Joust The Facts

They Can't Handle The Truth

2009-11-29T12:14:50-05:00

So, allegedly lacking space, they threw it all away. SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based. It means that other academics are not able to check basic calculations said to...

Ah, The Cranberry

2009-11-26T08:50:20-05:00

Personally I prefer the jellied version of Ocean Spray's masterpiece; others prefer the "chunky" style (it's a texture thing with me). Here are the instructions for producing the perfect "jelly log." The key move is not the flat knife around the perimeter of the burgundy gelatin, but the "shake" at...

Note To MSM: This Is News

2009-11-25T06:54:09-05:00

The hacked emails and documents from East Anglia University's Climate Research Unit (CRU) are a significant story, although some elements of the media still are running around with their fingers in their ears. Doug Ross catches the Boston Globe, and finds the readers informing the editors. Pwnd! Click over to...

SEALs Win Battles

2009-11-24T22:55:11-05:00

Or they would if we'd let them. Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing...

Any Comment From Mr. Gore?

2009-11-20T21:10:24-05:00

Because when a story like this breaks, on the cusp of the Copenhagen climate meeting in particular, a truly unbiased and curious media would surely track down the Prophet himself to ask a pertinent question or two. If you own any shares in alternative energy companies I should start dumping...

What Is Wrong With Congress?

2009-11-19T22:03:38-05:00

It's actually kind of a rhetorical question. I think everyone really knows the main thing wrong, and this is a prime example. What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is...

Obama's Winning War Of Attrition

2009-11-18T06:34:38-05:00

Question: Which war is Barack Obama winning? Answer: A war of attrition on public opinion re: the war in Afghanistan. ABC News reports that support for the war is at a new low in polling, 44%. As support for this "war of necessity" drops, this war that so many Democrats...

Three Aces

2009-11-17T18:27:19-05:00

Here are three links to posts at Ace of Spades that must be read, and they can each be summed up by the three word summary in the first of the posts. So he lied. About what? How about a threesome of personal actions, taxes, and health care. That's good...

Equals Don't Bow

2009-11-15T08:01:33-05:00

Mr. Obama has it wrong. A deep bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito shows not respect for the Japanese tradition - as that tradition applies to those ruled by the Emperor, the Japanese citizens themselves. It shows deference and subservience, an overt desire to ingratiate himself with his hosts. There is...

A Biennial Pilgrimage

2009-11-15T07:35:40-05:00

This weekend is occupied. Every other year I travel with a few friends to a mecca, not the Mecca. Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Packers. Lambeau Field. The legendary Vince Lombardi. This year's game features the visiting Dallas Cowboys (y'all can boo now). The Packers became "my" team, even...

A Lump Of Coal In America's Stocking

2009-11-11T23:34:50-05:00

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is giving America a Christmas present. (hat tip: Allahpundit at Hot Air, video at Townhall). First off, isn't her constituency going to be miffed at the use of the term "Christmas?" Second, looking at the numbers at Hot Air, it seems America isn't terribly...

Just Wait 'Til They Get Hold Of Healthcare

2009-11-11T13:28:51-05:00

It seems that the number of 'stimulus' jobs 'created or saved' in Massachusetts were a lot fewer than reported. Who says so? Why, the area's biggest Democratic support apparatus, The Boston Globe, who else? While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe...

The President At Fort Hood, And Inescapable Conclusions

2009-11-10T17:14:05-05:00

In times of epic sadness it is often the gift of somber eloquence that helps to buoy the spirits of the throng. To reassure, to comfort, to join in dispair, and to raise up from the same. As Marc Ambinder points out, the President surely did that today. You can...

Honesty Is The Best Policy?

2009-11-10T10:44:15-05:00

The politics and financial considerations of the Democratic health care reform proposals have become almost mind-numbing, and the people may be right to feel overwrought by the onslaught of plans, amendments, CBO calculation, public options, mandates, triggers, opt-ins and opt-outs, and new taxes in trying to understand what is being...

The Fall Of The Wall, And Speeches Thereof

2009-11-09T16:20:02-05:00

I don't have transcripts or videos, so certainly I could be wrong. But I did listen to most of the speech of Sec. of State Hillary Clinton, who then introduced a taped message from President Obama, which I heard in it's entirety while driving back to my office this afternoon....