Politics and other nightmares

Awww, and I forgot to even send a birthday card:

Wow, maybe I should take this climate change business seriously after all:

But in Ben Tracy’s story, which mentioned the IPCC’s latest report, he said that oceans have absorbed much of the heat caused by CO2 and that ocean temperatures have risen only slightly.

Sad but true:

Angry White Boy has an interesting post about the city putting QR codes on its new "Wayfinding" signage as if it's a big innovation when, in fact, QR codes are now outdated and mostly unused:

I was going to lay off from what conservative critics have started calling Shutdown Theater for a few days. But this is just too good:

The monuments and memorials in Washington and Philadelphia will once again be open to visitors, provided they’re there for “First Amendment activity,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday.

1984 finally arrives, just 29 years late:

Using Department of Motor Vehicles records as its core, the state government is quietly developing a master identity database of Virginia residents for use by state agencies.

I say we should have a day of mourning or at least a moment of silence:

CROWN POINT, Indiana — People who live or work in northwestern Indiana's Lake County will soon find their paychecks a little smaller as the state begins collections for the last of the state's 92 counties to impose a local income tax.

This is what I've been saying. I wish a lot more people would make the same observation:

None dare call it treason:

OK, Second Amendment fans, was this a justified arrest or a justified shooting?

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The owner of a South Texas convenience store has been arrested for murder after shooting a man attempting to steal beer from his shop.