Archive for December, 2009
History Channel Ditches Nostradamus and the Mayan Prophecies for Howard Zinn’s “History”.
I am amazed that Howard Zinn is seen as an honest intellectual. How can you consider someone smart who writes such drivel as this? Around 1776, certain important people in the English colonies made a discovery that would prove enormously useful for the next two hundred years. They found that by creating a nation, a [...]
When In Doubt, Link Your Friends!
My brain is apparently on leave for a couple days and has taken my ability to write a coherent blog post with it. So, let me leave you with a few good links until I can get that absconding lump of grey matter back on the job. 1) John Hawkins has announced his 8th Annual [...]
Geekpocalypse Now: MST3K is on Hulu!
Hulu is loading up episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000, which pretty much means that your favorite introverted, comedy-loving geek has yet another reason to stay inside and on the computer. In other words, there’s a good chance that the internet, indeed all things computer, could crash this week under the load of millions of [...]
“Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.”
I can honestly say I’ve never seen anything like this, and I’ve been a weather and stargazing geek since I was a little kid (I used to draw national weather maps for fun. I’m not kidding). This strange spiral phenomenon was seen over northern Norway and, this far, the experts are a bit baffled. The [...]
The Delivery Presents: The EPA Goes Green and So Do I (In a Stephen Sort of Way)
Episode 15 of The Delivery is hot, buttered, and ready to roll! As usual, you get all the options: listen in a webbified and on-demand fashion, download it directly, or join the throngs who are subscribing to it on iTunes. What? I have throngs! I brought in Stephen Green for the second half of the [...]
Altering the Data, Manufacturing the Increase
In science, data matters more than anything else. Data allow others to examine and replicate your experiments and to check your work. Data give you a secure foundation from which to rebuild your work if it is lost or goes awry. An unimpeachable data source is the heart of any scientific endeavor. When we read [...]
EPA Declares Air Dangerous; Sets the Table for Theft.
Oh, who needed the whole democracy thing anyhow? The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people’s health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. … Under a Supreme Court ruling, the so-called endangerment finding is needed before the EPA [...]
Obama and Palin, Like Two Ships Whose Poll Numbers Pass in the Night
Were I running the Obama ’12 War Room (and you’d better believe there is one), I’d be hitting the panic button right about now. The latest Gallup poll (the one the MSM likes because it’s not Rasmussen) has the President’s approval rating one percentage point from being upside-down. He’s sitting at 47-46 right now and [...]
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