Michael B. Duff

"This is the miracle bit that drilled down to the trapped miners. Center Rock Inc. is a private company in Berlin, Pa. It has 74 employees. The drill's rig came from Schramm Inc. in West Chester, Pa. Seeing the disaster, Center Rock's president, Brandon Fisher, called the Chileans to offer his drill. Chile accepted. The miners are alive."

One of the guys at Zerohedge just bought a Nissan Leaf and was crowing about the possibility of driving 100 miles at 24 cents a gallon. This created a fascinating conflict as the Utopian conspiracy nuts went to war with the angry cynics. This thread made me realize I’m a bit more optimistic about this whole “running out of oil” thing than most of my libertarian peers. Not really fair to call this optimism. But in this day and age, I guess an absence of cynicism might as well be optimism.

She's insisting that "those who wish to integrate into our society" must "obey our laws" and must learn German.

Love this IN list: Strong bodies capable of physical labor, Stubble, Suits, Jobs.

Love the International commercials.