Monthly Archives: June 2014

VA Under Investigation For Whistleblower Retaliation

The hit parade keeps coming (Wall Street Journal) A federal watchdog is investigating allegations of dozens of complaints of backlash against whistleblowers at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to a release Thursday. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel, a federal body that protects government employees from improper employment practices, including backlash against whistleblowers, announced […]

North Korea Claims To Be Holding An American “Tourist”

Fallout from the Bergdahl exchange? First, let’s consider The swap of five high-level Taliban operatives — dubbed a jihadist “Dream Team” — for a U.S. Army sergeant accused by fellow soldiers of desertion has “encouraged” the Afghan terror group to kidnap more U.S. service members, according to a report. A source described as a Taliban […]

CBO Pretty Much Gives Up On Scoring Obamacare

You don’t say (Roll Call) For Democratic lawmakers who were hesitant to sign onto the sweeping 2010 health care law, one of the most powerful selling points was that the Affordable Care Act would actually reduce the federal budget deficit, despite the additional costs of extending health insurance coverage to the uninsured. Four years after […]

If All You See…

…is a horrible fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The First Street Journal, with a post on equality of opportunity not being good enough for Karen Heller.

And Now Obama Deflects Bergdahl Controversy

@ShannonBream: PresObama on Bergdahl swap: “I’m never surprised by controversies that are whipped up in Washington. That’s par for the course.” Shared via TweetCaster I unfortunately haven’t figured out a way to embed tweets using Droid. Head to Twitchy to see a full raftload of this utter disgrace of a president. How can he be […]

Snowflakes Are Key To Solving Unemployment And Globull Warming Or Something

Key, I tell you , key! To Solve Unemployment and Global Warming, Young People Hold the Key See? Key. Meet Alejandro Zapata, a young social entrepreneur from Colombia who nearly a decade ago founded a small enterprise in Medellin to design and implement innovative strategies for sustainable development. Since then, he has built a remarkable […]

Obama’s “Carbon” Plan: Killing Jobs, Costing Americans Money

I’m still not that concerned with Obama’s climate change plan: there is a low probability that it will actually be implemented. There will be too many lawsuits filed and fought. Republican led states, and perhaps energy states with Democrat leadership, will blow the regulations off. A GOP president starting in 2017 will roll the regs […]

Team Obama “Surprised” By Bergdahl Reaction

One does have to wonder what was going through the heads of Obama and the people working for him regarding the prisoner swap that released 5 hardcore Islamists, high ranking members of the Taliban, in exchange for a soldier who deserted, and possibly gave aid and comfort to the enemy. Defense and CIA were overruled, […]

Isn’t It Cool How California Is Flooded By Inland Seas?

That was the Pentagon prognostication. A decade ago (Washington Times) Ten years ago, the Pentagon paid for a climate study that put forth many scary scenarios. Consultants told the military that, by now, California would be flooded by inland seas, The Hague would be unlivable, polar ice would be mostly gone in summer, and global […]

If All You See…

…is a world being flooded by the collapse of every glacier because Someone Else drove a fossil fueled vehicle, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Daley Gator, with a post on liberalism being an ideology for the terminally stupid.

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