Government-Defined Patriotism: "An interview in The Nation's blog with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH):
I've talked to Barack a lot about his Patriot Corporation Act, which is not trade per se, but it's certainly part of the economic package around globalization. The Patriot Corporation Act has not gotten the attention that I would hope it would. But, basically it says that if you play by the rules, if you pay decent wages, health benefits, pension; do your production here; don't resist unionization on neutral card check, then you will be designated a 'Patriot Corporation' and you will get tax advantages and some [preference] on government contracts.
There is so much here that's profoundly objectionable. On card check, it's 'patriotic' to support the elimination of the secret ballot in the workplace? It's 'patriotic' to pay an employee $14 an hour, but not $13.83? Play by the rules? What does that mean?"
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Washington Diarist
Washington Diarist: "I cannot escape the foreboding that we are heading into an era of conflict, not an era of conciliation. I do not mean that there will be many wars, though I cannot imagine that the threat to American security from Al Qaeda and its many associates can be met without a massive and sustained military operation in western Pakistan, and I cannot imagine any Pakistani government ordering such an operation. It is not 'the politics of fear' to remind Obama's legions of the blissful that, while they are watching Scarlett Johansson sway to the beat, somewhere deep inside a quasi independent territory we might call Islamistan people are making plans to blow them to bits. (Yes, they can.)"
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - Muskegon Chronicle - MLive.com
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels : "Above average precipitation in January and extensive ice cover on Lake Michigan caused water levels to rise three inches last month,"
When will we start to hear the cries of "we must stop Global Climate Change" because lake levels are RISING!!!!"?
GordoM-knows-the-Gorbal-warmers-are-adaptive
When will we start to hear the cries of "we must stop Global Climate Change" because lake levels are RISING!!!!"?
GordoM-knows-the-Gorbal-warmers-are-adaptive
Global Warming redefined?
Snow, ice cover could help lake levels - : "Though this winter has been colder and produced more snow than last winter, average air temperatures to date have been about 1 degree above the long-term average, said Bill Marino, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
'Temperatures have been significantly cooler than last year, by about 2.2 degrees, but we're still warmer than normal,' Marino said."
Huh?
'Temperatures have been significantly cooler than last year, by about 2.2 degrees, but we're still warmer than normal,' Marino said."
Huh?
Why Republicans are Happier
The "secret" is pretty simple.
You control your life and future, you're happy.
You give control to others, you ain't so happy.
Duh....
Why Republicans are Happier « The View from Alexandria: "No single morsel of happiness data, though, is more intriguing than this: Republicans are happier than Democrats."
Monday, February 11, 2008
Multi Culturism that works!
Punditry Professor Bainbridge: "In a more culturally confident age, the British in India were faced with the practice of “suttee”—the tradition of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands. General Sir Charles Napier was impeccably multicultural:
‘’You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”"
‘’You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: When men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”"
Darwin=Nazi?
Ed Driscoll.com: If "You Think Darwin Sounds Like A Nazi, There Is A Connection": "Had they actually read Origin, they likely would be shocked to learn that among Darwin's scientifically based proposals was the elimination of 'the negro and Australian peoples,' which he considered savage races whose continued survival was hindering the progress of civilization."
Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines
WZZM13 - Toledo mayor explains decision to kick out Grand Rapids-based Marines: "A spokesman for the mayor says residents had complained about previous exercises and the mayor feared the activity would disturb them."
NPR tells us "other" countries are hurting Costa Rica
GordoM wonders just what country NPR might be accusing......yeah right....
NPR: Rainfall Shortages Threaten Costa Rica Power: "But Costa Rica's efforts to minimize its own contributions to global warming have made it especially vulnerable to climate changes caused by other countries."
DC is the "Detroit" of the east?
The Volokh Conspiracy - -#1202690921: "Almost everyone who lives or works in the District of Columbia is well aware that the District's government performs very poorly compared to almost all other big-city governments in the United States. Nevertheless, the Buckeye brief is shocking."
Sunday, February 10, 2008
WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007)
WNYC - The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Darker Side of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (August 16, 2007): "These are all “feel good” measures—and ridiculous. “…Put the expired bulb in two plastic bags and send it off to the landfill.”? No thanks. I’ll stick with Tommy Edison’s regular ol’ incandescents. (I turn off the light--singular--when I leave the room anyway.)"
Clinton "dirty tricks" again?
Obama will be assassinated if he wins: Nobel winner Lessing: "If Barack Obama becomes the next US president he will surely be assassinated, British Nobel literature laureate Doris Lessing predicted in a newspaper interview published here Saturday."
Mohamed again?
Gateway Pundit: Beheading in London: "Mohamed Boudjenane, of Kingsgate Road, Kilburn, north London, will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on Monday.
The headless body, wrapped in blankets, was found by shoppers in a supermarket goods cage in Kingsgate Place, Kilburn, on Wednesday. ......
Police are still searching for the head."
The headless body, wrapped in blankets, was found by shoppers in a supermarket goods cage in Kingsgate Place, Kilburn, on Wednesday. ......
Police are still searching for the head."
Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels
Amazon.com: Meltdown: The Predictable Distortion of Global Warming by Scientists, Politicians, and the Media: Books: Patrick J. Michaels: "Advocates of the precautionary principle will note that he fails to demonstrate his claim that 'there is no known, feasible policy that can stop or even slow these climate changes.' And while he chalks up global warming alarmism to an unholy alliance of climatologists hungry for grants and media sensationalism, his remedy for biased science is not better science but a 'wider source of bias' in the form of more funding of climatology by the fossil fuel industry. He also calls for the abolition of academic tenure—a crushing blow against an independent professorate that libertarians and their allies in the world of academia view as the intellectual wellspring of the regulatory state. Nonetheless, Michaels’s challenge to global warming orthodoxy should invigorate the debate over climate change."
Friday, February 08, 2008
Crime statistics as sophistry
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Sounds like a pretty telling statistic, no? But then let's look at the small print in the footnote:
It should be noted, however, that when a household member was present, the incidence of violent crimes was considerably higher -- about 30.2%."
It should be noted, however, that when a household member was present, the incidence of violent crimes was considerably higher -- about 30.2%."
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