Archive for April, 2009

Fact Checking Obama’s disowning of the deficit he helped shape

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Following his 100 day prime time speech its good to do a little fact check of the President’s claims.

Scientists see this flu strain as relatively mild

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

While the various world organizations and governments make sure this “crisis doesn’t go to waste” there are scientists who see this flu strain as relatively mild. the current outbreak of the H1N1 virus, which emerged in San Diego and southern Mexico late last month, may not even do as much damage as the run-of-the-mill flu [...]

100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

If you’ve time, and a strong stomach, you might find President Obama’s 100 DAYS, 100 MISTAKES an enlightening read. Of course its published in the New York Post and since it takes work to refute them the opposition instead takes the position that the NYPost is less credible than the National Enquirer. When you can’t [...]

Mother Faces BWI Charge

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

That’s Breast-feeding While Intoxicated…. I would have thought she’d been charged with delivering a controlled substance to a minor….

‘Wash Your Hands’

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

First it was inflate your tires. Now its ‘Wash Your Hands’. And they accused Bush Jr. of offer “over simplified” solutions “complex issues”?

Why we’re not all going to die from Mexican Flu

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Best coverage of the Mexican Flu to date.

US to take majority GM stake

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

I told myself after the Grand Prix I’d never buy another GM product but it looks like I no longer have a choice.

Oligarchy vs Republic

Monday, April 27th, 2009

I am frequently depressed by the number of people who don’t understand our form of government and the history of the various forms of government throughout history. Especially worrisome is the belief that the United States was founded a democracy and that Socialism/Communism are the far left and Fascism, the far right. A libertarian friend [...]

Antarctic ice is growing

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Another article on Antarctic ice growing, not melting. This one includes a comment that the large scale calving everyone was pointing to as a result of global warming may not be unusual.

Growing Antarctic sea ice

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

They finally admit, after years of saying the ice was melting and going to cause sea level rise, that ice is actually growing in the Antarctic. Oh, but it’s still our fault and growing ice is a bad thing too! First we have Global Warming. Then we discover its actually cooling so we rename Global [...]


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