Monthly Archives: August 2012

OK, So Now Geothermal Energy Is Verbotan By Climate Weenies

Remember how they wanted every alternative type of energy? Well, they block transmission lines for the “clean energy” projects, block solar and wind projects, don’t like hydrothermal because of a raft of reasons, and now, geothermal is evil (Global Warming Policy Foundation) The most promising renewable energy of all is making pro-renewable Greens frightened and […]

Washington Post Attempts To Dispell 5 Myths About Stimulus

The Washington Post’s Michael Grunwald is spinning hard within the opinion section to tell us that Obama’s outsourced Stimulus program, which wasted $787 billion dollars for no real gain, and will certainly top a trillion dollars with the interest, was super awesome! These are the supposed myths 1. The stimulus didn’t create jobs. A year […]

Everyone Pretty Much Saying Mitt’s VP Pick Will Be Paul Ryan -Confirmed

Hmm, I thought I would be the first to know by downloading the smartphone app. Of course, there is no official confirmation of the pick, and supposedly Mitt will make the announcement today. Oh, well. ABC News says Ryan is a high risk high reward pick (if he’s the actual pick) Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, […]

Lefties Petition Berenstain Bears To Pull Out From Chick-fil-a

It’s not enough for Lefties to simply refuse to eat at Chick-fil-a, because, let’s face it, they are hyper-partisan and intolerant of anything that diverges from their rigid dogma. No, now they are going wacky with their petitions (WSJ) The publisher of the Berenstain Bears children’s books is being urged to cut ties with Chick-fil-A […]

Solar #Fail Today: Chu, Tax Credits, Selling To Themselves

Don’t worry, the Solydra loan was a good bet (Business Week) U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu told President Barack Obama in mid-2011 that loans in the department’s clean-energy program were sound, two months before the bankruptcy of recipient Solyndra LLC. A draft prepared by Energy Department officials for Chu to brief Obama on June 27, […]

If All You See…

…is a wall needed to keep the rising seas out, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Troglopundit, who provides a post about retirement not looking too good.

Kids In South Africa Won’t Know What Trampolines Look Like

It’s probably your fault because you forgot to unplug your DVR when you went to work (via Tom Nelson) (Planet 3.0) Yes, it is winter in South Africa, but the extent of the storm may be unprecedented. “It is probably the first time ever that snow has fallen in all nine of South Africa’s provinces […]

Desperate Obama Campaign Releases Ad Suggesting Romney Paid No Taxes

Despite many national polls going Obama’s way (and, for those who don’t understand who presidential elections work, the only polls of meaning are the state polls, as it is not a national referendum), the only explanation for this type of pathetic ad is desperation. Or possibly, that Obama is simply a nasty person who follows […]

Surprise! Insurance Rebate May Stall In Employers Hands

Who would have thought that this could happen? Considering that Obamacare is well over 2,000 pages, written by all manners of different people and industries, and wasn’t read by anyone who voted “Aye”, it’s really surprising that there could be so many bugs (some intentional, many not) with the law. Like this surely unintentional bug […]

Watts Up With That? Highlights An Inconvenient Result On Hottest July Evah!

Of course, you had Warmist Seth Borenstein trotting out the story Ouch July in US was hottest ever in history books, as so many other Warmists did, immediately taking the Warmist propaganda from NOAA without bothering to actually doing any research. Alas, Anthony Watts did the actual journalism, and science, for them (Watts Up With […]

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