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It's nor'easter season again. They are predicting a hearty snow dump today and tomorrow, with high winds, so don't be surprised if Maggie's is down for a bit (due to winds, not the lovely snow).

Storms are caused by fossil fuels, claim many experts. Since there have been storms forever, I think that's a crazy theory. Here's a more compelling explanation for wintry weather: Asian astrologers warn of stormy Year of Snake

If Americans would only stop driving cars and begin riding bikes instead, we'd have less snow and less cold in the winter. I think I got that science right, didn't I? But wait a minute - we love snow. It is peaceful, quiet, and beautiful.

Impending Defcon Seven Blizzard Killstorm Of Deadly Doom Has Massachusetts Residents Considering Cannibalism Already, While One Skowhegan Man Is Considering Wearing A Long-Sleeve Shirt

The Pension Fund That Ate California - CalPERS’s corruption, insider dealing, and politicized investments have overwhelmed taxpayers with debt.

A fascinating, scandalous Malanga report on how CalPERS became intertwined with politics and ultimately controlled by the government unions.

EXCLUSIVE: Your employer may share your salary, and Equifax might sell that data

People should complain to their congresscritter

Do Traditional Husband Chores Lead to More Frequent Intimacy?

Are Women Who Say “Sorry” Weaker?

Details Emerge on University of Toronto’s Sex Ed Week ‘Orgy’

The students get all the fun

New Poll: Majority of Americans Want Illegal Immigrants to Head Back to Home Countries

They were not invited

More on Perils of Prosecutorial Discretion in a World Where Everyone is a Criminal

Greenland: Chris Mooney’s Chartsmanship in the Service of Alarmism

Debunker: Wildfires, droughts, storms, oh my!

The GOP should destroy Obama. Now is the time.

Just 32 months later, Obama administration tells us what ObamaCare plans must have in them

CBO and small biz: Yeah, about keeping your health care plan if you like it

Americans are still struggling at Obama's halfway point.

Isn’t it time we discuss violent liberalism?

The end times of trust in government may well be upon us

Trusting any government is infantile and naive, ignorant of human nature. That's why America was designed the way it was.

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Re: Toronto’s Sex Week

“Even Rome of Suetonius never known such orgies as the pervert balls of Berlin,” observed [Stefan] Zweig, “where hundreds of men costumed as women and hundreds of women dressed as men danced under the benevolent eyes of the police.”

In The Closing of the American Mind, Bloom compared America to the Weimar Republic.

We all know what followed.

Then there’s After the First World War Shandor decided that society was too sick to survive And he wasn't alone. he had close to a thousand followers when he died

#1 ErisGuy on 2013-02-08 05:52 (Reply)

Ya'll hang in there - good luck, stay safe.

The GOP should destroy Obama. Now is the time.

Unfortunately, the GOP is being run by an entrenched group of compromisers. What these leaders don't understand is that Obama is playing hardball while they are playing dodgeball. I don't know how to change that.

#2 Tom Francis on 2013-02-08 07:48 (Reply)

RE: Nor'Easter warning. Provision well with the triad (TP, Bread, milk, or, unless you're a college student - Beer, Pizza, Nacho chips), and make sure the candles and blankets are handy. Even tho they are shunned these days, some 'personal protection' (plus its ammo) to have handy may not be a bad idea.

#3 fred zeppelin on 2013-02-08 09:10 (Reply)

Yup, we're all going to freeze to death, burn up in wildfires or just excessive heat, starve and die due to drought, flood, tsunami (especially in the midwest, OMG!), or falling windmill farms.

Don't know how I shall cope.

#4 Sam L. on 2013-02-08 10:34 (Reply)

I blame the education of kids today. When I was in school we read any number of stories that had the man against nature theme. The best were when man won.

These days everyone seems to think nature is this unknown entity that lurks just beyond the car window that will punish us if we sin.

#4.1 JKB on 2013-02-08 10:51 (Reply)

Somebody help me out, I seem to remember a story about back when I was a kid. Something about unions, pension funds, corruption. I think it had something to do with Las Vegas?

#5 JKB on 2013-02-08 10:45 (Reply)

The Democrats are playing hardball but it is more then that; they are organized, they have numerous organizations that support them and work to put them in power and push out the opposition. No one even denies anymore that there was massive voter fraud in the election. The unions and ACORN did far more then "get out the vote". The Republicans are not organized. They are made up of career politicians and citizn legislators who felt compelled to run for office as a constitutional responsibility. They two groups don't see eye to eye and may never be able to function as one unit. Tell me how a conservative Republican could ever sit down with a John McCain and come to agreement on amnesty???

So the Republicans WON'T "win" the next election or the one after that or the one after that one, etc. What will happen is eventually a majority of voters, including Democrats will become so disenchanted with the Democrats that they will vote for Republicans out of desperation. Republicans may get elected and take over congress in 2014 but they won't "win" it.

#6 GoneWithTheWind on 2013-02-08 10:55 (Reply)

Dr. Benjamin Carson of Johns Hopkins gave a memorable address at the National Prayer Breakfast. It's worth watching and all over the Internet.

#7 jma on 2013-02-08 16:01 (Reply)

Stay safe. Stay warm.

#8 Mark on 2013-02-08 19:52 (Reply)

It's so cold, high school boys are pulling their pants up.

#9 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2013-02-08 21:19 (Reply)

Ditto the wish that you'll keep safe & warm.

But regarding illegal immigrants and "They were not invited." Really, now.

Did the Wampanoags invite the Pilgrims? I'm guessing they didn't.

Did the Aztecs invite Cortez? Not a chance.

Aside from 'guest workers' in Europe, I"m having trouble thinking of immigrants who've ever been invited.

#10 jhc on 2013-02-08 22:13 (Reply)

It is ironic when someone cites the example of the Indians and the immigrants that followed Columbus as proof that somehow all immigration is A)acceptable or B)illegal/inappropriate. Can you understand that the Indians would indeed have ejected all immigrants if they had the ability. It was the lack of ability to stop the immigration that caused their demise. So as an arguement in favor if continued illegal immigration this one falls terribly short.

It is important to note that all of the Indians or "native" Americans (if you prefer) were themselves immigrants but more then that they were the third major wave of immigrants from Asia and each wave of "native" Americans displaced/enslaved the previous "native" Americans. It is romantic to think of these noble savages as "native" Americans but in fact they were merely immigrants just like everyone in the world is merely immigrants to the lands they live in today.

#10.1 GoneWithTheWind on 2013-02-09 12:34 (Reply)

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