Hooray, Obama Reigns In The Budget By….Adding $100 Billion(?)

So many media outlets are portraying Obama’s supposed budget as a big saver, as him reigning in federal spending. The Politico discusses Obama’s “hard choices.” CBS discusses that this $3.73 budget will somehow reduce the deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, and cuts are deep. The NY Times is, of course, thrilled, and doing […]

 

NPR And NY Times Say Bush Was Correct About Pushing Democracy

Get your ice skates out, folks, Hell has just frozen over, starting with NPR: In Egypt, More Proof That George W. Bush Was Right Two weeks of massive street protests have given Egyptians their voice and today Hosni Mubarak has heard them. If the events that led to Mubarak’s resignation after 30 years as president […]

 

Good News, Libs! You’ve Made California The Most Miserable State In The USA

I know, I know, you’re shocked by the Forbes report via the BBC A new survey of the “most miserable cities” in the US suggests that five of the 10 worst are in California. The BBC’s Peter Bowes considers whether life in the Golden State has really got that bad. For many people, life should […]

 

Sorry, Obama Zombies, It Was Climate Change That Caused Mubarak To Resign

Of course, the narrative is now that it was Obama giving another speech via TOTUS that caused Mubarak to resign, but, Science Blogs thinks differently The Egyptian dictator, Hosni Mubarak, has resigned, finally relenting to weeks of massive protests. Is he the latest casualty of climate change? This is a provacative question, but I believe […]

 


Friday Stupid: NY As Venice, Malaria In Europe

A hodge-podge of globull warming silliness this Friday morning, starting with Malcolm Bowman, an oceanography professor from Stony Brook University in Long Island, recently stood at the snow-covered edge of the Williamsburg waterfront and pointed toward the Midtown skyline. “Looking at the city, with the setting sun behind the Williamsburg Bridge, it’s a sea of […]

 

Obama Faces Stark Choices On Mubarak

The original headline of the NY Times article was “US faces stark choice as Mubarak clings to office,” but, perhaps the Fish Wrap realized that the rest of pretty much know what is going on, and have made our choices, and that so far, Obama has voted “present” President Hosni Mubarak’s refusal to step down […]

 

Madison, Wi., Mayor Calls For Snowpocalypse Day To Combat Climate Change

Today’s unhinged alarmism comes from the snowy city of Madison, Wisconsin, where they have had well above normal amounts of global warming snow for February (13.5 inches above): Mayor proposes annual city snow day, rail reform at WISPIRG event Just weeks before the mayoral primary, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz spoke about hot-button issues to an […]

 

Good News! State Department Now Tweeting In Arabic

They’re only almost 15 days late, but, hey, they’ve got a great message! It took a while, but the U.S. State Department is now tweeting in Arabic. With unprecedented political turmoil rocking Egypt and protesters turning to social media such as Twitter and Facebook, the mouthpiece of U.S. foreign policy wants in on the game. […]

 

Sheila Jackson Lee: “Pepsi Commercial Is Demeaning”

Good thing our elected officials have their priorities straight Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) took to the House floor Tuesday night to criticize what she called a “demeaning” Pepsi ad that aired during the Super Bowl. She’s worried about a Pepsi commercial while our federal deficit and debt skyrocket, jobs are still stagnating, costs are […]

 

Globull Warming Could Decrease Polar Bear Numbers

Mights and coulds and maybes. Silly Louise Gray brings this breathless scaremongering. Researchers at the University of Alberta looked at how melting sea ice in the 1990s effected the breeding success of polar bears. During the spring and summer months the females are hunting seals on the ice to build up energy for the autumn […]

 

NAACP Has No Interest In Addressing Racism Against Justice Clarence Thomas

Who can blame them? Clarence Thomas is a conservative, and, liberals obviously can never be guilty of racism against against a conservative. He’s been called an “anti-black,” and even Obama’s 20 year pastor, Jeremiah Wright, referred to Thomas as an “Uncle Tom.” And now, according to the Daily Caller The NAACP won’t directly address the […]

 

Climate Change Will Apparently Cause Rivers To Freeze

Comedy gold from the USA Today Is climate change causing millions to migrate? Interesting. During the last glacial period, mankind migrated from Asia across the landbridges to the North American continent, and down to South America. During the Little Ice Age, mankind migrated from Europe to the New World. Two new studies paint contrasting views […]

 

Unhinged CCR Announces Bush Indictment For Torture

Interesting that the Center For Constitutional Rights, a far left pro-communist and open borders lobby group, has never announced an indictment against people like Osama Bin Laden, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, or any of the other Islamic terrorists on the FBI’s top 10 list. Of course, like so many on the far left, they quietly support the […]

 

New Climate Alarmist Movies About To Hit As Animals Freeze To Death And Barry Eats Well

Remember around 15 years ago, when the alarmists were still somewhat rational, and they came up with the brilliant plan to “spread awareness”, rather than actually taking action in their own lives? And, if Something Wasn’t Done, winters would be a thing of the past and we would all burn? Flash forward to today, and, […]

 

Are You Ready For Another Round Of Comprehensive Immigration Reform?

That’s right, campers, it looks like one of our wishy washiest flip floppery Senators, Lindsey Graham, might give the whole shamnesty thing yet another try: Senators look for immigration deal Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have rekindled their alliance on immigration reform, taking some early steps to test the political will for […]

 

Fish Wrap: Damned You Evil Republicans Who Want Dirty Air!

And by dirty air, they mean carbon dioxide, a trace gas that is necessary for life on Earth: Clean Air Under Siege Shortly after he entered the Senate in 2007, John Barrasso told his Wyoming constituents that the country’s biggest need was an energy policy to deal with carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. That […]

 

Fury builds over blackouts caused by de-industrialization of America

That’s the headline at News-Worthy Information, which leads to the same headline from the original article at Prison Planet. I’m not particularly enthused about citing PP as a source, considering all their conspiracy theories and Trutherism, yet, they happen to have a point Fury is building over rolling nationwide blackouts triggered by the Obama administration’s […]

 

Obama Admin. Betrays Britain Over Nuclear Secrets For START

After whining about Republicans blocking the START treaty months ago, Obama finally signed it on Tuesday morning, and the US media was a bit miffed that they weren’t allowed in the room. And now we find out from the UK Telegraph Information about every Trident missile the US supplies to Britain will be given to […]

 

Head Of NC DOT Wants Citizen Investigated For Speaking Up

From my hometown of Raleigh, NC, we learn that dissent is a means to a criminal investigation David N. Cox says he was merely exercising his right to petition the government, but a state Department of Transportation official has raised allegations that Cox committed a misdemeanor: practicing engineering without a license. Cox and his North […]

 

Blamestorming And Butt Covering Begins Over Egypt

Showing that politicians, especially Democrat politicians, are more interested in laying blaming on others than….well, really, that is what they are interested in: point the finger at others over Egypt The debate over who “lost” Egypt seems to have begun. Critics are openly questioning the quality of information and analysis given to President Barack Obama […]

 

Globull Warming Could Lead To More Golf Days In Niagara Falls Area..And This Is Bad?

For a place that is freaking cold and snow in the dead of winter ….. say, why does it snow so darned much in Niagara when the water and air are very cold? ……. you’d think more warm days would be something people would look forward to. Not in Climate Alarmist World NIAGARA FALLS — […]

 


Egypt Protests Turn Violent While Obama Gives Nebulous Call For Something

Along the more simply news line, we learn from the NY Times Thousands of demonstrators for and against President Hosni Mubarak, some on horses and camels, fought running battles in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Wednesday, despite a call from Egypt’s powerful military for the president’s opponents to “restore normal life.” Those battles are still going […]

 

Goracle Pops His Head Up, Declares Cold And Snow All Part Of AGW

From Gore’s man cave, which features multiple computer monitors, a TV he’s not watching, lots of electronics he isn’t using but are turned on, and lots of paper from the killing of trees, Gore has an answer to Bill O’Reilly Last week on his show Bill O’Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into […]

 

Obama Admin: Hey, Perhaps Islamists In Egypts Government Would Be OK

What could possibly go wrong? The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government. The organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals if the U.S. is to be comfortable with it taking part in […]

 

Giant Snow Storm To Hit US: Guess What’s To Blame?

When something bad happens to a Conservative, the first response through much of the starboard side of the blogosphere is to offer up our best wishes/condolences/shock, then see what the nutters on the port side are saying. Nowadays, when something happens in the world, from a tornado to a rain storm to Egyptian riots, we […]

 

Snap! Being Forced To Purchase Health Insurance Like Buying A TV

I wasn’t aware of the law that Americans are required to purchase TVs simply for being alive, but, we are talking about Kathleen Sebelius’ World, who seems to be channeling her inner Joe Biden Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defended the new health care law’s mandate requiring people to purchase insurance, comparing the […]

 

Finally: Warmist Joe Romm Links Egyptian Riots With Globull Warming

Back on the 29th, I wrote a tongue in cheek post on how climate alarmists could link the Egyptian and Tunisian riots to the anthropogenic global warming idiocy. I see that Bookworm also had thoughts along the same line (here and here). And now, finally, a True Believer connects the dots Reports: Egyptian and Tunisian […]

 

“Moderate” Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi Returns To Tunisia

When it comes to revolt and revolution in the Muslim/Arab world, be careful what you wish for, because things might take a turn for the worse. From a Reuters report on MSNBC regarding Tunisia Leading Tunisian Islamist Rachid Ghannouchi returned home Sunday from 22 years in exile, witnesses said. Thousands turned out to greet him […]