Intemperate Thoughts V

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  July 1st at 07:45 PM  | 

My very first “Intemperate Thoughts” post came just after an Independence Day holiday, so it seems appropriate to have another during this holiday. For those unfamiliar, this is a list of random, often cynical and (hopefully) humorous thoughts that I’ve been collecting for the past few months.  They’re insensitive and meant to irk you.  And if you’re really offended by them, then I’m really, really | Read More »

Intemperate Thoughts IV

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  November 29th at 05:25 PM  | 

It has been a few months since my last catharsis of intemperate thoughts. It’s now time to release my latest list of politically-incorrect musings about life in these United States. Get ready, ’cause I’m coming out with barrels blazing! Intemperate Thoughts   The people of New York deserve Charlie Rangel. Despite the ethics cloud and numerous alternatives both liberal and conservative, they still voted for | Read More »

I’m Hungry. Time for some Pork!

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  October 16th at 09:33 AM  | 

Jamie Dupree has compiled a list of 186 earmarks, their sponsor and the amount as part of a Homeland Security Appropriations bill already approved by the House. If you don’t follow Jamie on Twitter or read his blog regularly, you’re missing out on some very interesting stories in Washington. Anyway, I pulled out my spreadsheet software and did a little math: These 186 earmarks total | Read More »

Back-Checking the Hockey Stick

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  October 2nd at 05:22 PM  | 

(H/T the Talkmaster) Take a look at the following graph and see if you can tell what it is and what it means: If you couldn’t tell the above graph, linked from Climate Audit, is the now famous “Hockey Stick” graph that depicts global temperatures over the last roughly 2,500 years. The data comes from tree-ring data, which is considered by climatologists to be among | Read More »