Daily Archives: June 20, 2013

Did NSA Spying Actually Stop NYSE Plot?

Put this one down to a case of “just wondering”, but, hey, it’s not like The Government would ever lie about something, right? (Wired)  Did the government really disrupt a bomb plot targeting the New York Stock Exchange? The FBI deputy director said that today in a Spygate hearing where the government for the first […]

If All You See…

…is a flooded drought world because someone charged their Chevy Volt using dirty power from coal plants, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Sister Toldjah, with a post on a Connecticut firearms maker moving to South Carolina.

NC School Superintendent Wants Teachers Excluded From Paying Income Tax

In other words, she wants teachers to not pay their “fair share” (Raleigh N&O) Legislators rejected a suggestion from the elected state schools chief that the state exempt teachers from personal income taxes. June Atkinson, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, told News & Observer editorial writers and reporters Monday that teachers should be exempt, […]

Obama Readying Emission Limit Plan To Deal With Hotcoldwetdry

Alternate headline: Obama readying plan to artificially raise your electricity costs and the costs of everything else by executive fiat (NY Times) President Obama is preparing regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, senior officials said Wednesday. The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one likely […]

Senators Closing In On Super Duper Mega-Awesome Bipartisan Border Security Compromise

….that’s all really a load of mule fritters, but the Associated Press writers make it seem like they’re closing in on one of the most historic pieces of legislation ever! (WRAL) White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend […]

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