Author: William Teach

Semi-Retired President To Push Major “Green” Standards Changes

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Yesterday we learned that the EU is planning on some major controls of small appliances, like hair dryers, smartphones, and electric kettles, to go with their controls on large appliances. Obama doesn’t like to be outdone (The Hill) The Obama administration is working on new efficiency standards for seemingly every appliance but the kitchen sink. […]

 

Obama At Fundraiser: Things Are Pretty Darned Peaceful

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Only in Obama World (The Blaze) President Barack Obama said at a Democratic National Committee event Friday night that things are safer today than they were in the previous three decades. “[I] promise you things are much less dangerous now than they were 20 years ago, 25 years ago or 30 years ago,” Obama said […]

 

WP: US Should Ignore China In Pushing New Climate Control Methods

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The Washington Post Editorial Board continues abdicating their role as a news organization to push advocacy, as they have done all week A climate for change: The U.S. can help drive a new round of global carbon cuts PROBABLY THE most persuasive argument against U.S. action on global warming is China. No U.S.-only initiative can stop […]

 

Does Mary Landrieu Actually Live In Louisiana?

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An interesting catch by the Washington Post, which is probably trying to put out the fire surrounding this issue several months ahead of the election In Washington, Sen. Mary Landrieu lives in a stately, $2.5 million brick manse she and her husband built on Capitol Hill. Here in Louisiana, however, the Democrat does not have […]

 

Washington Post: Hey, A “Climate Change” Plan Conservatives Should Support

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The Washington Post Editorial Board has continued their abdication of being a news organization to being an activist one all week (I missed yesterday’s editorial, but, it was just as dumb as the rest), and here comes more insanity (we’re still waiting for the one where the members of the EB proclaim they themselves will […]

 

Dems Want Chicago To Be “Model City” For Amnestied Illegals

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No, really (The Hill) Chicago Democrats are hoping to make the Windy City the model for enrolling illegal immigrants into whatever new benefits the Obama administration might adopt. Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) joined forces Wednesday with roughly 50 civic leaders to launch a comprehensive strategy for signing up those […]

 

Semi-retired President’s Flat VA Speech

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Maybe Obama needs to add ASOTHUS (Applause Sign Of The USA) to go with TOTUS (The Blaze) President Barack Obama at times faced an unenthusiastic crowd as he addressed American military veterans at American Legion’s National convention on Tuesday. As the Daily Mail puts it, Obama received “awkward silences where White House speechwriters expected ovations.” […]

 

Will Burger King Pay A Price For Corporate Inversion?

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That’s what USA Today is discussing Burger King is ruling a larger fast-food kingdom – and having to defend its move on social media. The U.S.-based restaurant chain made it official Tuesday announcing that it agreed to merge with the Canada-based Tim Hortons restaurant chain. The deal, valued at about $11 billion, will create the […]

 

Charles Krauthammer: Semi-Retired President Dithers Too Much

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Mr. Krauthammer had an interesting take on Obama and his administrations inability to get it together in terms of ISIS/ISIL (Fox News) Last week, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said ISIS was an imminent threat, but Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said Monday that the group was not a direct threat to the U.S. […]

 

Senator Sherrod Brown (D) Calls For Burger King Boycott Over Potential Tax Inversion Deal

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I mentioned the potential deal where Burger King would join forces with Canadian company Tim Hortons, which would mean the headquarters of the company would be in Canada and their corporate tax rate would be significantly lower than the US rate. Noah Rothman tongue in cheek referred to BK as an Enemy Of The State, […]

 

GoTopless San Antonio Went About As Ugly As You Would Expect

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I mentioned the coming “protest” Saturday, and here’s how it went (My San Antonio) Roughly 30 people, including several nearly topless women, marched through downtown San Antonio on Sunday afternoon, demanding the right to bare their bosoms in public. Yikes! Oh, wait, sorry, #BodyShaming. Except for the guy with the moobs. And in Austin More […]

 

Burger King Looks To Perform Tax Inversion With Tim Hortons Deal

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Yet another U.S. company looking to escape the high corporate tax rate (Fox News) Burger King Worldwide Inc. is in talks to buy Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc., a deal that would be structured as a so-called tax inversion and move the hamburger seller’s base to Canada. The two sides are working on a […]

 

Toure Has The Real Questions On Ferguson, Black Kids And The Police

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Anyone who has watched or heard Toure knows he is quite the race-baiter and sees almost everything in terms of racism. He continues this at The Washington Post Black America and the burden of the perfect victim An information war is being waged in Ferguson, Mo., each salvo meant to shape public perceptions of Michael […]

 

Semi-Retired President Uses Weekly Address To Deal With Ex-Im Bank

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Seriously, I just can’t understand why anyone would call him tone deaf (video here) (White House) One place to start is by supporting something called the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Its sole mission is to create American jobs. That’s it. It helps many American entrepreneurs take that next step and take their small business global. But […]

 

Athiest Group Really Upset By Pizza Parlor’s Church Discount

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The owner of the pizza parlor wonders if they don’t have something better to do, like spending lawsuit money on the homeless. Here’s Todd Starnes Steven Rose loves Jesus and pepperoni pizza. But when the Searcy, Arkansas restaurateur decided to mix church and cheese it gave a group of out-of-town atheists a bad case of […]

 

CNN Source Claims Officer Wilson Does Not Have Broken Eye Socket

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There are three interesting things in this (The Blaze) CNN on Thursday, citing an anonymous source close to the investigation, reported that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson did not suffer a fractured eye socket prior to fatally shooting 18-year-old Michael Brown earlier this month. The report directly contradicts a recent Fox News story, which also […]

 

People Who Work Less Hours Get Paid Less, So, Obviously, This Is Sexist

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Obviously How a Part-Time Pay Penalty Hits Working Mothers Women get paid less than men in almost all jobs, but when women in low-wage jobs need to take time off work to care for children, they are at an even greater disadvantage. If all employees got paid the same hourly amount (assuming they’re equally productive […]

 

Eric Holder Stokes Flames Of Racial Animosity In Ferguson

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Of course he does. He decided to go, as America’s Top Cop, and make things very personal (USA Today) Attorney General Eric Holder flew to Ferguson, Mo., on Wednesday as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer leading an investigation into a police shooting. He also arrived as an African-American who said he understands the racial […]

 

August 19 Is Now Earth Overshoot Day Or Something

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Have you heard about the new awareness day hardcore Warmists are pushing? It’s oh so cute. And nutty. Can’t forget nutty (via Climate Depot) August 19 is Earth Overshoot Day 2014, marking the date when humanity has exhausted nature’s budget for the year. For the rest of the year, we will maintain our ecological deficit […]

 

Eric Holder Has A Message For The People Of Ferguson

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While Attorney General Eric Holder’s message in the St. Louis Dispatch is relatively good, there is something missing Since the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, the nation and the world have witnessed the unrest that has gripped Ferguson, Mo. At the core of these demonstrations is a demand for answers about the circumstances […]

 

Salon: Say, Those Obamacare Court Rulings Could Be Dangerous To Ocare

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Salon’s Jonathan Siegel is in a frenzy Obamacare’s grave danger: Here’s how a future GOP president could kill it Remember those conflicting court rulings about the ACA? Even the favorable one allows a president to interpret it In passing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”), Congress made a minor mistake […]

 

Over A Dozen Witnesses Back Ferguson Police Officer’s Account

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We’re obviously still at the “he said she said” point of the investigation, yet, this information seems that it would be important enough that it would be featured in more news outlets other than The Daily Caller. Mind you, this is just a preliminary report According to a preliminary report from a St. Louis Post-Dispatch […]

 

BrightSource Solar Plant Workers Have A Name For Birds: “Streamers”

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Of course, Warmists are more concerned with mythical anthropogenic “climate change” than wildlife (AP) Workers at a state-of-the-art solar plant in the Mojave Desert have a name for birds that fly through the plant’s concentrated sun rays – “streamers,” for the smoke plume that comes from birds that ignite in midair Federal wildlife investigators who […]

 

Missouri Governor Sending National Guard After More Ferguson Violence

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The cops pulled back and what happened? Violence and looting and other lawlessness Saturday, followed by more Sunday night (USA Today) Missouri Governor Jay Nixon early Monday ordered the National Guard into Ferguson hours after police said escalating violence led to shootings, arrests and “pre-planned” acts of aggression by protesters. Nixon made the announcement following […]

 

Should Police Have To Wear Cameras And Have Dash-Cams?

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Governor Jay Nixon imposed a midnight to 5am curfew for Ferguson, Mo. Most obeyed the curfew. Even the head of the New Black Panthers urged people to obey it. Obviously, there is some concern regarding people’s right to peaceably protest, but, then, not all decided to do that (Fox News) Police fired smoke and tear […]

 

How Big A Footprint Does Wind Power Require?

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It’s not a particularly pretty number Wind farm ‘needs 700 times more land’ than fracking site to produce same energy A wind farm requires 700 times more land to produce the same amount of energy as a fracking site, according to analysis by the energy department’s recently-departed chief scientific advisor. Prof David MacKay, who stood […]

 

Have You Heard About The ISIS Flag In Front Of The White House?

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You’ve heard about the flag flap in NJ, right? A photo of a New Jersey home flying a flag that resembled the flag of ISIS, the militant group being bombed by U.S. planes in Iraq, sparked alarm and a complaint to the Department of Homeland Security — but the home’s occupant said he meant no […]

 

Washington Post: Ferguson Police Response Demands An Investigation

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And an act of Congress? Here’s the Editorial Board FROM THE chief of the police department to the president of the United States, government officials on Thursday promised a different approach to the racially charged unrest in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. But the situation demands a lot more than a stand-down by assault-rifle-toting […]

 

Obama Briefed On Ferguson Riots, Dances The Night Away

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Briefly briefed (The Hill) President Obama was briefed by top administration officials Wednesday night as protests over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager turned violent in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Then, party time! President Barack Obama attended a birthday celebration for Ann Jordan at the Farm Neck Golf Club in Martha’s Vinyard […]