Jan 31 2010

About last Friday

I’ll be on vacation this week, both from work and from blogging. But before signing off, I want to comment on President Obama’s appearance in Baltimore on Friday before the House Republicans.
It was, as just about everyone agrees, an impressive performance by Obama, a performance that I think confirms my view that Obama [...]

Jan 31 2010

Duke not at best with Obama in attendance - News & Observer

Seattle Post Intelligencer

Duke not at best with Obama in attendanceNews & ObserverPresident Barack Obama reacts with Vice President Joe Biden as they watch the Georgetown Duke basketball game at the Verizon Center in Washington Saturday, …President Obama a hit as a TV broadcasterLos Angeles Times (blog)Obama stops by basketball gameAFPLet's Go to POTUS for the [...]

Jan 31 2010

Policy-Driven Deception

The Science & Public Policy Institute has published an important paper on the manipulations to which surface temperature records have been subjected in order to promote the global warming dogma. It’s called Surface Temperature Records: Policy Driven Deception?. You should download and read it all; this is the executive summary:

1. Instrumental temperature data [...]

Jan 31 2010

Don’t Miss the Deadline for Tomorrow’s YouTube Q & A with President Obama

After more than 11,000 questions and 630,000 votes, the folks from CitizenTube who will interview President Obama tomorrow have reminded everyone that the deadline for submitting questions is tonight at 8pm EST:
On Monday afternoon, as a follow-up to his State of the Union address, President Obama will give a live interview to YouTube from the [...]

Jan 31 2010

What Next for the Tea Parties?

More, Glenn Reynolds writes in The Examiner. More power; more influence; more respect:

So far the Tea Party’s record is looking pretty good. But what happens next? Many people — er, well, many pundits, anyway — complain that the Tea Party movement is entirely oppositional: For a brief moment, the key buzzword was “nihilistic,” though [...]

Jan 31 2010

Tax credits to boost hiring - Straits Times

CBC.ca

Tax credits to boost hiringStraits TimesWASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama has proposed US$33 billion (S$46 billion) in tax credits to coax small businesses in the United States into hiring …Obama Details Jobs-Focused Tax CreditWall Street JournalUncle Sam Wants You … to Have a JobNew York TimesObama Plan Would Give Small Businesses Tax Credit For Adding [...]

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