Wasn't even a storm, much less a blizzard - just an ordinary New England winter snow dump. No ferocious winds, no 2-3 feet of snow. No big deal, a nice treat for the ski areas but a bummer for those with flights planned.
I had supposed that the weather wasn't being over-hyped this time. Fooled again: Millions hunker down as Northeast storm was downgraded to "snowy day".
Who do you blame for all the stormophobia these days? Drudge? Weather Channel? What?
The pols over-hype these things so they won't be caught being wrong. The news over-hypes them so you will keep your TV and radio turned on. Of course it does make sense to try to keep drivers off the roads for a few hours with big snows so the plows can do their work efficiently.
The driving is fine out there this morning. Everybody without a government job is going to work this morning.
Is Climate Change To Blame for the Northeast Snow Storm?
Good grief, Charlie Brown.
Now, on to morning links -
Check out KFC’s latest food abomination, the “Double Down Dog”
Sounds pretty good to me
Letters read on carbonized Herculaneum scrolls
The power and importance of the ruthless consumer – ‘they make poor men rich and rich men poor’
In free markets, the consumers hold all the cards. They can buy - or not.
When Artists Fear their Audience - On campus, students now stand up for censorship.
Scouts too Evil for CA Judiciary
MIT professor sparks culture war by saying feminism attacks ‘nerds’
This Impoverished City Hiked Spending to $25,000 per Student to Fix Its Schools. And Nothing Changed.
Davos’s Destructive Elites - “None of us is as dumb as all of us.”
Scott Walker—Conservatives’ Consensus Choice?
Old white party is in trouble. Good
What, exactly, is Hillary Clinton’s strategy to get voters excited about her candidacy?
The lack of penis seems to be her main selling point - plus her husband's name
‘Sex Slave’ Claims Bill Clinton Visited Epstein’s ‘Orgy Island’
Duh. Wild horses couldn't keep him away
Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Looking Into 2008 Meltdown Exposed as Sham
The real story is not complicated
Jonathan Gruber Faces Questions About ‘Phantom Billing’ and Tax Reporting
Obama Films Anti-Oil Drilling Video–From a Jet
Atomic Scientists Say Humanity Is Closest to Destruction Since 1984
Obama, the Committed Income-Redistributionist (Though the Media Swore He Was No Such Thing!) Now Expressly Going After the Middle Class' Education Savings to Shower Money on His Constituents
Death test' could predict chance of dying within 30 days
Why only 30?
BBC branded ´mad´ by critics after refusing to call Paris killers ´terrorists´
NYT: Muslim Criminals in France Turn to Terrorism Because They Feel Dissed; White People at Fault
New Saudi King Named In 9/11 Suits
Obama’s National Field Director Running Anti-Netanyahu Election Campaign
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