Junk Science 04-27

Can you handle the truth?

The Left Hates Oil Companies Personally, I love anything that keeps my a/c running!

Why isn’t Obama celebrating high oil prices?

The Equal Earth Amendment. If this proposal is to have any teeth, we need to ensure that a new seat specifically for Mother Earth is added to the hallowed hall of the UN. My money says the UN will creat a council for the "Gaia Seat" and it will be filled with the same jokers who sit on the human rights council. Ugh.



Cooling on Global Warming

Electric cars meet the real world

The True and Ugly Story of Earth Day

Media Bias 04-27

Lefty Media Already Prepping 2012 Election Template: Racism

CNN Neuters Obama



Obama scolds the press

Rabidly Biased Politico Promotes Anti-Palin Lunatics

Sarah Palin’s parting diss for outgoing ‘CBS Evening News’ anchor Katie Couric

Big Union/Leftie Groups 04-27

Inside Every Leftist Is a Little Authoritarian Dying to Get Out

Obama's Gangster Government

Ex-Labor Board Chairman: Union-Backed Case Against Boeing 'Unprecedented'

Wisconsin Doctors May Get Away with Fake Sick Note Caper

How the Obama administration is Using Executive Power to Support Union Goals:What The NLRB’s Recent Complaint Reveals

Of course he does - Obama Strongly Disapproves of Public Union Limits

Mass Democrats Vote to Restrict Public Sector Union Collective Bargaining

Latest state to curtail PEU bargaining rights is … Massachusetts?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/265743/another-defeat-public-employee-unions-steven-f-hayward

Firefighters' union money goes local

Teachers Unions Working Feverishly to Organize Charter Schools

Daily Round-Up 04-26

The American “Preference Cascade”

THE GOOD NEWS IS...


Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts

All without government bailout money - Ford posts best 1Q profit in 13 years

The resurrection of school choice

Actually, Stuxnet Has Completely Paralyzed Iran’s Bushehr Plant. Iran may even have to junk it and start from scratch.

Poll: Despite Democrats' Best Efforts, Public Not Terrified of Ryan Budget Proposal




AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...


Race and Economics

Boehner opens door to cutting U.S. oil tax breaks

All without government bailout money - Ford posts best 1Q profit in 13 years

Texas Rep. David Simpson stops legislature from growing government, gets hated on by peers



PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


Five Truths about Planned Parenthood. Anyone who believes PP is primarily concerned with the health of women and girls needs to look at the record.

How the Obama administration is Using Executive Power to Support Union Goals:What The NLRB’s Recent Complaint Reveals



FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


The American “Preference Cascade”

Two years of Tea Parties

Rise of Populist Parties Pushes Europe to the Right

General Bad Behavior 04-26

Is the ‘Age of America’ Really at an End? By some reports, China's economy will surpass the U.S. in "purchasing parity" by 2016. Does this mean that the U.S. is on the way out as a superpower

The law protects those who seek to do us harm

A Generation’s Vanity, Heard Through Lyrics

5 Common Political Beliefs That Simply Aren't True

I'm sure this tactic will perform as well as the Coffee Party has - Liberals Try to Rekindle Town Hall Fury That Inflamed Health Care Debate

Did Coca-Cola pressure law firm out of DOMA defense?

Enabling the Muslim Brotherhood in America

Apple and their iPhone, not the customers. - Customers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location-Data Collection AND House Republicans question Google, Apple on consumer privacy

Why Obama Doesn't Think Much of Easter

Bad Politician Bad 04-26

President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

The increasingly odd political optics of Barack Obama

Obama Rails Against Oil Subsidies, Gave ACORN $3 Billion in Stimulus

Thanks to Obama, Gas Jumps in a Flash



AP Exclusive: Judge's partner cited in Prop 8 case

Obama’s Sordid Past Back in the News

Obama breaks vow with jobless blacks

From Instapundit: Gov. Rick Perry sees Texas wildfires as statewide emergency. FEMA doesn't? Ten days have elapsed since Gov. Rick Perry (R) asked for a federal disaster declaration, to get more US help to fight Texas wildfires. Why a slow answer could backfire for both Obama and Perry.

UPDATE: Reader Steve Elmers writes: “Obama has given new meaning to ‘Scorched Earth Politics!’ I believed for a long time that POTUS Obama was just a bad president; I have now come to believe he is a bad person. This same scenario has played out over and over again. Remember the Nashville floods last year?”

States face $1.26 trillion shortfall in funds to pay retiree benefits

The Patent Bill is Unconstitutional

The left decides who gets lawyers

Obama's Serial Indecision

Barak Obama the Enigma, Part I: Strange Bedfellows


Campaign Manager Gives ‘Sneak Peek’ at Obama’s 2012 Re-Election Strategy

Senate Budget Republicans to Conrad: no budget blitzkrieg

The First Adult -- AWOL

The Cult of Obama Bites Itself

Obama administration broadens its political assault on the private sector (Updated)

Attention Young People: Your Future is $5 Trillion in Debt


Ethics watchdog calls out Rep Rogers on benefiting from pork

U.S. Effort to Remove Drug CEO Jolts Firms

Politicians, Not Public, to Blame for Debt Crisis

Democratic Texas legislator proposes bill to destroy democratic process

How the Obama administration is Using Executive Power to Support Union Goals:What The NLRB’s Recent Complaint Reveals

In Economic Woes 04-26

I never got a job from a poor man. The Welfare State and the Selfish Society. Capitalism teaches people to work harder; the welfare state teaches people to want harder. Which is better?

The Hidden Tax: Regulation. Compliance fees have surpassed — surpassed! — the deficit.

Regulation: The Hidden Tax

Hair braider says Utah cosmetology law is unfair

I'd actually like to know the answer to that one! - Why Have Taxes at All?

Most Americans Think Deficit Caused by Spending, Not Low Taxes

Small businesses want corporate tax reform, but only if it comes with individual tax reform too

What a Crisis Looks Like

Don't Forget the Unemployment Crisis

More government interfering with business - U.S. Effort to Remove Drug CEO Jolts Firms

Who Said It?

Thank you, Standard & Poor's



Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar

Who's worried about NYSE jobs?

Poison for the whole economy, I'd say - Tax Increases Are Political Poison for the GOP

Americans raiding retirement funds early

A Pseudo-Taxing Debate

Economic study: Despite Obama’s claim, the poor are not getting poorer

All without government bailout money - Ford posts best 1Q profit in 13 years

Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Coffee Prices Hit 34-Year High

Raising the Debt Limit (or Not)

Officials find errors in previously reported loan default rates

Obamacare 04-26

The Administration’s Answer To High Healthcare Costs is…. Rationing

Obamacare Takes a Double Shot at the Economy and the American Dream

U.S. Effort to Remove Drug CEO Jolts Firms

R.I.’s Medicaid waiver’s big influence

RomneyCare's Unhappy Anniversary. Higher costs and less accessible medical care has been the Massachusetts experience--and will soon be the nation's

Junk Science 04-26

Gallup: Majority of Human Race Does Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat

Stimulus to Fund 3 Huge Wind Turbines In Providence ... Made In China

In Search of Petrovillains



Shell Oil Lambastes Odd EPA Denial on Drilling

CDC gives money to city, state health departments to meet public health challenges caused by climate change

And if you believe her, I've got a bridge I'd like to sell you - Jackson: Climate regs ‘nothing to fear’

What Happens When Cars Use Less Gas? Their drivers must be punished:

U.S. to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco

Anti-BPA Packaging Laws Jeopardize Public Health, New Report Finds

Former Obama Adviser Van Jones Helping to Push 'Human' Rights for Mother Nature

Media Bias 04-26

Katie Couric to Leave ‘CBS Evening News’ Good riddence to any fan of Margaret Sanger, eugenicist

A Comparison: CNN’s Vastly Different Reporting On Bush, Obama Gas Prices

Gas Prices Top $1-a-Gallon Higher than Year Ago; Media Don't Blame Obama



Shocking New Study: The New York Times Always Favors Democrats

Citizen Journalist Threatened Over Youtube Videos

Big Union/Leftie Groups 04-26

We must reverse "the long march" through our institutions now. $400 Million Taxpayer Funds For University Pushing Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist Course

The White House vs. Boeing: A Tennessee Tale Our auto industry took off because workers could choose whether or not to join a union.

The left decides who gets lawyers

Wis. union battle casts shadow over local races

Leftwing Nanny State strikes again - SF Voters Asked to Ban Circumcision

Education Showdown. The irresistible force of school reform meets the immovable object of teachers unions

Good. Firefighters union halting federal contributions

States face $1.26 trillion shortfall in funds to pay retiree benefits

Changes on the State and Municipal Pension Front

Daily Round-Up 04-26

THE GOOD NEWS IS...


The American “Preference Cascade”

Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts

The resurrection of school choice

Actually, Stuxnet Has Completely Paralyzed Iran’s Bushehr Plant. Iran may even have to junk it and start from scratch.




GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR


Is the ‘Age of America’ Really at an End? By some reports, China's economy will surpass the U.S. in "purchasing parity" by 2016. Does this mean that the U.S. is on the way out as a superpower

The law protects those who seek to do us harm

Apple and their iPhone, not the customers. - Customers Sue Apple Over iPhone Location-Data Collection AND House Republicans question Google, Apple on consumer privacy



AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...


Race and Economics

Boehner opens door to cutting U.S. oil tax breaks




BAD POLITICIAN BAD

President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

The increasingly odd political optics of Barack Obama

Obama Rails Against Oil Subsidies, Gave ACORN $3 Billion in Stimulus

Thanks to Obama, Gas Jumps in a Flash

AP Exclusive: Judge's partner cited in Prop 8 case

Obama’s Sordid Past Back in the News

From Instapundit: Gov. Rick Perry sees Texas wildfires as statewide emergency. FEMA doesn't? Ten days have elapsed since Gov. Rick Perry (R) asked for a federal disaster declaration, to get more US help to fight Texas wildfires. Why a slow answer could backfire for both Obama and Perry.

UPDATE: Reader Steve Elmers writes: “Obama has given new meaning to ‘Scorched Earth Politics!’ I believed for a long time that POTUS Obama was just a bad president; I have now come to believe he is a bad person. This same scenario has played out over and over again. Remember the Nashville floods last year?”

States face $1.26 trillion shortfall in funds to pay retiree benefits

The left decides who gets lawyers

The First Adult -- AWOL

The Cult of Obama Bites Itself

Politicians, Not Public, to Blame for Debt Crisis






IN ECONOMIC WOES


I never got a job from a poor man. The Welfare State and the Selfish Society. Capitalism teaches people to work harder; the welfare state teaches people to want harder. Which is better?

I'd actually like to know the answer to that one! - Why Have Taxes at All?

Most Americans Think Deficit Caused by Spending, Not Low Taxes

What a Crisis Looks Like

Don't Forget the Unemployment Crisis

Who Said It?

Thank you, Standard & Poor's

Who's worried about NYSE jobs?

Poison for the whole economy, I'd say - Tax Increases Are Political Poison for the GOP

Americans raiding retirement funds early
A Pseudo-Taxing Debate

Raising the Debt Limit (or Not)

Officials find errors in previously reported loan default rates





OBAMACARE


The Administration’s Answer To High Healthcare Costs is…. Rationing

Obamacare Takes a Double Shot at the Economy and the American Dream

RomneyCare's Unhappy Anniversary. Higher costs and less accessible medical care has been the Massachusetts experience--and will soon be the nation's




JUNK SCIENCE


Gallup: Majority of Human Race Does Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat

Stimulus to Fund 3 Huge Wind Turbines In Providence ... Made In China

In Search of Petrovillains

What Happens When Cars Use Less Gas? Their drivers must be punished:

U.S. to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco

Former Obama Adviser Van Jones Helping to Push 'Human' Rights for Mother Nature






MEDIA BIAS



Gas Prices Top $1-a-Gallon Higher than Year Ago; Media Don't Blame Obama






BIG UNION/LEFTIE GROUPS


We must reverse "the long march" through our institutions now. $400 Million Taxpayer Funds For University Pushing Anti-American, Anti-Capitalist Course

The White House vs. Boeing: A Tennessee Tale Our auto industry took off because workers could choose whether or not to join a union.

The left decides who gets lawyers

Education Showdown. The irresistible force of school reform meets the immovable object of teachers unions

States face $1.26 trillion shortfall in funds to pay retiree benefits

Changes on the State and Municipal Pension Front




PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


Five Truths about Planned Parenthood. Anyone who believes PP is primarily concerned with the health of women and girls needs to look at the record.






FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


The American “Preference Cascade”

Rise of Populist Parties Pushes Europe to the Right

Daily Round-Up 04-25

Will Iowa Become Ground Zero In Pigford Debate? Complete Pigford coverage here.

What? No Easter Greeting?


THE GOOD NEWS IS...


Gas Pump Activism

It can be done! - Pension Time Bomb Defused in Phoenix The Arizona state Senate joined the House in approving a measure that will pare back the costs of government retirement benefits.

The Death of the 'Defined Benefit'

This is good news because the truth will out. Welfare handouts aren't fair – and the public knows it A new survey shows that despite years of propaganda from the Left, Britons retain a deep-seated sense of fairness and individual responsibility, says Janet Daley.

We Don't Need No (Public) Education: Sheldon Richman on the Separation of School and State


Righthaven Defies Court In Domain Name Ruling



AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...


Sarah Palin for the Fed? AND Palin vs. Krugman

The guy that NPR executives and the New York Times and your average Subaru-driving Whole Foods shopper were afraid George W. Bush was? Rick Perry is that guy.

Republicans Set Conditions for Debt-Limit Vote



PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


Why a Vote on Planned Parenthood is Important

At Some Colleges, Students Must Keep Their Pro-Life Opinions to Themselves. Two egregious examples of anti-abortion literature being censored because school authorities disagree with the message.

General Bad Behavior 04-25

The Cost Of Attorney General Silence: How Bank Of America Made Sure There Would Be No Surprises In The Robosigning Settlement

Another Passover massacre

China seizes Christians in Easter raid

The Really Smart Phone Researchers are harvesting a wealth of intimate detail from our cellphone data, uncovering the hidden patterns of our social lives, travels, risk of disease—even our political views.



Saudis, Soros and Other Billionaires We Finance

Police beating of Las Vegas man caught on tape

What? No Easter Greeting?

Did Kloppenburg Violate The Wisconsin Judicial Code of Conduct?

Misprision of Treason: Top DOJ officials abandon CAIR terror finance prosecutions

Boy, I can't wait until the TSA is unionized - NOT. Airport passenger screener charged in distributing child pornography

Bad Politician Bad 04-25

President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

Even in Delaware, ‘Obama 2012′ bumper stickers don’t mention Biden

This really should be investigated - Obama’s $5 Billion Giveaway. Surprise, surprise: A federal program is running out of money sooner than expected.

Obama's Awful '70s Show Echoes Jimmy Carter

Costly gasoline clouds Obama re-election prospects I was tempted to put this under "Good News" but I have to tank up soon.

Obama out of depth in troubled times

What? No Easter Greeting?

WH Fails to Release Easter Proclamation

President Obama failed to release a statement or a proclamation recognizing the national observance of Easter Sunday, Christianity's most sacred holiday.

By comparison, the White House has released statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays and released statements in 2010 on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha.

Living the Obama Dream

Obama's Church Choice For Easter Based On Race? Check out this pastor's disturbing video as well.

WH's Carney Laughs Off Obama Not Giving Easter Statement

State Dept adding intrusive, semi-impossible questionnaire for US passport applications

Double Speak and Obama's Permanent Spending Binge



Tough justice expected for Sal DiMasi

Gingrich Received Over $300K for Ethanol Lobbying Work

Why haven’t White House reporters asked about the birth certificate? Actually, they have Repeatedly.

White House smacks Rev. Franklin Graham for 'birther' talk

Obama a quick study on creating commissions

Obama Visits the S(lush) F(und) Bay Area

The Cost Of Attorney General Silence: How Bank Of America Made Sure There Would Be No Surprises In The Robosigning Settlement

Politicians, Not Public, to Blame for Debt Crisis

Obama abdicates on the budget

Jurassic President. Obama's preserved in the amber of an echo chamber where the romanticized version of the 1930s, seen through the new-age gauze of the 1970s, is paradise.

Left Hijacks ‘Non-Partisan’ Redistricting in San Diego

Misprision of Treason: Top DOJ officials abandon CAIR terror finance prosecutions

Hawaii senator questions Obama's true birth father 'There is information, for reasons known only to him, he doesn't want released' AND This

In Economic Woes 04-25

I never got a job from a poor man - Tax Hikes on Top Earners? Bloomberg Says Now Is Not the Time

Liberal Compassion: Liberal Elite Tells Those Suffering From High Food Prices To Get "A Better Job"

The big sellout

Not time to push the panic button

Obama's Regulatory Tsunami More Destructive than Taxes



Retirement money fears now grip a record majority of working Americans

The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction

Getting Poor on the Backs of the Rich

Corporatism Watch

More Obama Agitprop from Wall Street

Welfare handouts aren't fair – and the public knows it A new survey shows that despite years of propaganda from the Left, Britons retain a deep-seated sense of fairness and individual responsibility, says Janet Daley.

More Tax Breakdowns Charts!

This isn't a good sign - Silver Surges to All-Time High on Inflation Hedge, Industry Use

Uh-Oh China should cap forex reserves at 1.3 trillion U.S. dollars: China banker

Corporate Taxes Enter Debt Debate

America’s Ever Expanding Welfare Empire

A Fiscal Fable AND Even U.S. can't afford generous defined benefit systems

Dollar's Decline Speeds Up, With Risks for U.S.

Maxed Out America: Coming Sooner Than You Think. The U.S. will hit the borrowing danger zone in far less time than we've been led to believe. This is why the "Maxed Out America" initiative of the PJ Institute demands the immediate attention of the political class and the American people.



Rogue IRS Proposal Would Drive Investment from U.S. Economy

I think in this case, Californians are out in left field - California poll support for Jerry Brown's tax increases has ominous implications for U.S. taxpayers too

Boston Sends Nonprofits Requests for Tax-Like Payments

The Oil Situation Could Be Worse Than We Thought

When Oil Prices Double, Recession Often Follows

Even With Tweaks, Taxing Internet Sales Is a Bad Idea

IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end

Obamacare 04-25

Breaking: SCOTUS Denies Immediate Review to Obamacare Case

How Health Reform Punishes Work. The subsidies to buyers of 'qualifying' insurance policies will induce sharp reductions in the supply of labor

The Implications of Physician Tag and Release

Lack of Elder-Care Specialists Looms

We Call It ‘Rationing,’ Obama Calls It ‘Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board’. We shouldn't let either Obama's IPAB or Congress control our health care.

A Slogan, Not a Plan

Republicans Just Voted To End Medicare -- So Where's The Outrage?

Junk Science 04-25

Sterilizing Those Pesky Humans: Earth Day with Paul Ehrlich

Should We Feed Hungry People, Even If It's Bad For The Environment? The only ethical solution is to save and promote humanity at all costs.

Energy in America: EPA Rules Force Shell to Abandon Oil Drilling Plans

Frack we must

Lobbyists who cleared 'Climategate' academics funded by taxpayers and the BBC. A shadowy lobby group which pushes the case that global warming is a real threat is being funded by the taxpayer and assisted by the BBC.

The truth about America’s oil & gas companies — Part I

The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered. The last we saw such an economy was in the 13th century.

EPA’s train wreck could leave many in the dark

EPA Blocks Oil Drilling in Arctic Ocean

How Many Politicians Are Needed To Screw Up A Light Bulb?

Paradox: Green-Loving Washington State About to Penalize Electric Car Owners

Retired Anchorman Apologizes for Presenting Both Sides of Global Warming Debate

Voodoo Economics? How About Voodoo Climate Science?

Global Warmists Allergic To The Truth During Pollen Season

Media Bias 04-25

All the News That’s Not Fit to Print, in China

Saturday Night Card Game (Fareed Zakaria plays the "John Smith card")

Chris Matthews' Entire British Panel Corrects His Claim Blair Was Closer to Clinton - No, It Was Bush

Welfare handouts aren't fair – and the public knows it A new survey shows that despite years of propaganda from the Left, Britons retain a deep-seated sense of fairness and individual responsibility, says Janet Daley.

More Media Disconnect on High Gas Prices

That’s rich: Woodward bemoans celebrity journalism

Taking Bets On Whether the Media Will Cover Marxist Union Instruction

Hannity Explores Bias at The New York Times

Big Union/Leftie Groups 04-25

Where Did All the Anti-War Protestors Go?

Behind the Obama Labor Board’s Bashing of Boeing is a Case Full of Irony and Union Failure

Why would OPEC give money to the American environmental left? Walter E. Williams explains

Dear Unionized Teachers: Quit Yer Bellyachin'

Times/USC Dornsife poll: California voters want public employees to help ease state's financial troubles

Union Official, Professor Teach How-to College Course in Violent Union Tactics


How-to College Course on Violent Union Tactics, Part II: Case Studies Edition


NLRB complaint a blow to free business

Welfare handouts aren't fair – and the public knows it A new survey shows that despite years of propaganda from the Left, Britons retain a deep-seated sense of fairness and individual responsibility, says Janet Daley.

Left Hijacks ‘Non-Partisan’ Redistricting in San Diego

Fighting Corruption/TEA Party News 04-25

The Tea Party Movement and Popular Constitutionalism

Shock Poll: Extremist Teabagger Californians Want Givebacks From Public Employees

Sarah punks Harvard

Americans for Prosperity Confronts Governor Brown in Santa Clarita

Gas Pump Activism