The Christmas Season runs from the first day of Advent until the end of Epiphany. Joseph Bottum discusses. Advent and Epiphany are the religious, mysterious, joyful part, and Christmas is the secular, fun piece. It's all good, in my opinion.
The American people are mad as hell
Food stamps becoming normal in America. The richer our population becomes, the more people getting free food. Related: Starvation in Gaza?
NY Post: The Climate-cult con. I enjoyed this: 'Botch after botch after botch.''
Tiger:
...basically we are being asked to restructure the entire economy of the planet on the say-so of a few "scientists" whose work cannot be verified or even reconstructed. Is there any intellectually honest person who thinks that is a good idea?
Meanwhile, today from the self-satirizing BBC:
Climate change is not just an environmental problem, it is a human rights issue. In fact it's the biggest child rights problem of our time. With the potential rise of up to 160,000 child deaths a year in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia directly resulting from climate change, it is children, the most vulnerable children, who will be caught at the centre of the storm.
And similarly, this from the self-satirizing UN:
Environmentalism should be regarded on the same level with religion "as the only compelling, value-based narrative available to humanity," according to a paper written two years ago to influence the future strategy of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), the world's would-be environmental watchdog.
Politico: 7 stories Obama doesn't want told
The about-face on Honduras
Tracked: Dec 02, 19:50