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"Hide the Decline" *************** China solar panel factory shut after protests A solar panel factory in eastern China has been shut down after protests by local residents over pollution fears. *************** Solyndra Investor, Obama Bundler George Kaiser in 2009: It’s Time to Cash in on the Mother of All Government Handouts Billionaire Obama fundraiser George Kaiser visited the White House 16 times over the past 3 years, and is caught in the middle of the Solyndra scandal as the company’s chief investor and prime beneficiary of the debt restructuring approved by the Obama Administration earlier this year. *************** Global Warming: Deep Oceans Could Delay Effects for Decade-Long Periods By IB Times Staff Reporter Earth's temperatures will likely stabilize for a period as deep ocean waters absorb enough heat to mask the effects of global warming for up to a decade, a new study indicates. *************** Where’s the Heat? It’s Hiding! Global warming alarmists have long been embarrassed by the fact that the Earth isn’t heating up to the extent that their models predict (assuming that it is heating up at all). In the world of science, when empirical observation contradicts a theory, the theory is deemed to be refuted. War & Terror *************** "And friends of the Palestinians do them no favors by ignoring this truth, just as friends of Israel must recognize the need to pursue a two state solution with a secure Israel next to an independent Palestine," President Obama said at the UN. National *************** Obama Administration to Ban Asthma Inhalers Over Environmental Concerns By MARK HEMINGWAY Remember how Obama recently waived new ozone regulations at the EPA because they were too costly? *************** West Hollywood to Ban Sale of Fur Garments WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.— This is a small city, a mere 1.9 square miles, with about 36,000 residents. But lawmakers here nonetheless see themselves as national trendsetters. *************** Gov. Patrick Seen Riding In SUV During “Car-Free Week” By Ken MacLeod, WBZ-TV BOSTON (CBS) – Governor Deval Patrick did walk to a morning event on Beacon Hill — a stone’s throw from the Statehouse — but was quick to sheepishly admit that he probably hadn’t set the best example earlier in the day. *************** Thompson files fundraising papers for Senate run By The WTMJ News Team MADISON - Former Governor Tommy Thompson has said that his long consideration of a run for U.S. Senate is over, and the process to run for the Senate has begun. *************** Obama Proposes New Czar Lurita Doan As the Obama agenda proves increasingly impotent, Americans have witnessed Obama's czars crash and burn or run for cover over the past thirty months. *************** Democrats face 2012 worried about Obama's low ratings By Laura Myers, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL One Nevada Democratic Party insider offered this tip for candidates running for public office in 2012: "Don't get your picture taken with President Obama," he said. *************** Is Your Choice Of Food A Fundamental Right? According to Wisconsin Judge Patrick J. Fiedler, you do not have a fundamental right to consume the food you grow or own or raise. *************** Texas School Punishes Boy for Opposing Homosexuality By Todd Starnes An honors student in Fort Worth, Texas, was sent to the principal’s office and punished for telling a classmate that he believes homosexuality is wrong. *************** One-day rehiring nets former Chicago labor leader a $158,000 city pension *************** OnStar Tracks Your Car Even When You Cancel Service By David Kravets Navigation-and-emergency-services company OnStar is notifying its six million account holders that it will keep a complete accounting of the speed and location of OnStar-equipped vehicles, even for drivers who discontinue monthly service. Economy
& Taxes *************** The President’s New Spending Plan, By the Numbers The Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee has put together a simple summary of the President’s most recent spending plan *************** How Can China Save Europe When It's Defaulting On Its Own Debt? About 85% of Liaoning province’s 184 financing companies defaulted on debt service payments in 2010 according to a report from the province’s Audit Office. The report also noted that 120 of these borrowers, de facto government agencies, operated at a loss last year. *************** No, Warren Buffett’s Secretary Doesn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate Than He Does In other words, Obama’s plan isn’t math. It’s class warfare. *************** German Taxpayers Want Equity in Bank Bailouts: Karl Heinz Daeke By Karl Heinz Daeke When will politicians finally accept that their ideology of cheap money has failed? *************** Solyndra got more $ then 35 states did for "infastructure" *************** Clause in Obama Jobs Plan Requires States to Forfeit 11th Amendment Rights The American Jobs Act exposes states to frivolous lawsuits while providing a boon to trial lawyers seeking government settlement money. The President made no mention of this boon to the trial bar in his national jobs speech. Nor does the glossy overview of the American Jobs Act (Act) on the Whitehouse website mention this gift. Instead, one must delve deep within the bill to perceive this threat to state governments— 376 sections into it to be exact. *************** International *************** The Death Penalty and the Social Contract By Mark Krikorian Elizabeth Warren’s “social contract” comment combined with yesterday’s execution talk prompts me to revisit something I wrote a few years back before comments were enabled here, so readers weren’t then able to show me the error of my ways. *************** The Regulation Racket By Victor Davis Hanson When we hear that tiny smelt shut down a quarter-million acres of the nation’s prime farmland, or Byzantine regulations require years and millions of dollars before a bridge can be built, or oil businesses are paralyzed by filling out tens of thousands of pages in duplicate regulatory forms, conservatives usually shrug over the waste and impediments to productivity while liberals point to the children who will be saved by more fish, quieter afternoons, or less carbon in the air. *************** Dollar Climbs as Federal Reserve Will Buy Longer-Maturity Debt By John Detrixhe and Catarina Saraiva (Bloomberg) -- The dollar climbed after the Federal Reserve said it will increase holdings of longer- maturity Treasuries in a bid to limit borrowing costs and boost economic growth and employment.' *************** Tories, Tea Partiers, Nazis: Chris Huhne lashes out at the forces of evil *************** 'Hell on earth': Detailed satellite photos show death camps North Korea still deny even exist More than 200,000 men, women and children are held in the camps *************** In South China Sea, a dispute over energy *************** Germany's Pirate Party Celebrates Historic Victory DPA Once the Greens were Germany's political rebels. But on Sunday they lost their title to the Pirate Party, which won seats in a regional government for the first time. The success of their data-driven message took even the party itself by surprise. *************** U.K.: Homeowner who killed burglar is released on bail: Businessman, 39, stabbed intruder with own knife 'because he feared for the safety of his family' Homeowner attacked burglar after he tried to force his way into his home Wife and son arrived home to find intruder dying in street Burglar's family leave floral tributes at the scene Wealthy family man arrested on suspicion of murder and has been bailed until mid-October *************** Opinion *************** Elizabeth Warren — Mob Boss *************** Class Warfare: American Communists of 1928 Compared to Barack Obama Posted by Erick Erickson The other day I linked to a rather silly post at Think Progress by Matthew Yglesias. His point was that Obama is not engaging in class warfare because if you want real class warfare look at the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1928. That was real class warfare. Never mind how similar some of what the CPGB wanted in 1928 is what Obama is calling for now. *************** America: The Chief Subsidizer of UN Rapists and Traffickers The Wilsonian ideals of the UN are not realizable. In turn, the UN is built on a lie: that its diplomats are morally decent. *************** It’s For Your Own “Social” Good Michelle Horstman Sponsored by Mashable, the UN and 92Y, this week’s “Social Good Summit” in New York is just one more example of the nonstop networking between technology, radical environmental, government and foundation groups towards a communitarian-style global government for your own “good.” As with most of their social justice and environmental efforts, “good” is always in the title, as opposed to the “bad” people not going along for the ride. *************** What Comes After 'Europe'? The riots of Athens will become those of Milan, Madrid and Marseilles. Border checkpoints will return. Currencies will be resurrected, then devalued. *************** Let’s Party Like It’s 1917 Posted by Erick Erickson The DNC’s logo for the 2012 convention struck me, when it first came out, as “Soviet chic”, a trendy style that’s been making its way around leftist protests from Wisconsin to Washington. *************** Houston, We Have a Solution On a warm Saturday evening in June 1943, crowds were relaxing on Belle Isle, a retreat slightly larger than New York’s Central Park nestled in the Detroit River, which separates Canada and the United States. Belle Isle’s landscapes and structures were a showcase of great American architecture: Frederick Law Olmsted, Albert Kahn, and Cass Gilbert all were represented. Its botanical garden, yacht club, memorial fountain, golf course, and opulent marble lighthouse offered a serene testament to the grandeur of Detroit. *************** |
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