Jay Haynes

Presidential Power

Glenn Greenwald.

In response to a questionnaire on presidential power:

...the most extraordinary answers come from Mitt Romney. Romney's responses -- not to some of the questions but to every single one of them -- are beyond disturbing. The powers he claims the President possesses are definitively -- literally -- tyrannical, unrecognizable in the pre-2001 American system of government and, in some meaningful ways, even beyond what the Bush/Cheney cadre of authoritarian legal theorists have claimed.

Carbon dioxide

Paul Krugman.

CO2 Emissions, million metric tons

___________1980 1997 2005
Europe______4672 4446 4675
US_________4748 5544 5957
China_______1455 3969 5323

Snack Foods

Here's a good reason to block legislation that would make kids healthier:

Republicans had concerns about restrictions on snack foods.

iPhone as Apple TV 2.0 Remote

Looks like there is a hacked version of this idea for ProTools.

But I think the big Macworld announcement could be the integration of iPhone as a WiFi remote for Apple TV 2.0 and the control of AirPort express audio. It would create a very low cost home entertainment control system.

Huckabee's Dukakis Moment

Think Progress.

“Confidential Arkansas state government records, including letters from these women, obtained by the Huffington Post,” reveal that, as governor, Mike Huckabee pushed for the release of convicted rapist Wayne Dumond despite being warned that the convict would strike again. After being released, Dumond raped and murdered Carol Sue Shields.

Evangelicals Don't Like Mormons

Religious Infighting.

Can't wait for the Romney speech.

Climate change lost opportunity

Joel Makower.

McKinsey & Co., the global management consultancy, last week released a report showing how the U.S. can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by one-third to one-half by 2030 "at manageable costs to the economy." McKinsey analyzed more than 250 options, including efficiency gains, shifts to lower-carbon energy sources, and expanded carbon sinks.

A cross of green

Economist.com.

AS AMERICAN officials fly off to Bali for a meeting on climate change, they will be thinking hard about the people back home who are studying their every move. In contrast to 1997, when the religious right led denunciations of the deal negotiated in Kyoto, many of today's evangelicals want America to be generous and constructive.