Friday, November 27, 2009

White House Science Czar Involved in Climategate
   Climate Change piece by Offsite (11/27/09)

You haven’t heard it from America’s mainstream media yet - even Fox News hasn’t covered it - but the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Dr. John P. Holdren, is a key player in the Climategate e-mails flap, which is shaping up as the biggest scandal in the history of modern science.

America as Texas vs. California
   The Republic piece by Offsite (11/27/09)

New Geography, the online magazine created by Joel Kotkin and others with a special focus on demographics and trends, has been tracking the implosion of California in an interesting way: by comparing it to Texas.

The premium, the button and the incense
   Demercrats piece by Offsite (11/27/09)

As WorldNetDaily’s Bob Unruh reported on Nov. 5, U.S. House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, stated that the government health plan currently before the Senate will require all participants to pay a “monthly abortion premium.“

How to Forge a Consensus
   Global Warming piece by Offsite (11/27/09)

The impression left by the Climategate emails is that the global warming game has been rigged from the start - The climatologists at the center of last week’s leaked-email and document scandal have taken the line that it is all much ado about nothing. Yes, the wording of the some of their messages was unfortunate, but they insist this in no way undermines the underlying science, which is as certain as ever.

Climate change ‘isn’t caused by us’
   Climate Change piece by Offsite (11/27/09)

Climate change has mainly natural causes and the human contribution is too small to detect, global warming sceptic Professor Fred Singer has said, writes Matthew George.

‘Sarah Palin: Should We Make Rogue Vogue?‘
   Politics piece by Guest: Paul A. Ibbetson (11/27/09)

Sarah Palin is back in the public spot light with her new bestselling book, Going Rogue. At the moment, on just about every television channel, one can view the very photogenic Palin being quizzed about her new book and her plans for the future. Of course, the big question that comes up at some point in every conversation is - will she run for the top spot in the next presidential election? While trying to pick the person that will be the Republican Presidential Candidate in 2012 is a pre-mature question, who among us, both liberal and conservative, can’t say it is not a tantalizing topic to discuss? For conservatives, it is one of the most important chances to correct this Titanic-style course of destruction that Barack Obama has chartered for the country. For liberals, it’s a chance to hate a new conservative presidential candidate with all the energy they can muster. Good times.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Duh ClimateGate Cover-up And Denial
   GreeenIsm piece by Malcolm T. Hedges (11/25/09)

ClimateGate hoax perpetrators and the Progressive MSM are busy trying vainly to do a CYA!

Citi Calls for Mortgage Forgiveness
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Citibank mortgage chief Sanjiv Das says rising unemployment means more borrowers need forgiveness on the principal of their mortgages instead of restructured loans, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Congress must stop KSM trial!
   Law piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

The U.S. Constitution can rescue us from the Obama administration’s latest push toward “remaking America.“ Our Constitution is on the people’s side to stop Obama from turning the judiciary into a platform for America’s sworn enemies to spread their propaganda and even use our own laws against us.

Leverage 200 Percent, Go Short
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

One of the leading financial newsletter publishers in the U.S., Mark Hulbert of The Hulbert Financial Digest, is reporting that now may be the time for investors to leverage their portfolios “200 percent” and short the stock market.

This Is an L-Shaped Recovery
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch says the U.S. economy has begun an L-shaped recovery, limited by rising unemployment.

A Thanksgiving Revival
   Society piece by Guest: Nathan Tabor (11/25/09)

This past year has been a tough one for many, if not most, Americans. While fighting two fronts in the war on terrorism, we’ve had to contend with economic turmoil, soaring unemployment, political division and a growing sense that America’s best years are behind us.

Beijing Autos to Reevaluate Saab Bid
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

SHANGHAI—The Chinese automaker that had joined with Koenigsegg Automotive AB in bidding to buy Saab said Wednesday it regrets the Swedish luxury sports car maker’s decision to drop the deal and will reconsider its own stance.

What Buffett Sees in Wal-Mart
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett more than doubled his holdings in retailer Wal-Mart during the quarter ending Sept. 30, according to the latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the federal regulatory agency.

Depression, Not Recession
   Economics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Economist David Rosenberg isn’t worried about when the recession will end: He’s worried about when the depression will end.

Biden Is Right: Obama Administration Is Our Worst Nightmare
   ObamaNation piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Vice President Joe Biden issued a somber warning for opponents of the Obama administration’s agenda, telling party loyalists during a fundraising speech in Iowa that the naysayers “should be worried about us, for we are their worst nightmare.“ Duh.

An End to Global Warming Bad Science
   Global Warming piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

In my 1997 series “The Ice Man Cometh,“ I quoted Dr. George Kaplan, the granddaddy of all global warming skeptics, as saying that the global warming theory could well be “the last stand of an errant scientific ideology.“

Zogby Poll Shows Young Voters Against Obamacare
   Politics piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Previously, we reported to you that our national polling showed that the under-30 voters were the strongest supporters of the Obama healthcare initiative.

When the establishment hates a right-wing candidate
   Progressivism piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Approximately once every four years, the media establishment and certain “moderates” in the Republican Party decide to destroy a conservative candidate. They sharpen their blades and their tongues and they go into action, armed with the conviction that the vitriol of their pens will wither away the candidate’s reputation and potential.

Reviving the 10th Amendment
   The Republic piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

Over my years of foreign travel and entertaining people from other countries visiting the United States, I’ve developed a little lecture that explains some of the mysteries about this country that bedevil a lot of foreigners. If you’re a native-born American, don’t be ashamed if this is new to you, too. A major part of the problem is that too many Americans have never heard, never understood, never known and never cared about what comes next.

Another deadly government dictum
   Big Brother piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

How many things in our lives would we like to depend upon the generosity and selflessness of our fellow man, and do you think we would like the outcome? You say, “Williams, are you now putting down generosity and selflessness?“ No, I’m not. Let me ask the question in a more direct way. Say you want a nice three-bedroom house. Which human motivation do you think would get you the house sooner: the generosity of builders, or the builders’ desire to earn some money? What about a nice car? Which motivation of auto companies and their workers do you trust will get you a car sooner: the generosity of owners and workers, or owner desire for profits and worker desire for wages?

Hearing for homeschooler forced into gov’t system
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (11/25/09)

The New Hampshire Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a 10-year-old homeschool girl who has been ordered into a government-run school because she was too “vigorous” in defense of her Christian faith.

Islamism 2.0
   Islam piece by Daniel Pipes (11/25/09)

To borrow a computer term, if Ayatollah Khomeini, Osama bin Laden, and Nidal Hasan represent Islamism 1.0, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (the prime minister of Turkey), Tariq Ramadan (a Swiss intellectual), and Keith Ellison (a U.S. congressman) represent Islamism 2.0. The former kill more people but the latter pose a greater threat to Western civilization.

In Defense of Joe Lieberman
   Politics piece by Thomas Lindaman (11/25/09)

To put it mildly, Joe Lieberman is an enigma, albeit a plain-spoken one. He tends to vote with the Democrats in the Senate, but when he doesn’t, it’s usually for a very good reason. With the health care reform bill, Lieberman has decided to make a public break with his ideological allies and oppose any reform bill that includes a public option.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Total BS - Climate change quickens, seas feared up 2 meters
   Junk Science piece by Offsite (11/24/09)

OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming is happening faster than expected and at worst could raise sea levels by up to 2 meters (6-1/2 ft) by 2100, a group of scientists said on Tuesday in a warning to next month’s U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.

Why Palin Will Run in 2012
   Politics piece by Aaron Goldstein (11/24/09)

Will she or won’t she?

American Students May Underperform in Math and Science, but MMM, MMM, MMM, Can they Sing!
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (11/24/09)

President Barack Obama came to a startling realization last week while in South Korea: the educational system in South Korea is better at teaching kids math and science than ours is. In fact, when it comes to those subjects, the differences are truly startling. American students rank 21st in science and 25th in math compared with students in other countries, and they rank even lower vis-a-vis many Asian countries such as Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

‘The End of History or a History of the End?‘
   History piece by Warner Todd Huston (11/24/09)

A few years ago, Francis Fukuyama was widely criticized for his book claiming that mankind had seen “The End of History.“(1)  Fukuyama contended that liberal democracy had won the debate over which system was best and, therefore, there was necessary no more “moving forward” for man’s social order. While Fukuyama might have thought the question of the best system was settled—that being the Western democratic system—- what good does a great system do if no one is aware of it? Unfortunately, we are quickly nearing a time in our schools where any knowledge of our political system or western history is going untaught. It’s so bad that most standard history courses are disappearing from our universities to be replaced by specialties about minorities or single subjects like “genocide” or “homosexual studies.“

‘Climategate: the final nail in the coffin of ‘Anthropogenic Global Warming’?‘
   Climate Change piece by Offsite (11/24/09)

If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping them NOW. The conspiracy behind the Anthropogenic Global Warming myth (aka AGW; aka ManBearPig) has been suddenly, brutally and quite deliciously exposed after a hacker broke into the computers at the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit (aka Hadley CRU) and released 61 megabites of confidential files onto the internet. (Hat tip: Watts Up With That)

Conservatives seek litmus test for RNC funding
   Republicrats piece by Offsite (11/24/09)

Eager to ensure that “tea partiers” don’t undermine GOP candidates, conservative members of the Republican National Committee are pursuing the creation of a rule that would bar the Republican Party from funding candidates who fail a conservative litmus test.