DeSmogBlog has published an expose on the funding behind the nefarious co-sponsors of the International Conference on Climate Change, taking place March 8-10 at the Marriott Marquis. The Manhattan Libertarian Party happens to be one of those nefarious co-sponsors. According to DeSmogBlog, these co-sponsors “have received in excess of $47 million from oil companies and […]
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This is one of those stories that just makes you yell WTF! at the top of your lungs. From the indispensable Pension Tsunami website comes a link to this report about the teachers union’s unbelievably lavish defined-contribution plan. In addition to their insane pension benefits, which are breaking the backs of the city and state budgets,
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If this doesn’t get the armchair activists away from their keyboards and into the streets, I don’t know what will. Among the many new taxes Governor Paterson is proposing is a tax on Internet porn. Okay, not just porn, but a tax on all Internet downloads. But honestly, what else is there that’s really worth downloading besides
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http://manhattanlp.org/media/ Adam Kokesh: Part 1, 2, 3 Alan Gura: Part 1, 2, 3, 4 Cameron Weber: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
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That toke Michael Phelps took may turn out to be the world’s most expensive, as Kellogg’s has dropped its sponsorship deal with the Olympic champion. Radley Balko, as he is wont to do, masterfully exposes the cereal company’s sheer hypocrisy: This would be the same company that for decades has been encouraging children to start the day
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“JANUARY 23–Add heroin to the scores of products that have been branded with President Barack Obama’s name. Cops in upstate New York this week broke up a drug ring that allegedly sold heroin under several brand names, including “Obama.” As seen in Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office photos, the president’s surname was stamped in red ink
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Stories like this one pop up every few years with depressing frequency. If you’re reading this in another, freer part of the country, try to remember that you must be completely defenseless when you travel through New York. I am a Nevada resident, I traveled to Atlanta, GA for a school, (I am a US Government
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And we almost did. We were thisclose to getting stuck with the rich airhead Caroline Kennedy. Or the other birthright politician, Andrew Cuomo, could have gotten the nod. Or Maloney or Nadler could have been elevated to the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body.” None of the talking heads, with their NYC myopia, ever seriously considered the
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