March 11, 2009 – 8:32 am
When it comes to his decision to allow federal funds for embryonic stem cell research, a line of inquiry that has so far proven virtually worthless, it sure is political, writes ROBERT P. GEORGE and ERIC COHEN Mr. Obama made a big point in his speech of claiming to bring integrity back to science policy, […]
March 9, 2009 – 6:38 am
Yesterday, Dan Riehl wrote that Republicans should get off their duffs and stop playing defense If (Republicans) had the intelligence and discipline to side-step things like the Limbaugh attack they might have a prayer. Instead of engaging it, they should come back with, This is simply the Democrats trying to prevent a discussion of how much their […]
March 7, 2009 – 10:01 am
At least the Washington Post’s headline mentions that the story is about ESCs, unlike so many headlines around the country, such as the New York Times’ (Obama Set to Reverse Bush’s Stem-Cell Restrictions) which simply mention stem cells in an obvious attempt to make it appear as if Bush was restricting all stem cell research […]
February 23, 2009 – 8:40 am
I make no bones about the fact that I treat the anthropogenic global warming issue as one mostly about control of people and economies, a political issue. Science is simply something the Believers spin to fit their need for Mankind to be at fault. This is why I leave the deep science to people like […]
February 17, 2009 – 8:10 am
Here’s a good way to get people to buy into anthropogenic global warming: tell them they can no longer eat beef. Hamburgers are the Hummers of food in global warming When it comes to global warming, hamburgers are the Hummers of food, scientists say. Simply switching from steak to salad could cut as much carbon […]
February 15, 2009 – 9:28 am
The United Nations is not real fond of mercury Environment ministers must crack down on mercury poisoning to protect the health of hundreds of millions of people worldwide, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Sunday. “A clear and unequivocal vision of a low mercury future needs to be set,” UNEP head Achim Steiner said […]
February 11, 2009 – 8:41 am
Where do they keep finding these people with PhD’s? Global warming is not our fault … it’s nature By Jenny Haworth DR JIM Buckee says he feels like a heretic, persecuted for his views and treated like an outcast. His crime? Being a climate change sceptic. Next week the former chief executive of the oil […]
February 10, 2009 – 8:25 am
Or, at least one person hit back Sound common sense – from a Minister for the Environment? Chance would be a fine thing. In our dreams. But no – this is for real. Sammy Wilson, Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister, has blocked a government “information” initiative on climate change, denouncing it as part of an “insidious […]
February 8, 2009 – 2:02 pm
Perusing some photo’s over at NASA’s site, ran across this relatively new one from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and others Click it for bigger size, or head to NASA for really big. This image of Centaurus A shows a spectacular new view of a supermassive black hole’s power. Jets and lobes powered by the central […]
February 6, 2009 – 9:02 am
Say, ‘memba this snippet from a Yahoo Neews article (since removed) about the China earthquake (taken from Moonbattery) Natural disasters killed over 220,000 people in 2008, making it one of the most devastating years on record and underlining the need for a global climate deal … an earthquake shook China’s Sichuan province, leaving 70,000 dead, […]
