raising and regulating of fleets and armies; all which, by the constitution under consideration, would appertain to the legislature.'"

I like how Sullivan quotes this as if it rebuts Yoo. But Yoo's argument has always been initiating military action is different from "declaring" war, so it's actually completely consistent with Yoo's position.

Abnormal Use: Star Wars Prequels Unreasonably Dangerous and Defective, South Carolina Federal Court Finds

Abnormal Use: Star Wars Prequels Unreasonably Dangerous and Defective, South Carolina Federal Court Finds: "In their joint answer, the Lucas Defendants asserted the affirmative defenses of contributory negligence, assumption of risk, unclean hands, and equitable estoppel, essentially arguing that Plaintiff knew or should have known of the films' lack of artistic merit and was thus barred from asserting any tort claims based upon his viewing of same."

My Former Professor on the Purpose of Law School

Balkinization: "'Lawyers are not 'produced' or even 'trained' by law schools,' declared former AALS President Reese Hansen in opposition to the changes (critics who excoriate law schools for doing a poor job of training lawyers would heartily agree, though Hansen undoubtedly did not mean to imply that). 'What lawyers must ultimately deliver is judgment....That kind of mature judgment is primarily created by personal interaction between individual faculty and individual students in countless educational settings.'"

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

Brian Leiter's Law School Reports: "The magazine-turned-ranking machine has created a list of the top 10 law schools based on yield - that is, the number of matriculants divided by the number of people admitted. It turns out that this is a very curious list. In order, they are: Yale, BYU, Harvard, Southern, Liberty, Oklahoma, Regent, Memphis, NC Central and New Mexico. It appears that that most important indicators of high yield are: a perception of unmatched quality, strong group affinity(religion, HBCU), and being a public law school widely perceived to be the best law school in the state."

Obama Sets Bad Precedents - By Alvin S. Felzenberg - The Corner - National Review Online

Obama Sets Bad Precedents - By Alvin S. Felzenberg - The Corner - National Review Online: "The commander-in-chief, however, created more confusion in a situation that calls for clarity. He left open the door for Qaddafi to remain in power after stating in the clearest possible language — even for Obama — that this brutal dictator had to go. Any military action that leaves him in power will be interpreted as nothing less than a diplomatic and military defeat for the United States."

The Burdens of Citizenship - By John Derbyshire - The Corner - National Review Online

The Burdens of Citizenship - By John Derbyshire - The Corner - National Review Online: "Los Angeles Police Department officers manning sobriety checkpoints will no longer, as a matter of department policy, impound cars driven by unlicensed drivers. That is unless the unlicensed driver is a United States citizen or lawful resident, in which case he can say adios to his car for 30 days, as authorized by California law …

The change in policy was announced last week by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, who called it a question of “fairness” …

The new rules, Beck said, were an attempt to mitigate somewhat “the current reality, which is that for a vast number of people, who are a valuable asset to our community and who have very limited resources, their ability to live and work in L.A. is severely limited by their immigration status.”"

The Corner - National Review Online

The Corner - National Review Online: "The mission, she added, “is seen by our European friends and our Arab partners as very vital to their interests.”"