Monthly Archives: February 2013

What Happens When Concealed Carry Permits Are Legalized?

Doug Ross calls this the “one chart that says it all about women and safety” That’s what happened when Colorado State University legalized concealed carry in 2003. Perhaps vomiting or urinating on oneself or blowing a “rape whistle” isn’t really the best idea for defense. (originally from Fire Andrea Mitchell)

If All You See…

…is an evil fossil fueled truck causing the planet to boil, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Jammie Wearing Fools, with a post on irony and Bob Menendez.

Climate Change: The Skeptics Case In 12 Minutes

This is a long video (12 minutes, obviously), but well worth the watch This is accompanied by a link to Dr. David M.W. Evans’ website with charts and graphs and data and facts. Like me, Mr. Evans used to be a Believer, and is now a Climate Realist. He is showing that all the climate […]

Gun Grabber States Consider Requiring Insurance

Just more proof that this debate is about doing everything possible to burden legal gun owners with draconian rules while failing to go after criminals with guns (NY Times) Both sides in a nation sharply divided over guns seem to agree on at least one thing: a bigger role for the insurance industry in a […]

Politico: Is Obama Overplaying Sequestor Hand?

A random act of journalism from Carrie Budoff Brown and Jake Sherman (Politico) President Barack Obama’s greatest adversary in the latest budget battle isn’t the Republican leadership in Congress — it’s his confidence in his own ability to force a win. He has been so certain of his campaign skills that he didn’t open a […]

MTGP: IPCC Head Admits Global Warming Standstill

Don’t worry, he’ll find a way around this (GWPF) The UN’s climate change chief, Rajendra Pachauri, has acknowledged a 17-year pause in global temperature rises, confirmed recently by Britain’s Met Office, but said it would need to last “30 to 40 years at least” to break the long-term global warming trend. This comes from an […]

If All You See…

…is an evil fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Nice Deb, with a post on why we resist.

Schoolkids Won’t Know What Match Play Looks Like

Won’t someone please think of the children? (Brattleboro Reformer) Already a year of wacky weather on the PGA Tour, this might have topped it all — snow. The opening round of the Match Play Championship was suspended Wednesday when a cold rain that came down sideways quickly gave way to snow from a winter storm […]

More And More Firearms Businesses Refuse To Sell To Anti-Gun States

Perhaps it’s not fair to deny law enforcement the means to purchase a gun, but, many states are doing all they can to deny their citizens their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms (The Blaze) Last Friday TheBlaze reported on a growing list of gun manufacturers and retailers who had stopped selling to law […]

Majority Of US Citizens Are Big Meanies, Want Illegal Aliens Deported

Well, the story doesn’t actually call Americans big meanies, yet that will certainly be the viewpoint of people who support amnesty (Reuters) More than half of U.S. citizens believe that most or all of the country’s 11 million illegal immigrants should be deported, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday that highlights the difficulties […]

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