Daily Archives: August 20, 2010

What Say To $150,000 In Porkulus For A Bridge To Nowhere?

And I do mean a bridge to actually nowhere. Here’s the stetup A historic stone arch bridge that received more than $150,000 in federal stimulus funds this year has fallen short of some people’s expectations — mainly because it doesn’t go anywhere. The bridge, which dates back to the 1860s, ends in a sheer, 8-foot […]

Illegals Cost Texas At Least $250 Million Last Year

Kinda defeats that pr0-illegal aliens talking point that they don’t cost the US taxpayers anything, eh? Texas spent at least $250 million in the past year for medical care and imprisonment of illegal immigrants and other non-citizens. The House State Affairs Committee heard testimony in Austin. Lawmakers who convene in January could face a projected […]

Mishmash Of Climate Creationist Stupidity And Reality (Mostly Stupidity)

Stupidity #1 Time To Terminate Western Civilization Before It Terminates Us Unchecked, western civilization drives us to one of two outcomes, and perhaps both: (1) Destruction of the living planet on which we depend for our survival, and/or (2) Runaway greenhouse and therefore the near-term extinction of our species. Why would we want to sustain […]

Democrats Try New HealthCare Message: We’re “Improving” It

It has really gotten to a point where allies in the media cannot even avoid the idiocy of the Democrats, as witnessed by this Ben Smith article Key White House allies are dramatically shifting their attempts to defend health care legislation, abandoning claims that it will reduce costs and deficit and instead stressing a promise […]

Friday Stupid: Sexism, Twoofers, And Roger Ebert, Oh My!

It’s Friday. You need your weekly wrap-up super dose of Leftist stupidity. Starting with Wacky Alan Grayson (D-Flipout) Got that? 9/11 was Bush’s fault because he went to Crawford in August, and ignored a PDB with no actionable intelligence. Next up, The Atlantic’s Nichole Allen has a typical liberal hissy fit In an act of […]

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