Warren Buffett buys 63 endorsements for Obama

And Buffett said Thursday he may buy more newspapers. “Any time we can add properties we like, to management we like, at a price we like, we’re ready to go.” — More.

The Humble Libertarian: Print journalism may be going the way of 8 track but that isn’t stopping Obama loving, big government statist Warren Buffett from buying up 63 newspapers.

Boy, talk about a new version of a super PAC. But who will read the endorsements?

UPDATE: Say, won’t this take Buffett off the the list of billionaires?

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Fiscal insanity gaining speed

$3.5 million a day. That just happens to be the amount of money California is looking to spend each day until 2017 for 130 miles of its high-speed rail system. It seems ironic for a state facing a $117,747,412,000 debt and a recently announced deficit of $16 billion, to be so earnest about spending another $6 billion on only a segment of a rail system, or $3.5 million a day for the next five years. However, thinking big picture, the total price tag of the rail system, about 500-800 miles of track, is looking closer to $98.5 billion. — More.

The only thing I see here as high speed is the debt clock.

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Knoxville congressman goes after ‘Orwellian’ U.S. census

WASHINGTON — It’s supposed to give us a statistical snapshot of America.

But for U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., the detailed questionnaire the U.S. Census Bureau sends out to thousands of households every month is a little too Orwellian. It’s too intrusive, he said, and poses too many questions that are none of the government’s business. — More.

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Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops

Well, well. I’m late to this party:

The Michigan State Police have a high-tech mobile forensics device that can be used to extract information from cell phones belonging to motorists stopped for minor traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan last Wednesday demanded that state officials stop stonewalling freedom of information requests for information on the program.More.

 

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