Monthly Archives: January 2015

Harvard Employees Who Pushed Ocare Appalled At Notion Of Using Ocare For Themselves

Obamacare, ie, The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, is one of those notions that Liberals will defend to the death. Well, someone else’s death. Because they think Ocare is great for Other People, not themselves (NY Times) For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to […]

If All You See…

…is a flooding world dominated by extreme waves, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Jawa Report, with a post on Blue state blues.

LA Times Offers Simple Way To Fix Congressional Gridlock

If you’re like me, you probably gave a little sigh, maybe a bit of a jaw rub, perhaps a full facepalm, thinking that the LA Times suddenly is concerned about gridlock now that Democrats are in the minority, because they want to make sure that Democrats are able to get their legislation passed. And that’s […]

Bummer: Hotcoldwetdry Alters Taste Of Wine

Because, as we all know, the climate has been perfectly stable over the last 4.5 billion years, until the invention of the fossil fueled vehicle Global warming alters wine taste Grapes such as pinot noir, merlot and chardonnay are now growing more quickly, subtly changing the compounds produced as they ripen and the synchronisation between […]

Dems Push Keystone XL Amendments That Could Make It Hard For Obama To Veto

One of the first things that will be taken up by the new GOP controlled Senate is legislation authorizing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which has become a cause celebre amongst Leftist activists. Why? It’s just one of those things, considering there are many other big pipeline projects that are being built or […]

NY Times: Being “Arrested WIthout Incident” Is Totally Like #WhitePrivilege

So, here’s the deal: if you are arrested without being shot by a police officer, you must be Caucasian, so says the NY Times’ Charles Blow Privilege of ‘Arrest Without Incident’ The day after Christmas, a shooter terrorized the streets of a Chattanooga, Tenn., neighborhood. According to the local newspaper, the shooter was “wearing body armor” […]

Wind Turbine Collapses In 15 MPH Wind

https://twitter.com/leondowney/status/551700204924465153 The Belfast Telegraph reports it’s worth more, in the range of £2 million. (Via Twitchy)

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Happy Sunday! Another wonderful day in America. The sun is shining, the temps are warm, football! This pinup is by Al Buell, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Old Blogosphere? The Fine 15 Scared Monkeys discusses Mike Huckabee’s potential 2016 run Powerline has Sarah Palin’s response to PETA Legal Insurrection […]

The Great Pause Is Now At 18 Years, 3 Months

Despite all the yammering from Warmists about 2014 being the “warmest year ever!!!!!!!!”, a dubious allegation, based on estimates, and, really, even if their estimates are correct, can you tell the difference between 58.46 and 58.46? Anyhow, the satellites disagree. Anyhow, here’s Christopher Monckton of Benchley, with his monthly highlight (Warmists will surely attack him […]

Bummer: Urban Dwellers Power Supplies At Risk From “Climate Change”

Of, course, not because the urban residents, who tend to be much more Left leaning and believe in Hotcoldwetdry, push policies which reduce the available power from old school, and reliable, methods like coal and natural gas, and tend to be anti-nuclear power, in favor of unreliable and low throughput types like wind and power, […]

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