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Daily Archives: July 16, 2012

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Carpe Diem

Sand boom creates prosperity, shovel-ready jobs, and ‘sand millionaires’ in America’s sandbox, but generates controversy

Mark J. Perry | July 16, 2012, 10:46 pm

I spent the weekend along the Mississippi River in Buffalo City, Wisconsin, about 120 miles south of Minneapolis-St. Paul (across the river from Winona, Minnesota), where there is a growing controversy in sand-rich southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin (“America’s Sandbox”) … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Markets in everything: Brazil uses pedaling inmates to generate electricity

Mark J. Perry | July 16, 2012, 10:30 pm

Inmates in the medium security prison near Santa Rita do Sapucai, a small city a couple hours north of São Paulo, have the option of early release if they spend enough time pedaling to recharge a car battery. Three eight … read more >

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Pethokoukis

Paul Ryan rips Obama’s comment that ‘if you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen’

James Pethokoukis | July 16, 2012, 8:26 pm

It was Rep. Paul Ryan’s wife, Janna, who first saw — via Twitter — President Obama’s recent comments about American entrepreneurs, that “if you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” And the Wisconsin Republican … read more >

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Pethokoukis

Did ‘hardheaded socialism’ make Canada richer than America? Please

James Pethokoukis | July 16, 2012, 3:39 pm

Stephen Marche at BloombergView notes that a) the net worth of the average Canadian household in 2011 was $363,202 vs. 319,970 for the average American household, b) Canada’s unemployment rate is a full percentage point lower than America’s, and c) Iceland is … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Markets in Everything: Blood for Profit

Mark J. Perry | July 16, 2012, 2:35 pm

FORBES — “The supply chain for blood hasn’t changed in seven decades—a system that Minneapolis-based General Blood is trying mightily to disrupt. Instead of relying on collection from local donors, then selling to hospitals within driving distance, why not buy … read more >

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Pethokoukis

JPMorgan just gave a calamitous economic forecast for Obama

James Pethokoukis | July 16, 2012, 2:34 pm

Just out from JPMorgan: This morning we lowered our tracking of Q2 GDP growth from 1.7% to 1.4%. For some time now we have noted that our Q3 GDP call — which was already below consensus at 2.0% — had … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Markets in Everything: Yell at a Bum

Mark J. Perry | July 16, 2012, 2:24 pm

HT: Plaid Pundit

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Politics and Public Opinion, Elections

Campaign 2012 bursts into song

Henrik Temp | July 16, 2012, 2:23 pm

Over the weekend, the Obama and Romney campaigns released dueling ads featuring the opposing candidate singing. Did Election 2012 turn into the X Factor while I wasn’t paying attention? read more >

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The First Couple's Popularity
Politics and Public Opinion, Polls

The first couple’s popularity

Karlyn Bowman | July 16, 2012, 2:22 pm

Recently, Gallup updated us on attitudes toward Michelle Obama. The First Lady remains very popular, with a 66 percent favorable rating and 27 percent unfavorable one. Gallup compared her rating to date with the full ratings for Laura Bush and … read more >

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Carpe Diem

Cartoon of the Day: We Just Don’t Make Things

Mark J. Perry | July 16, 2012, 2:20 pm

HT: Jeff Jacoby

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