Monthly Archives: June 2008

Peggy Noonan Unloads On Barry

Big time. And Firedoglake is not amused. Check the article out at McCain Blogs.

Tim Russert Dead Of Heart Attack

I don’t see anything on the wire services, but, the news update text I recieved states that the NY Times is reporting that Tim Russert has died of a heart attack at age 58. It’s showing on their front page.

Global Warming Today: Research On Clouds Wrong?

Science Daily – Has Global Warming Research Misinterpreted Cloud Behavior? Climate experts agree that the seriousness of manmade global warming depends greatly upon how clouds in the climate system respond to the small warming tendency from the extra carbon dioxide mankind produces. To figure that out, climate researchers usually examine natural, year-to-year fluctuations in clouds […]

Pirate Weekend Linkfest Sticky Friday The 13 Edition

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Surrender Monkey Friday: Times Loves Dem Detainees!

NY Times – Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Legal Rationale The Guantánamo Bay detention center will not close today or any day soon. But the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday stripped away the legal premise for the remote prison camp that officials opened six years ago in the belief that American law would not reach […]

Michigan Pushes To Allow Alternative Subjects

Nice to see that some State legislature has some cajones: MiLive – Legislation opens classroom doors to alternative views of evolution, global warming, cloning Teachers shouldn’t be prevented from discussing alternative views of evolution, global warming and other controversial topics in their science classes, according to a bill backed by some local lawmakers. But some […]

House GOP Still Pushing For Drill

Credential Media finally notices after months of the issue being pushed hard. Reuters – House Republicans vow push on oil drilling Congressional Republicans vowed on Thursday to make a major push for more U.S. oil and gas drilling and in the process force Democrats to cast difficult votes at a time of skyrocketing gasoline prices. […]

What Do You Want Me To Do With This?

The Obamissiah goofed, and forgot to purchase mybarackobama.us. So, what do you want me to do with it? I can make a goof blog, which looks similar to his mybarackobama.com site. That takes time, though. I can offer to sell it to him. I want some cash in hand though, baby! I can make a […]

Obama’s Birth Certificate?

So, good old Markos says he has a copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. OK, great. But, call me skeptical. First, where did he get it? According to the Hawaii Department of Health, he does not qualify to get a copy. Did he get it somewhere else? Did the Obama camp give it to him? […]

Smoke Gets In Your Eye-View From The Porch

We had some ugly clouds and t-storms around the Raleigh area yesterday, and, unusually, the winds were moving east to west. For those unfamiliar, that weather pattern is usually only around bodies of water, due to land vs water temps most often. It started smelling smokey. Couldn’t figure out why. Same thing this AM. Then […]

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