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Thanks to the Virginia Citizen’s Defense League for the tip! I have a few ideas for signs, too: Article I, Section10 of the Constitution forbids alliances with foreign cities?  So why is NYC a C40 city and member of ICLEI! It’s large sugary drinks today and guns tomorrow! Left-wing authoritarianism is JUST AS BAD as [...]

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What is it about these ICLEI cities that they feel led to tell people how to live their lives?  We have Mayor Bloomberg from the ICLEI city of New York who wants to ban large sugary soda drinks to protect people from themselves and now we have the ICLEI city of Los Angeles to tell [...]

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There is this article in the Atlantic that suggests that the two leading candidates, former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned in disgrace, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who is very frank on her personal struggles and sexuality, might test how much New Yorkers want to know about their leaders.  But I’d rather take this [...]

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I found two nifty articles this weekend, one in the Australian and the other courtesy of Power Line (from the UK Economist), both discussing the increasing statistical problem with so-called climate change models. I just love this title: Twenty-year hiatus in rising temperatures has climate scientists puzzled So I decided to read further:  I found [...]

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I have been notified by my Hosting Service – HostGator – that my server is being moved from Texas to Utah onto a brand new server. Which means that the server hardware will be different as will the IP address. They tell me that there may be short periods of downtime while the site is [...]

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I wonder if Mayor Bloomberg is running for President of Europe.  He certainly has the disdain for democracy down well. Today, the Board of Health of NYC passed regulations that banned supersized sugary soda beverages: New York City has passed the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks being sold in restaurants [...]

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Gro Harlem Brundtland, formerly Norwegian PM and called the “mother of sustainability” in this article from the UK Guardian, now adviser to the Secretary General of the UN is worried: Building a global consensus on sustainability is becoming increasingly difficult as a result of economic crises and a US political climate that is increasingly hostile [...]

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While the echo of the gunshots was still in the air, the usual anti gun crowd again began the call for more gun control. New York Mayor Bloomberg was one of the first out of the gate calling for tougher laws. Exactly how much more gun control would have been required to prevent the horrible [...]

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Many are criticizing (rightly) the proposed large soda ban in NYC proposed by Mayor Bloomberg. “There they go again. The New York City Health Department’s unhealthy obsession with attacking soft drinks is again pushing them over the top,” said Stefan Friedman, spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association. Here is the transcript on a [...]

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I have received an unconfirmed report that Waltham, Massachusetts and in what would be a huge story population and effect wise, Westchester County, NY, just across from NYC, has gotten OUT of ICLEI! The movement is spreading!  Right in Mayor Bloomberg’s back yard!  Starve the beast:  GET ICLEI of the US and the US out [...]

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This editorial at bloomberg.com wrote this scary comment on the US veto at the US Security Council.  They called for the US to unilaterally give up their veto – along with the other permanent members!  Here’s some low-lights: This illustrates why the veto for the five permanent members of the Security Council has become an [...]

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Here at the C40 blog (C40 is another unconstitutional confederation of US and foreign cities similar to ICLEI but you have to be one of the forty largest cities to be eligible to join) we have the summary of Mayor Bloombberg’s speech to the Roundtable of OCED, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in [...]

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Memorial Day – Please Remember our Fallen Heroes and Heroines!

Monday May 31, 2010 Roundup:

The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites and blogs. Buckle up. It is going to be a bumpy ride.

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The disappointment on the left that the Times Square bomber was neither white nor Conservative is almost more then they can bear.

New York mayor Bloomberg speculated that the bomber was “somebody with a political agenda who doesn’t like the health care bill or something.”

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The Virginia Right! News Hound surfs the ‘net to take the pulse of the world every day. The links published below are opinions and takes on the news that we find interesting. By design, these links are mostly outside of the Mainstream Media. This feature is designed to save you the time of sifting through dozens of websites and blogs. Buckle up. It is going to be a bumpy ride!

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