Unsurprisingly, Obama Uses SOTU To Vow To Go It Alone

He literally created obstructionism by declaring that everyone hates his agenda. Because that’s what he does. Even on the few occasions he’s supposedly reached out (remember the “charm offensive”?) he’s coupled that with the same bitter, confrontational tone. And, no, I did not watch the his wish-list of partisan rancor, there’s no way I could […]

 

Racist Al Gore Tells World Economic Forum They Have To Find Ways To Keep Africa’s Population Down

Al Gore pops his head up at Davos…say, how’d he get there? A fossil fueled flight?…to make a racist pronouncement (via Climate Depot). (CNBC) Stopping overpopulation is one way the dangers of climate change can be mitigated, according to two of the most prominent believers in global warming. Former Vice President Al Gore and Microsoft […]

 




Introspection Fail: WH Document Recommends Obama Distance Himself From Congress After Fail Year

The Washington Post doesn’t have a “Humor” section, so I guess they had to put this article in “Politics” Obama’s rough 2013 prompts a new blueprint An internal White House assessment concludes that President Obama must distance himself from a recalcitrant Congress after being badly damaged last year by legislative failures, a government shutdown and […]

 



Will Obama Discuss “Climate Change” During The 2014 SOTU?

It’ll be a hoot if he does, making a push for legislation and executive action, mostly kingly executive action*, along with the typical hyper-partisan demeaning of Republicans? (Daily Caller) President Barack Obama is expected to talk about fighting global warming in his upcoming State of the Union address next week, during what could be the […]

 


Independent Federal Watchdog Group Says NSA Phone Program Is Illegal

And recommends shutting it down. Good thing the NY Times buries the story on page A14 of the print edition, wanting to protect Obama and his 100% support of the domestic spying program. (NY Times) An independent federal privacy watchdog has concluded that the National Security Agency’s program to collect bulk phone call records has […]

 


Prosperity Is Driving Climate Change, Per UN Report

Being a rich country is considered bad, as is living a modern lifestyle (Daily Caller) Growing global economies through expanded trade between rich and poor countries is driving global warming, according to a draft report from the United Nation’s climate bureaucracy. The international agency said that rich countries are “outsourcing” carbon dioxide emissions to poor […]

 

Target Joins Growing Number Of Companies Dropping Health Insurance For Part-Timers

More victims of Obama’s signature legislation, aided and abetted by most Democrats (Bloomberg) Target Corp. (TGT) said it will end health insurance for part-time employees, joining Trader Joe’s Co., Home Depot Inc. and other retailers that have scaled back benefits in response to changes from Obamacare. About 10 percent of Target’s part-time employees, defined as […]

 

It took one woman 6 WEEKS of daily work to cancel her Obamacare policy

It is getting easier to actually enroll in Obamacare, as the website issues are being fixed…except for those pesky security features…and ability to pay online…and many State run exchanges…anyhow, we knew that the website wouldn’t stay a complete failure as time went on. But, what if you found a plan offered outside of Obamacare? Lesli […]

 

Dems On MLK Day: Vote Is Precious, So Let’s Not Verify That Someone Is Eligible

The Talking Points Memo went out and Democrats yammered on about voter ID (Daily Caller) Martin Luther King Day is a day of service, quiet reflection – and implications that those supporting voter ID laws are akin to 1960s segregationists. Democratic politicians and their allies took to the airwaves Monday to campaign against state laws […]

 

Obama Whines About Race For Declining Approval Rating

Race card played (Bloomberg) President Barack Obama said that racial tensions may have softened his popularity among white voters within the last two years, according to a story posted on the New Yorker magazine’s website today. “There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of […]

 

Islamic Terrorists Threaten Sochi Olympics

Don’t forget, al Qaeda is on the run, and we aren’t supposed to worry about this tiny, itty bitty subset of Islam. Heck, even mentioning it is surely Islamophobic (ABC News) Citing a new “surprise package” for Russia and Olympic spectators, Islamist militants in the North Caucasus Sunday launched a new threat to the Sochi […]

 

Surprise: Team Obama Delays Equal Coverage Provision

Another week, another part of Obamacare delayed by unilateral executive fiat (Fox News) The Obama administration is reportedly delaying enforcement of another aspect of ObamaCare, one that prohibits employers from providing better health benefits to top executives than those being offered to regular employees. According to The New York Times, tax officials said they would […]

 



UN: Failure To Stop “Climate Change” Will Be Costly, So Spend Lots Of Money Now

Interestingly, countries didn’t spend hundreds of billions into the trillions to stop Hotcoldwetdry before the 17 year pause (NY Times) Nations have so dragged their feet in battling climate change that the situation has grown critical and the risk of severe economic disruption is rising, according to a draft United Nations report. Another 15 years […]

 



Rachel Maddow: Christie Issue Means We Need More Dogged Local Journalists

Investigating Republicans, of course. How cute. A nominal Republican is having a bit of an issue, so now she’s all for hardcore investigative journalism. Locally. Democracy demands it Democracy needs dogged local journalism (Multiple paragraphs regarding “lane closures” to start) It’s one thing for public officials to subject one another to that kind of low-level, […]

 

Obama Once Again Proposes Caps On Charitable Giving

Which has caused the United Way and other groups to hit Washington (Daily Caller) Leaders of the charitable coalition the United Way swarmed Capitol Hill Tuesday to lobby against the Obama administration’s proposed cap on the charitable deduction in the federal tax code. Lowering the charitable deduction has long been an Obama policy objective. United […]

 


Interesting: New Paper Blames 17 Year Pause On Low Solar Activity

Surprisingly, this is one of the few papers that actually makes sense, to a degree (via Watts Up With That?) Reduced Solar Activity Disguises Global Temperature Rise DOI: 10.4236/acs.2014.41008 Author: Peter Stauning ABSTRACT The question whether human activities seriously affect climate is asked with increasing voice these days. Quite understandable since the climate appears to […]

 

Obama Was Told Benghazi Was A Terrorist Attack

You don’t say (Fox News) Minutes after the American consulate in Benghazi came under assault on Sept. 11, 2012, the nation’s top civilian and uniformed defense officials — headed for a previously scheduled Oval Office session with President Obama — were informed that the event was a “terrorist attack,” declassified documents show. The new evidence […]