bfwebster on January 11th, 2010

One fundamental economic problem with mass transit is that it rarely, if ever, is financially self-sufficient. This is usually explained away with something like, “Well, if we get enough people riding it, the benefit to the environment will be worth it.” Besides the fact that this generally isn’t true, there’s the additional problem that when [...]

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…they’d probably look something like the one above. Hat tip to Steven Hayward over at NRO. ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on December 3rd, 2009

I’ve avoided doing a lot of blogging on Climategate because so many other sites and bloggers are doing such a great job, while the Left gets increasingly shrill (“Pay no attention to the scientists behind the curtain!”).
But a new critical point has been reached: the Warmist scientific elite are starting to turn on one another:
One [...]

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bfwebster on November 25th, 2009

I haven’t written much about ‘Climategate’ because so many others are doing such a great job (for example, see here, here, and here). But this video (hat tip to Ace of Spades) pretty much sums things up (and with a catchy tune, too!).  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on November 16th, 2009

The sad thing is, it’s true.  An electric car is, in effect, a NIMBY-mobile. Unless you’ve got your own clean energy source (e.g., a large solar panel farm on your property — and here’s a shout-out to Jim Hamerly), you’re likely still impacting the environment — just at a distance.  ..bruce w..

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bfwebster on September 8th, 2009

ITEM: My co-blogger, Bruce Henderson, has a post over at the New Ledger about the proposed legislation to give the President “emergency control of the Internet”:
S773 makes no attempt to outline and describe what form of emergency would trigger the use of these broad new powers to limit communication, nor any means by [...]

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bfwebster on August 5th, 2009

The Obama/Joker image (above) was just the start. Combined with the “fishy e-mail” snitching request on the White House blog — a request of dubious legality and unquestionable bad taste — there are more images and videos coming out of the woodwork.
The Obama/Joker poster above may have been inspired by this one from last November:

Both [...]

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Bruce Henderson on July 8th, 2009

Hat tip to my long time friend Wayne de Geere for sharing this one. It sums up my outlook on people’s fear of climate change.

For more entertainment on this subject, you can check out their blog, Minnesotans For Global Warming.

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bfwebster on May 2nd, 2009

MORNING LINKS — such as they are
ITEM: Warmists are realizing that when you’re losing the data debate, the  scientific debate and the popular debate — you should just change the terms of the debate!
The problem with global warming, some environmentalists believe, is “global warming.”
The term turns people off, fostering images of shaggy-haired liberals, economic sacrifice [...]

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bfwebster on April 29th, 2009

MORNING LINKS
ITEM: Speaking of swine flu hysteria, this may be a good time to invest in pork belly futures – there may be a shortage soon.
ITEM: Yet another way in which Western Europeans are looking for the US to help them financially.
ITEM: Here’s a slideshow of items from the Michael Jackson Neverland Ranch auction. Some [...]

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