December 2010
31 posts
Maryland wind project sued over endangered bats
“Conservationists filed suit Wednesday to block the start of Maryland’s first industrial wind project, contending the turbines built atop the state’s highest mountain in Garrett County threaten to harm federally protected rare bats. Making good on a threat issued months ago, two groups — Save Western Maryland and the Maryland Conservation Council — and two individuals ...
“Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the...”
– Ronald Reagan (via chrisjgavin)
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....”
– Mark Twain (via coeus)
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion - when you...”
– Ayn Rand. (via coeus)
FLASHBACK: When Asked Where the Constitution... →
logicallypositive:
statehate:
“Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a ‘serious question.’
‘You can put this on the record,’ said Elshami. ‘That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.’”
Oh, of course not,...
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Media Creates New Palin Scandal →
nomosshere:
There is no depth that the Palin haters will not sink.
These Palin hating propagandists are making jokes of themselves.
“I let go of all desire for the common good, and the good becomes as common as...”
– Lao Tsu (via libertarianlovefest)
“They act like they’re permanent residents of some unicorn ranch in Fantasy land.”
– Gov. Sarah Palin accurately describing California democrats (via nomosshere)
I met a Holocaust survivor at work today. →
henry-tubs-undrgrndbeercave:
It was seriously the most surreal experience of my entire life. I know I’m only 24…but woah. I was in the seasonal department, stocking Christmas lights, when this tiny, old woman walked up to me. She kind of shuffled, and she placed her hand on my arm to get my attention, and asked me if we had white lights.
I mean, at this point, I wasn’t thinking anything...
“Concerning Wikileaks, Governor Mike Huckabee said: “If we want to keep our...”
– Thursday morning links - Maggie’s Farm (via kaching)
Democrat spending bill keeps Gitmo open
The Washington Times reports: This year’s omnibus spending bill refuses to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay and would block the transfer of any suspected terrorist detainees to the United States in what appears to be the final blow for President Obama’s campaign pledge to shutter the facility. The massive spending bill Democrats released early Wednesday morning would prohibit the...
Has Global Warming Stopped? →
evilteabagger:
Something has to start for it to be stopped.
The so-called “consensus” is more and more being seen as a fraud. A fraud that abused the scientific method to promote a specific agenda. An agenda that had more to do with increasing control over society and the redistribution of wealth in order to gain and centralize power than it did with environmentalism. If this...
Obama: The Nigel Tufnel Presidency →
nomosshere:
Mr. Reynolds points out how our Dear Leader has taken government “to eleven”, and not in a good way.
“The U.S. government proposed a new mandate today requiring backup cameras on all...”
– Feds Propose Backup Camera Mandate By 2014 (via conservatarian)
The AP notes, “Nearly 300 people are killed and 18,000 injured each year because of backovers, according to data kept by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.” They go on to say that “the new...
