A Foul Decision
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Christmas Tree Removed from Orange County Court House
From the Register: The six-foot artificial tree, which was adorned with tags seeking toy donations to ‘Operation Santa Claus,’ was removed Monday after a member of the public complained about the tree being in the courthouse, court spokeswoman Gwen Vieau said. “It’s a public building and we have to serve the diversity of our community,” she said. The tree had been put up in the courthouse every holiday season for about 20 years, said Orange County Sheriff’s Special Officer Cynthia Guerrero, who runs the courthouse’s ‘Operation

How to Hide the Incline
From one form of statistical malfeasance to another. This chart shows the cost of the Democrats health reform proposal (Senate flavor): Looking at the green vs. blue brackets you’ll see how the Democrats crafted the bill such that they can claim it is only going to cost $900 billion within the standard 10-year budget window. This is only because it doesn’t begin operating until 20

How to Hide the Decline
This piece at American Thinker is a must read. Author Marc Sheppard digs into some of the computer code used to produce global warming trends. It’s not very reassuring stuff: In 2 other programs, briffa_Sep98_d.pro and briffa_Sep98_e.pro, the “correction” is bolder by far. The programmer (Keith Briffa?) entitled the “adjustment” routine “Apply a VERY ARTIFICAL correction for decline!!” And he/she wasn’t kidding. Now, IDL is not a native language of mine, but its syntax is similar enough to others I’m familiar with, so please

Miracle in NY Hospital: Man’s Heart Stopped for 47 Minutes and He Survives
Amazing story. Click the pic for the video. Here’s a print story about Joe’s miraculous recovery from the NY Daily News: Only one in four people who suffer cardiac arrest survive. And the longer people’s hearts go without beating,