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Wednesday, December 31
GOP Congressman Gives His Pay Raise to Charity
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 11:43 PM EST
U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett says he is donating his new congressional raise to an Anderson charity...Barrett says lawmakers should not be earning more during these poor economic times. He says he voted against the automatic pay raise and all increases should have to be voted on individually. Barrett is beginning his fourth term in Congress. More>>>
The Warm Turns: The Earth has been warming ever since the end of the Little Ice Age. But guess what: Researchers say mankind is to blame for that, too
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 09:21 PM EST
When the sun is active, it's not uncommon to see sunspot numbers of 100 or more in a single month. Every 11 years, activity slows, and numbers briefly drop near zero. Normally sunspots return very quickly, as a new cycle begins. But this year, the start of a new cycle, the sun has been eerily quiet. The first seven months averaged a sunspot count of only three and in August there were no sunspots at all — zero — something that has not occurred since 1913. According to the publication Daily Tech, in the past 1,000 years, three previous such events — what are called the Dalton, Maunder and Sporer Minimums — have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called the Little Ice Age (1500-1750). More>>>
Video: IDF takes out Hamas vehicle being loaded to transport missiles
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 09:11 PM EST
What First Amendment: Connecticut lawmaker Frank Nicastro sees saving the local newspaper as his duty
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 08:57 PM EST
Relying on government help (to financially support newspapers) raises ethical questions for the press, whose traditional role has been to operate free from government influence as it tries to hold politicians accountable to the people who elected them. Even some publishers desperate for help are wary of this route. Providing government support can muddy that mission, said Paul Janensch, a journalism professor at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, and a former reporter and editor. "You can't expect a watchdog to bite the hand that feeds it," he said. More>>>
Environment minister: Man-made global warming 'a con'
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 08:44 PM EST
Spending billions on trying to reduce carbon emissions is one giant con that is depriving third world countries of vital funds to tackle famine, HIV and other diseases, Sammy Wilson said... “I think in 20 years’ time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all. Because there is now a degree of hysteria about it, fairly unformed hysteria I’ve got to say as well. More>>>
Obama's Energy Honcho Wants to Saddle Americans (You and Me) With Higher Gasoline Prices Through Greater Taxation...Because High Fuel Prices Were So Much Fun Earlier This Year...
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 03:03 PM EST
Despite growing scientific dissent to the anthropogenic global warming meme and, indeed, greater evidence to the contrary that AGW exists, Obama's Energy honcho wants to ramp those gasoline prices right back up to, ya know, force us American saps to buy more-efficient cars and to live in neighborhoods closer to work. Uh huh. So, those of us who farm and/or who live in rural areas are supposed to sell our homes and move into the cities or else...? Echoes of Obama's pre-election threat to "bankrupt" companies who build new coal power plants... WSJ's Neil King, Jr. and Stephen Power report (Hat tip: Pedro!) More>>>
The race card is played: Don't "hang or lynch" the black man chosen by Rod Blagojevich
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Wed 31 Dec 2008 12:40 AM EST
Taking to the podium at the end of a bizarre, shambolic press conference in which Governor Rod Blagojevich sought to appoint Roland Burris to the US Senate, Congressman Bobby Rush dared white Democratic senators to block a black man from joining their ranks. He urged people "not to hang or lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer" and, after saying repeatedly that Burris would be the only African-American in the Senate, said that he believed no senator would want "to go on record to deny one African-American from being seated in the US Senate". Rush is a former Black Panther who trounced Barack Obama in the 2000 Democratic primary when the then state senator challenged him for his House of Representatives seat More>>> |
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