Bob McCarty Writes

Straight from the horse’s mouth, I offer the latest unemployment claims figures from the U.S. Department of Labor: In the week ending Jan. 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 480,000, an increase of 8,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 472,000. The 4-week moving average was 468,750, an increase of [...]

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After you read the excerpt below from Frank Gaffney’s piece on Sharia-compliant finance published today at BigGovernment.com, you’ll begin to understand the seriousness of the story and why I designed the new faux logo for AIG (above): It appears that, through it’s 77.9% control of AIG’s equity and voting rights, the NYFed “sought to accomplish [...]

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Steve Milloy responded to news about Penn State University’s investigation into Dr. Michael Mann’s alleged involvement in the “ClimateGate” e-mails scandal, saying the review appeared to have been “not thorough at all.” Milloy, publisher of JunkScience.com and author of Green Hell: How Environmentalists Plan to Control Your Life and What You Can Do to Stop [...]

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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, responded to Penn State’s announcement today concerning its investigation into possible research misconduct by Dr. Michael Mann. Penn State’s internal inquiry found further investigation is warranted to determine if Dr. Mann “engaged in, directly or indirectly, any actions that seriously [...]

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In looking at four “possible allegations” of research misconduct against meteorology professor Michael Mann, a Penn State University panel has determined that further investigation is warranted for one of them. The allegations — or “possible allegations” as they put it — stem from Mann’s alleged involvement in the “ClimateGate” e-mails scandal that surfaced in early [...]

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The Penn State University Collegian newspaper reported Monday that a panel of university faculty and staff had concluded its inquiry of Penn State meteorology professor Michael Mann (right) and would release its “ClimateGate” findings later in the week. The “ClimateGate” e-mails scandal surfaced in early December and seemed to show evidence of fraud and conspiracy [...]

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More and more Super Bowl ads are starting to sneak into the public spotlight as the game draws near.  Two hitting the airwaves today are sponsored by foreign automakers and have fun with the longevity of a football player and the absurdity of extreme environmentalists. The photo above shows quarterback Brett Favre appearing in a [...]

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