Author Archives: ChrisA

“Oh, hell! Shut up about my light bulbs. Just. Shut. The. Fuck. Up.”

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Ann Althouse commenting on this NY Times light bulb commentary.

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Flush 8 million gallons of water because of 250 ml of urine?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Portland did. Would Boulder do the same? Inquiring minds want to know. More here. I suspect Boulder’s water treatment is after the reservoirs so it couldn’t happen here but I don’t know for certain.

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It’s not nice to fool with mother nature

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Sex selective abortions. A book review of “Unnatural Selections” by Mara Hvistendahl Natural ratio: 105 boys to 100 girls India: 112:100China: 121:100Azerbaijan: 115:100Georgia: 118:100Georgia: 115:100Armenia: 120:100 The 2nd half of the review regards how to address sex selective abortions. My … Continue reading →

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Deadly Indifference

Posted on June 21, 2011 by ChrisA

Met Michael Brown, author or Deadly Indifference at his book signing at the Boulder bookstore this evening. I missed him speaking as I had family duties I had to attend to. Other books on the active reading list: Atlas Shrugged … Continue reading →

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IPCC taken out to the woodshed

Posted on June 20, 2011 by ChrisA

James Delingpole takes note of the unusual relationship between the IPCC and Greenpeace and their latest climate change report. I love this paragraph.. The Man Made Global Warming industry is a crock, a scam on an epic scale, fed by … Continue reading →

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Glenn Reynolds takes Apple to the Woodshed

Posted on June 20, 2011 by ChrisA

Apple turns ‘Big Brother’ A phone that’s designed to be remotely disabled is a phone that doesn’t really belong to its user, but to its manufacturer and the manufacturer’s “partners” in media and government. When you have a tool that’s … Continue reading →

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Companies Leaving California in Record Numbers

Posted on June 20, 2011 by ChrisA

Who is John Galt.

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Oh good grief

Posted on June 15, 2011 by ChrisA

“I see the sadness and worry that’s creasing his face,” she said to a crowd of about 500 at the Pasadena luncheon organized by the Southern California Women For Obama. She described his worth ethic as “tireless,” according to pool … Continue reading →

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Global Warming, where is it?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by ChrisA

….The increase in emissions “should shock even the most jaded negotiators” at international climate talks currently taking place in Bonn, Germany, the UK Guardian reports. But there’s only one problem with this storyline; global temperatures have not increased at all … Continue reading →

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FBI snooping

Posted on June 13, 2011 by ChrisA

Can you spell troubling? Of course, it’s on Faux news so it’s probably just BS anyway.

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Coming soon to Boulder…

Posted on June 12, 2011 by ChrisA

Consumers’ electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close No need to worry, Boulder has consultants! Don’t worry, be happy (or fill that medical MJ prescription!)

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NRC and executive thuggary

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

Boulderites, I’m sure you’re against the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste depository site. Is this the way you want to achieve your goals? Do the ends justify the means? Unfortunately, I already know the answer.

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“I completely fail to understand why any Republican would call for Weiner’s resignation.”

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

I agree completely with John Hinderaker over at Powerline. Anthony Weiner, please stay in office. This is, I hope, my last comment on the Anthony Weiner digital raincoat scandal. I completely fail to understand why any Republican would call for … Continue reading →

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Corn inventories at lowest level since Dust Bowl days

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

Wonder why? The problem here is the mandate, which assumes that corn — which is used in pretty much everything from plastics to baby powder to animal feed — will continue to see record yields. I live and grew up … Continue reading →

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Chicken’s coming home to roost

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

We’re talking operation Fast and Furious, the ill conceived (to put it mildly) gun running program sponsored by our very own government to supposedly expose the entire gun smuggling operation. But now the casualties are coming in. Mexican officials estimate … Continue reading →

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Daily Camera takes a stand on Anthony Weiner

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

The Daily Camera half heartedly comments on the Anthony Weiner affair. I have plenty to say on this editorial but it can wait until tomorrow.

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Instabummer!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by ChrisA

Self explanatory…

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Deja Vu all over again….

Posted on June 7, 2011 by ChrisA

Of course the study was “highly influential,” because it fit the narrative of environmental doomsayers, whose default position is always to accept an alarmist finding, no matter how thin or incomplete the evidence is. The story goes on to recount … Continue reading →

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Newsflash to Boulderites

Posted on June 3, 2011 by ChrisA

More Than 9 in 10 Americans Continue to Believe in God It’s that 25 square miles surrounded by reality thing. h/t to Hot Air.

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Obamacare and Moral Hazard (Screw Obamacare)

Posted on June 3, 2011 by ChrisA

President Obama’s solicitor general, defending the national health care law on Wednesday, told a federal appeals court that Americans who didn’t like the individual mandate could always avoid it by choosing to earn less money. Way to incentivize productivity.   … Continue reading →

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