IRS can’t do their contracts right either
The IRS’ nefarious actions toward center-right organizations has had one unexpected consequence: it has kept attention away from the Agency’s appalling record in contract compliance. Government…
Read articleWhoops! Scientists ask out of the global warming “consensus”
The latest attempt of the global warming alarmists to silence debate – by screaming, “Consensus!” – has hilariously come a-cropper. As usual, the good folks at Watts…
Read articleWhy I support Susan Stimpson for Lieutenant Governor
Much like Riley in his post endorsing Scott Lingamfelter, I do not claim to speak for Virginia Virtucon as a whole. I only speak for myself.…
Read articleLondon Meteorological Office caught upping the temperature data – again
“The Met” – as it is known – didn’t bother to warn anyone that is had “updated” their temperature data for their HADCRUT4 and CRUTEM4 data…
Read articleSanford wins special election to Congress
I am surprised at how the blogosphere seems to have missed the pertinent lesson of Mark Sanford’s return to Congress last night. Yes, it’s a highly…
Read articleGermany elite’s euro solution: tax the (other) rich
Some of the closest advisers to German Chancellor Angela Merkel – who is desperate top avoid hitting up her taxpayers again to prop up the euro…
Read articleData issues and errors spread from global warming alarmism to economics…and from left to right
Whenever I mention the statistical chicanery, data manipulation, and errors behind “global warming,” my friends on the left go into high dudgeon. They can’t fathom that such…
Read articleThe Fauxsterity Chronicles: Greece
At first read, the Examiner headline gives the impression that Greece is finally getting the message about what needs to be done – “Greek Workers to…
Read articleThe Prez’s budget: higher taxes and higher spending
You read that right: the president’s ten-year budget plan calls for higher spending over the next ten years. Patrick Brennan (Corner) provides the details on the…
Read articlePortugal Constitutional Court rejects Fauxsterity Plan A, pushes Fauxsterity Plan B
The Portugese government, like just about every other deficit-crippled government in the Mediterranean, has responded to Brussels’ demands for belt-tightening with what I like to call big-government-on-the-cheap…
Read articleMargaret Thatcher, RIP
Do you think that Obama has “transformed America” permanently? That’s what Labour thought it had done to Britain, until the Iron Lady and her handbag came along.
Read articleHow the UN Covered Up a Cholera Epidemic in Zimbabwe
Title courtesy of The Atlantic, whose story (by Amin Rosen) details the how the United Nations chief official in Zimbabwe” decided that his own closeness with…
Read articleHouse passes amended Plan ’13 From Outer Space (UPDATE: Senate does too)
The House of Delegates approved McDonnell’s changes to HB 2313 (a.k.a. Plan ’13 From Outer Space), by a 64-35 vote. The roll is not up yet,…
Read articleHere we go again…..
Those who do not learn history (WaPo, h/t Corner)… The Obama administration is engaged in a broad push to make more home loans available to people…
Read articleMarcott’s update to his global warming paper: never mind everything I said
Shaun Marcott – the latest fellow to claim he’s discovered “unprecedented” warming in recent years – made a stunning admission to Steve McIntyre over the weekend.…
Read articleCypriot leader to EU: Thank you, sir! May I have another?
Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades is insisting that his country has “no intention of leaving the euro” – a clear sign he has refused to learn from recent events…and that his country is destined to repeat them.
Read articleMcDonnell’s amendments to transportation tax: a few rate tweaks, and a mechanism for AUTOMATIC future tax increases
Under the Governor’s latest version of Plan ’13 From Outer Space, a subdivision imposed multiple counties away from you can trigger a tax increase that no one can stop…
…and he calls this an improvement…
Read articleDutch Finance Minister calls Cyprus fiasco “an approach” for other troubled European countries; markets tank (UPDATE: and now the Eurogroup is backing off)
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister, head of the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers, and Labor Party guy, is so happy with the “resolution” to Cyprus (see my…
Read articleHow bad are things in Great Britain? Bad enough to make Labour columnists look thrifty…
We were all told in 2010 that the newly-minted Conservative/Liberal Democratic coalition would pull its nation out of the debt doldrums; establish a model for civility…
Read articleAndrew Cuomo’s masquerade as a business-friendly Democrat comes to an end
Readers of this blog may have noticed my previous admiration for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. After this week, we can safely put the emphasis on…
Read articleFree press survives in Australia
The Labor government, unable to cobble together a parliamentary majority for its “media reform” fiasco, has shelved the entire thing (Andrew Bolt). So free speech is…
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