Why we lost it, and why we’re continuing to lose it, despite many trillions of dollars. The only way to win the war on poverty is to end the war on the market and economy.
The EPA’s Greenhouse Regs
They had a tough day in court. I wonder if any administration has lost as many court cases as this one?
Whole Foods
It’s part of the upscale left’s war on science.
(Libertarian) John Mackey is getting rich satisfying a niche.
ObamaCare
Why it continues to be unpopular:
“Current and former administration officials . . . have been surprised at how steadfast the opposition has remained,” the Washington Post reported last summer, quoting MIT economist Jonathan Gruber saying, “It used to be you had a fight and it was over, and you moved on.” But few have moved on, for reasons which are not all that hard to tease out: It’s not working out, in fact it’s a disaster; it’s blowing holes in the federal budget; the win-to-lose balance is way out of kilter, as many more people are hurt than helped by it. Obamacare may collapse on its own for practical reasons, but there is a fourth strike against it that adds a dimension of weakness no comparable measure has faced: Much of the country believes it’s a fraud, passed dishonestly, and not deserving of moral authority. In short, they find it nearly illegal, highly immoral, and possibly fattening. And their minds won’t be changed.
Nor should they be. When you cram the biggest crap sandwich in the history of the world down the county’s throat on a lying, corrupt partisan basis, you deserve to lose credibility and power. Read the whole thing, though.
The Farmer’s Almanac
…is more reliable than the climate models.
No surprise here. The climate models are crap.
Phony Scandal Update
Did the IRS target Christine O’Donnell and leak her IRS records to the press?
I have absolutely no reason not to believe it.
Judith Curry
…tells her colleagues to stop circling the climate wagons around Michael Mann.
If she does want to counter sue, I suspect she’d have no problem raising funds.
[Update a few minutes later]
This seems to be the nut graf:
For the past decade, scientists have come to the defense of Michael Mann, somehow thinking that defending Michael Mann is fighting against the ‘war on science’ and is standing up for academic freedom. Its time to let Michael Mann sink or swim on his own. Michael Mann is having all these problems because he chooses to try to muzzle people that are critical of Mann’s science, critical of Mann’s professional and personal behavior, and critical of Mann’s behavior as revealed in the climategate emails. All this has nothing to do with defending climate science or academic freedom.
Yup.
[Update early afternoon]
Ken White at Popehat says that Mark has a fool for a client.
I have no comment, obviously.
Like Grandfather, Like Grandson
As Joe Kennedy was an anti-Semitic Hitler fan, so is is grandson a big fan of the Venezuelan fascist Maduro, even as he is shooting down protesters in the streets. Ron Radosh has more thoughts on the Left’s otherwise lack of response to their buddy in Venezuela.
Hustler Magazine Versus Falwell
Some thoughts on the old case in the context of the Mann suit.
Venezuela
Chavez’s legacy and deadly end game:
As the economy has deteriorated, the government has resorted to dubious stopgaps such as price controls. The price controls have produced more shortages, leading to more stopgaps … and more political repression to control complaints about the shortages and stopgaps. People made much of the fact that Chavez won elections — but less of the fact that he won them in the context of government policies that required television stations to broadcast hours of his speeches every week. And that he silenced stations that opposed him.
This has only continued to get worse under President Nicolas Maduro. Having shrunk the space for legitimate opposition so far, its only outlet seems to be the streets.
They’re streets that the murderous Maduro should be dragged through. But the White House, and much of the media, remains silent.