Monthly Archives: September 2012

Siemans Plans Large Layoffs Over Wind Power Credit

Imagine that Congress managed to eliminate the tax deductions that oil companies benefit from: what would happen? Would there be massive layoffs? Would plants shut down? Er, no, we’d just see a rise in cost of oil and gas. What happens when an “alternative energy” tax credit is not extended? (CBS) Wind energy equipment manufacturer […]

Pakistani “Day Of Love” Ends Just The Way You Imagined

Who would have seen this coming? Well, when people are carrying al Qaeda style flags and wearing al Qaeda style headbands (Salafist), violence is sure to occur (Perth Now) Thousands angered by an anti-Muslim film ignored pleas for peaceful rallies and rampaged in several Pakistani cities in battles with police that killed 19 people and […]

Hypocritical White House, State Department Fail To Condemn “Piss Christ”

How many times in the last week have we heard that the “U.S. rejects “all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others”” and that the Obama admin and State Dept. “absolutely reject its content and message” when it comes to the video being used as a scapegoat for the Islamist violence and protests which […]

Good Grief: Warmist Thinking About Snow Tires Due To “Climate Change”

When it comes to Warmist World, I often think I’m reading The Onion, Broken Newz, or some other satire website. Alas, Warmists are serious (via Tom Nelson) Global warming makes me buy “snow tires” I’m not kidding, despite the title of this blog post. This year I really am strongly leaning toward getting snow tires […]

If All You See…

…is a planet killing dog, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post about a possible Fast and Furious in Libya. Question of the day: what color will next week’s theme be?

Pakistan’s “Special Day Of Love” Inspires Offerings Of Bullets

Still not quite as much property damage or as many rapes as Occupy, but the body count is closing in (WSJ) PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Three people were killed and dozens injured Friday when protests by tens of thousands of Pakistanis infuriated by an anti-Islam film descended into deadly violence. Police fired tear gas and live ammunition in […]

Obama Grilled On Univision Over Fast And Furious

Well, at least one segment of the Legacy Media has some cajones (Daily Caller) Interviewers on the Spanish-language television network Univision grilled President Barack Obama about the Operation Fast and Furious scandal plaguing his administration in an interview Thursday. “You told me during an interview that you and Mr. Holder did not authorize the Fast […]

Pathetic: Obama Admin. Airs Ad In Pakistan Condeming “Innocence Of Muslims”

While Team Obama isn’t willing to air an ad here in the United States apologizing to all the Tea Party members whom he called “Teabaggers”, all the private citizens Team Obama has insulted, the women insulted by million dollar donor Bill Mahr, nor all the Mormons who’ve been denigrated by the Broadway show “The Book […]

US Corporate Tax Rate Double World Average

You’re shocked, I know! This comes via ye olde email, so I cannot access the PDF with ye olde Droid in a viewable manner Cato has released a new study by scholars Duanjie Chen and Jack Mintz on corporate effective tax rates in 2012 for 90 countries. http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb_65.pdf The study provides estimates of marginal effective […]

Horror! McRib Delayed Due To Hotcoldwetdry

Now it’s personal! Well, not so much, I’ve only eaten one a few times, and, quite frankly, living down South affords much better pork sandwiches, but, hey, some people are really as crazed to eat them as the TV commercials show. Alas… (Clarion Ledger) The McRib sandwich is traditional McDonald’s fare, appearing on the menu […]

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