Monthly Archives: August 2018

UK Guardian Seems Pretty Upset Over Conservatives Making Fun Of Straw Bans

Luke O’Neill seems pretty darned upset over this state of affairs, and even links this to the culture wars How plastic straws became the latest victim in the US culture wars Typically a young woman posting a photo of herself posing with a gun to social media wouldn’t be all that surprising in 2018 America. […]

New York’s Latest Idea: Three Months Paid Bereavement Leave

This is what happens when you legislate with emotion and pandering, not common sense, experience, or knowledge of how business works Lawmakers want every worker in New York to get three months paid bereavement leave to mourn the loss of a loved one. But many business owners say it could be crippling. @MKramerTV reports: https://t.co/w4ux4aYldx […]

NY Times Is Suddenly Cool With Hiring Racists

As long as they’re the correct type of racists. In case you missed this one earlier "Dumba*s f*cking white people!" NYT's newest editorial board member, Sarah Jeong, wanted to "cancel" white people https://t.co/JiBpddPciW — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 2, 2018 She was hired to sit on the Editorial Board. And how does the NY Times […]

If All You See…

…is a hazy, carbon pollution world, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Weasel Zippers, with a post on Maxine Waters getting hit with an FEC complaint.

‘Climate Change’ Could Maybe Possibly We Guess Increase Heatwave Deaths By 2,000 Percent Or Something

I ran across this article at CNS News, but was going to pass it by because the survey is from earlier in July. But, let’s look at it first Despite Al Gore’s Persistence, Global Climate Change Is Not People’s Most Pressing Concern In a recent interview with the Vatican News service, former U.S. Vice President Al […]

Excitable Ed Markey (D) Pledges To Hold Up State Dept Nominee Till Trump Stops 3D Gun Plans

Ed apparently hates the 1st Amendment, and that, as an elected member of the Legislative Branch, he can actually propose legislation. Or, maybe he realizes that the actual text of the 1st Amendment reads “Congress shall pass no law…or abridging the freedom of speech” (Daily Caller) Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts announced his intention […]

Good News: Democratic Socialists Set Up Shop On Campuses Nationwide

What do these Democratic Socialists really want? Meagan Day explains at Vox I’m a staff writer at the socialist magazine Jacobin and a member of DSA, and here’s the truth: In the long run, democratic socialists want to end capitalism. And we want to do that by pursuing a reform agenda today in an effort […]

Swedish Woman Protecting Illegal Alien From Deportation Might Want To Rethink That Position

Remember this? https://twitter.com/jazz_sleeper/status/1022777625675280384 She was oh so celebrated. She was totally brave https://twitter.com/BaselAlhasan4/status/1022451571265863680 Um, yeah, about that Afghan migrant whose deportation was thwarted by ‘hero’ Swedish student was actually sentenced for assault The Swedish student who was branded a “hero” and captured worldwide attention after she stopped the deportation of an Afghan migrant by refusing […]

If All You See…

…is a horrible rising sea, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is No Frakking Consensus, with a post on plastic straw ban memes.

Surprise: California’s ‘Climate Change’ Board Is Unelected And Unacountable

What was supposed to be about transparency has essentially created a monster, but, then, transparency and accountability are things mostly missing from the Cult of Climastrology California’s climate change regulator chooses self-preservation over transparency When the next governor is sworn in January, he will have the opportunity to shape policy by filling the many state […]

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