April 18, 2014 – 7:46 pm
And have you drinking cold coffee. I’d say they’ve gone off the rails, but that happened long ago (No Tricks Zone) The Austrian daily Der Standard here reports that a new European eco-design directive will switch off coffee machines after five minutes. The directive will go into effect on January 1, 2015. Commercial coffee makers […]
April 18, 2014 – 1:38 pm
When I write and say that it’s not our immigration system that’s broken, but our politicians and political system that are broken, the following is what I mean. That, and that illegals might be better accepted if they weren’t all demanding (Daily Mail) A 19-year-old college student announced for the first time Thursday that she […]
April 18, 2014 – 1:00 pm
…is an evil plastic water bottle causing the seas to rise and cover the entire East coast, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Last Refuge, with a post on anti-unionization at Media Matters.
April 18, 2014 – 10:30 am
No, seriously. The same company which uses lots of wood, obtained by cutting down carbon pollution sucking trees, and has lots of plastic bowls, dishes, cups, etc, is uber concern trolling (Telegraph) Ikea is developing a new ‘green’ version of its famous Swedish meatballs in order to cut carbon emissions and help tackle climate change, […]
April 18, 2014 – 8:56 am
Something non-political, not “climate changey”, for discussion. For me, there are few shows I watch. There are none on network TV, which includes ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW, other than sports like golf, football, baseball, and hockey. The last show I watched regularly was Stephen King’s Under The Dome, which turned into a […]
April 18, 2014 – 8:19 am
Providing loans for renewable/alternative energy programs would, in a sane world, be a good idea. Unfortunately, as we saw with the previous loans, they were politically motivated and were wasteful (Reuters) The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday unveiled a plan for up to $4 billion in loan aid for renewable energy companies to help rejuvenate […]
April 18, 2014 – 7:46 am
Obama did his passive/aggressive schtick Thursday, yammering on about the “Affordable” Care Act, alternately insulting and denigrating Republicans/Conservatives then lamenting the loss of civility. What he wouldn’t do is recommend Democrats run on Ocare for the mid-terms (The Hill) A defiant President Obama on Thursday announced that 8 million people have enrolled in ObamaCare plans […]
