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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The Global Carbon Footprint Scam
  GreeenIsm piece by Alan Caruba (11/21/09)

I never cease to marvel at the environmental alarmists who create one “crisis” after another using wretchedly bad “science” to support their scams. On Tuesday, November 24, the Global Footprint Network is going to “release new data on the Ecological Footprint of 100 nations and humanity as a whole, and the current ledgers are sobering.“

Friday, November 20, 2009

We Don’t Like to Stock That, It Sells Too Well
  Socialism piece by Guest: Michael R. Shannon (11/20/09)

I imagine the Postmaster General grinds his teeth when he thinks about how much easier his life would be, if he had a monopoly like the “public” schools. If customers were forced to buy the equivalent postage before they were allowed to ship FEDEX or UPS his competition worries would be over.

D.C. sued for blocking vote on marriage
  Police State piece by Offsite (11/20/09)

A lawsuit has been filed in Washington, D.C., challenging a decision by the city’s Board of Elections and Ethics not to allow citizens to vote on the definition of marriage, as had been proposed by an initiative.

‘Hacked e-mails reveal global-warming fraud?‘
  Global Warming piece by Offsite (11/20/09)

Top climate scientists discuss hiding contrary data, marginalizing dissenters - Officials at a key global warming research center in the United Kingdom have authenticated a series of e-mails and other documents apparently taken from their computer system by a hacker, but they cannot explain what scientists in internal exchanges meant by references to a “trick” that would “hide the decline” of global temperatures nor by instructions to delete contrary data.

Civilian Trials Provide Soapboxes for Terrorists
  Terrorism piece by J. D. Longstreet (11/20/09)

So now we are going to try the terrorists in civilian federal trials in New York City, just blocks away from the site of the former World Trade Center Twin Towers, where 3,000 innocents were murdered. Can you possible see how this move by the Obama Regime makes the US appear weak, indecisive, and just plain DUMB to our enemies?

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Like it or not, you pay for faith in evolution
   EdukShun piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

Whether a public university can use taxpayer funds from the federal government for a website that overtly endorses the beliefs of some religious groups regarding evolution and creation - but not others - is the focus of a case that’s being prepared for submission to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Gas prices rise across East Valley, state
   Energy piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

For the first time in nearly four months, the average price of a gallon of gasoline increased this week, according to AAA Arizona.

As Prices Rise, Some See $2 Gas
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

HOUSTON - The five-month slide in gasoline prices has come to an abrupt halt, with gasoline rising by several cents in recent days amid indicators that the national average could jump to $2 a gallon or higher this spring.

For sale: The P-I
   MSM piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

After 146 years of delivering news, the Seattle P-I faces becoming what it has chronicled: history.

Muslim apology over prayers outside Milan Cathedral
   Society piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

Islamic leaders in Italy are to apologise to the Roman Catholic Church after a pro-Palestinian march ended in Muslims burning Israeli flags and praying in front of Milan Cathedral.

Economists Predict Longest Recession Since WWII
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. recession will probably be the longest since World War Two and could worsen without heavy government spending, according to a closely-watched survey of economists released on Saturday.

Baltimore mayor indicted on corruption charges
   Politics piece by Offsite (1/10/09)

BALTIMORE (AP) - Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used instead for a holiday shopping spree.

‘Are 8,000 Bosnia Massacre Victims Just Like Gazans?‘
   MSM piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/10/09)

These sort of nonsensical comparisons, filled to the brim with hyperbolic foolishness, is what we get from the anti-Israeli Old Media so often that it almost fails to even surprise at this point. But, here is Reuters again indulging its inner terrorist, just the same.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Swear It Isn’t So
   Law piece by Offsite (1/9/09)

Hamilton County (Ohio) Judge Robert Ruehlman is fed up with swearing in his courtroom and he is doing something about it.

Not So Fast the Electric Cars, Buried Study Says
   Junk Science piece by Offsite (1/9/09)

Contrary to popular belief, all useful information does not emanate exclusively from the United States.  Likewise, governments other than ours can, on occasion, be as guilty as ours in suppressing useful information that is inconvenient for governments, not to mention advocates of and special pleaders for suspicious causes.

Rosengren: Recession Worse Than Thought
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/9/09)

The U.S. recession looks to be longer and more severe than originally thought, but there are signs that the economy will improve in the second half of 2009, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday.

IDF discovers Hamas booby-trap map
   Terrorism piece by Offsite (1/9/09)

A map depicting Hamas’ best-laid plans on how to hurt IDF soldiers in Gaza was discovered by paratroopers in al-Atatra neighborhood Thursday. The map was translated on the scene and helped the troops in subsequent operations.

Thrift stores exempted from ‘financial doomsday’
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Offsite (1/9/09)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced today [8th] that a new government regulation scheduled to take effect next month will not force thrift and consignment stores to adhere to strict lead and phthalate testing or declare their merchandise hazardous material.

Justice Department Alleges Voter Intimidation by New Black Panther Party
   Elections piece by Jim Kouri (1/9/09)

During an interview on March 20 with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz’ group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States.

Illinois GOP Wrong On Special Election to Fill Obama’s Senate Seat
   Politics piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/9/09)

Once it became known throughout the state that Governor Balgojevich was being entertained by the U.S. Attorney for his creative attempts to shore up his retirement plans and once it was realized that the Governor had yet to pick a replacement to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat, the Illinois GOP latched on to the call for a special election as the solution for that issue.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Status Update
   General piece by Editor (1/8/09)

Today AD once again became included in Google News, apparently the RSS technical glitch introduced in moving to the new software was resolved on their end.

Egypt and Jordan - Lifelines to Gaza and West Bank
   Middle East piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

The growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza is slowly leading to the realisation that removal of Hamas and its 20000 terrorist army from there has become a fundamental priority in permanently ending the suffering of Gaza’s civilian population.

A Giant Breach in Earth’s Magnetic Field
   Science piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

NASA’s five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a breach in Earth’s magnetic field ten times larger than anything previously thought to exist. Solar wind can flow in through the opening to “load up” the magnetosphere for powerful geomagnetic storms. But the breach itself is not the biggest surprise. Researchers are even more amazed at the strange and unexpected way it forms, overturning long-held ideas of space physics.

The Global Warming Crescendo Has Passed
   Global Warming piece by Christopher Adamo (1/8/09)

As the cold of winter settles in on the northern hemisphere, all of the hysteria of “global warming,” or its less specific alternative “climate change,” rings increasingly hollow to the general public. Weather patterns of the past decade indicate that the planet has been in an undeniable cooling trend since prior to the new millennium. So the panicked prophesies of cataclysmic upturns in the earth’s average temperature simply do not carry the emotional impact that they once held.

Britons panic buying last stocks of conventional lightbulbs
   GreeenIsm piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

Britain has signed up to an European Union decision to replace conventional 100-watt bulbs with supposedly greener, low-energy alternatives.

Feds sue New Black Panthers for voter intimidation
   Elections piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party for Self-Defense alleging the organization intimidated voters at a precinct polling place in Philadelphia during the Nov. 4 election.

New GOP Chairman should remove Party from the International Democrat Union
   Republicrats piece by Tom DeWeese (1/8/09)

The race is on for a new chairman of the Republican Party. The outcome is important because the party has become so lost over the past few decades. No longer is it the party of limited government, low taxes and free enterprise. To the contrary, under the reign of terror by the Bush Administration, the GOP had been the force behind the largest growth of government in the history of the United States: record-setting budgets and deficits, assaults on our national sovereignty, invasion of our personal privacy, destruction of private property rights, illegal amnesty, international ID cards and the collapse of the greatest economy in the world.

U.S. Plans Border ‘Surge’ If Drug War Spreads
   Crime piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

The U.S. has developed plans for a “surge” in crime fighters if the drug wars in Mexico should spread across the border, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

China Turning Its Back on U.S. Debt
   Economics piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

China may finally be tiring of taking on U.S. debt, after gobbling down more than $1 trillion in Treasury-issued bills over the past few years.

Gaza School Daze
   Middle East piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

So, there I was minding my own business eying the flat ocean on the way to work, wondering what fish were hitting in the surf.

‘What does Leon Panetta know about TWA 800?‘
   Shadow Government piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

Last week, I received an e-mail from a former 747 pilot named Thomas Young.

Sudden death for NAFTA highway plan
   NAU/SPP piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

Tens of thousands of opponents to a NAFTA highway project that would have crossed Texas with a corridor the width of four football fields have been given good news by the state: the Trans-Texas Corridor plan is being dropped.

‘Is Feb. 10 financial doomsday for thousands?‘
   Bird-Brain Flu piece by Offsite (1/8/09)

A new government regulation scheduled to take effect next month has thousands of retailers, thrift stores and small businesses worried they will be forced to permanently close their doors - and destroy their merchandise.

A Nightmare Called Edgewood
   Big Brother piece by Thomas D. Segel (1/8/09)

Harlingen, Texas, January 7, 2009:  “I made this trip fifty years after the fact to squarely face my devils”….  “I finally came to the realization that it was not the place, but the people at that place who had changed many of us forever.  We were the victims and became the walking wounded casualties of the Cold War who can never be made whole again….“

Media Pumping Obama: Best Dresser, Breakthrough Election, Tough on Terror
   MSM piece by Warner Todd Huston (1/8/09)

In a like vein as the story I posted a few days ago showing Reuters helping cover for Obama by lowering expectations(1), a trio of stories—two from McClatchy and one from the AP—prove to be little more than empty Obama boostering with little worth as news, though the AP piece at least comes close to being newsworthy. Unfortunately, this is the sort of empty reporting that has become du jour for the Old Media. It’s the media’s covering for the Clinton’s all over again, yet 10-times more intense.