Archive | February, 2010
ClimateGate Scientist: No Warming Since 1995
The climatologist at the center of the “ClimateGate” scandal has admitted that the Earth hasn’t warmed in over a decade. Phil Jones, who resigned after leaked emails from the Climate Research Unit showed that scientists were manufacturing data and hiding real results, dates the last increase in temperature back to 1995. Professor Jones also conceded [...]
Obama Signs $1.9 Trillion Debt Increase
12. February 2010
President Barack Obama has signed legislation that increases the national debt limit by $1.9 trillion. The total public debt will reach $14.294 trillion. Oddly enough, no cameras or special guests were in attendance during the signing. Then there’s this: The bill also establishes a statutory Pay-As-You-Go procedure requiring that new non-emergency legislation affecting tax revenue [...]
Bill Clinton Hospitalized in New York City
11. February 2010
Doesn’t sound immediately life-threatening, so that’s good news. Which isn’t to say he’s sitting around playing Checkers. He was reportedly rushed to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital with chest pains this afternoon. George Stephanopoulos, his former aide and now ABC News correspondent, says Clinton is likely undergoing or has undergone a stent procedure. That suggests arterial blockage. [...]
Good News: Stimulus Dollars Now Buying iPods
11. February 2010
You were probably under the mistaken impression that the $800 billion+ stimulus package was actually intended to create jobs and stimulate the economy. Silly you. Americans for Tax Reform reveals that stimulus funds are now going to purchase iPods for parents who fill out school surveys. Because that’s somehow creating jobs. The Polk County school [...]
Obama Administration Claims Credit for Iraq Success
11. February 2010
These people make Orwell’s Ministry of Truth look like the Encyclopedia Britannica. Are they kidding? I mean, does Joe Biden not understand that April Fool’s Day actually occurs during the month of April? Or is he just so fucking delusional that he believes pushing for defeat every step of the way equates to deserving credit [...]
Obama: Yeah, I Might Raise Taxes on the Middle Class
11. February 2010
He already has in a round-about manner, placing higher tax on sales of cigarettes which, as the Associated Press pointed out, is disproportionately purchased by the middle and lower classes. But this could be a more direct tax increase. Hey, remember when Obama insisted during the campaign that no one making less than $250,000 per [...]
Breaking: Charlie Wilson Dead At 76
10. February 2010
Charlie Wilson, the Texas Congressman who joined with the Reagan Administration to fund anti-Soviet action in Afghanistan, has passed away after suffering cardio pulmonary arrest. He was 76. Wilson, a southern Democrat, was best known for pushing Congress into funding Operation Cyclone — the largest CIA operation in history. Cyclone was the code name for [...]
Really: National Security Chief Of Staff Mispronounces “Nuclear”
10. February 2010
Hey, remember how Democrats used Bush’s mispronunciation of “nuclear” for years as evidence that he was an uneducated imbecile? We have a president who can’t pronounce “nuclear”! Everybody panic! I wonder if they’ll do the same thing with Denis McDonough, National Security Chief of Staff for the Obama Administration, now that he’s joined Bush in [...]
Report: Democratic Governor Under Federal Investigation
10. February 2010
Federal prosecutors are investigating New York Governor David Paterson (D), WPIX reports. The investigation is said to involve the awarding of a lucrative contract to political allies to run a gambling center at Aqueduct Raceway. The embattled Governor who appears to have dodged the bullet of rumors and innuendo that had been circulating over a [...]
Breaking: Senate Rejects Becker Nomination to NLRB
9. February 2010
The United States Senate has failed to invoke cloture on the nomination of union hack Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. The final vote was 52-33, with Nelson (D-NE) and Lincoln (D-AR) joining with Republicans to block the nomination. 60 votes were required to move on to a final floor vote. Had the [...]
14. February 2010
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