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More ‘Global Warming’ in Store For North-East This Weekend

By Trenton Hansen

The ‘Global Warming’ that has caused record-breaking blizzards on the East Coast will deliver yet another punch this weekend. According to bloomberg.com, another major winter storm could drop as much as 13 inches of new snow on New York by Saturday evening.
Alarmists have insisted that such heavy snows are the result of global warming or [...]

NY Times: Global Warming Causes Record-Breaking Snow

By Trenton Hansen

The New York Times is asserting that global warming may be the cause for the recent snowfall that has smashed previous records in Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia.
The previous record for Washington D.C. was set in the 1860’s winter of 1898-99, which prompts a question. Does the New York Times also believe that the previous [...]

Republican Traitors

By Trenton Hansen

Here they are, the 8 GOP members who voted in favor of the Cap & Trade Tax. This is the nearest thing I could come up with to a perp walk.
Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti
H/T to Michelle Malkin for posting this.

The Waxman-Markey $9 Trillion Cap-and-Tax Bill

By Trenton Hansen

The liberal Brookings Institute yesterday released an analysis of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. The bill has been presented by the Democrats as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 83% by 2050. It accomplishes the goal via the now-infamous cap-and-trade system, which would negatively affect 85% of the economy.  Click to view the presentation.
The [...]

Obamanomics: Green Jobs = Pay Cuts

By Trenton Hansen

A new post from Steve Milloy’s Green Hell Blog reveals that Obama’s much touted “green jobs” are not such a great thing after all.
Most people shifting into the green sector should expect to see a pay cut of as much as 60%. These jobs are simply too costly for the market to bear, provindg more [...]

‘Green’ lightbulbs poison workers – Times Online

By Trenton Hansen

‘Green’ lightbulbs poison workers – Times Online. “Large numbers of Chinese workers have been poisoned by mercury, which forms part of the compact fluorescent lightbulbs. A surge in foreign demand, set off by a European Union directive making these bulbs compulsory within three years, has also led to the reopening of mercury [...]

Jason Chaffetz Works To Expose Cap And Trade Realities

By Trenton Hansen

Michelle Malkin has good things to say about Jason Chaffetz on her blog. She is referring specifically to Rep. Chaffetz’s Cap and Trade Disclosure Act, for which he is currently seeking co-sponsors.
The Republican Study Committee reports:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz is seeking original cosponsors for the Cap-and-Trade Tax Disclosure Act which will require utility companies to disclose [...]

News Bites

By Trenton Hansen

Here are a few things you may not have seen in the Move-on Media:
Al Gore Lies to Congress about Personal Finances (Green Hell Blog)
Al Gore Lies, Part 2 (Green Hell Blog)
Obama the Sophist (RealClearPolitics)
Newspaper Bonuses Remain Unquestioned (News Busters)

Ecoslavery

By Trenton Hansen

This is just evil.
Cap and trade, in other words, is a scheme to redistribute income and wealth — but in a very curious way. It takes from the working class and gives to the affluent; takes from Miami, Ohio, and gives to Miami, Florida; and takes from an industrial America that is already struggling and [...]

John Kerry: Green Rules Not Enough

By Trenton Hansen

Steve Milloy’s Green Hell Blog reports today that John Kerry is not satisfied with draconian measures that aim to reduce CO2 emissions to 450 PPM. Kerry suggests that we need to return to an emissions ceiling of 350 PPM to have any appreciable effect on the climate.
Kerry understands that current regulations that require reductions in [...]

RSS AP Political Headlines

  • Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.... […]
  • Pelosi: Dems close on health care agreement March 11, 2010
    ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) -- Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.... […]
  • House leader: Ethics panel ends Massa probe March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Democratic campaign chief said Wednesday the ethics committee has ended an investigation of former Rep. Eric Massa, but the freshman's alleged harassment of his staff members - with possible sexual overtones - could spell continuing trouble for the party.... […]
  • House GOP leaders press earmark moratorium March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- House GOP leaders are pushing rank-and-file Republicans to break their addiction to pet projects by going cold turkey and giving up the long-cherished practice of directing federal dollars to their home districts.... […]
  • Female WWII aviators honored with gold medal March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered real military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they had to pay their own bus fare home.... […]
  • Fed recovers, gets new look as financial regulator March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve, still dusting itself off from a fight that threatened to trim its powers, could emerge from a congressional overhaul of banking rules as the top cop over the nation's largest financial institutions.... […]
  • Obama renews backing of earthquake-stricken Haiti March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday renewed America's commitment to the recovery and reconstruction of earthquake-devastated Haiti, telling visiting President Rene Preval he knows the crisis has not passed.... […]
  • Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit March 11, 2010
    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom's help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran.... […]
  • Senate passes jobless aid, business tax breaks March 11, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to extend key pieces of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help financially strapped states pay for health care for the poor.... […]
  • House bans misleading census mailings March 10, 2010
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House passed legislation Wednesday that would ban misleading mailings designed to appear they're from the Census Bureau, following criticism that Republican groups were sending fundraising letters using the census name.... […]