The death of the Tea Party has been greatly exaggerated. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary Tuesday night to David Brat, a man who was significantly outspent.Cantor spent $5 million to Brat’s $122,000. The media will play up Cantor’s loss by claiming it was about immigration.They will be …
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Three of the four installments of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which claims to show the state of the global climate system under stress, are now available. All three show things are seriously amiss – although not necessarily with the …
Read More »That was a long deal Wednesday night, was it not? But I have to say the president delivered the speech very well. He seemed relaxed and in charge. Now because I am a simple man, I’m going to break the State of the Union down in a very basic way. …
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You know what I hate most in the world right now? If you said griffins, you’d be close. It’s actually the use of slow motion in films and television. With the exception of showing whether a catch was in or out of bounds, the gimmick is only used to glorify …
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President Obama’s plans to accelerate the development of an electrical “smart grid” could leave the nation’s power supply dangerously vulnerable to attacks by computer hackers, security analysts are warning. The “smart grid” is projected to be a nationwide system of automated meters and advanced sensors that integrates new alternative-energy sources …
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The news that is not White House approved… He’s Baaaaack! Florida Congressman Alan Grayson is at it again. This time he is attacking former Vice President Cheney in his characteristically vulgar manner. Here’s what he had to say Wednesday night on the Obama network when asked his thoughts on some …
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Early this morning, the 77-year-old senator died from brain cancer, leaving behind a 46-year legacy in the U.S. Senate. Ted Kennedy was a dominant force in American politics, but also a controversial one. His legacy breaks down along ideological lines. Liberal Americans revere him. Conservatives, generally speaking, thought he was …
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Stories where Americans or people in the media — or mainly people in Washington — just aren’t using their heads: All Aboard! Great news for President Obama and his hopes of universal health care: Everyone is behind it, including the AARP: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: We have the …
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An uncontrollable, deadly virus ravages America, shutting down civilian institutions and triggering martial law. Vaccinations are compulsory, and there are mass quarantines throughout the country. It’s the stuff of Hollywood — but rumors that it could be real are spreading like the flu in the blogosphere, where some people are …
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The latest from the Political Grapevine: British Backing and Latin Begging A dozen members of Britain’s Labor Party are urging John Kerry’s presidential campaign to temporarily hire them this summer to stump for Kerry in the U.S. One MP, quoted by London’s Telegraph, insists President Bush is a — “complete …
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