Maggie's Farm

Let's begin with Scrooge.

Tierney at the NYT doesn't think much of O's science advisor. Sounds like a phony resume. More on Holdren here. (h/t, Insty)

Reisman rips another O appointee - Larry Summers

Huffington satirizes herself. (h/t, Jonah)

The stimulus plan: $1 billion for Las Vegas roads. Since when is that a Federal issue?

Talk about entitlement: Caroline not only refuses questions, she refuses to open her books. The arrogance and condescension aren't going over too well. But Uncle Teddy wants it.

Teasing vs. bullying

Expanding executive power? Who's complaining? Powerline. I am complaining.

"We don't predict, we project." Ignore the weather: it's Apocalypse Later. The Apocalypse is always later.

Related, at Flopping (this is amazing):

“Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective, and being honest.” –Stephen Schneider Lead Author of reports for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

And that, my friends, is exactly why we file our climate posts in the Politics category instead of our Natural History category.

Photo: The Renaissance Christmas tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC