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Date: July 16th, 2009

The Health Administration Bureau

16 July, 2009 (13:56) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

From the Sam Adams Alliance, “Health Rations and You.” And be sure to visit the web site! (Yes, it’s satire. Hat tip to Hot Air.)

Metro union boss demonstrates why Metro’s public image sucks

16 July, 2009 (12:04) | Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

If you ever needed to confirm why Metro’s operators appear to have an attitude that Metro’s customers are more of an annoyance than anything else you have but to observe the customer-service tone deafness on display by the operators’ union boss: Metro train and bus operators deserve some respect. That’s the word from the head [...]

Has the time come for LegalCare? (Updated.)

16 July, 2009 (11:23) | Economy, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Consider this: A Modest Proposal, 2009 Edition. Ladies and gentlemen of the Hot Air community, I have discovered an unfair disparity in access to a vital resource based on the economic condition of the consumer.  This disparity is not just egregious, but it threatens the very core of our American way of life.  People routinely [...]

Science again not on the AGW side

16 July, 2009 (11:14) | Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science | By: ricjames

Anthony Watts over at Watt’s Up With That? reports on a new study published in Natural Geoscience that shows conclusively that the models used by such groups as the UN’s IPCC that predict the dire temperature increases are flawed beyond any reasonable measure of reliability. No one knows exactly how much Earth’s climate will warm [...]