Daily Archives: August 22, 2006

From Instapundit on Republican’s and the Porkbusters project: House Republican leaders promise that even if lobby reform stalls – as it has – they will do something to rein in earmarks when they return to Capitol Hill next month. The … Continue reading →

If the price of gold is related to increasing inflation, than inflation must be increasing. If it’s not, the price of gold is definitely increasing, at least as measured in US $’s.

Peter Schiff of Europacific Investments outlines how inflation measurements have been tampered with over time to reduce the CPI and PPI inflation readings. The first step was convincing the markets that hedonic adjustments were okay. Next came the legitimization of … Continue reading →

The global warming advocates are having to reload their ammunition for this years hurricane season. Now they are hoping the real hurricane season, that begins in August will show up. Perhaps yes, perhaps no. Unlike the global warming advocates, I … Continue reading →

The Power Line blog has a great post Joe. If you don’t know, and I didn’t, Joe Rosenthal took this famous picture (among others). To bad it’s so easy to believe this comment from a Powerline reader… As soon as … Continue reading →