Author: Simon

I have posted Climate Files Hacked about the release by anonymous ftp of the contents of hundreds of files and thousands of e-mails. Some have questioned their authenticity. I have partial verification from Real or Fake. Steve McIntyre (Comment#23773) November 19th, 2009 at 6:08 pm I’m having trouble getting into CA right now. I made…

I just got a tip from Jccarlton at Talk Polywell that some one has hacked a lot of Hadley CRU files on Climate Science. You can get what details that are currently available at Watts Up With That. What has been released so far is full of bombshells. Like this e-mail. From: Phil Jones To:…

The Boyz and Girlz at HillBuzz are on a mission. Please offer your thoughts here, because our mission going forward includes but is not limited to: (1) Dismantling and destroying ACORN, the SEIU, and all of their affiliates (2) Taking down the Al Sharpton/Henry Gates/Jesse Jackson/Eric Holder Race Industry (3) Reforming the nominating contests to…

The above video is to introduce you to Joss Stone who is creating quite a furor in the UK by saying the same thing this book says: Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink? Joss says marijuana is safer than alcohol. Singer Joss Stone has been condemned for glamourising drugs after…

A Palin detractor in the comments at Althouse has this to say: But I don’t know how a book can be the number one best seller before a single reader has his hands on one. To which I responded: The left will NEVER understand business. They will always be failures in America. Which is why…

The head of the Chicago Board Of Education, Michael Scott, is dead. Sources told the Chicago Sun-Times that Scott had a gunshot wound to his left temple and police discovered a .380-caliber gun underneath his body, which was found 30 feet from his blue Cadillac. Terrible. But there are suspicious circumstances. Scott reportedly disappeared from…

Hill Buzz has an interesting rumor about personal information that could be used against Mark Kirk in his run for Obama’s old Senate seat. Since Burris is not seeking election, we hope Republicans win Dr. Utopia’s old seat, because that would sure be a wonderful victory for Michael Steele and the RNC’s Senate team. And…

I have found an incipient Health Care Nazi. “Well, for one, I know nobody wants to pay taxes for anybody else to go to the doctor — I don’t,” said Kate Kuhn, 20, of Acworth, Ga. “I don’t want to pay for somebody to use my money that I could be using for myself.” You…

Senior Adviser To The President David Axelrod says he wants to bring abortion back into the health care bill. Well it is already in the bill. The Stupack Amendment forbidding the government from funding abortions. The amendment, authored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., went beyond preventing the proposed government-run plan from covering abortion to restrict…

I was talking with a green lefty with the typical punish business mentality and was commiserating with him about his recent job loss. Sorry about your job loss. Maybe you will get on the lower taxes and less regulation bandwagon to give American companies a better environment to compete. And dude – be careful about…

Rocket science is easy. Rocket engineering is… not. H/T taniwha at Talk Polywell who coined the phrase. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Thomas Barnett gave this talk in 2005 when Iraq was falling apart. If you listen closely he discusses the mistake President Present is about to make in Afghanistan. The video is quite funny and full of salty language. It is also about a half hour and worth every minute. The bottom line: we need a…

The Charlotte Observer has a story about a new way to herd junkies. Interesting in and of itself. But this bit really caught my eye: When officers knocked on Ross’ door Thursday afternoon, dogs started barking before the door opened. “Are you a heroin user, sir?” an officer asked. “I used to be,” said Ross.…

Jews get accused a LOT of dual-loyalties. America AND Israel. Eric of Classical Values sent me a link to this url which shows it is Worse Than We Thought for some Christians. Are you a Christian first and an American second? Or an American first and a Christian second? Do you take your marching orders…

A why is treatment denied? Because it is unavailable. So reports the Army Times. Treatment, not incarceration, should be the first option for veterans who commit nonviolent drug-related offenses, a group advocating alternatives to the nation’s “war on drugs” said Wednesday in a new report. The Drug Policy Alliance report [pdf] also called on government…

The Health Care Bill is no longer about the socialization of medicine. It has now come down to the socialization of abortion. And it seems like a number of women don’t like the restrictions added to the bill. And to use a typically misogynist phrase: they are not going to take it lying down. House…

Wretchard at Belmont Club is having a discussion of the nature of faith prompted by an Obama speech Honoring the Fort Hood dead. Faith is an interesting thing. An engineer labors on because he has faith that questions will turn into answers. And not just any answers. Answers good enough to earn a profit. That…

I got a press release by e-mail this morning that is most interesting. It says marijuana is a drug. For real. The American Medical Association (AMA) voted today to reverse its long-held position that marijuana be retained as a Schedule I substance with no medical value. The AMA adopted a report drafted by the AMA…

This is anecdotal evidence. We don’t know if Actual Government Run American Healthcare will work better or WORSE than these anecdotes. I haven’t read the book. So far all four reviews are five star. It could be the author’s brother in law and his married cousin though. But this excerpt I got by e-mail was…

MoveOn.org (and no, I’m not going to link) says: Victory! The House just passed historic health care reform, moving us a big step closer to covering millions and ending Big Insurance’s stranglehold on health care. Good idea. Giving Big Government a stranglehold has got to be an improvement. Nationalized Health Care. National Socialism. What could…