Daily Archives: July 31, 2013

North Carolina On The Hook For $75,000 In Possum Drop Fees

Thanks, PETA! (WRAL) A Superior Court judge has ordered the state Wildlife Resources Commission to pay almost $75,000 in attorney fees to PETA in the legal challenge to the annual New Year’s Eve Possum Drop in Brasstown. OK, it’s not all PETA’s fault: all the NC General Assembly had to do was pass a law […]

Paper: Lunar-Tidal Cycles Influences Climate

Obviously, this must all be caused by carbon pollution from you, dear reader, refusing to turn your thermostat to 78 during the height of the summer (The Hockey Schtick) A paper published today in the International Journal of Climatology finds the 18.6 year lunar-tide cycle influences rainfall and climate over adjacent land areas. According to […]

If All You See…

…is an evil fossil fueled plane which should only be used to go to climate change conferences, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is American Power, with a post on the racial divide getting worst.

The Lonely Conservative On Regionalism

From the Lonely Conservative: “Regionalism – Coming Soon To A Town Near You, Or Maybe Your Town” Normally this would be something I’d write extensively on, linked in to “climate change”, but slammed at work, so head over and read the whole thing.

Appeals Court Rules Nanny Bloomberg’s Big Sugary Drink Ban Unconstitutional

Could this be the first domino in rolling back Nanny State laws and regulations thanks to judicial precedent, or is that a bit of wishful thinking? (Reuters) New York City’s plan to ban large sugary drinks from restaurants and other eateries was an illegal overreach of executive power, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday, […]

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