April 24, 2014 – 1:42 pm
Warmists contend that “climate change” is going to destroy economic activity unless we Do Something. They’re kinda right, although it’s not weather that destroys the economic activity, but the Warmists themselves (via Climate Depot) (LA Business Journal) An L.A. environmental group is seeking to halt a planned Ikea in Burbank that would be the nation’s […]
April 24, 2014 – 7:55 am
Whoa, whoa, whoa, isn’t that racist? (NY Times) The Food and Drug Administration will propose sweeping new rules on Thursday that for the first time would extend its regulatory authority from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes, popular nicotine delivery devices that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business with virtually no federal oversight or protections for American […]
April 3, 2014 – 6:58 am
Hooray, affordable reform! (Washington Free Beacon) Obamacare will cost large companies between $4,800 and $5,900 more per employee and add hundreds of millions to their overhead, according to a new survey. The American Health Policy Institute conducted a confidential survey of 100 large employers—those with 10,000 or more employees—asking what costs they expect to incur […]
March 29, 2014 – 8:29 am
Obama has a “carbon footprint” estimated, conservatively, to be 41,000 metric tons. That’s the equivalent of the footprint of 2200 Americans. Of course, that was in 2009, when he hadn’t sent his wife, kids, and dogs on separate flights on their way to vacations. This is a man who will take a fossil fueled flight […]
March 25, 2014 – 3:20 pm
When we refer to the left as Progressives, what we are talking about, as Jonah Golberg wrote in his book Liberal Fascism, is that they are nice fascists. They’re just here to help. With massive government control. This is why Jonah put a smiley face on the cover. Transfats are bad for you, so they […]
March 24, 2014 – 11:12 am
Previously, we saw the NY Times editorial board calling for lots of Government restrictions on electronic cigarettes, which matches some in the progressive community doing the same. In fact, the Times has been covering e-cigs for awhile now, and taking the position that since we do not really know, regulate! Today we get Selling a […]
March 23, 2014 – 7:45 am
The NY Times seems surprised that entrepreneurs and the money class are bolting from France Guillaume Santacruz, an aspiring French entrepreneur, brushed the rain from his black sweater and skinny jeans and headed down to a cavernous basement inside Campus London, a seven-story hive run by Google in the city’s East End. It was late […]
March 12, 2014 – 8:43 am
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? (NY Times) President Obama this week will seek to force American businesses to pay more overtime to millions of workers, the latest move by his administration to confront corporations that have had soaring profits even as wages have stagnated. On Thursday, the president will direct the […]
February 17, 2014 – 5:28 pm
It’s good to be the king (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama went golfing on the five-year anniversary of his failed $831 billion stimulus bill. GOP legislators slammed Obama and his policies as Obama hit the links Monday morning at the Sunnylands course, which is located beside Gerald Ford Drive, near Palm Springs, Calif. He went […]
February 12, 2014 – 7:36 am
Many conservatives/Republicans range from agitated to apoplectic. Liberals are crowing. The Washington Post’s uber-leftists (like the WP’s opinion pages aren’t chock full of them, has to be at least a 85-15% split) goes with this provocative headline GOP debt limit extortion is dead Because attempting to limit the insane debt increases is apparently a bad […]
