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Tuesday, July 02, 2013

REASON: Obama's Climate Five-Year Plan

REASON: Obama's Climate Five-Year Plan. Central planning utterly destroyed the former Soviet Union; what reason do we have to suggest that it won't do the same here?

THEY SAID THE SEQUESTER WOULD BE SCARY

THEY SAID THE SEQUESTER WOULD BE SCARY. Mostly, they were wrong.

Before “sequestration” took effect, the Obama administration issued specific — and alarming — predictions about what it would bring. There would be one-hour waits at airport security. Four-hour waits at border crossings. Prison guards would be furloughed for 12 days. FBI agents, up to 14.

At the Pentagon, the military health program would be unable to pay its bills for service members. The mayhem would extend even into the pantries of the neediest Americans: Around the country, 600,000 low-income women and children would be denied federal food aid.

But none of those things happened.

Don't forget: the Obama administration tried --and failed -- to make it scary.

UNHAPPINESS IN UNIONVILLE? Boeing's appointment

UNHAPPINESS IN UNIONVILLE? Boeing's appointment of Dan Mooney to head its Charleston (SC) design center may mean the Charleston facility could be “formidable competition” for Washington state when it comes to future work.

HEH: Kentucky's (Democrat) Secretary of State to challenge

HEH: Kentucky's (Democrat) Secretary of State to challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell in next year's election while simultaneously backing away from President Obama's administration.

HOUSE IMMIGRATION BILL DRAFTER:

HOUSE IMMIGRATION BILL DRAFTER: I Don't Know What Everything Means in My Bill.

Why should he? What he does know is that, as a member of the political class, it won't apply to him.

Instapundit speaks for the citizen class.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY (and many more): "They are not the elite, they are the elect."

SENATORS PROPOSE ‘blank slate’ approach to tax reform

SENATORS PROPOSE ‘blank slate’ approach to tax reform. Oh, bull. All this will do is set off a lobbyist frenzy at the pork trough. If they were even semi-serious, they'd propose scrapping the current tax code and replacing it with either the flat tax or the fair tax.

OBAMA'S FOOD POLICE close

OBAMA'S FOOD POLICE close the school vending machine loophole. The next step is to close the 'bring your own lunch' loophole. Oh, never mind....

Monday, July 01, 2013

'STUDY': Conservatives Show ‘Insensitivity’ to

'STUDY': Conservatives Show ‘Insensitivity’ to Consequences on Moral Issues. Actually the 'study' headline would be equally accurate if it read "Liberals Believe the Ends Justify the Means".

OOPS! I accidentally changed the template

OOPS! I accidentally changed the template I use. But what the hell, this one looks decent so I'll keep it for a while.

AFTER 11-1/2 BILLION MILES: Voyager 1 is

AFTER 11-1/2 BILLION MILES: Voyager 1 is still in the solar system.

I was a member of the Voyager (then known as Mariner Jupiter-Saturn, or MJS) telecommunication team in 1973-75. In the last 39 years, Voyager has gone from Earth to Jupiter to Saturn and is about to exit the solar system. I've gone from the west coast through Texas to the east coast and am seriously considering exiting the United States....

A SECOND gun-grabbing Colorado legislator

A SECOND gun-grabbing Colorado legislator set to face a recall election.

The news still brings a smile to my face even though as a result of Magpul's decision to abandon Colorado I'm still waiting for the front sight for my AR-15.

FOUR PROBLEMS with Obama’s push for energy efficiency

FOUR PROBLEMS with Obama’s push for energy efficiency. Father usually knows best. Uncle [Sam] rarely knows anything, much less what's best.

HANDS ON: a cheap software-defined radio

HANDS ON: a cheap software-defined radio. It seems like only yesterday that I was developing algorithms and writing proposals for the development of what is essentially today's software-defined radio. Of course 'only yesterday' was almost 35 years ago....

For those of you who are non-geeks, here's the definition of a dongle.

HEH: It was supposed to be a major policy address on

HEH:

It was supposed to be a major policy address on an issue of primary importance to his political base. But when President Obama began to deliver his almost hour-long speech on climate change yesterday, the biggest voice in progressive media, MSNBC, only covered the speech for a total of 41 seconds. Obama’s favorite target for media criticism, Fox News, carried his speech for less than five minutes, while CNN aired it for less than 10 minutes. Only The Weather Channel gave Obama’s climate speech a full airing.

The mojo is gone.