August 12, 2013 – 7:30 am
Liberals have absolutely no humor when it is one of them being made fun of (Kansas City Star) The taxpayer-supported Missouri State Fair got a lot of negative publicity Sunday following a report of a shameful stunt that occurred Saturday night in Sedalia. The story by an eyewitness, Perry Beam, is posted to Daily Kos […]
August 8, 2013 – 9:00 am
Harkin’s apparently attempting to earn his race card, despite being whiter than 2 week old floater (if that’s too gross, just think whiter than cotton), along with pumping up the liberal base (Des Moines Register) U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin provided some behind-the-scenes insight into the partisan animosity that continues to follow Barack Obama in his […]
August 4, 2013 – 3:42 pm
I was highly amused by the piece by a supposed “denier”, because we all call ourselves that (sic). And then there’s the reality that the article is on the very far left TruthOut. And, really, how many on the left are already believers in Hotcoldwetdry, and have always been? Much like warming over the past […]
July 30, 2013 – 5:05 pm
In a word Don’t Especially if they are Progressives. They are all rigid, myopic ideologues bound by talking points without critical adult thinking. It’s exceedingly rare that any will ever change their minds, as most are close-minded and interested in political advantage and instituting their far left dogma of big fascistic government (for Other People), […]
July 27, 2013 – 1:57 pm
This isn’t quite a full Gore Effect, but darned close, as the anti-Keystone hysterics were out in force getting arrested (Washington Post) Organizers said the demonstration was part of a campaign called “Summer Heat,†noting that the last half of July is statistically the year’s “hottest stretch.†In a touch of irony, the protest came […]
July 25, 2013 – 7:18 am
Well, we decided we didn’t want to be Detroit (Slate) North Carolina is proving itself to be the poster child for all that is wrong with modern American democracy and—with thanks to Moral Mondays—also highlighting all that may someday save it. Ironically, as I’ve mentioned, Moral Monday has added abortion on demand to their list […]
July 23, 2013 – 2:22 pm
The NC Senate has proposed a few simple voting changes Senate Republican leaders are planning to take a voter ID bill and add provisions that cut early voting by a week, repeal same-day registration, allow counties to limit Sunday voting, end pre-registration of 16- and 17-year-olds and end straight-ticket voting. Other provisions increase the maximum […]
July 22, 2013 – 6:01 pm
Glad they have a really good margin of error. Let’s start with the first paragraph (via Tom Nelson) (Huff Post) A new article in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is headlined “The Multimillennial Sea-Level Commitment of Global Warming,” and it reports that because of carbon emissions that are virtually certain, […]
July 15, 2013 – 8:09 am
Imagine a scenario: you come home and your significant other is being sexually assaulted. The perp starts pulling out a gun. You have your gun. You have to wait for the perp to shoot first. Welcome to Michael Bloomberg’s world (Politico) New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, one of the faces of national gun-control efforts […]
July 14, 2013 – 6:34 pm
Of course, what’s to stop the creation of strip clubs in surrounding towns? (via Grist) (Evansville Courier and Press) While Southern Illinois residents hope capitalize on an expected oil boom in the region — officials at Fairfield, Ill., have formed a “fracking committee†to look for opportunities that an increase in oil production could bring […]
