EPA SPENDS $1.6 million on hotel for ‘Environmental Justice’ conference. That's just the hotel bill; it doesn't include the travel costs and per diem for the bottom..., er, trough-feeders who attend.

And along the way, someone please explain to me why the Environmental 'Protection' Agency is hosting an environmental 'justice' conference....

POWERLINE'S week in pictures (video edition) is up. My favorite is this video describing the Obama administration's foreign policy:



On further reflection, I think you can safely remove the adjective 'foreign'.

THE WEEKLY STANDARD: Time for a Dose of Reality:

On the VA: Of Medicare-eligible patients age 66 and older who had also been enrolled in the VA for one year or more, only about three percent chose to seek in-patient hospital care from only the VA. Seventy-six percent avoided the VA completely, with 19 percent seeking care solely from Medicare, while roughly one percent sought care from both the VA and Medicare.

There's more; on Bergdahl, on Iraq, and on Democrats. Read it all.

"THIS WEEK the American people were taught a valuable lesson – never underestimate the willingness of white progressives to be offended on behalf of people who aren’t and to impose their will on those who didn’t ask for it." Derek Hunter punches back on behalf of those of us who are offended by white progressives.

FROM THE SCOREKEEPER (#7): "Global warming is more popular than the president." Heh.

PUNCHING BACK: Bill Whittle argues in favor of non-apologetic conservatism.

COLORADO GOVERNOR apologizes to sheriffs over gun control laws.

But why? If Hickenlooper was afraid of a right-wing challenge from Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo, that's now OBE; Tancredo lost in the primary to Bob 'Both Ways' Beauprez.

Now he may be stuck with the 'Both Ways' appellation himself, which surely won't help his candidacy either.

YES, SUE THE BASTARDS! Make them personally both civilly and criminally liable for their actions.

Ordinarily I'm not a fan of tort law, but in this case I'll make an exception....

MICHELLE MALKIN: Support Claudia Tenney for Congress.

LET'S TAKE cheap shots at the healing class. In the name of 'safety'.