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The discussion on my recent climate change post has one side saying “expert consensus” and the other side saying “facts.” Let me state something very important here: An expert consensus is not a fact. Experts used to think the sun revolved around the earth (wrong), that bad air caused disease (wrong), that spicy food and […]
Today there may be a vote on striking a section of H.R. 2055 that will insure that federal construction projects for the military are fairly priced and will save money for the taxpayers. Some representatives want this advantageous section struck out and replaced with a union-favoring provision that will cost the tax payers millions and […]
Learning to love living in the shadow of the new clear sphinx! Persia’s Preacher Command swears out loud to swap production of higher-grade uranium to an underground bunker and trip, trip, triple production capacity! Iran’s Revolutionary Guard’s (no doubt the official guardians of any future new clear weaponry stock) Farsi site GERDAB sweetly floats a […]
It may be hypocritical for Democrats to tolerate the presence of Anthony Weiner following Nancy Pelosi’s high-toned rhetoric about “draining the swamp,” but it’s more hypocritical still for them to condemn him. Weiner behaved disgustingly, betrayed his wife’s trust, irresponsibly compromised his position of power in a way that opened him up to blackmail, and […]
We were told that the more money our rulers frivolously wasted on pork projects, the lower unemployment would be. To the surprise of only the most clueless, “stimulus” spending has had the exact opposite effect. Via Investors.com: Don’t expect the New York Times et al. to figure out any time soon that sucking all the […]
What’s the best way to counter what you think are the lies coming from your opponents? Is it to make up lies of your own? Apparently MoveOn.org thinks so. On June 9, MoveOn admitted using lies, subterfuge and fraud to “counter” what they maintain is the wrong-headed thinking of Fox News. I guess to a […]
A four-year Apple store employee in San Francisco wants to unionize the low wage workers that help customers in Apple Stores across America. Should he succeed, this will, of course, take one of the few successful companies we have left in America, hobble it with jobs-killing union rules, and destroy its jobs like the rest […]
Once again, the British media does the work that the American MSM refuses to do Sarah Palin emails: Enemies sent a series of death threats The release of 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s emails shows that she received a barrage of abusive emails including death threats in the run up to the 2008 presidential race. […]
This Chicago Tribune article should be disturbing to fair minded, non-ideological journalists who take their jobs seriously….which, of course, probably comprises a group of about half a dozen people across the whole United States. This week the Chicago Tribune published several news stories and related columns about assaults by groups of youths in the Streeterville […]
It’s great that ThePolitico’s Darren Samualsohn is asking questions about Obama’s green jobs agenda, but, he forgot to ask a few others, such as “how many jobs did the green agenda cost?” We learned from Spain that for ever one created, two private sector jobs are lost. Also, how much do the ones actually created […]
The deluge of Sarah Palin emails released by Alaska hasn’t been all that interesting overall, but there was one fascinating little nugget that definitively shoots down a left-wing conspiracy theory. Andrew Sullivan, among others, have long been bizarrely asserting, against all available evidence, that Sarah Palin faked her pregnancy with Trig. This is, of course, […]
John Ziegler has spent the last few years acting as an unappointed Sarah Palin spokesman/fan boy. Apparently, he’s decided that there’s more profit to be made as an ex-unappointed Sarah Palin spokesman/fan boy because he wrote a negative piece about her for the Daily Caller. Last night, someone asked me if it was a “hatchet […]
The lovely and talented S.E. Cupp and the ugly and irritating New York Times managed to hit on the same topic — poor, poor women who have to deal with cheating men! First, from the New York Times; There was a collective rolling of the eyes and a distinct sense of “Here we go again” […]
Cross-posted at UNCOVERAGE.net At long last, the “Citizens” Redistricting commission in California has come up with its proposed new voting maps.: It’s not good news for Republicans in the very blue state and the same tactics are being used nationwide.: Re-districting is the “stealth” way Democrats will try to win back the House of Representatives […]
Yesterday, I noted this story: A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order. My entirely rational and measured reaction: …take your stupid undervalued money and put it someplace else, you don’t […]
Yes, it’s time for another tale of millions of your tax dollars wasted by the NEA on “art” in America. Supporters of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) like to puff themselves up as saviors of high “art” in lowbrow America. They love to imagine that without their advocacy for spending millions of our […]
Only a few days ago I wrote about how Obama’s new EPA rules would force Americans to pay up to 60% more on their electric bills. This weekend, the Chicago Tribune said the same thing. Leading off saying, “Consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40 to 60 percent in the next few […]
Just a few stories from the past week, some of which I blogged about, and some of which I didn’t. Click the link under each picture if you’re not sure what the hell I’m talking about. That’s a reference to Grandpa Steve, who doesn’t like to brag, but who married Grandma Linda on June 6 […]
My name is Morgan K. Freeberg and I’m a blogger. Hi, Morgan! Also — as of today — I am going back to being a Sarah Palin fan. Today concludes an experiment I have been doing. More on that below. I’m the founder, CEO, chief fry cook & bottle-washer at House of Eratosthenes, colloquially known […]
The NY Times has apparently given up on its research into Sarah Palin’s tanning bed interest, after realizing that, damnitall, she was a hard working governor who did an excellent job, and turns their attention to screwing dissidents around the world The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile […]
An article in the Times reviews some of the great economic news about India. In this city that barely existed two decades ago, there are 26 shopping malls, seven golf courses and luxury shops selling Chanel and Louis Vuitton. Mercedes-Benzes and BMWs shimmer in automobile showrooms. Apartment towers are sprouting like concrete weeds, and a […]
Sweet and sad.
More depressing news on the state of personal liberty in the USA. “Cruise passengers tell of seven-hour security ‘revenge’ nightmare“. Elderly passengers on board a luxury cruise have criticised US immigration officials after they endured a seven-hour security check. Cross-posted from Newmark’s Door.
…it’s just that I think they should take their yuan and shove ‘em. A Chinese ratings house has accused the United States of defaulting on its massive debt, state media said Friday, a day after Beijing urged Washington to put its fiscal house in order. “In our opinion, the United States has already been defaulting,” […]
Now that it’s the rumor-du-jour (unless it’s bad form to use a Frenchism while talking about a Texan) that Texas Governor Rick Perry might actually become a presidential candidate… Perry has admitted publicly that he is actively considering a White House run. Adding more fuel to the fire, a source close to Perry’s political team […]
They seem to have trouble counting. (But ya gotta understand: the numbers are just so very, very big, anybody would have trouble. Not!) How “massively” was Goldman short the mortgage market? The [Senate] report unequivocally states that in 2007, Goldman: “reported net revenues of $11.6 billion, of which $3.7 billion was generated by the structured products […]
Gets no argument from me. The 0.71 ERA in 139.2 IP in the postseason ought to be, alone, enough.
More from Andrew Ferguson’s: Crazy U. Here are another two choice bits: We suffer from a built-in confusion of means and ends. We want college (the means) to produce results (the ends) that it wasn’t built for. With its ample time for leisure, its relatively light workload, its often leafy setting, its discursive methods of instruction, […]
That would mean she’s a minor, Liberals NEW CASTLE, Del. — Police on Friday afternoon came to the home of a 17-year-old high school junior to ask her about direct online communications she has had with Rep. Anthony Weiner. Two officers from the New Castle County Police Department arrived at the girl’s home around 4:30 […]
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