January 23, 2013 – 10:53 pm
All of a sudden I started having problems with the way this site acts this morning using Firefox. When I click a link or attempt to enter the administration page, I see the correct URL in the browser bar but only get the main page. Works fine in Opera and IE, as well as different […]
January 23, 2013 – 3:02 pm
It seems that another group thinks the big sugary drinks regulation is a Bad Idea (WRAL) Â Opponents of the city’s limit on the size of sugary drinks are raising questions of racial fairness alongside other complaints as the novel restriction faces a court test. The NAACP’s New York state branch and the Hispanic Federation have […]
January 23, 2013 – 1:00 pm
…is an evil cat sucking up Gaia’s resources, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Yid With Lid, who’s celebrating his 7th blogoversary. Congratulations!
January 23, 2013 – 11:08 am
Would anyone be surprised if this was happening all over, at least in terms of organized criminal syndicates? (Washington Post) Â Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the […]
January 23, 2013 – 8:19 am
Surprise! (CBS DC) Fewer than four-in-10 Americans (39 percent) rate the US in a positive manner – the most negative feedback the country has produced since 1979. A new Gallup poll finds that Americans are as negative about the country’s prospects as they have been in more than three decades. Americans are more upbeat in […]
January 23, 2013 – 8:02 am
We haven’t discussed the idiocy of ObamaCare lately, legislation which the majority of Americans still despise. But, it’s still out there and ready to cause havoc (Forbes) A California insurance broker, who sells health plans to individuals and small businesses, told me that she’s prepping her clients for a sticker shock. Her local carriers are […]
January 22, 2013 – 2:26 pm
Will the job include training in yelling “oh, shit” and “run away!”, along with how to dial 911? (WRAL) The Wake County Board of Education is expected to vote Tuesday on a proposal to put one unarmed security guard at each of the district’s 105 elementary schools. If approved, the measure would cost $835,000 for […]
January 22, 2013 – 1:00 pm
…is an evil cow causing the planet to boil, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is A Man, A Dog, And A Gun, with a post on the two types of gun culture.
January 22, 2013 – 11:08 am
We’re all doomed if temps rise a simple 2 degrees Celsius, says Thomas Lovejoy, who’s apparently never read anything about coral (NY Times) It is abundantly clear that the target of a 2-degree Celsius limit to climate change was mostly derived from what seemed convenient and doable without any reference to what it really means […]
January 22, 2013 – 9:22 am
Starting off with a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, providing an uncomfortable truth The fact that President Obama’s second inauguration was held on Martin Luther King Jr. Day is ripe with symbolism. But our nation’s first black president has done too little to champion the social equality at the core of King’s […]