Author: Simon

You can’t be an image President unless you can control all the information sources. And even that is not possible. There are leakages. The best you can hope for in this age of the Internet is about 30 to 60 days. Long enough to win an election campaign. And thus we have a quote from…

Anthony Watts has a great article up on how he changed out a fixture that used a CFL Flood Lamp to one using an LED lamp. Anthony bought 5 LED fixtures and got a deal. He paid $80.00 each for them. So let us run some numbers. LAMPPRICEOPERATING HOURSWATTS Cree LED Lighting LR6-GU24 White 6$80.0050,00012…

Eric of Classical Values sent me this link via e-mail about the Tea Party Convention held Saturday. I was particularly struck by this comment: RueTheDay says: The whole Teaparty Movement is a fraud. Charging $600 for tickets to the Tea Party Convention, so attendees can eat steak and lobster at the Opryland while listening to…

Since Eric put up a mystery doo wop song, I thought it might be nice to put up a song that was no mystery and that has over a million YouTube hits. For you young whipper snappers here is a wiki on doo wop. Note: whipper snapper may have been derived from whipster. And if…

Yuri Besmenov was a KGB Agent. You can watch more of Yuri at YouTube. H/T Big Journalism Cross Posted at Power and Control

This is a must watch video. About 19 minutes. And worth every pico second. I really liked his take on the elitists of America and the world near the beginning. I also got a kick out of his Jewish shtick about 9:50 into the video. I also liked the fact that he considers himself a…

For those of you not familiar with Latin “iter” means “the way”. And the ITER Fusion program now headquartered in France is undergoing a top management shake up. In an effort to put the world’s largest scientific experiment back on track after delays and cost overruns, Europe is shaking up the agency overseeing its portion…

Amazon and Apple are having a book war. Which is to say a war over who will get the biggest market share for electronic books. “One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.”–Sun Tzu, The Art of War The Apple iPad isn’t even available yet, but already it is forcing…

The above is a little Moby Grape ditty called Omaha. Which brings to mind a report on how Omaha voters view the Obama administration. OMAHA, Neb.–As President Barack Obama began his first State of the Union address Wednesday night, Kevin Fischer glanced at television above him and compared his 2008 vote for the president to…

I have covered the troubles the ITER fusion project is having in ITER Gets Clipped which covered the American view of ITER’s troubles. The The European Voice is taking a look at the problems from an European view. ITER’s projected costs have soared since the first estimates were made in 2001. Contributions will generally be…

The person speaking is Keli Carender. Otherwise known as Liberty Belle. H/T NPR via Instapundit Cross Posted at Power and Control

Reuters has pulled a story on how the Obama Administration intends to short circuit any incipient American economic recovery by stealth tax raises. NEW YORK (Reuters.com) -The Obama administration’s plan to cut more than $1 trillion from the deficit over the next decade relies heavily on so-called backdoor tax increases that will result in a…

Here is a list of the T Party candidates: GOP Primaries: Adam Andrzejewski – for Governor About 15% in a race where the top vote getters got 20%. Not bad. But he came in 5th. Don Tracy – Lt. Governor About 11% – 3rd place Jason Plummer – Lt. Governor About 34% – 1st place…

The US Treasury Department says that bailouts add risk to the financial system. WASHINGTON – The government’s response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the United States will face a deeper crisis in the future, an independent watchdog at the Treasury Department warned. The problems that led to the last crisis have…

The Stern Review on the effects of climate change (things will be different?) had to retract a point or two after publication. The Stern Review on the economics of climate change, which was commissioned by the Treasury, was greeted with headlines worldwide when it was published in October 2006 It contained dire predictions about the…

It looks like the Obama Administration is cutting back its support for ITER in next year’s Federal Energy Budget. …funding for DOE’s fusion energy sciences (FES) program gets clipped from an estimated $426 million this year to a requested $380 million next year, a reduction of 10.8%. That reduction would come out of the United…

Quite a few states are working to change their constitutions to prevent Federal health care mandates. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Although President Barack Obama’s push for a health care overhaul has stalled, conservative lawmakers in about half the states are forging ahead with constitutional amendments to ban government health insurance mandates. About half? Lawmakers in…

Thanks to Instapundit hints I was able to locate a coordination site for the Tea Party movement. They are currently featuring The Contract From America. Welcome to the Contract From America initiative, where you can join your fellow Americans in a collaborative grassroots effort to create a document that offers real change in Washington, D.C.…

It looks like real estate in China is going through a massive bubble. It is still on the upswing side. We don’t really have a view on when it will end; [but] we do have a view that this is a bubble. Real estate is very much driven by government policy. This year we have…

A wind and solar powered government? I kid you not. WASHINGTON — The federal government, the nation’s largest energy consumer, will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% over the next decade, the White House will announce today. “It’s a real opportunity to lead by example,” says Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council…