Monthly Archives: February 2014

Team Obama Decides To Ignore Banking Laws Regarding Marijuana

Another day, another lawless pronouncement from the Obama administration (AP) The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away savings, make payroll and pay taxes like any other enterprise. It’s not clear banks will get on board. Guidance issued by […]

NC DOT: Look In Your Own Mirror For Black Ice Accident Responsibility

This story tickles me. It is rare that any Government agency opens up and directly blames a segment of the public. Usually, we’ll get all sorts of PoliticalSpeak, platitudes, calls to do better in the future, and patronization. But not this time. There were lots and lots of wrecks and accidents and people just sliding […]

Poll: Most Non-Liberal Americans Against Unilateral Presidential Decrees

Unsurprisingly, Democrats/Liberals/Progressives really love how Obama simply makes the law as he sees fit (Fox News) According to a just-released Fox News national poll, most voters don’t think the country’s system of government was designed for the president to act unilaterally, and a majority disapproves of Obama bypassing Congress. (poll results here) The new poll […]

If All You See…

…is lots of warmth created snow, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Legal Insurrection, with a post on Occupy styled fashion.

Sea Rise And Ocean Temperatures

Two papers of note, both via The Hockey Schtick New paper finds NE Atlantic Ocean was warmer during the Medieval Warm Period A 1000-year sea surface temperature history of the NE Atlantic and Nordic Seas Using ten proxy sea surface temperature (SST) records – six from the Norwegian Margin, three from the North Icelandic Shelf […]

NY Mayor DeBlasio Learns The Price Of Keeping Schools Open During School

Perhaps keeping the schools open in Wisconsin during a massive snow storm would be OK (well, not really, not in today’s litigious and uber-safety conscious society. Perhaps 20-30 years ago), but NYC? Not so much. Hey, you voted for this hard-core Leftists, New Yorkers, so this is on you (USA Today) As New Yorkers struggled […]

Uber-Liberal 9th Circuit Affirms Right To Carry

A win for the good guys, the folks who could end up using their gun to defend themselves and others (Reuters) A federal appeals court on Thursday struck down a requirement by San Diego County that residents show “good cause” to carry a concealed firearm, a ruling that could force local governments across California to […]

Raleigh Snow Meme

So, looks like the car fire on Glenwood Ave. here in Raleigh during the snow storm has created a little meme. I’ve seen this at The Chive, Caveman Circus, and lots of other sites. But, if they’re going to do a fire meme, how could they forget this? Seriously, how could everyone forget about House […]

Say, How’s That Obamacare Consumer Choice Thing Working Out?

About as well as one would expect for legislation written by Democrats and pushed by a president with no experience running a business (via Hot Air) (WSJ) Consumers in 515 counties, spread across 15 states, have only one insurer selling coverage through the online marketplaces, the Journal found. In more than 80% of those counties, […]

If All You See…

…is a petroleum warmed world where the sea will rise up and kill all the butterflies, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Fire Andrea Mitchell, with a post on press freedom rankings.

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