“The Communists have won in America with Obama…[who] has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society… President Vladimir Putin could never have imagined anyone so ignorant or so willing to destroy their people like Obama much less seeing millions vote for someone like Obama. They read history in America don’t they? Alas, the schools in the U.S. were conquered by the Communists long ago and history was revised thus paving the way for their Communist presidents…” [Xavier Lerma in Pravda]
NYTimes: Is This the End?
In this New York Times front-page Sunday Review article, opinion writer James Atlas frets about climate change destroying New York City. Atlas comes to the correct conclusion about pointless fretting (i.e., enjoy what you have while you have it) but also (inadvertently) debunks the notion of manmade climate change as a cause. Continue reading NYTimes: Is This the End?
Tucker: Romney should have embraced a carbon tax
William Tucker laughably argues in the American Spectator that Romney should have embraced a carbon tax to win the election and that millions of [presumably voting] Americans care about Mayor Bloomberg’s views on climate. [American Spectator]
EPA asks court to dismiss human testing lawsuit
The EPA has asked a federal court to dismiss our lawsuit asking for an injunction against EPA’s illegal human testing. Continue reading EPA asks court to dismiss human testing lawsuit
Effort to Curb Dangerous Coolant Falters, Sometimes at Home
Is your HVAC tech simultaneously causing ozone depletion and global warming? [NYTimes]
Off-topic of the Day: WashPost Says Attack on Rice is Racist
Affirmative action hits politics? The Washington Post editorializes that white male politicians, especially from the South, ought not question black politicians. [Washington Post]
Fracking industry keeps eye on Obama
Upcoming EPA report could doom its future. [Washington Times]
Higher Gas-Tax Idea Joins Fiscal-Cliff Talks
Carbon tax in disguise? [Wall Street Journal]
Gore Doubles Down: Claims to give all his Kleiner Perkins income to climate charity
First cap-and-trade auction a bust for California budget
“A low price for credits and minimal demand for future offsets suggest California will see a mere fraction of the $1 billion that Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers estimated the state would receive this fiscal year.” [Sacramento Bee]
The great British wind scam
“Green businesses are modifying large turbines to make them less productive, because perverse government subsidies reward machines that produce less energy at nearly double the rate of more efficient ones.” [Spectator]
Who Said It: Marco Rubio or Barack Obama?
There’s not too much daylight between Rubio and Obama on when/how the Earth was created. [Slate]