Category Archives: Current Affairs

AGW Today: Solar Panel Fines, Summer Idiots, And Bigfoot

As people put up solar panels, whether for the energy savings or because they are barking moonbat climate changers, they could run in to a wee bit of a problem  Solar energy customers are worried a new fee proposed by Xcel Energy would punish new customers for getting solar panels.  The monthly fee, which would […]

You Knew The “R” Word Had To Appear For The Birther Debate At Some Point

Primarily, because once the left runs out of rational arguments, usually about 5 minutes after the debate starts, they cry racism! And that time is now (via Just One Minute) Mr. Phil Griffin [president of MSNBC] said the claims were legitimate to cover “in that there’s a segment of our population that believes this and keeps […]

Fail Tag: Man Can’t Get Arrested For Traveling To Cuba

A U.S. citizen trying to challenge the ban on travel to Cuba on Friday bemoaned his inability to get arrested or cited — even after having his passport stamped in Havana and bringing back Cuban memorabilia. Mytchell Mora, a 39-year-old freelance entertainment news producer, said he told U.S. customs officials he broke the law after […]

The 47 Million Uninsured

These are the folks who Obama wants to give force to accept the government option, as done by Michael Ramirez (h/t Ed Morrissey) Great reason to fundamentally change the way health care is delivered in America, giving us the same, um, ah, oh, heck, put it bluntly, crappy socialistic health care that Canadians and the British […]

Look At What Non-Embryonic Stem Cells Are Doing

While we wait for the researchers who feed at the federal trough to produce something, anything, from embryonic stem cells that does not include teratomas (monster tumors,) non-embronic stem cells are continuing to be super A middle-aged leukemia patient has became Chile’s first patient to receive stem cells from an umbilical cord in a radical […]

Obama Warns Against Scare Tactics. He Should Take His Own Advice

In an interview campaign stop with ABC News, Obama had this to say “The country has to reform its health care system or else not only are you going to continue to have people really going through a hard time, we’re also going see a continuing escalation of our budget problems that can’t get under […]

Guess Which Type Of Car Owner Drives More Than Others

If you guessed hybrid, the tequila shot is on me Quite a few big-name auto insurers have been giving hybrid owners a discount on their premium. But those deals might not last much longer; as an insurance data-analysis firm points out, the insurance industry could be losing big because of this. The surprising result: Hybrid […]

Obambi Admin To Allow Iran To Develop Nukes

And then they will spend quite a bit defending against what they should have stopped. How else to read this? US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is prepared to bolster the defence of its Gulf allies if Iran develops a nuclear weapons programme. Mrs Clinton said if the US extended a “defence […]

Obama Makes Americans Less Safe With Post-Poned G’itmo Report

I guess all the partying, campaining, and running around the world apologizing has been counter-productive to Obama’s pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility within one year of him taking office. Signing legislation to close G’itmo was one of his first acts, done on his second day in office. He even said that Americans […]

Dear Leader’s Poll Numbers Continue To Go Down

He is quickly learning that being an actual leader, a job he had never held till 1/20/2009, and pushing one’s agenda is not as easy as a good campaign speech Heading into a critical period in the debate over health-care reform, public approval of President Obama’s stewardship on the issue has dropped below the 50 percent […]

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