June 13, 2013 – 11:17 am
As Erika Johnsen notes “Never underestimate the sneakiness when you’re dealing with The Most Transparent Administration Evah” (Bloomberg) Buried in a little-noticed rule on microwave ovens is a change in the U.S. government’s accounting for carbon emissions that could have wide-ranging implications for everything from power plants to the Keystone XL pipeline. The increase of […]
June 13, 2013 – 9:05 am
So says the head of the NSA (NY Times) The director of the National Security Agency told Congress on Wednesday that “dozens†of terrorism threats had been halted by the agency’s huge database of the logs of nearly every domestic phone call made by Americans, while a senator briefed on the program disclosed that the […]
June 13, 2013 – 8:33 am
How many times have you heard Marco Rubio’s commercial where he proclaims “And then they don’t qualify for any federal benefits. This is an important point. No federal benefits, no food stamps, no welfare, no Obamacare”? And said this in interviews. And written it. But, now he’s trying to get it in place? Because there […]
June 12, 2013 – 2:07 pm
Alternate headline: Guy with a pretty darned big carbon footprint who’s mayor of a city with a pretty darned big carbon footprint forgot to take his meds (via Watts Up With That?) (NY Daily News) CLIMATE CHANGE is real — and it could turn the city into a flood-prone danger zone with summers as sweltering […]
June 12, 2013 – 1:00 pm
…is a flooded world because someone used hairspray, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Scared Monkeys, with a post on George Bush’s climbing ratings.
June 12, 2013 – 11:05 am
And change a whole raft of other regulations regarding handguns (Raleigh N&O) A major gun-rights bill took an unexpected turn Tuesday with a proposal to eliminate the law that requires people receive a permit from their county sheriff before they can buy a handgun. The bill, approved in a Senate Judiciary committee, still requires a […]
June 12, 2013 – 8:51 am
Alternate headline: Man with massive “carbon footprint” and lots of money at stake says other man with largest “carbon footprint” in the world needs to Do Something about no statistically significant warming in 15+ years (Politico) Add Al Gore to the chorus of environmentalists who say it’s time for President Barack Obama to get serious […]
June 12, 2013 – 8:23 am
OK, OK, we know that this is a Republic, but it is a democratic Republic, part of the Democracy political model. And we do have to give them style points for going against Obama and other Democrats on this issue (NY Times) A new Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll found that a majority of Americans […]
June 11, 2013 – 2:56 pm
An important question an enviroweenie/Warmist wants answered from Grist (because your average E/W doesn’t seem to have the brainpower to do the Internet search themselves, so instead will ask someone else to do the work, thereby increasing the amount of energy needed to find the answer) Ask Umbra: Can my bicycle power my toaster? How […]
June 11, 2013 – 1:00 pm
…is snow created because of too much warmth, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Camp Of The Saints, with a post on Libertarians vs “libertarians”
