Monthly Archives: January 2014

Harry Reid To Allow Votes On Changes To Obamacare

Hey, I thought that It’s. The. Law? CNN’s Dana Bash provides a fawning, softball interview with Dingy Harry (as written by Dan Merica) In a nod to vulnerable Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will allow the Senate to vote on some Democratic proposals to […]

If All You See…

…is an evil moo cow released horrid greenhouse gases causing terrible snow storms, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Right Wing News, with a post on stopping Boehner’s amnesty plan.

Anonymous Republican Sees Racism In Immigration Opposition

Throwing out the “R” word is simply a way to attempt to shut down debate (Buzzfeed) For more than a year House Republican leaders have insisted the chamber would act on new immigration laws. And for more than a year, Republicans have done virtually nothing on the issue — despite intense pressure from activists, business […]

Whew! Finally A Way To Talk To Polar-Vortexed Friends

And Grist is there to tell us how the freaking cold weather is all part of “climate change”, as they crosspost from Sightline Daily How to talk to your polar-vortexed friends Brrrr, it’s freezing. So much for global warming, huh? We heard this kind of thing a lot during the early January cold snap when […]

Obama’s Executive Action Power Play

During the 2014 SOTU Obama formalized his plan to essentially ignore the duly elected Legislative Branch and act through Executive Orders. This is very much what he has been doing for the entirety of his time in the presidential office, excepting for a few big pieces of legislation, like Obamacare and the failed Stimulus. He […]

Koch Brothers To Harry Reid: Comments Are “Beneath The Office He Holds”

Are other Republicans paying attention, particularly elected ones? (Politico) The Koch brothers are firing back at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his broadside on their political activities, with a spokesman calling Reid’s comments “beneath the office he holds.” After Reid on Thursday accused the billionaires Charles and David Koch of trying to “buy the […]

Bummer: “Climate Change” Making Vulnerable Penguins More Vulnerable

This is the Scary Story Of The Day. Lots of Leftist news outlets have jumped all over it as a way of scaring people about how bad living a modern lifestyle is, and penguins, and especially penguin chicks, are quite a bit more visually friendly than a polar bear hunting and killing seals in a […]

Apparently, Now The Mountains Are Eating The Warming

Here’s yet another excuse as to why the Earth is refusing to warm in a statistically significant manner, causing the vast majority of climate models from the Believers to fail New warmist excuse: Mountains eating the global warming. Mountain rainfall removes CO2 causing lower temps. http://t.co/K1UQj6KmzG — Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) January 26, 2014 (Climate Central) […]

If All You See…

…are wonderful plants taking carbon pollution out of the atmosphere, you might just be a Warmist The blog of the day is Sister Toldjah, with a post wondering if Obamacare’s pro-choice record will doom Kay Hagan. This post was meant for two days ago, but I guess I hit “save draft” instead of “schedule post”, […]

Bummer: Still No Smoking Guns Against Chris Christie

First, this sounds like what the Left termed “uncivil discourse”, linking guns with a politician (hey, I don’t make the rules). Second, the Liberal Media has been investigating Christie non-stop since the day this “scandal” broke in a manner more reminiscent of a teen boy searching to see every video of their favorite porn star […]

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