Who has the better crystal ball?

Economists or Ecologists? John Tierny examines the record.

I don’t find the result at all surprising. Being an Economist is something that can be fairly well defined, and one can picture a curriculum to learn how to do it. But, as my dad would say, “what the hell is an ‘Ecologist’? Any housewife can slap the title on herself and get air time on TV as if she were an expert.”

Tierny is a bit more fair, calling them “biologists who study the environment.” That’s at least a definition of something. But “ecologist” has always meant Birkenstocks and chanting to me.

What Would Victory in Iraq Look Like?

Probably a lot like this.

Do not miss Totten’s latest: Hell is Over.

“the interests of prudence and the demands of shame”

The silence around Israel’s Syrian raid.

Start Dissing the Dads, and…

…who knows where it will lead?

Term Limit Trickery

California voters beware: The corrupt tag-team of Nunez and Perata are trying to weaken term limits by playing on public support for it. In short, the scam is to make it look like term limits are being tightened, while hiding the fact that the law would change to allow that much in each chamber of the state legislature. So term limits would be nearly doubled. And they got their henchboy, Fairy Jerry Brown, to write the supposedly neutral ballot description. Other chicanery includes funny business with counting petition signatures.

Did I mention that it has language specifically to allow Perata and Nunez to stay in office?

Just the tip of the iceberg.

More at termlimits.org, and California-specific info atstopthepoliticians.com.