Aug

27

Eco-Kook Seeks Replacement Name for ‘Homo-Sapiens’

Filed Under Global Warming, History, Science & Nature | 11 Comments

This guy needs a hobby: For about 250 years, our species has been known as Homo sapiens, a scientific name in Latin that means “wise man.” Given the havoc humans are wreaking on natural systems, putting ourselves and so many other living things in peril, we don’t deserve this name, contends Julian Cribb, an Australian [...]

Aug

26

ESPN Comes to Obama’s Rescue After Azinger Tweets a Zinger

Filed Under Uncategorized | 8 Comments

Nobody but nobody screws with ESPN’s favorite bracketologist and politicking sports fan, pal! From USA Today: ESPN is coming down on Paul Azinger for mocking President Barack Obama on Twitter. The golf analyst tweeted Friday that the Commander-in-chief plays more golf than he does — and that Azinger has created more jobs this month than [...]

Aug

26

100 Protest Proposed Federal Workforce Cut on a Friday Morning, Thus Proving How Indispensable They Are… or Something

Filed Under Economy, Politics | 11 Comments

And they’re demonstrating at the office of a “presidential candidate” who shows up as a hash mark in the polls? They don’t have much to worry about from McCotter as far as his being elected president goes, but this bunch might want to re-think their strategy for showing taxpayers that they’re a necessary expense if [...]

Aug

26

Jon Huntsman Calls for ‘Shared Sacrifice’ (Where Have We Heard That Before?)

Filed Under Politics | 10 Comments

Jon Huntsman, the Obama administration’s former Ambassador to China and an alleged Republican who is allegedly running for president, is going to be sued by Obama for copyright infringement if he’s not careful. Democrats already love him (and he hearts them back), but now that he’s calling for “shared sacrifice” the Dems are going to [...]

Aug

25

‘If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It’ Update

Filed Under Health Care, Politics | 18 Comments

Remember this? “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it.” Well, unless you can’t: Nearly one in 10 midsize or large employers expects to stop offering health coverage to workers once federal insurance exchanges start in 2014, according to a survey from a large benefits consultant. Towers Watson also found in a [...]

Aug

25

‘Unexpected’ (do a shot): Jobless Claims Rise

Filed Under Economy, Media | 5 Comments

When the media parrots the word “unexpected,” they’re trying to be funny… right? WASHINGTON—The number of people claiming new jobless benefits rose again last week, an unexpected gain fueled in part by a labor dispute at Verizon Communications Inc. Initial jobless claims climbed by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 417,000 in the week ended Aug. [...]

Aug

24

Michele Bachmann’s Claim That Maxine Waters Has Socialist Designs is Backed Up By… Well, Maxine Waters

Filed Under Politics | 15 Comments

Ooh, this isn’t going to sit well with the Sociali… er, I mean “progressives”… because Michele Bachmann’s using the dreaded “S” word: U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, who won the Iowa Republican straw poll earlier in the month, took off the gloves on Wednesday and tore into President Barack Obama and U.S. Rep. Maxine [...]

Aug

24

Marco Rubio Catches a Falling Nancy Reagan

Filed Under Politics | 13 Comments

It’s a good thing Nancy Reagan was holding onto Sen. Marco Rubio at the Reagan Presidential Library last night. Many think Rubio is the man who will help bring the Reagan legacy back to its feet in Washington, so maybe this is somewhat symbolic: VIDEO: Nancy Reagan falls : MyFoxORLANDO.com

Aug

24

Another Paul Krugman Classic? — Updated: Too Good to be True?

Filed Under Economy, Moonbats | 7 Comments

Normally I’d say that the latest Keynesian kookery going around is too good to be true, but since it allegedly comes from the same Nobel-winning “economist” who touted the economic benefits of the government faking a space alien invasion it sounds about right. With that said, please please tell me this is real: From most [...]

Aug

23

Tuesday Afternoon Open, Earthquake Edition; Updated

Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 15 Comments

Did you feel the earthquake? Some people here in Michigan are reporting that they felt the ground move, but usually when that happens it turns out to be that Michael Moore fell out of his chair reaching for the KFC bucket. In DC there hasn’t been as many people saying “did you feel that?” since [...]

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