Author: Simon

Eric of Classical Values and I have been having an e-mail discussion of management styles provoked in part by his article on Chairman Mao: Proudly emulating the bold and imaginative attitude of Chairman Mao! My attitude was to always treat those below me with the same attitude I treated those above me. Respect. Because good…

The Euros are balking when it comes to paying to prevent climate change. As if restricting the output of plant food could actually accomplish that goal. Environmental campaigners slammed Europe’s governments tonight after latest talks to settle funding levels for climate change broke down without agreement. The European Commission has put a price of up…

Always open up in the attack mode: There is no way to know for sure but is it possible that the proponents of Climate Catastrophe are being paid by Al “I’m going to make billions off of carbon trading” Gore to push his agenda? He and his friends stand to make a LOT of money…

Here is a headline I never expected to see in my lifetime. U.S. Steel Exports Surpass Imports. So far it is only for the month of August. Still. A steel industry trade group said the United States exported more steel than it imported in August for the first time in more than 50 years. But…

According to Vodka Pundit (about 2:30 into a 4 minute video) I’m the number four blog in his top ten for this post: An Epiphany On The Left?. H/T EricF via private message at Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

Watts Up With That has some excerpts from the treaty. Skimming through the treaty, I came across verification of Monckton’s assessment of the new entity’s purpose: 38. The scheme for the new institutional arrangement under the Convention will be based on three basic pillars: government; facilitative mechanism; and financial mechanism, and the basic organization of…

I just got an e-mail from Roland Burris (who claims to be my Senator). He wants me to know that he is here to help. As Congress debates contentious issues such as health care reform, climate change, and our continued economic recovery, it is more important than ever to keep in touch so that I…

It seems that some Chicago Police Officers may have gotten themselves in trouble for some little indiscretions at the G-20 summit. The video apparently shows about 15 police officers in riot gear posing for a photo with a man they detained kneeling in front of them. Kyle Kramer, the 21-year-old University of Pittsburgh student forced…

I suspect liposuction fat oozing out of our ground. I have no proof. H/T rj40 at Talk Polywell Cross Posted at Power and Control

No I’m not talking about his Nobel Peace Prize. I’m talking about the Economic Prize announced this morning. Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won it for: Ostrom, a political scientist at Indiana University, showed how common resources — forests, fisheries, oil fields or grazing lands — can be managed successfully by the people who use…

The Belmont Club was discussing the McChrystal letter and the President’s response to it. The Wall Street Journal says Secretary Gates has passed on a request for more men for the Afghan campaign from General McChrystal. Gates had attempted to delay the formal transmission, but mounting public interest in the issue made it pointless to…

In Secular Decline I discussed how we can get out of our current financial troubles. I talked about Kondratieff Waves and what drives economic cycles. Innovation. Electronic Component News makes a similar point. Name an industry that can produce 1 million new, high-paying jobs over the next three years. You can’t, because there isn’t one.…

Yep. The results of the experiments are in and it is now official. Cosmic Rays affect clouds. ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2009) — Billions of tonnes of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers of the National Space Institute in…

Novel headline eh? About what you would expect if you believed in law enforcement. Well as usual I mean what I say but in a different sense. Pot cartels are going broke. ARCATA, Calif. — Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug…

President ∅ has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. I’m not going to name all the losers who have won that award. But I will name a few. Al Gore – for Global Warming. The Globe is cooling. Jimmy Carter for bringing Peace to the Israelis and Palistinians. The war never stopped. Yasser Arafat for…

Yes we have gas. Lots of gas. Lots of natural gas. Last October, just as the economy was tilting into crisis, a small oil and gas company in Houston quietly announced the discovery of a mammoth natural gas field in South Texas that at any other time might have garnered bigger headlines. Petrohawk Energy’s find,…

Donate to help with breast cancer research. The Boobiethon page is work safe. The rest of them? You are on your own. My mother is a 40+ year breast cancer survivor and she approves of this solicitation. H/T Instapundit Cross Posted at Power and Control

If we want to save the planet we will need to put it in a bank. If we want to invest the planet we will have to get an army of space aliens to surround it. Another possibility is setting up a series of artificial banks often referred to as dikes. If we can get…

It appears that there will be no anti-plant food (CO2) bill from Congress in time for the anti-plant food summit in Copenhagen this December. Carol Browner, head of the EPA, says so. “Obviously, we’d like to be through the process, but that’s not going to happen,” Browner said. “I think we would all agree the…

I’m told Michael Moore has a new movie out that is anti-capitalist. And he charges people to see it. I’m having trouble wrapping my head around that. Cross Posted at Power and Control