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Farewell 2009, greetings 2010
Another year has passed us yet again as time continues its eternal and unchanging march toward the uncertain future. Others have no doubt recounted better than I all of the notable events of the last year in politics, sports, and world history. Indeed, the transition is made even more memorable this January as we leave […]
Sen. Baucus drunk on Senate floor?
December 28, 2009
Heads-up from Hot Air and Newsbusters. If I’d met a person in real life acting as Sen. Max Baucus does on the floor of the Senate, I would probably assume he’d gotten into the wassail a little early. It’s obviously not the Scandal of the Century™, but it is quite bizarre to have one of […]
Merry Christmas
December 25, 2009
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Senate passes health care bill
December 24, 2009
At 7 am on Christmas Eve, the Senate passed its version of health care reform in a party line vote of 60-39 (Sen. Jim Bunning of Kentucky didn’t vote). The vote was really a foregone conclusion with Sen. Ben Nelson announcing his support for the bill after saying the abortion funding language satisfied him – and […]
Dems on track for 60 votes with Nelson’s cave-in
December 20, 2009
It looks like Harry Reid finally has all the votes he needs as Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson has said he will now support cloture on Reid’s 400-page manager’s amendment introduced on Saturday. Nelson postured as a concened advocate of pro-life considerations, but Reid’s bill ties federal funding of abortions to the Hyde amendment, which can quite easily […]
Bad end to Chris Henry story
December 17, 2009
The world of professional football was saddened today when it was learned that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry had died Thursday morning after falling out of the bed of a moving pickup truck the night before during a domestic dispute with his fiancée. Those with a passing knowledge of football or the Bengals probably think of […]
Debt ceiling raised as two spending bills advance
December 17, 2009
In one of its last acts before adjourning for a winter break, the House of Representatives passed legislation that raises the amount of debt the US government is legally allowed to owe by an amount of $290 billion to a record $12.4 trillion in allowable government debt. The 218-214 vote saw unanimous Republican opposition, though […]
Uh-oh: Russians allege climate data manipulation
December 16, 2009
Big heads-up to James Denlingpole from the UK Telegraph, who is reporting that the Russian Institute of Economic Analysis issued a report that the Hadley Center for Climate Change probably tampered with Russian climate data and that Russian meteorological data doesn’t support the theory of man-made global warming. Climategate has already affected Russia. On Tuesday, the […]
The insane state of health care reform
December 16, 2009
High drama continues to unfold on Capitol Hill as the Senate’s version of health care reform remains in flux and faces increasing opposition from both sides of the ideological spectrum and a majority of the voting public. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in his continuing quixotic quest for 60 votes, caved into pressure led by Sen. Joe […]
Copenhagen chaos as climate code shows cooking
December 8, 2009
The UK Guardian is reporting that the climate summit in Copenhagen has already hit a major snag with the leaking of the so-called “Danish texts.” The documents show that an agreement has already been worked out that sees rich countries receiving more regulatory power and the UN sidelined in the process (not necessarily a problem […]
EPA to regulate CO2 as Dem Sen cautions Pres
December 7, 2009
Interesting news on the climate change issue on several fronts today. Most notable is the revelation that the EPA will as early as Monday declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant, opening up a pathway for the federal agency to massive regulate many industries under the guise of pollution control. The move would allow the Obama […]
Ugly: Reid invokes slavery in health care debate
December 7, 2009
Sen. Harry Reid took the health care debate to a new low on the Senate floor today as he accused opponents of the current health care plan of being similar to supporters of slavery and the oppression of women: Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up […]
East Anglia research, NASA climate data under scrutiny
December 3, 2009
The University of East Anglia announced today that, as part of its probe into the troubling e-mails from its Climatic Research Unit, the research data itself will be under scrutiny to determine whether or not scientists fudged data. The announcement comes after the head of the CRU, Phil Jones, stepped down amid the inquiry, and happens […]
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