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Orin Kerr at the Volokh Conspiracy puts his last nickel into a rigged slot machine when he calls the following item from Time magazine “intriguing”: “Previewing the final quarter of Bush’s presidency, [administration] officials disclosed to Time that the administration is formulating a huge energy initiative designed to ‘change the whole nature of the discussion’ and challenge the G.O.P., Democrats, the oil and electricity industries, and environmentalists. An adviser said Bush’s views about global warming have evolved. ‘Only Nixon could go to China, and only Bush and Cheney–two oilmen–can bring all these parties kicking and screaming to the table,’ the adviser said.” For pity’s sake, just admit the guy is a loser and go home. He hasn’t evolved since the Devonian Era. Besides, you’d need an extra universe full of electrons to list all the Nixon-goes-to-China moments Bush has blown.
Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution nails Blurb.com, a self-publishing enterprise soliciting vain bloggers to compile their posts into books: “Translating good blog ideas into book format is best done by people who . . . have experience writing books, or who have journalistic experience, not by people who have large staplers.”
