From the brilliant battlers of global warming comes the latest nugget of wisdom to save the planet by – killing camels? This from TIME: As Australia struggles to get out from under its status as the world’s largest carbon emitter per capita, at least one company has sensed an opportunity. Under the nation’s Carbon Farming […]
Let’s all agree that Anthony Weiner is a duplicitous, self-aggrandizing narcissist and a seriously deranged, habitual tweetvert. Think it’s safe to say there’s not much argument there. But in the grand scheme of political and moral transgressions, which is worse: lying about a freakish sexting jones, or lying about multiple financial catastrophes that threaten to […]
Politicians and media experts readily adopt the latest notions, often without question. No one wants to miss their seat on the politically correct bandwagon. Toward that end media personalities and worldly politicians gush and swoon over the so-called Arab Spring. However, rhetoric and wishful thinking aside, the jury remains out on the forces driving Middle […]
The bleakness of national job creation can be witnessed on the current college graduation level, according to a recent New York Times story. Nearly 45 percent of all new college graduates fewer than 25 years of age are either unemployed or working at a job that does not require a degree at all…which obviously defeats […]
Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy”, which the democrats say is the reason black people had to support them during the 1960’s–is a lie. And it’s probably the biggest lie that’s been told to the blacks since Woodrow Wilson segregated the federal government after getting the NAACP to support him. After talking with black voters across the […]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, is the federal government’s latest foray into the medical field. Actually the intrusion is into the field of medical insurance and pharmaceuticals. The field of medicine is only indirectly affected. Generally the purpose seems to be one of allowing or requiring as many people […]
Australia’s second most populous state is getting ready to crack down on foul language. Sad to say, but I’d be stone-effing broke within a day. This from the Australian Broadcasting Corp: The Victorian Government plans to introduce laws this week that will give police permanent power to issue on-the-spot fines to people who swear. Under […]
Last month marked a disturbing milestone for former Queen City darling Wachovia, when a so-called “deferred prosecution” of the ex-banking titan expired for its role in laundering billions of dollars for murderous Mexican drug cartels. What, you didn’t hear about it the first time around? Here’s a fresh reminder from the Guardian U.K.’s Observer – […]
Quick: Which of the things listed below do NOT require a photo ID to perform? (a) Buy cigarettes or alcohol (b) Enter a federal building (c) Board a commercial airplane (d) Purchase over-the-counter antihistamine (f) Vote in an election You are correct. ‘F’ it is, dumb as it is, completely absurd in 21st century America. […]
And it sounds like he intends to keep both burners at full boil until he gets some answers about where all the money went from emergency loans that the Fed was pushing out like Pez candy. This from Fox Business: The chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve demanded Tuesday that the […]
