Daily Archives: July 2, 2012

Irony: Talking About Climate Change And Get An “Audible Thud”

I’m a terrible person for finding this bad break a bit schadenfreude (via Tom Nelson) GetUp director Simon Sheikh was recovering from a bout of influenza when he collapsed on live television. Mr Sheikh slumped forward as panellists on the ABC’s Q&A program discussed the carbon tax and climate change, with his head making an […]

If All You See…

…is an ocean that will rise up and swamp us all sometime in the future, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Thus Spake Russ, featuring a flag in the favicon.

Sidecar Highlights Just What Is Wrong With Big Government

Here’s an interesting one, via Grist In theory, Sidecar is about sharing. Here’s how it’s supposed to work: You’re headed downtown in your car, but before you leave you check your Sidecar app. A user a few blocks down is looking for a ride in the same direction. You swing by, pick her up, and […]

Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy Won’t Include “Frenemies”

We’re starting to get a glimpse of how a President Romney would act on the international stage, which would be vastly different from (NMP) Obama’s (Washington Times) Call it the “friend-enemy” distinction. Mitt Romney has assembled a foreign-policy platform rooted in the belief that adversaries such as Russia must be confronted for backsliding on democracy […]

Mitch McConnell Says That Covering 30 Million People Isn’t The Point

I’ll admit, McConnell didn’t do a really good job of explaining the Republican position on Repeal and Replace, but, he did have a good point, which Obama cheerleader Greg Sargent misses Mitch McConnell’s appearance today on Fox News Sunday was remarkably revealing — it showed as clearly as you could want that the Supreme Court […]

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