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Anthropogenic Global Warming Revisited
In the comments section of one of Rick’s posts, a debate about global warming was started. One person claimed that those who deny anthropogenic global warming are using faith over reason. Who is using faith over reason? The climate models used by the IPCC predicted that there would be less snow cover in North America as a result of AGW, as stated in a report published by Columbia University. So, what happened when snow amounts in North America increased? Answer: On December 25, 2010 the New York Times published an op-ed piece titled “Bundle Up, It’s Global Warming” written by AGW proponent Judah Cohen. The earth continues to get warmer, yet it’s feeling a lot colder outside. So, according to the Church of AGW, less snow will be the result of AGW, unless there is actually more snow, which will also be the result of AGW. Here is more. Are the researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics using faith or reason? Also, in 2006 geophysicist Dr. Deming also said . . . Shortlink:
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No Country Leans on Upper-Income Households as Much as U.S.
During my recent testimony before the Senate Budget Committee (found here), I cited an OECD statistic that the U.S. has the most progressive income tax system among industrialized nations.[1] This prompted one Senator to point out that if the richest 10% of taxpayers earn the most of any OECD country, shouldn't it make sense that they bear the largest tax burden of any country? The answer can be found in the OECD table below. This table shows the share of taxes paid by the richest 10 percent of households, the share of all market income earned by that group, and the ratio of what that 10 percent of households pays in taxes versus what they earn as a share of the nation's income. The first column shows that the top 10 percent of households in the U.S. pays 45.1 percent of all income taxes (both personal income and payroll taxes combined) in the country. Italy is the only other country in which the top 10 percent of households pays more than 40 percent of the income tax burden (42.2%).
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Follow the Money: What the Wisconsin Education Association Isn’t Talking About
As Americans, we’re often taught that trusts and monopolies are the product of big business and are bad. However, if trusts and monopolies are bad when Big Business engages in monopolistic ways, why isn’t it bad when Big Labor engages in the same sort of behaviors that are condemned when committed by Big Business? For over a week now, the nation has watched tens of thousands march in protest to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget plan. Democrat lawmakers (aka Fleebaggers) have fled the state in order to avoid doing their duty, while Obama’s OFA has bussed in the astroturf from out of state. While the union meme has been that Walker’s plan is “union-busting,” perhaps a more apt description would be “trust-busting.” One of the most vocal opponents of Scott Walker’s budget plan has been the Wisconsin Education Association Council [WEAC]. Employers will be prohibited from collecting union dues and members of collective bargaining units will not be required to pay dues.
Scots American War Memorial
Coordinates: The Scots American War Memorial or Scottish American War Memorial is in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh. It was called "The Call 1914", and it was erected in 1927 and shows a kilted infrantyman looking towards Castle Rock. Behind the main statue is a frieze showing queues of men answering the call by following a kilted pipe band. The memorial was given by Scottish-Americans to honour Scots who had served in the first World War. History[edit] The memorial was paid for by The Scottish - American War Memorial Committee[1] representing Scottish-Americans as a tribute to the bravery of Scottish troops during World War I. When R Tait McKenzie died he hoped to have his heart buried beneath this memorial, and this presumably either because he considered this his best work or also perhaps on account of a belief in its general significance in relation to First World War memorials in general and in particular perhaps the directly related Scottish National War Memorial.[4]
The Long Reach of Teachers Unions
When the Florida legislature, on April 8th, passed a bill that sought to replace teacher tenure with merit pay, the Florida Education Association (FEA) sprang into action, organizing members and community activists to lobby Governor Charlie Crist to veto the measure. FEA, with the help of its parent union, the National Education Association (NEA), generated thousands of e-mails, letters, phone calls, and Internet posts in opposition to the legislation. When Governor Crist delivered his veto on April 15th, the union ran television and Internet ads, thanking him. A few weeks later, FEA gave a much-needed boost to Crist’s independent bid for a U.S. Senate seat by endorsing both Crist and Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek. If you think it’s far-fetched to suggest that a teachers union could play the role of political kingmaker, think again. The teachers unions outspent their union peers by a large margin. A Long Arm NEA contributed $1.1 million to air TV ads against the measure. U.S.
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Kidnapped (novel)
As historical fiction, it is set around 18th-century Scottish events, notably the "Appin Murder", which occurred near Ballachulish in 1752 in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising.[1][2] Many of the characters, and one of the principals, Alan Breck Stewart, were real people. The political situation of the time is portrayed from different viewpoints, and the Scottish Highlanders are treated sympathetically. Sketch of the cruise of the Brig Covenant and the probable course of David Balfour's Wanderings The full title of the book gives away major parts of the plot and creates the false impression that the novel is autobiographical. The central character and narrator is a young man named David Balfour. David arrives at the ominous House of Shaws and is confronted by his paranoid Uncle Ebenezer, who is armed with a blunderbuss. David confronts his uncle, who promises to tell David the whole story of his father the next morning. David awakens, bound hand and foot, in the hold of the ship. Mr.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death. The eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward was related to royalty throughout Europe. Before his accession to the throne, he served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. As king, Edward played a role in the modernisation of the British Home Fleet and the reorganisation of the British Army after the Second Boer War. Early life and education[edit] Portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, by Winterhalter, 1846 Edward was born at 10:48 in the morning on 9 November 1841 in Buckingham Palace.[1] He was the eldest son and second child of Queen Victoria and her husband (and first cousin) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Early adulthood[edit] From this time, Edward gained a reputation as a playboy. Marriage[edit]
