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Detroit Groundskeeper Fired for Finding a Handgun and Turning it Over to Police

Tom Remington — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:26:24 +0000

This time it appears the police are not acting like the Gestapo but the Wayne County Department of Public Services near Detroit, Michigan certainly is. According to Fox News, John Chevilott, a groundskeeper who works for the Wayne County Department of Public Affairs, discovered a loaded handgun on property he and a crew were mowing. He called the police, told him of his discovery and waited for them to arrive. They didn’t by the time he had to leave.

Chevilott, took the gun home and later went to the police station to turn it in. He was later fired because of a policy the county has that states it’s illegal for employees to possess a gun while on work property.

If this isn’t bizarre enough, Chevilott’s supervisor, who was aware of the situation, was suspended for 30 days.

Chevilott was 2 years shy of retirement. What was the real motivation here?

Tom Remington

New Rules For Secret Service Agents

Tom Remington — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:08:14 +0000

The Secret Service issued new rules of conduct for Agents Friday. They can no longer get drunk, procure hookers or go to strip bars. The rules say that from now on, if agents feel compelled to engage in such behavior, they can run for public office like everyone else.

Open Thread – May 16, 2012

Tom Remington — Wed, 16 May 2012 12:41:57 +0000

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Open Thread – May 15, 2012

Tom Remington — Tue, 15 May 2012 11:42:13 +0000

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Volvo Car Company Portrays Wolf in a Bad Light

Tom Remington — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:00:37 +0000

Ok, where are the demented wolf lovers and animal rights idiots? Why aren’t they boycotting Volvo and raising a big stink of their portrayal of the “big bad wolf”. Sure, the wolf seemingly cowers and backs down from the ferociousness of the revving motor but doesn’t both of these images depict the wolf in negative ways that wolf lovers have for so long fought against, i.e. that wolves are loving creatures, not vicious and snarling as shown in this video ad?

Jim Carrey – Environmental Guy – “You’re Only as Clean as Your Colon”

Tom Remington — Mon, 14 May 2012 12:41:43 +0000

Open Thread – May 14, 2012

Tom Remington — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:56:47 +0000

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Open Thread – May 12, 2012

Tom Remington — Sat, 12 May 2012 11:03:54 +0000

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The Success of Corporate Education Brainwashing and Global Warming

Tom Remington — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:52:49 +0000

Our hijacked educational corporation should feel swollen with pride as they can see the fruits of their brainwashing labors on non thinking students. With students not allowed for independent thinking, or even given the opportunity to receive all aspects of an issue in order to make an informed decision, the indoctrination of kids by educators of the lies about climate change, has resulted in four high school students suing the U.S. Government because it isn’t doing enough about countering the effects of man-made global warming. <<<Read the Story Here>>>

The Yamal Deception: Of Cherry Picking Climate Data

Tom Remington — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:38:58 +0000

The story of Michael Mann’s Hockey Stick reconstruction, its statistical bias and the influence of the bristlecone pines is well known. Steve McIntyre’s research into the other reconstructions of the temperatures of the last millennium has received less publicity, however. The story of the Yamal chronology may change that.

The bristlecone pines that created the shape of the Hockey Stick graph are used in nearly every millennial temperature reconstruction around today, but there are also a handful of other tree ring series that are nearly as common and just as influential on the results. Back at the start of McIntyre’s research into the area of paleoclimate, one of the most significant of these was called Polar Urals, a chronology first published by Keith Briffa of the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia. At the time, it was used in pretty much every temperature reconstruction around. In his paper, Briffa made the startling claim that the coldest year of the millennium was AD 1032, a statement that, if true, would have completely overturned the idea of the Medieval Warm Period. It is not hard to see why paleoclimatologists found the series so alluring.<<<Well Worth the Read>>>