Yet another global warming, run-around-like-your-hair-is-on-fire claim has apparently bitten the dust, this time the whopper about the Himalayan glaciers imminent demise. This from The Telegraph UK: Researchers have discovered that contrary to popular belief half of the ice flows in the Karakoram range of the mountains are actually growing rather than shrinking. The discovery adds […]
Whenever conservatives question stale Regressive talking points they are accused of stifling dissent. Of the five myths frequently tied to conservatism – racism, poverty, sexism and environmentalism being the first four – this is the greatest myth of all. Once again, apply the slightest common sense to the Regressive’s accusation and it melts like ice […]
No real surprise here: the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 34-0 yesterday that Rahm Emanuel’s name can remain on the Chicago mayoral ballot. OK, I kid: it was a 7-0 ruling, but with Chicago politics… This from the Chicago Tribune: The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel can stay on the ballot for mayor […]
Ignore the drivel that flowed during this week’s national kumbaya address. Social Security: bankrupt Unemployment claims: climbing, up 51K Federal deficit: through the roof, hitting $1.5 trillion Obamacare: a flood of more waivers, surging from 222 to 729 Tidy how all the numbers were released after The One’s big show.
My mother used to tell me a story about villagers who were unhappy with their lives. She said they each put their own troubles in a bag with their name on it and then carried the bags to a hilltop. When all of the bags were presented, they each had the opportunity to go to […]
That would be Sen. Rand Paul, in his response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. Some folks might think Paul is too over-the-top unrealistic with his proposal to cut the federal deficit by $500 billion. In one year. Yet at the other end of the spectrum, we have Obama feigning a new fiscal […]
To the tune of more than $160 million worth of legal bills in civil lawsuits accusing the mortgage finance companies and former top brass of fraud. This from the New York Times: The bulk of those expenditures — $132 million — went to defend Fannie Mae and its officials in various securities suits and government […]
Well, that didn’t take long. Rahm Emanuel is back on the ballot in Chicago, after the Illinois Supreme Court today issued a stay of yesterday’s appellate court decision the yanked Emanuel’s name from the mayoral race. This from Bloomberg: The high court ordered the city’s election officials to include Emanuel’s name on any ballots printed […]
On January 22, 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the Constitution and American jurisprudence from which we’ve yet to recover. That was the day when seven black-robed justices overstepped their authority and plucked a right to abortion from the 14th Amendment, where no such right had previously existed. Wading through judicial opinions […]
A little something to help pass the time during tonight’s national kumbaya address: the official PunditHouse State of the Union BoINGO Card. Feel free to play along at home – on the honor system, natch – by checking off any phrases or words that President Obama uses in his speech. Disclaimer: For entertainment purposes only; […]
