Archive for July 2017
How to avoid a speeding ticket
Don’t speed, of course. But you will so here is some advice that might work. Most traffic stops are for speeding because speed limits are often set lower than they should be and about 85% of traffic moves at a higher speed. The safest way to operate a vehicle in traffic is to stay with…
Read MoreResearchers have been underestimating the cost of wind and solar
Researchers have been underestimating the cost of wind and solar. Of course they have. Do they even include the public subsidies required for wind and solar? They’ve also been overestimating the potential contribution of wind and solar to the energy grid because they evaluate wind and solar as an independent stand-alone energy source when they…
Read MoreMore Women Get Firearm Training — That’s a Good Thing
In Chicago, Women Worried About Violence Join Gun Club Welcome to the club, Ladies! Take a look at my Advanced Defensive Pistol Class — under “Pages” just to the right —>
Read MoreGOP Establishment’s Urge To Self Destruction
2010 Mid-Term Election: Voters give GOP huge victories to oppose Obamacare, after election Dems lose their filbuster-proof majority. Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate race on promise to be the 41st vote to prevent cloture of filibuster and thus block Obamacare. GOP takes control of the House of Representatives, but Democrat-controlled House had passed Obamacare before…
Read MoreJeff Sessions, We hardly knew ya…
Looks like Jeff Sessions is about to have another rough week.
Read MoreMark Steyn on Robert Mueller’s “Banana Republic” Investigation
“We have a situation which civilized societies do not do, where they investigate someone in order to get something on him,” Steyn stated.
Read MoreWill Rex Tillerson Drain the Swamp at Foggy Bottom?
I used to think the U.S. State Department was called “Foggy Bottom” because it’s staffed with foggy-brained people. Well, it certainly is but that’s apparently not the reason for its nickname. It’s located in a district of Washington DC that used to be a swamp that emitted foggy vapors. The area thus gained the name…
Read MoreChristina Hoff Sommers, the Factual Feminist Speaks
On the media hyperventilating over the comments by John McEnroe about Serena Williams, Steven Hayward says this is “A return serve with an un-returnable line shot.” I agree.
Read MoreNTSB Says Air Canada Close Call at SFO Worse Than First Reported
An Air Canada Airbus 320 attempted to land on a taxiway at San Francisco International Airport on July 7, 2017, coming within seconds of a major collision with two other aircraft waiting in the taxiway. The Air Canada pilot mistook a crowded taxiway as the runway he had been assigned to land on. The pilot…
Read MoreSpecial Prosecutor Mueller Goes On a Witch Hunt
Rush calls it the biggest Opposition Research Operation in history, paid for by tax payers. If it’s dirt digging without any facts showing probable cause to believe criminal activity may have occurred, then “witch hunt” are the only words to describe it. If it’s “oppo research” it’s partisan politics, not legitimate government action. If it’s…
Read MoreFrom Deification to Demonization; From Worship to Hatred
From the deification of Barack Obama to the demonization of Donald Trump, from court jesters for Obama to attack dogs against Trump, the media buffoons that worshiped Obama and hold a visceral hatred of Trump are living on the dichotomous extreme end of every spectrum, unable to see anything in the middle. Whether this affliction…
Read More180 factory employees to be laid off by Harley Davidson
Harley Davidson is facing tough times in its Home market and high import taxes overseas. This will force cutbacks and layoffs.
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