Archive for April 2012
Afterburner: Merchants of Dispair
I missed this at the end of March, and just found it today. Bill Whittle is on fire with this opinion piece and quite honestly, he’s right on the money. Share it with everyone you know.
Read MoreClean Energy: Solyndra abandons hazardous waste at manufacturing sites
The “clean energy” company Solyndra has a dirty new problem — hazardous waste abandoned at its manufacturing sites. The Fremont Fire Department’s Jay Swardenski oversees the cleanup. He said some materials, such as cadmium, are toxic, and hard to dispose of. “They don’t degrade at all, so we want to make sure we don’t allow…
Read MoreFacebook eats itself? Applications galore and shoe spam
Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air just posted about how Twitter may well be eating itself since some users are abusing the report spam and abuse buttons and are beginning to target conservatives with the hope of forcing the application to automatically shut down accounts. Of course, eventually Twitter turns the account back on after…
Read MoreRed Cross doctor beheaded in Pakistan
This is what the Taliban and militants in Pakistan have been up to … kidnapping muslim physicians who are work for the Red Cross, demanding ransom, and beheading them if they don’t get the cash.
Read MoreBin Laden documents detail cooperation between Taliban and al-Qaida
While the United States and the State Department push for negotiations to continue between the Taliban and the Afghan government, we learn the Taliban and al-Qaida may still have a common goal in mind even though their operational planning may differ in approach.
Read MoreObama administration supports radical bully to highlight anti-bully agenda
How the heck does President Obama, Vice President Biden and Jill Biden hold up this character as a model for anti-bullying campaigns around the country? Meet Dan Savage.
Read MoreObama sends $192 million in “aid” to Palestinian government with terrorist ties
Since the Fatah political party officially tied itself to the Hamas terrorist organization to form a Palestinian government about one year ago, Republicans and some Democrats in Congress asked that taxpayer funding of the newly formed, terrorist-infused government be stopped.
Read MoreWhat does President Obama do in an election year…try to fool seniors
Obamacare cuts billions from Medicare. The cuts, in large part, come from demolishing Medicare Advantage. This is an extremely popular program run by private insurance companies, and therein lies the rub. Private means that you make the choice, the government does not make the choice for you, and, under Obamacare, this will never do.
Read MoreObama’s campaign mini-documentary gets the “Pop up Video” treatment
I first found it a bit disorganized, but after a minute or so I was able to concentrate on both what the narrator and President Obama were saying, and quickly reading the facts – with sources listed – as they popped up.
Read MoreThe term “illegal alien” is not racist
Referring to a term illegal alien – an accurate definition of one who enters and stays in a country illegally – is not racist. To do so significantly changes the definition of racism and does harm to individuals who are exposed to true bigotry and racism.
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