…only increases the number of questions about the “phony” scandal.
She needs to be given use immunity and put under oath. She was clearly rewarding political friends, and punishing perceived enemies, for years.
The Reply To “Bad Astronomer” About Climate Skepticism
…that Slate refused to publish:
The argument I made was that climate change has benefits as well as costs and that the benefits are likely to be greater than the costs until almost the end of the current century. I maintain that the balance of evidence supports the conclusion that up to a certain level of warming — about 2 degrees Celsius — the benefits of climate change will probably outweigh the costs. Plait admits that there will be benefits, but he assumes that they are smaller than the harm however small the warming and that I am somehow foolish for not sharing his assumption. He gives no source for this claim, which flies in the face of peer-reviewed sources.
Sadly, that’s Phil’s style. His claims are essentially faith-based.
[Update a few minutes later]
Climate moron David Suzuki doesn’t even know what the data sets are.
“Gun-Free” Zones
Kenya proves (once again) that they’re deadly.
The only solution to bad people with guns is good people with guns. Signs and laws are worse than useless.
If You’re Tired Of Budget Theatrics In DC
We need a new Senate, and majority leader:
Whatever else you can say about the House of Representatives and President Obama, at least these folks have consistently produced spending documents in rough approximation to legal requirements (to be sure, Obama’s latest offering, showed up two months late and $5.2 trillion long when it came to increasing deficits over the next decade).
In contrast and despite a solid one-party majority, the Senate has passed exactly one budget in the past four years and in most of those years, they didn’t even produce the necessary document as mandated by law. Instead, we were treated to journalistic valentines to former Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), the guy in charge of the Senate budget wonkery, by a pliant press.
As my colleague Ed Krayewski reminds us in his essential survey of “4 Washington Scandals That Still Matter,” the Democrats couldn’t pass a budget even when they controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House. It’s been the Senate all along that’s been the problem, at least since Sen. Harry “We do not need to bring a budget to the floor this year,” Reid (D-Nev.) has been running that godawful show.
And will for at least another year and a half, until we can fix the problem.
Another Body On The ObamaCare Trainwreck Tracks
Hey, it’s just a little “glitch.”
“Old spin: If you oppose ObamaCare it’s because you want kids to die! New spin: Hey, what’s a half-million kids in the scheme of things?”
One child’s loss of health coverage is a tragedy. Half a million of them is a statistic.
To Ask, Or Not To Ask?
Some people have noted to me that I’m not as vociferous in conference sessions as I used to be. This is sort of the template I use now.
It would have served me well in my younger, more impetuous days.
True The Vote
Finally granted its tax-exempt status. Don’t let them evade discovery, though.
Barack Obama’s Ego
Will it cause him to force a government shutdown?
Why not? It’s caused him to do lots of other stupid things.
Condolences To Walter Russell Mead
…on the loss of his remarkable mother.
Nature isn’t cruel, but it is indifferent. We have to make more progress on these kinds of ailments.
The IRS Malfeasance
Did it help re-elect Barack Obama? Even the Christian Science Monitor is wondering.
Also, the IRS hit list the Dems don’t want you to see.