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Too good to check: Environmentalists upset at the rush to build solar projects

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by Tina Korbe

April 6, 2012

You thought I was against taxpayer subsidies to companies like BrightSource and NextEra because I have a principled objection to energy subsidies in general?

No, no, no: I don't like subsidies to BrightSource and NextEra because they're hurting the environment. The in-fighting between local and national environmentalists, between those whose priority is protecting a desert close to home and those whose priority is fostering solar development across the country, is instructive. The local environmentalists tell us all we need to know about major environmentalist groups.

Harper: Thanks to Obama's "no" on Keystone, the price of Canadian crude will go up for the U.S.

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by Tina Korbe

April 3, 2012

The damage is done.

Even if President Barack Obama decides to approve the Keystone XL pipeline at some point in the future, he already sent a message to Canada that our northern neighbor can't rely on us as its only energy customer - and Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper heeded it.

Ed Henry to Jay Carney: Why did the president support tax breaks for big oil in 2005?

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by Tina Korbe

March 29, 2012

It's the president's present answer to high gas prices: End tax breaks for oil companies! He didn't always sing the same tune, though.

As a U.S. senator in 2005, the president voted for an energy bill that included more than $2 billion in tax breaks for oil companies. Fox News' Ed Henry called the president on this hypocrisy today by posing a question to poor Jay Carney, who had no explanation.

Forget evolution, climate science is the most controversial subject in school

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by Tina Korbe

March 12, 2012

Little by little, the federal Department of Education appropriates ever more power for itself. (Never mind that the department might very well be unconstitutional in the first place.)

Today, most public schools are dependent one way or another on federal funds. Those funds don't come without strings - and, under the Obama administration, bureaucrats have tightened those strings considerably. Through the Race to the Top competition, the Ed Department enticed states with reward funds to adopt national standards. (Some state leaders - like Texas Gov. Rick Perry - turned down the funding, but they were the exceptions.) The common core applies to just English and math - relatively straightforward subjects. But it's probably just a matter of time before the administration bribes states to adopt national science and history standards, as well.

Journal defends its publication of an article advocating "after-birth abortion"

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by Tina Korbe

February 28, 2012

The editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics today defended his decision to publish an article in which two ethicists advocated "after-birth abortion."

What was truly surprising about the article, editor Julian Savulescu writes, is not that the authors find infanticide morally permissible - but, rather, that opponents to infanticide would react to the article with vehemence.

Video: The Great Gibson Guitar Raid ... Months later, still no charges

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by Tina Korbe

February 23, 2012

Last August, the federal government raided a Gibson Guitar factory and confiscated property worth at least $500,000.

What had Gibson Guitars done wrong? They had imported wood from India and failed to follow every "jot and tittle" of the regulatory law ... not of the United States, but of India. Apparently, Gibson used an inappropriate tariff code on the wood. According to Reason.tv, "At issue is not whether the wood in question was endangered, but whether the wood was the correct level of thickness and finish before being exported from India."

White House: No legalized pot, people, sorry

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by Tina Korbe

October 31, 2011

All those kids who once upon a time chanted "Yes, we cannabis!" must be sorely disappointed.

Earlier this fall, the White House launched its "We the People" initiative to invite more input from the American people. The project allows anyone to submit a petition for government action - and promises an answer to those whose petition obtains a certain number of signatures. (The threshold changes, though. Right now, it stands at 25,000 signatures within 30 days.) If my experience on a college campus is any indication, advocates for the legalization of marijuana have always been expert at organizing petitions.

Frog Lovers Wanted

mymotherlode.com

by Tina Falco

November 20, 2011

The Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee is accepting applications.

The advisory committee to the board of directors, helps in maintaining the Frog facility, organizes the annual jumps.

Bus Inspections At Yosemite

mymotherlode.com

by Tina Falco

September 22, 2011

Yosemite Valley, CA -- The California Highway Patrol in partnership with the National Park Service, recently conducted a surprise bus inspection at Yosemite National Park.

The inspection last Friday and Saturday, was planned in support of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Brake Safety Week. "Operation Airbrake" ran from September 11-17th and its goal was to ensure braking systems of commercial vehicles, including buses, are maintained properly and in good working order. As part of the week long campaign, the CHP's Commercial Unit organized a bus inspection in Yosemite Valley.

Yosemite Entrance Fees Waived Next Week

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by Tina Falco

September 15, 2011

Next week Yosemite National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day.

In commemoration of this special day, the park will waive entrance fees for all park visitors Saturday, September 24th.

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