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Don’t bother Senator Feinstein with facts; she wants her gun ban, and she wants it now!

Posted by: Phineas on December 31, 2012 at 3:06 pm » 8 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Never let reality get in the way of a good fantasy, eh? (1) In the wake of a series of mass-murders this year, Diane Feinstein (D-CA) wants to ban the traffic and manufacture of vaguely defined military-style weapons. And yet the facts from her own state seem to show that increased gun [...]

 

California’s high-speed train wreck potentially not a metaphor. Update: about those profitable EU rails

Posted by: Phineas on December 26, 2012 at 3:12 pm » 5 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Or, “Science kills another liberal dream.” California voters were sold a worthless bill of goods when the voted for Prop 1A, authorizing the construction of a high-speed rail to run (eventually) from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The project is already far above projected costs: the initial 65-mile stretch from Madera to Corcoran (1) [...]

 

And these are the people who are teaching our children, shaping our future.

Posted by: Phineas on December 6, 2012 at 6:03 pm » 6 Comments

**Posted by Phineas My blog-buddy ST featured this in her Hot Headlines section yesterday, but I thought it deserved front-page treatment. This video, narrated by wealthy Leftist actor Ed Asner, teaches nothing but class warfare and shows the rich urinating on the poor: (Note: Since it first came to public notice yesterday, the video has [...]

 

Interior Department destroys 100-year old small business

Posted by: Phineas on November 30, 2012 at 1:01 pm » 10 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Because, y’know, we must all sacrifice for Gaia (1). Mary Katherine Ham summarizes at Hot Air: It’s just a 100-year-old company and California’s only surviving cannery, a sustainable, family-owned operation employing 30 people. The Drakes Bay Oyster Company has been in a seven-year fight with the federal government and environmental groups over [...]

 

More on California’s epic self-inflicted failure

Posted by: Phineas on November 28, 2012 at 5:45 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas It’s okay. It’s all in the name of fairness: California residents already contend with one of the most progressive tax codes in the country. Not only does California have high marginal rates, those high rates kick in at relatively modest income levels. California’s middle class residents earning $48,000 a year, for example, [...]

 

California: We’re the best worst state! Yay? Updated.

Posted by: Phineas on November 28, 2012 at 2:04 pm » 7 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Now here’s something to be proud of. Thanks to nearly 50 years of  Democratic control of the legislature and the legislators’ kowtowing to public unions in return for donations and  support, the state of California –the Golden State, the land that inspired untold millions of dreams and created unheard of prosperity for [...]

 

Dear California voters: you were played for suckers

Posted by: Phineas on November 9, 2012 at 1:44 pm » 11 Comments

**Posted by Phineas And it worked: Cal State to consider new student fees California State University is seeking to impose a series of new fees next fall designed to encourage students to graduate faster and free up thousands of more classroom seats. The proposals were unveiled Thursday, only two days after the passage of Proposition [...]

 

Romney gains on Obama… in California??

Posted by: Phineas on October 11, 2012 at 12:01 pm » 1 Comment

**Posted by Phineas Closing the gap eight points, post-debate. That sound you hear is panic buttons being hit in Chicago and the White House: The effects of President Barack Obama’s falter in the first debate with Mitt Romney are not just being felt in battleground states, according to KPIX-TV CBS 5?s latest tracking poll of [...]

 

#MOsen The Senate situation post-Akins fiasco – with a glimmer of hope, even there

Posted by: Phineas on August 22, 2012 at 2:17 pm » 3 Comments

**Posted by Phineas So, let’s face it. The mess in Missouri is depressing, with Rep. Todd Akin putting his personal desires ahead of the good of the nation and his party. (1) Most observers expect the next Senate to be closely divided, even if the Republicans do gain control, and that was before Mr. Akins [...]

 

(Video) In which Bill Whittle tries to depress me. And succeeds

Posted by: Phineas on August 5, 2012 at 4:21 pm » 12 Comments

**Posted by Phineas I’ve mentioned before that I consider myself  a child of the space program, following the heroics of our astronauts from Mercury to Apollo and even getting to stay home from school on launch days. When the government program declined, I took heart in private efforts to put Mankind into space, and I [...]