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Steve Ballmer recently stated that Windows 7 is the best version of Windows ever. Now that Windows 7 is officially out, the public at large can join that debate and determine if Windows 7 is the best version of Windows yet, or even the greatest operating system of all time. Let's consider the hypothetical question of whether Windows 7 is the greatest operating system of all time. Before the flaming comments start flowing about what a Microsoft fanboy I am, let me begin by stating that it's a hypothetical question, not a statement of opinion, never mind an assessment of...

Chapter 4 of my book, titled, "An Inconvenient Hoax," systematically exposes and confronts all the most current science fiction being shoved down our throats by the Luddite absolutists and pseudo-intellectual scam artists of the left. It is devastating. Unsurprisingly, there is a flurry of new data pouring in even further confirming how utterly baseless this invented Green Scare really is, now even from Obama's own people. Much like the Swine Flu and about a gazillion other contrived alarmist fantasies from decades past (breast implants, Alar, the Millenium bug, DDT, etc.), public faith in the environmentalist religion is consequently fading, and...

The Obama administration on Wednesday issued a booklet heralding the accomplishments of the $787 billion stimulus act 100 days after it was signed into law. Without question the book lists many projects that are having an impact of one way or another on the economy. But the first one of the projects featured in "100 Days, 100 Projects" doesn't seem to withstand the scrutiny of its description. The project is described by the Obama administration this way: "Using $27 million of Recovery Act funding, a public housing development in Washington, D.C., the Regency House, has undergone a green retrofit. As...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has sent a memo to some health care providers noting procedures to be followed if the swine flu outbreak eventually makes quarantines necessary. DHS Assistant Secretary Bridger McGaw circulated the swine flu memo, which was obtained by CBSNews.com, on Monday night. It says: "The Department of Justice has established legal federal authorities pertaining to the implementation of a quarantine and enforcement. Under approval from HHS, the Surgeon General has the authority to issue quarantines."

"The World Health Organisation (WHO) says there have only been seven laboratory-confirmed swine flu deaths, all in Mexico, from 79 confirmed cases around the world. ------------snip----------Of the 79 confirmed cases, the WHO says 26 are in Mexico, where the outbreak is believed to have started. There are 40 cases in the US, six in Canada, two in Spain, two in Scotland and three in New Zealand."

Questions and Answers Regarding Estimating Deaths from Influenza in the United States How many people die from flu each year in the United States? The number of influenza-associated (i.e., flu-related) deaths varies from year to year because flu seasons often fluctuate in length and severity. CDC estimated that about 36,000 people died of flu-related causes each year, on average, during the 1990s in the United States. This figure includes people dying from complications of flu. This estimate came from a 2003 study published in the Journal of the American Medication Association (JAMA), which looked at the 1990-91 through the 1998-99...

One. Trillion. Dollars. The CDC yesterday, joined with the WHO (and the same media types who put 0bozo on the cover of Time magazine now 13 times) in declaring the Mexican flu a "crisis". Which brings to mind. Those famous words of Rahm Emanuel:

The bird flu news isn't encouraging, the head of the CDC said today. The comments by CDC Director Julie M. Gerberding, MD, MPH, came at the opening of the 2006 National Influenza Vaccine Summit meeting of public health officials and vaccine manufacturers. Preparation for a flu pandemic is only a small part of the meeting. But in her opening remarks, Gerberding stressed how seriously the CDC is taking the threat of a bird flu pandemic. "This is not media hype. This is a real situation," Gerberding said. "And at CDC we are very focused on the possibility of pandemic with...

OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL House adopts plan for 'volunteer' corps Also requires new evaluation of 'mandatory' service for all -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 19, 2009 4:58 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2009 WorldNetDaily The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to set up a new "volunteer corps" and consider whether "a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people" should be developed.

Beijing, China -- Sources at the United States Embassy in Beijing China have just CONFIRMED to me that the United States of America has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to the People's Republic of China, an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China's con More..tinued purchase of US Treasury Notes and existing US Currency reserves! The written agreement was brought to Beijing by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and was formalized and agreed-to during her recent trip to China. This means that in the event the US Government defaults on its financial...

ABC has apparently never heard that phrase, "There are two sides to every story." On Feb. 1, "World News Sunday" helped shamed former-pastor Ted Haggard take shots at the Christian conservatives who he says "shunned him." Reporter Dan Harris introduced the piece by qualifying Haggard as a former "insider, a powerful pastor at the highest levels of the Christian conservative movement." Haggard, who made headlines two years ago for getting caught in a gay sex scandal, is now offering advice to the Christian conservative movement; and ABC gave him the megaphone. Here is a portion of Harris' interview with Haggard:

President-elect Obama's presentation of his economic stimulus plan last Thursday was thoughtful, clear, and excellently delivered. Despite its charismatic delivery, the speech concerned me. First, the soon-to-be-president sought to lower the expectations of the American public concerning his first term, create a sense of unity, and to communicate a huge number of details about his economic plan. This was too much territory to cover in one short speech. Unfortunately, his comments may have the unintended consequence of taking away the very confidence he wanted to give to the nation. I was shocked that the “Yes we can!” presidential candidate sounded...

Pepsi is running a new advertising campaign that keys into the upcoming inauguration – one that features a re-designed corporate logo that mimics the distinctive Obama “O” campaign logo, and refers to the president-elect as “the man who is about to refresh our nation.”PepsiCo’s Web site -- RefreshEverything.com -- features an application allowing anyone to send a video message to the president-elect. The feature’s explanation reads, “Help us refresh America.”

Judicial Watch claims today that they have documented proof that Barack Obama lied when he said he had no contacts with Rod Blagojevich. The letter they gained from a Freedom of Information query certainly does show that Obama acknowledged meeting with Blagojevich, but it falls far short of indicating any sort of discussion on replacing Obama in the Senate: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the office of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich through the Freedom of Information Act related to Blagojevich’s contacts with President-elect Obama and...

The first, on May 21, headed "Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts" , reported that the entire Alpine "winter sports industry" could soon "grind to a halt for lack of snow". The second, on December 19, headed "The Alps have best snow conditions in a generation" , reported that this winter's Alpine snowfalls "look set to beat all records by New Year's Day". Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year when there was a turning point in the great worldwide panic...

"The amen corner has led the applause for Mr. Obama's appointments, one by one. Each is a genius, an inspired choice, a pick for the ages, possibly the greatest public servant in history. Maybe it's time to watch more closely. The president-elect has chosen his science, energy and environmental chiefs, and a sense of unease begins to erupt. It appears that Mr. Obama has consumed the global-warming Kool-Aid, and asked for seconds. Still, the mainstream media is in applause mode. After all, these people have letters after their names. But John Tierney, one of the few cautious dissidents writing opinion...

After Kanye West's performance on "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, the chattering classes are wringing their hands today over the gee-whiz revelation that, maybe underneath all that gratuitous Auto-Tune, West's voice might be a bit, as they say, "pitchy." We can go back and forth about the relative disaster-or-not qualities of his two-song set, but the hullabaloo over it begs for a few responses. First: hey, indie rockers, if you don't think that half your favorite beardo bands use things like Melodyne... But the second, and more crucial one, is this: What makes a "good" singer anyhow, and what...

Barack Obama's election as president has generated a number of firsts. The latest may be the creation of a paid holiday in his honor in an Alabama Black Belt county. At its most recent meeting, the Perry County Commission voted 4-1 to declare the second Monday in November "The Barack Obama Day." Commissioner Albert Turner Jr., who sponsored the resolution, said flags would be flown on the day and county offices would be closed. He said he hopes county schools also will decide to observe the holiday.

NEW YORK -- Tables of vendors selling Barack Obama merchandise have now become as ubiquitous a sight in New York City as Halal Carts and bored cops sending text messages: every corner, every hour of the day. They’ve been around for a while now, but after election day the tipping point was reached. Obama’s face is available now on everything from snow globes to dinner plates and plastic blinged-out wristwatches. We’ve seen this kind of merchandising before: bootleg Bart Simpson shirts and the Malcolm X fashion explosion of the early 90's, for example. On a recent evening, I visited the...

TACOMA, Wash. — A new middle school under construction in Tacoma could be named for president-elect Barack Obama. But district policy on school names requires people to be dead at least two years or to have already served a presidential term. Superintendent Art Jarvis asked the school board to alter the policy at the Dec. 11 meeting and put Obama's name in the running.

In an attempt to dial down expectations for his administration, President-elect Barack Obama’s supporters have dropped much of the “messiah” talk. "No more talk of him being The One (Oprah), or a Jedi Knight (George Lucas), or a “Lightworker” (the San Francisco Chronicle), or a “quantum leap in American consciousness” (Deepak Chopra). Instead we have more humble and circumspect conversation about the man. Now he’s merely Abraham Lincoln and FDR and Martin Luther King, combined"...

Many were euphoric the night Barack Obama was elected US President. The day after, a few bloggers wrote about their greatest hope: that they would have an “Obama baby”. - Many claimed that they could have conceived a child on November 4 after a night of celebration. With exit polls showing that Obama had won over 66 per cent of people aged 18-29, the young were particularly ecstatic. As a result, there could be a boom in births on or around August 4, 2009 – which is the President’s 48th birthday. Indeed, it is possible that Obama himself was conceived...

President Obama is being criticized because his inaugural celebrations are projected to cost the taxpayers over $400 million. When asked about it, Obama explained that Ted Kennedy planned to attend and there was going to be an open bar. President Obama plans to ride in the inaugural parade without the traditional limousine. He'll be in a sleigh pulled by reindeer. As a precaution for the Obama presidency, the White House copy of the Constitution is being removed. It's made from hemp. William Shatner attended Obama's inaugural ball. After taking a quick look around he got on his communicator and commanded,...

Washington's Woodstock Barack Obama's inauguration is set to draw visitors from around the world, Web activists and stars like Oprah Winfrey, Spike Lee and Melissa Etheridge. What's in the works -- and who'll get to attend. By JOHN JURGENSEN and JAMIN BROPHY-WARREN Hollywood celebrities, Web activists and jet-setters from around the world are preparing to turn the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 into a mix of Woodstock and Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 speech on the National Mall. While the plans of many top politicians and entertainment stars hang on pending details about the Commander-in-Chief Ball and other official events...

Like Barack Obama's campaign, the plan to rename a Hempstead school after the president-elect was "a remarkable grassroots approach," the district superintendent said Friday. At a meeting Thursday night, the five-member Hempstead school board voted unanimously to rename one of its schools Barack Obama Elementary School, said Superintendent Joseph Laria.

It was only a matter of time. A New York school has been renamed in honor of President-elect Barack Obama.

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I've never seen such a huge ad on Dudge. Looks like our cup of tea. Frank Lunz highly praises it.

A movement is sweeping the nation. Frenzied crowds gather in every state. Young people chant and sing. Women swoon. The result is record voter turn out and a rare political enthusiasm. At the head of this unprecedented phenomenon stands a charismatic figure intent on becoming the President of the United States....

CANTON A local audience will hear what has been labeled the "closing argument speech" from Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. In a release issued Sunday afternoon, Obama's campaign said the senator will deliver a speech that "lays out the choice in this election and details how he will fix our economy and bring the change we need to Washington." In the statement headlined "Obama to Deliver Closing Argument Speech in Canton," Obama's campaign contends that "after twenty-one months and three debates, Senator McCain still has not been able to tell the American people a single major thing he'd do differently...

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In an episode of 'The Simpsons' slated to run November 2, Homer Simpson will vote for Barack Obama. As Homer tries to vote for Obama, a machine changes the vote to McCain and proceeds to kill him.

The "Finished Science" about global warming, as per Big Al and James Hansen, will be the hot topic at the up-and-coming energy conference the governor has scheduled for September. Representatives from city councils across Kansas will go, paid for by their cities. They will have a two-day brainwashing, come back to their respective cities and have reams of things we have to do to rein in a "speculative" problem. The Center for Climate Strategies to the rescue, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius hired this group to organize and access Kansas' problem. The Kansas Energy and Environmental Policy advisory group is the first...

THE RIGHT TAKES AIM AT MEDIA'S TREATMENT OF OBAMAPOST STAFF REPORT Last updated: 4:19 pm July 25, 2008 Fully expecting Sen. Clinton to be the Democratic presidential nominee, the conservative advocacy group Citizens United spent 18 months and millions of dollars making "Hillary: The Movie." But as the saying goes, God gave them lemons and they made "Hype: The Obama Effect." "Hype" is a full-length feature documentary that will be released on DVD Sept. 1 and will be playing in select theaters across the country. The trailer has been released online and advertising on FOX began this week. Citizens United...

Citizens United Productions examines the phenomenon that is Barack Obama. HYPE: The Obama Effect examines the Junior Senator from Illinois and his record. Is he the new Kennedy or recycled Jimmy Carter? VIDEO

Movie trailer and ad. Citizens United Productions has a new movie coming out aiming straight at the Messiah. Looks like the right may not stay home this fall after all.

To My Fellow Free Republic Bloggers, I have been with you for four years now. From Bush-Kerry to McCain-Obama. I am proud to say not only have my conservative views remained in tact, they have strengthened. This is why I am posting this thread. The election that is upon us will truly determine the direction of our sacred country. In the words of Pres. Reagan: "You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to...

As Paul notes below, Barack Obama denies having personally heard the now notorious statements of Jeremiah Wright: The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation. Obama reiterated this assertion in an interview on FOX News with Major Garret yesterday: None of these statements were ones that I had heard myself personally in the pews. One of them I had heard about after I had started running for president and I put out...

London-based think tank predicts extreme Armageddon-like conditions from global warming. By Jeff Poor Business & Media Institute 9/12/2007 Global warming might be a scary thing to some, but who would have thought on the level of a nuclear holocaust? “Climate change could have global security implications on a par with nuclear war unless urgent action is taken, a report said on Wednesday,” Jeremy Lovell of Reuters wrote on September 12. Lovell didn’t include any expert skeptical about climate change or its near-nuclear impact on the globe. The report is from the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), a think...

CBS) HAWTHORNE, Calif. Two children menaced by pit bulls in Hawthorne were safe Friday, but a woman running from the dogs broke her leg and a squad car being driven to the scene collided with another vehicle, injuring an officer and a motorist, police said. A report that two pit bulls were menacing a 16-year-old girl and her 6-year-old brother in the 2900 block of 141st Place at El Segundo Boulevard and Prairie Avenue was received by Hawthorne police about 8 a.m., Hawthorne police Lt. Michael Ishii said. An animal-control officer distracted the dogs with a chemical spray, and the...

Is there anything worse than crass, big-budget hype over a little gadget for the rich? Michael Ramirez has his own ideas about this here.

MADISON - Roy Spencer is speaking up about his belief that Earth is not headed toward a global warming disaster. Spencer, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and former NASA scientist, said he knows he's in the minority with his opinions, but he doesn't believe manmade influences are causing catastrophic climate changes. "We see something change in our climate and we blame ourselves," Spencer told the Republican Women of Madison during a lunch meeting Wednesday. Spencer contends there is not yet enough known about the Earth's atmosphere to understand exactly what occurs naturally to stabilize...

The Toyota Prius has become the flagship car for those in our society so environmentally conscious that they are willing to spend a premium to show the world how much they care. Unfortunately for them, their ultimate ‘green car’ is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America; it takes more combined energy per Prius to produce than a Hummer. Before we delve into the seedy underworld of hybrids, you must first understand how a hybrid works. For this, we will use the most popular hybrid on the market, the Toyota Prius. The Prius is powered by...

How Warm Will It Get ?I do plan on posting about glaciers and sea levels in the near future, but first here is one more on temperatures.If the IPCC is correct, by the year 2100 temperatures will have risen between 1.8 and 4.0 degrees Celsius depending upon which of six emissions scenarios you use. The IPCC chart is below. If we use the best estimate numbers we get a mean value of 2.8 degrees Celsius, about 5 degrees Fahrenheit. This is how much the planet is expected to warm by the end of this century, which is about 1/2 degree...

Hollywood has a thing for Al Gore and his three-alarm film on global warming, “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won an Academy Award for best documentary. So do many environmentalists, who praise him as a visionary, and many scientists, who laud him for raising public awareness of climate change. But part of his scientific audience is uneasy. In talks, articles and blog entries that have appeared since his film and accompanying book came out last year, these scientists argue that some of Mr. Gore’s central points are exaggerated and erroneous. They are alarmed, some say, at what they call his alarmism....

There is no scientific evidence linking exposure to 9/11 dust and diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis. That doesn't stop the press and politicians from leaping to conclusions. Take the case of New York Police Officer Cesar Borja, the police officer whose son was a guest of Senator Clinton at the State of the Union only hours after his father's untimely and premature death from lung disease. Officer Borja became a symbol of the second round of 9/11 victims. The press said that he rushed downtown to rescue office workers on September 11. Now it seems that Officer Borja was not...

SNOW SHOW It’s not a bona fide winter storm until a TV reporter stands in it By Dan Williamson / February 15, 2007 The good news for those watching Channel 10 Tuesday morning was that they would miss the first five minutes and 50 seconds of Dr. Phil. 10TV pre-empted the 10 a.m. program for a special weather update: It was snowing outside. This was clear from the ticker running on the bottom of the screen, telling which schools, businesses and events would be closed. But the Channel 10 weather team had more to add. Meteorologist Mike Davis stood in...

Experts split over climate danger to Antarctica Scientists challenge 'cautious' UN report Robin McKie, science editor Sunday January 28, 2007 The Observer (UK) Serious disagreement has broken out among scientists over a United Nations climate report's contention that the world's greatest wilderness - Antarctica - will be largely unaffected by rising world temperatures. The report, to be published on Friday, will be one of the most comprehensive on climate change to date, and will paint a grim picture of future changes to the planet's weather patterns. Details of the report were first revealed by The Observer last weekend. However, many...

BULLHEAD CITY - It's not often that the discussion of a TV show is placed on the Bullhead City Council agenda in the form of a public hearing, but that's what's in store for tonight's meeting. The meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. in the council chamber at City Hall. The very last item on the agenda is discussion and possible action regarding the Fox News Channel program “Hannity's America” which aired Jan. 7. A segment of the program featured a story on the proposed second bridge between Bullhead City and Laughlin, charging that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Searchlight) would...

S.F. company launches 'Meth Coffee' By RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO - A mysterious San Francisco company has launched an equally mysterious product aimed at coffee drinkers seeking an extra boost. The company and the product share the same name — Meth Coffee. It's a thinly veiled reference to methamphetamines, but the company admits there is no meth in its coffee — just rich arabica coffee beans and something a little different called yerba mate. Yerba mate comes from South America and is used to make teas and coffees there. Sellers of yerba mate products claim it raises...