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We can of course turn this into a Pointless argument about climate change.

What will that accomplish [Entertainment value aside]?

If we were designing an initiative of our own, what would it look like.

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Liberal Media gets it way wrong on Rock thrown at office of Ohio Democrat Rep. Stephen Driehaus

Heluva 'n arm worthy of a Cincinnati Reds star pitcher

The Carew Tower cuts across the Cincinnati skyline. It stands 49 stories high, right on the Ohio river. It also happens to house the main district office of Democrat Congressman Stephen Driehaus.

With his boyish good looks, he's become the poster boy of sorts for the anti-Republican/anti-Tea Party "violence" campaign.

Hurried breaking news reports came out earlier in the week on how a rock was thrown through the Congressman's window. The story originated with the far left Seattle Times, and was carried through the liberal blogosphere and mainstream press.

GOP libertarian blogger Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) first captured the report from the Seattle Times story before the Times and syndicated versions were scrubbed:

"A rock was thrown through the window of Driehaus’ Cincinnati office Sunday."

Driehaus responded to non-incident by pointing the finger at Sarah Palin

Turns out the Congressman's office is not located on the ground floor, but rather on the 30th. Some on-line Right blogger sleuths caught the error.

The media line quickly changed to a local Democrat Party headquarters. But not before the Congressman had the chance to take a few shots at a certain Republican/Tea Party star.

The next day Local 12 WKRC in Cincinnati reported:

A rock was thrown through a window at Hamilton County Democratic Party headquarters, but any other acts of violence have just been talk. Driehaus says the hateful chatter is becoming more and more mainstream. He points to a fundraising website for Sarah Palin that puts targeted seats in congress literally in the cross hairs.

"That kind of constant reference to violence. I don't think it's helpful."

Of course, the Congressman's comments were picked up without reporters/bloggers checking the facts of the original story. And the comments added fuel to the fire of the "Sarah Palin inciting violence" meme.

Local Democrats are admitting that the original story was completely fabricated. Two staffers at the Hamilton County Democrat HQ, one named Molly and the other Caleb Faux, have confirmed to a a local reporter no such incidents occured. Faux quoted from the Examiner.com:

When asked about the Seattle article and the rock being thrown through Driehaus’ Cincinnati office window, he replied, “I think that report is an error. You’d have to have an awfully good pitching arm to throw something that high.”

Verizon’s FiOS Rollout Drawing To a Close [FiOS]

Fiber optics. It sounds fast (it is). But it also sounds expensive (it is). So expensive, it turns out, that Verizon has announced that it's winding down expansion of its FiOS network. It will keep plugging away in markets that it has already announced—Philly, New York City, and D.C., chiefly—but it won't be looking at expanding FiOS to any more major cities. The AP report gives a sense of how expensive the endeavor was for Verizon: More »


Shell Eco-Marathon: It’s Not Easy Being Green | Discoblog

LinedUpAnd they’re off. This morning Shell’s Marvin Odum waved the ceremonial green flag, and the 50 vehicles that came down for the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas are getting ready to make their test runs around the oval track on the streets of downtown Houston. It’s the first time the event has come here, and Mayor Parker Annise Parker says it belongs in a car city like hers. “We want to figure out a way to be Houston, but be better about it,” she says. “We’re still a car city, and we get excited for moving vehicles.”

MissouriIt was a long road just getting here, in the literal and metaphorical sense. University of Missouri team member Jon Tylka says “It’s really a miracle we have a car.” Missouri’s car, seen here, is the only entry in the smaller of the two divisions, urban concept, to run on a hydrogen fuel cell, and it was a couple years in the making. Tylka says the team was formerly working on a solar car, but solar vehicle competitions have been receiving less funding.

Despite the weeks and months that went into the project, Tylka and the team spent three or four all-nighters (it’s hard to remember how many when you’re sleep-deprived) preparing the car before and after the 15-hour drive down from Columbia, Missouri. Its driveshaft sheared before competition, and its electrical system caught fire. Missouri’s car is one of the few equipped with a suspension; they wanted to make the vehicle as close to a real car as possible, but that has presented difficulties too. One team member who speaks German had to call Europe to fix a last-minute bug in the fuel cell. At one point even the horn failed. “The horn has to work, or else we can’t race” Tylka says. Thankfully, they found a replacement.

We’ll keep you posted on how the Tigers do. While it’s a friendly competition, the team has one particular priority: Avoiding the ignominy of losing to one of the high school teams present.


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I'm a casual user of CAD software and I only use it for electrical control panels (contactors, transformers, etc.). I can't afford AutoCAD Electrical for my small business and would like to know if there's a good alternative for my limited use. I'd like something with basic electrical templates and

This is what a Republican campaign for Congress in San Francisco looks like

JOHN DENNIS FOR CONGRESS!

An insider look into the John Dennis, Republican for Congress campaign. Conversation with John. Phone banks. Discussion of fundraising strategies.

John shows a bit of a prankster side during phone banking.

A new WND/Wenzell poll just released has Dennis at 22%. Previous GOP challengers have received 17% and 21% of the vote. Republican registration in the District is 13%. The San Francisco district is viewed as one of the top three most liberal in the country.

Editor's note - We here at LR strongly disagree with John's Ron Paulist foreign policy views. But support him wholeheartedly none-the-less for his 100% libertarian domestic agenda. We urge our readers to send John a contribution (here!)if you can.

Pair of wings -eidolia | Bad Astronomy

I am traveling extensively for my Sooper Sekrit Project™, and staying in one interchangeable hotel after another. But one recent hotel was a bit special: while perambulating to my room down an outside corridor, I spotted this on the floor:

pareidolia_angelwings

As it happens, the town I am in — forgive me for not revealing the location! — is very religious, and in a way that shapes like this would easily be revered as some sort of icon of God’s presence. The resemblance to an angel is obvious.

paredolia_angellungsBut of course, I happened to be walking back to my room from lunch. Had I instead been walking to lunch when I spotted it, I would’ve seen this view on the left. I suppose angels have to breathe, too, so this could be interpreted as a divine pulmonary system, but somehow I doubt it.

What does it look like to you?


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Is Ted Nugent untouchable by the Liberal Media?

Former '60s/70s Good time Rock 'n Rollers, all grown up, hesitant to take on The Nuge

From Eric Dondero:

Nugent appeared on Neal Cavuto Thursday, and made some rather hardline comments against ObamaCare.

From Fox News (via Breitbart):

You've had some very astute politicians on Neal. But I am Ted Nugent. Governor of Pigland. So, I'm the expert on the Health Care bill. Cause I kill pigs. And I just shot a monster big pig here in Texas. And seeing how this is a pig bill, created by pig bureacrats to help out American pigs, as I approached this big pig that looked like a beached sperm whale, I was expecting George Castanza to come out of the bushes and extract a titlest number three ball from his blow hole. And as I was about to put a ten millimeter slug through this pig's head, the last thing he said as rrrrhhhhh. Which is pig for where's my health care.

(Pause in the interview)

In November we gotta vote the pigs out of office, because this is a redistribution of wealth, this is the Communist/Mao/Che agenda of the Communist/Mao/Che fans in the White House! They're all pigs Neal!

Even Cavuto seemed alarmed.

I know you're talking kill the pig, I know you're talking humorously and all that... there's a lot of folks on the other side who've read into that a not so coated message for violence.

Nugent responded by fanning his cap sardonically, but reiterating, "I'm a Glenn Beck sort of guy... non-violence."

Still, if Nugent's pal Sarah Palin had used the same sort of language, or a Tom Tancredo, Jim DeMint, or some other Tea Party aligned politician had said the same, they would have been simmered alive in the liberal media. Imagine if Glenn Beck had made such a comment.

A check of the leftwing sites normally on watch, such as Media Matters, DailyKos, TPM, et.al. shows no coverage of the Nugent comments.

Does Terrible Ted get away with it cause of his socially hip, culturally liberal persona? Former long-haired hippie types from the Swingin' '70s afraid to take on one of the greatest Rock legends from their youth?

The Best Job in America

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Will Coal-fired Cars Cause Problems?

Some pundits call electric vehicles "coal-fired cars" because the major source of electric power comes from coal generation. In many cases, electric vehicles don't really reduce emissions, but instead just relocate them from highways to power stations. Will these facts cut the acceptance rate of ele

Energy and the Water Supply Footprint

Awareness of water footprint as the new ecological footprint is brought to the fore by the energy-fresh water supply dilemma. Energy production is dependent on water availability and the resource strain increases with growing demands from fossil fuel, solar thermal, and other energy sectors. Improve