They lie:
Climate Change Skeptic Scientist Walks It Back Bigtime
Eugeine Robinson at WaPo tells us: Richard Muller, a respected physicist at the University of California, Berkeley, used to dismiss alarmist climate research as being “polluted by political and activist frenzy.” Frustrated at what he considered shoddy science, Muller launched his own comprehensive study to set the record straight. Instead, the record set him straight. “Global warming is real,” Muller wrote last week in The … Read More
I’m Down With OWS (Yeah, You Know Me)
I was in NYC this past weekend, and decided to visit the folks at Occupy Wall Street to see for myself what it was all about. First of all, although I used to work in that area of Manhatten, it's been almost ten years since I've been in that part of the city. The last time I went was in … Read More
25 Years Ago Today
The Wall Street Journal asks: "Where Were You On Buckner Day?" Billy seems to have taken it all in stride: …and most of New England has forgiven him.
Shame
There are many sad aspects to the story I wrote about yesterday regarding the exotic animal farm owner in Ohio who killed himself after setting his animals free. The saddest, of course, is that so many animals running out in the wild had to be killed. This, for example, is a Regal Tiger. Only 1400 of these magnificent creatures exist … Read More
How To Overthrow A Dictator
So with the (unconfirmed) news that Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, sounding the end of his 35 year brutal regime in Libya, now would be a good time to pull some lessons on how to actually do dictator-toppling. Unilateral or coalition? Iraq, under Bush: The organized international community was against the War in Iraq, so Bush created what he called … Read More
The Demographics of OWS: Guess What? A Lot Have Jobs And A Good Income
Turns out, they are not made up of what you think: Business analyst Harrison Schultz and professor Hector R. Cordero-Guzman from the Baruch College School of Public Affairs, today released a study based on a survey of 1,619 visitors to theoccupywallst.org site on October 5. And about a quarter of them have also attended occupation events. So they aren't all armchair … Read More
Photo Of The Day
You don't see that roadsign very often in America. The story behind is even more bizarre than the sign itself. Before committing suicide, the owner of an exotic animal farm in Zanesville, Ohio, opened the doors and cut the wires to the cages of the wild animals. Some of the animals, including leopards managed to "feast" on the owner's dead … Read More
Bachmann Quote Of The Day
"The president, he put us in Libya. He is now putting us in Africa." - GOP presidential contender Michele Bachmann, trying to make the point that President Obama has now sent troops to Libya and to sub-Saharan Africa. Libya, of course, is in Africa.
Teleprompter Racism
Oh, there's Aaron again. Once again, he's bemoaning black unity and calling it "racism" again. By Aaron's logic, women who want to see a woman as president (like Hillary), or a woman as vice-president (like Sarah) are sexist. Clearly, like so many white Southern boys, Aaron has a hard time distinguishing pride in ones race, on the one hand, and … Read More
How’s Bank of America Doing?
Yesterday, I wrote about Bank of America's chutzpah in seeking to add a $5 monthly fee for use of the Bank of America debit card. Sadly, BofA wasn't the only big bank contemplating this fee; there is evidence of a possible illegal collusion of big banks to charge customers new fees, just for the convenience of using their debit cards to spend … Read More
Celebrity Brainstorm
Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Brainstorm from President Bill Clinton The video stars Kevin Spacey, Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen as part of the foundation’s celebrity division, pumping out ideas like not breathing to save the environment. There’s even a cameo from Bubba at the end.
As Expected…
The rightosphere is full of lots of stories, marginally documented, which aim to paint the entire OWS movement. You know what I mean… "There is a guy on Wall Street at the protesters shouting anti-Jewish slogans. Therefore, the whole movement is anti-Zionist and probably socialist and communist as well." (Interestingly, another meme from the right is that the whole movement … Read More
The Funniest Walking Dead Season Two Premiere Tweets
@rainnwilsonRainnWilsonThe women on The Walking Dead need to stop whining & crying all the time. Also, the cast needs to stop tripping & dropping things. @crankfetterLuke Wormfood For the record, an undead walking cadaver can get through airport security like any other shuffling, glaze-eyed passenger. @shanenickersonShane Nickerson The RV in Walking Dead is the greatest hunk of junk character in … Read More