North Dakota’s newly elected governor said he expects the “world’s going to change” for those opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. “I would expect that (Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the project) will get its easement and it will go through,” Republican Gov. Doug Burgum said Thursday about what to […]

Legal Insurrection had all their YouTube channel removed by Google.  Here were their Top 20 videos:  In reverse order: 20. Joe Biden kisses Chris Coons’ Daughter Creepy uncle Joe. Never stop being you. On second thought, stop being you. 19. Arab woman stabs Israeli Remember, SHE is the victim. 18. Martha Robertson for Single Payer

Severe weather warnings across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland for high winds, snow and ice. UK is plunged into a -9C freeze. Coastal villages evacuated amid fears of a 9 ft storm surge. Norwich Airport closed completely this morning due to ‘unsafe levels’ of snow. Travel chaos on the roads and rail networks, as heavy

More counterexamples.  Some record lows set in the Canadian Maritimes. NEW BRUNSWICK The following station set a daily minimum temperature record on January 9, 2017: Grand MananNew record of -21.1 C (-6.0 F)Old record of -19.4 C set in 2014 (-2.9 F)Records in this area have been kept since 1883  NOVA SCOTIA The following station

More counterexamples.  I had the opportunity to live in Sofia, Bulgaria for 6 weeks, and I’ve visited the places they are discussing here.  “The last time the sea in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas was covered with ice was in 1954. Throughout the entire 20th century ice paralyzed this part of the Black Sea  area

With more rain and snow on the way, the supposed “unending drought” that the New York Times reported on last year has, in a matter of weeks, ended — at least in Northern California. Yesterday’s color satellite imagery from NASA shows the dramatic changes which have occurred since the same date three years ago: – Widespread and deep snowpack–

Contradicting President Barack Obama’s upbeat public comments about his November Oval Office meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, here we seem to get a glimpse into the lame duck president’s grave disappointment and concern for the unraveling of his legacy. His face and wide open left hand suggest a man letting go.

If you are “hands-free texting”, then it’s no different than talking to the person next to you. Via the AP:  A Great Falls lawmaker has introduced a bill that would prevent local governments from placing bans on talking or texting on a cellphone while driving. Republican Rep. Jeremy Trebas told the Great Falls Tribune that

Through executive action, Obama eliminates the “wet foot, dry foot” policy that has applied to Cuban citizens entering the US. Under the law, any Cuban who reached American soil was allowed to stay and seek citizenship. On Thursday, President Obama announced that he was scrapping the long-standing policy by which Cuban migrants arriving at U.S.

On a leaked tape, John Kerry admits the US watched ISIS grow and thought the US could manage ISIS. The US was hoping ISIS would be a problem for Assad. Last fall Secretary of State Kerry met privately with anti-Assad Syrian activists at the U.N.  The meeting was secretly taped, and you can listen to

Russia has invited Trump Administration officials to upcoming Syrian peace talks. Russia has invited the incoming Trump administration to Syrian peace talks it is sponsoring later this month with Turkey and Iran, part of a process from which the Obama administration pointedly has been excluded. U.S. participation, especially if an agreement is reached, would be

Both Houses of Congress pass a resolution for a budget that will allow the repeal of the tax and spending provisions of Obamacare with a simple majority vote. The budget resolution also added trillions of dollars to the national debt. This is not a bill, so no changes to US law will occur from its

The EPA locks in a rule that will require all automakers to have an average MPG of 50 across their fleet of cars by 2025. We’ll see if the Trump administration can override Obama’s infinite reach.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy on Friday finalized a determination that the landmark fuel efficiency rules instituted

Millennial’s income is 20% less than the Baby Boomer generation’s income was at the same stage in life. Over the past few years, as the Millennial generation has grown into its own, in 2016 surpassing Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation according to the Census (Americans aged 18-34 in 2015 now number 75.4