Monthly Archives: February 2012

Obama To Propose 28% Corporate Tax Rate, Go After Oil And Gas Companies

If you remember, Obama announced as part of his campaign style budget that he was going to push for corporate taxes in line with peer nations, which would have put the rate at about 20%. Well, his love of high taxes didn’t quite allow him to get there (Washington Post) President Obama on Wednesday plans […]

Shocking News: Higher Tax Rate In Britain Results In Lower Tax Revenue

It’s the height of Liberal/leftist/progressive fashion to try and tax those evil rich people to make up for idiotic government spending, and also because in Liberal World rich people are simply evil and….well, you’ve heard the story before. So, what happens when government tries it? (Telegraph) The Treasury received £10.35 billion in income tax payments […]

Grist Really Excited Over The Ultimate Warmist Apartment

I’m sure they’ve all rushed out move in (Grist) If you’re like me, you watch this video and think “my house is 10 times as big as this apartment and only slightly more functional,” and then curse the day you moved to the suburbs. If you’re like me, you wonder why the hell someone would […]

If All You See…

…is an evil plastic water bottle, you might just be a Warmist

Obama To Take Victory Lap On Payroll Tax Extension, Forgets To Do One Thing

Despite having done zip regarding the extension of the payroll tax cut (which will decrease the available money available for Social Security), his typical leading from behind, Campaigner In Chief Obama is taking a victory lap today (ABC News) President Obama will spend this morning touting the agreement to extend the payroll-tax cut and urging […]

Democrats Feeling A Bit Cocky About November

For the life of me, I can’t understand why. But, they do have the majority of the media watching their backs (Politico) Democrats have plenty of reason to feel good right now: The economy’s improving, the president’s numbers are up, their prospects for holding the Senate have brightened, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) […]

Warmist Peter Gleick Admits To Being Part Of Heartland Document Leak

You remember the kerfuffle over the Heartland documents, right? The ones that include what is charitably called a completely faked “gotcha” document. And now, Peter Gleick, involved in globull warming advocacy for numerous organizations, including the National Academy of Science, has admitted to obtaining the documents by impersonating a Heartland board member The Origin of […]

Bummer: Eating Shrimp Is One Of The Worst Things You Can Do For Globull Warming

Here we go, another example of why the climate change hoax movement is out of control: they take a real environmental issue, and drag it under the banner of “climate change” (Treehugger) There’s perhaps no other animal on Earth so synonymous with all things diminutive as the modestly framed shrimp — but, as it turns […]

If All You See…

…is an ocean that will rise up and cover all the landmasses, you might just be a Warmist

John Glenn Uses 50th Anniversary Of 1st Space Flight To….Attack Bush

Sad, really (Telegraph) Fifty years after Glenn’s groundbreaking flight on Feb 20, 1962, the former senator said he regrets that ignoble end of the heated space race that captivated the world in the second half of the 20th century. “I regret that that is the way things have developed,” Glenn told a crowd at the […]

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