As serious scientists pull back from the alarmist predictions of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and from the extreme policy pronouncements of left-wing lobby groups, the complex reality of climate is starting to emerge. AFP reports today, “Global
In spite of everything in the headlines, we are all blessed. Enjoy your time with your family.
From the Associated Press: Berwick’s fate was sealed early this year when 42 GOP senators–more than enough to derail his confirmation–asked Obama to withdraw his nomination. His resignation takes effect Dec. 2. Berwick’s statements as an academic praising Britain’s government-run
From OccupyWallSt: This year’s Black Friday will be the first campaign of the holiday season where we set the tone for a new type of holiday culminating with #OCCUPYXMAS. As the global protests of the 99% against corporate greed and
From BetaBeat: The infamous $640 toilet seat which the Pentagon purchased back in the 1980′s now has a crappy, excuse the pun, modern day equivalent: a government-made mobile app with a price tag of $200,000. Rich Jones of Gun.io, a
From the Associated Press: During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according
Coverage of Bigs editor Peter Schweizer’s book Throw Them All Out has already permeated the news cycle, from presidential campaign ads to late-night comedy monologues. Now former mayor of New York City Ed Koch is using the examples of Congressional
By some accounts, today is the busiest travel day of the year. On normal days, airport security is a mess. (Thank you federal government!) If you’re flying today, good luck!
Tonight, CNN, Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute host another debate of the GOP candidates for President. The focus of tonight’s debate is national security. The fun begins at 8pm EST.
From James Delingpole in the Telegraph: Breaking news: two years after the Climategate, a further batch of emails has been leaked onto the internet by a person – or persons – unknown. And as before, they show the “scientists” at
From the Chicago Sun-Times: A federal judge sentenced Tony Rezko to 10 1/2 years in prison Tuesday, describing his actions under Rod Blagojevich’s tenure as “selfish and corrupt.” Rezko, 56, has already served about 44 months. His daughter burst into
Gallup’s numbers as of today. Republicans are most likely to name Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich as their first choice for their party’s 2012 presidential nomination, with Herman Cain close behind. Among all Republicans nationwide, Romney is the choice of
From the Houston Chronicle: Two Houston bike patrol officers subdued a gunman who was pointing and shooting a rifle in downtown’s Tranquillity Park near the Occupy Houston encampment late Monday afternoon, bringing moments of terror to an otherwise routine rush
Today, in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
In case you thought the Black Panther voter intimidation case, Fast and Furious, cracking down on Gibson Guitars, and attempting to give Kaleid Sheikh Mohammed a civilian trial weren’t enough, get ready to add another entry to Attorney General Eric
In July, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chair of the Republican Study Committee, was made to apologize to party leaders for opposing the debt ceiling deal that created the now-failed super committee. Now that events have proved his opposition to have
(Washington D.C.) – Today, the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Representative Jeb Hensarling and Senator Patty Murray, released the following statement. “After months of hard work and intense deliberations, we have come to the conclusion today
From #OccupyWallSt.org: We call on each West Coast occupation to organize a mass mobilization to shut down its local port. Our eyes are on the continued union-busting and attacks on organized labor, in particular the rupture of Longshoremen jurisdiction in
From the New York Post: Meanwhile, Dutro, 35, one of only a handful of OWS leaders in charge of the movement’s $500,000 in donations, checked in on Wednesday, the night after police emptied Zuccotti Park. While hundreds of his rebel
Today, in 1620, settlers of the Plymouth Colony signed the Mayflower Compact.
Monday night’s episode of The O’Reilly Factor, the number one show in cable news, features an unusual collaboration between FOX and CBS as Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes joins Throw Them All Out author and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer to
Today, in 1945, trials against 24 Nazi war criminals began in Nuremberg, Germany.
Today, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
From KMOV.com: A woman, who was participating in the OccupySTL protest, reported to police that a man sexaully assaulted her while she was in her tent. A St. Louis City Police Officer says the mayor could have prevented it. Brian
From Politico: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested Friday that unions took over the Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday. “A vast percentage of the people were union members protesting — some private unions and then some municipal unions —
