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Climate scientists missed it again. This ran in the BBC News back in 2007.  In fact, climate predictions have not been correct once that I know of. 

Fascism 101. Wyoming — Shortly after they realized the potential for wind energy creation in Wyoming, renewable energy companies began constructing turbines on private property and then selling the clean power they generated to the residents. However, shortly after their ventures began, Wyoming government officials, acting on behalf of fossil fuel interests, moved in for the kill.

From Stanford University: Summary Statement Given the stakes in the outcome of the American presidential elections, ensuring the integrity of the electoral process is of the utmost importance. Are the results we are witnessing in the 2016 primary elections trustworthy? While Donald Trump enjoyed a clear and early edge over his Republican rivals, the Democratic

George Mason University economist Walter E. Williams has said many times over many years that “Nothing opens the closed minds of college administrators better than the sounds of pocketbooks snapping shut,” see examples here, here and here. And now thanks to rise of “campus crybullies,” who have largely been tolerated, if not actually enabled, by spineless and feckless college administrators on

There will be [was] a strong police presence on the Snake River this weekend patrolling popular party spots for returning college students.  Twice in the past 4 years a massive crowd of Washington State University students trashed the Dunes near Lower Granite Dam.  The US Army Corps of Engineers had to shut down the Dunes

As is the case with many things (gambling, drugs, alcohol), their use is a stupid-tax on the poor.  But legalization and our growing cultural acceptance of marijuana have disproportionately affected one group in particular: the lower class. A recent study by Steven Davenport of RAND and Jonathan Caulkins of Carnegie Mellon notes that “despite the

With the news last week that Aetna — like UnitedHealth and Humana — is pulling out of most state exchanges, ObamaCare seems set to implode. Even President Obama seems to realize it: He’s preparing to launch a major push to draw in more people — preferably, healthy young ones — to his health-care marketplaces. Because

Some of Hillary Clinton’s emails, released in 2015, appear to support claims that he was a defector. Upon those revelations, Amiri would have been executed for spying. Via Wikipedia

This year’s contentious presidential primary season helped the Idaho Republican Party attract more than 80,000 newly affiliated voters, which could give GOP candidates a critical edge in some coming state legislative races. Republican officials are specifically targeting the 5th and 6th legislative districts, which had the closest general election contests in the state during the

And so it begins.  The city of Seattle has received more than 70 reports of businesses not complying with its new all-gender restroom ordinance since officials began enforcing it in March. The reports have been made by 33 people, some of whom made multiple reports. No businesses have been fined, but letters have been sent

It’s not just conservatives (many with religious objections) who are attempting to block the Department of Justice, Department of Education, and the Obama Administration in general from implementing policies that mandate that transgender people be accommodated in government and school buildings. At least one feminist group is not happy and has filed a federal lawsuit

I said this would be coming down the pike.  If homosexuals can force florists (and bakers) to violate their religious conscience and (decorate and) bake wedding cakes, why not force halal supermarkets to sell alcohol and pork; or forcing kosher delis to serve ham sandwiches?  In Colombes, France, the local housing authority has ordered a