November 28, 2010 – 4:02 pm
The media is really ramping up their doom and gloom stories ahead of the UN climate conference in exotic Cancun Devastating changes to sea levels, rainfall, water supplies, weather systems and crop yields are increasingly likely before the end of the century, scientists will warn tomorrow. Everybody panic!!!!!!1!!!!!! Or not. Just laugh. Especially over the […]
November 28, 2010 – 9:59 am
Happy Sunday! It’s a beautiful, if cold, day in America. This pinup is by Bill Randall, with a wee bit of help (and, yes, I know this one comes originally from a set which highlighted countries around the world. I wasn’t going to actually change it by removing the Swiss stuff) What is happening in […]
November 28, 2010 – 8:23 am
Sadly, you can’t really call be too critical of her, because actual scientists and people in the know hold the same idiotic notions: Helena Christensen calls for action on climate change The supermodel, who is a global ambassador for Oxfam, visited villages in the foothills of the Himalayas to see first hand the effect of […]
November 27, 2010 – 7:55 pm
Have you ever hit the “post” button and seen your site go “kablooie”? Perhaps your server goes down and you get a 403 error, or the SQL is really slow to respond, and you get kicked to your main site with the message “what you are looking for is not found”. Or some other issue. […]
November 27, 2010 – 4:35 pm
Hey, you know that awesome super duper socialized health care system in Britain, which we are supposed to follow? Yeah, about that Three-quarters of all stroke victims are missing out on treatment which would drastically improve their chances of recovery. A report on the shocking extent of Britain’s ‘postcode lottery’ of NHS care revealed that […]
November 27, 2010 – 9:00 am
Usually, one can depend on Rep. Peter King, who has sat on the House Homeland Security Committee and will soon be chairman, to be very sensible, especially when it comes to supporting Conservatives and the War on Terrorism. But, like most people (including me), every once in a while he has to get stuck on […]
November 27, 2010 – 7:05 am
Janet Napolitano will surely institute enhanced groping in order to attend future Christmas tree lightings The FBI thwarted an attempted terrorist bombing in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square before the city’s annual tree-lighting Friday night, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon. A Corvallis man, thinking he was going to ignite a bomb, drove a […]
November 26, 2010 – 10:22 pm
OK, mateys, me needs a wee bit more than 2,200 hits as of posting time to hit 1.5 million. Can thou gettest me thar by the end of Saturday? I’ll buy ye a shiny unicorn powered by hope if ye do, what say? Do we have an accord, sea dogs?
November 26, 2010 – 7:34 pm
Remember back a few days ago, I mention the “Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act†passing the Senate judiciary committee? Well, apparently the Department of Homeland Security and their Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit doesn’t need any other stinking law. As Torrent Freak reports Following on the heels of this week’s domain seizure of a […]
November 26, 2010 – 3:28 pm
Working overtime to support their collapsing science The latest figures from more than 20 scientific institutions around the world show that global temperatures are higher than ever. However the gradual rise in temperatures over the last 30 years is slowing slightly. Global warming since the 1970s has been 0.16C (0.3F) but the rise in the […]
