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Sunoco Oil CEO Says U.S. Policy Threat to Refiners

November 19th, 2009 · No Comments

In my continuing effort to offer extensive coverage on fossil fuels-related subject matter such as the oil and natural gas industry, climate change and cap-and-trade legislation, including Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer, I point you to the exchange above between Sunoco Inc. CEO Lynn Eisenhan and U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at the WSJ’s CEO Council.
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NFL’s Biggest Problem is Players, Not Limbaugh

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Members of the mainstream media are having a field day after it was announced today that Dave Checketts, owner of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues, had decided to drop conservative radio talk show legend Rush Limbaugh from the group interested in purchasing the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams.   Conveniently, they ignore the [...]

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Lets UN Have It

September 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly this morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech yesterday “a systematic assault on the truth.”  Oh, how he must have fought the temptation to mention President Barack Obama’s speech in the same breath.
For more coverage of Netanyahu’s address, read this The Wall Street Journal [...]

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Wall Street Journal Features Work of BMW Cartoonist in Article on Disney-Marvel Merger

September 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Congrats to David Donar, the editorial cartoonist who designed the cartoon featured in the header of this blog and is often featured in BMW posts.  His drawing of “Hulk Mouse” was featured today in a Wall Street Journal article (Spider Mouse? Marvel/Disney Mash-Ups for True Believers) about Disney’s offer to buy Marvel Comics.  See more [...]

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Video: 1 of 150,000 Jobs Obama Saved or Created

July 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment

President Barack Obama ran around for weeks, claiming his so-called “economic stimulus package” had saved or created 150,000 jobs.  The video below stands as evidence that he may indeed have created at least one actual job.

Hat tip:  AdRants

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