Daily Archives: July 18, 2012

$500,000 In DOE Stimulus Money Missing

July 18, 2012 – 3:39 pm

Awesome, simply awesome (National Review) A report published by the DOE Office of Inspector General says the agency has been unable to locate $500,000 worth of equipment purchased with stimulus money. The $500,000 was part of a $2 billion Recovery Act dispersment given to the Advanced Batteries and Hybrid Components Program to “support the construction […]

By William Teach Posted in Barry Obama, Energy 5 Comments

If All You See…

July 18, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is an ocean that will rise up and cause the island to tip over, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is American Power.

By William Teach Posted in If All You See 3 Comments

Queen Nancy: Hey, Perhaps Democrats Should Avoid The Convention

July 18, 2012 – 11:47 am

Obviously this couldn’t have anything to do with wanting vulnerable Dems to avoid bring seen with Obama (Politico) House minority leader Nancy Pelosi says that Democratic members should stay home and campaign in their districts rather than go to the party’s national convention in North Carolina. “I’m not encouraging anyone to go to the convention, […]

By William Teach Posted in Democrats, Queen Nancy 2 Comments

D.C. Cabbies Upset Over New Regulations Which Raise Costs

July 18, 2012 – 8:29 am

Who would have thought that increased regulations and business burdens could cause costs to rise? Weird, huh? (Washington Post) Some D.C. taxis, passengers complain, are old, rickety, hot and smelly; the cabbies don’t take credit cards; they’re illegally choosy about whom they pick up, and they pay more attention to their phone calls than to […]

By William Teach Posted in Economy 3 Comments

Surprise! UNC Student Health Insurance Doubles In Two Years

July 18, 2012 – 7:40 am

Can anyone guess why? (WRAL) The University of North Carolina system requires all students to have health insurance coverage, but the cost of a plan the system offers has more than doubled in two years. The insurance requirement started in 2010, and about one-third of students on the system’s 16 university campuses buy their policy […]

By William Teach Posted in Healthcare 2 Comments
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