Linkaround 6-7-2010

Just Michigan:

Monroe News: Fermi 2 reported in "Safe and stable condition". Was shut down due to severe weather including tornadoes.
Detroit Free Press editorial: State should continue to wean itself off of cheap energy coal. And that's going to help our economy because... ???
Outside Lansing: Sky is Falling: Teacher Exaggeration on Pension Reform
Detroit News: Rochester Hills teacher wins 2010 Presidential Award. He's a science teacher and I found his picture on the internet:

Wicked Witch of The Middle East:

Sundries Shack: One Bigot Down, Plenty More to Go.
Kim Priestap: Breaking: Helen Thomas retires, effective immediately
The Right Scoop: Ari Fleischer: What if Helen Thomas said all blacks need to go back to Africa?
The Other McCain: Helen Thomas Retires
Dan Riehl: Mark Levin: Pat Buchanan Is Helen Thomas In Drag
HotAir: Scarborough on Helen Thomas: Come on, she’s super old
American Thinker: Helen Thomas! Who cares? "I was an accredited White House correspondent from 1966 to 2001. During that time and long since, I have known many to suffer Helen Thomas, but nobody to take her seriously. " 

It's the economy, stupid!:

Verum Serum: The Era of Fiscal Irresponsibility Continues
Ruby Slippers: The Looming Economic Collapse
John Hawkins:  Matthew Yglesias: The Problem With The Economy? Too Much Fiscal Conservatism
Gateway Pundit: THE TRUTH: Bush Tax Cuts Created More Jobs Than the Obama-Pelosi Spend Your Way to Hell Plan

 

Nice Deb: Newsflash: The Stimulus Failed
WSJ: Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse

War on terror:

Pundit & Pundette: Saddam's WMD revisited
Threat Level: U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
Ace of Spades: Iranian Caught Smuggling Arms Over Canadian Border
Gateway Pundit: Only 19% of Voters Blame Israel for Gaza Flotilla Ambush

Michelle Malkin:  Obama Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Napolitano-Endorsed Immigration Law
Nice Deb: Video: Pamela Geller v.s. Islamic Spokesman On CNN (Update- 911 Mega Mosque Protest Draws over 8,000 5,000!)

Elections:

A Conservative Teacher: 2010 Sets Record for Republican Women Filing to Run for Office
Doug Ross: Open revolt: are disgruntled Democrat insiders sabotaging the Obama administration? 
Nick Gillespie: Reason.tv: Madam Turned NY Gov. Candidate Kristin Davis’s Platform is No joke

Miscellaneous:

Carp Diem: Economic Freedom = 20+ Years of Life Expectancy
motorcitytimes: More Global Cooling: Solar Cycle Predictions Are Lowered… Again   
AP: Slimmer iPhone with new screen, HD video due June 24. I'm still holding out for 4G and tethering.
Villainous Company: Can This Marriage Survive?. "Husbands or wives who can't do that for themselves usually find that no amount of affirmation is enough to fill the gaping hole in their character."
Story Balloon: School To Children: Work At Home For Your Parents For $20.. Then Give Us The Money!

ABC News: Poll: BP Oil Spill Response Rated Worse than Katrina
New York Magazine: Bernie Madoff, Free at Last. "In prison he doesn't have to hide his lack of conscience.  In fact, he's a hero for it."
Don Surber: Ashton Kutcher: 7 MPG conservationist
Creative Minority Report: NAACP: Black Holes are Racist

Just for laughs:

The Troglopundit: This Week in Automotivators, May 31-June 6

Viral footage: Another arsonist sets himself on fire. Oops. 

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Holy Taco: Sunday GIFs