Daily Archives: January 22, 2014

Surprise: Montreal Bike-Share Program Goes Belly Up

Lots of cities are launching these bike-sharing plans. NYC has one. San Francisco just launched one using electric bikes. Many other cities are giving it a whirl or considering it. How’d it work in Montreal? (Treehugger) Bixi, the Montreal bike-sharing service that debuted in the city in pilot form in the summer of 2008 and […]

Obama Targets Sexual Assault On Campus, Tells Base To Stop It

After watching Obama these past 5 years, color me skeptical that this is anything other than some sort of self-serving political move (The Hill) President Obama will create a new task force to examine how to better prevent sexual assault on college campuses, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The president is giving the panel three […]

If All You See…

…is warmth created snow, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is The Camp Of The Saints, with a post on the number 56,662,169.

2013 Was Really Warm, Meaning Doom

How warm was 2013? Well, Warmist Bryan Walsh wants you to know that despite all that snow and cold and stuff, we’re like doomed (Time) But don’t worry—on a global climatic scale, the heat is still on. That’s the takeaway from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual analysis of global climate data, which […]

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 […]

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