Monthly Archives: July 2011

In short, the central premise of alarmist global warming theory is that carbon dioxide emissions should be directly and indirectly trapping a certain amount of heat in the earth’s atmosphere and preventing it from escaping into space. Real-world measurements, however, … Continue reading →

President Obama’s communications director said we’ve “never” been in danger of defaulting before. That’s not true. Congress has come close to failing to raise the debt ceiling before defaulting more than once in recent years, under both Presidents Bill Clinton … Continue reading →

The older, white man was seen photographing children in a public park in Idaho, so it didn’t take long for an overprotective mother to chase him off. She then called the cops, who in turn alerted the media, who quickly … Continue reading →

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after cosponsoring the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, introduced by Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) earlier this afternoon.  Reps. Phil Roe (R-TN), Joe … Continue reading →

At a lengthy hearing on ATF’s controversial gunwalking operation today, a key ATF manager told Congress he discussed the case with a White House National Security staffer as early as September 2010. The communications were between ATF Special Agent in … Continue reading →

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is making the case against deep cuts in the international affairs budget, arguing that diplomats provide critical support to American businesses overseas. “The 1 percent of our budget we spend on all diplomacy and … Continue reading →

Poor atheists, is there anything 9/11-related that doesn’t offend them? First they made a big stink when the city changed a Red Hook street sign to honor 9/11 firefighters, now they’re filing a lawsuit because the famous September 11 Cross … Continue reading →

The temperature was hovering near 90 degrees on the afternoon of Memorial Day when James O’Keefe III emerged from the woods and ambled over to my car. He was tall and thin, with pale skin and matted reddish hair. When … Continue reading →

via anothersight.com I love this so much…

Militants fighting Afghan government in a new tactic, hardly imagined by security forces, targeted and killed the mayor of Kandahar city, 450 km south of Afghan capital Kabul, in his office on Wednesday. To target government officials, the militants had … Continue reading →

McDonald’s has just announced that it’s changing the menu of its well-known Happy Meal. The company is cutting the number of French fries by more than half and adding an apple. If you think it’s great that Ronald McDonald is … Continue reading →

via raywj.com Wow… Just… Wow… I’ve never seen anything like that.

You can fool around with inflation and with the percentage of GDP and with the revenue side of the equation, but the bottom line is that the federal government is spending about double what it was at the end of … Continue reading →

The Sunset Park Redevelopment Committee, in partnership with Community Environmental Center, present a free, emergency cooling program for the low-income, sick and elderly of Brooklyn. If you have a medical condition that puts you at risk in a heat wave, … Continue reading →