Feb
4
Settled Science: Republicans More Likely Than Democrats to Achieve Orgasm
Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 24 Comments
My own theory why Democrats have more trouble orgasming is that the solar panel arrays on their vibrators can make the experience rather cumbersome: Republicans are more likely to have better sex than Democrats, according to a new, 5,000-subject survey released by Binghamton University and Match.com on Friday. More than half – 53% – of [...]
Jan
25
Green on Green Crime: Energy Efficient Window Melts Prius
Filed Under Environment, Science & Nature | 7 Comments
The potentially destructive paradox of “green” living has reared its ugly, biodegradable head in California. From KCAL: A SoCal woman says the energy efficient window installed in a neighbor’s condominium is melting the plastic components on cars parked in her carport. Heather Patron of Studio City was dealing with a mystery regarding her Toyota Prius. [...]
Nov
30
NPR Tools Claim US is Only Major Country That Still Has Climate Deniers
Filed Under Global Warming, Science & Nature | 17 Comments
Idiotic assertion(s) of the day courtesy of NPR: …on Tuesday night’s All Things Considered, Harris was followed by NPR substitute anchor Guy Raz lamenting to Obama climate negotiator Todd Stern that “we are the only major country in the world that is still debating whether or not climate change is real.” That’s apparently a serious [...]
Nov
14
Canada’s Prime Minister May Deal with China in Response to Pipeline Delay in US
Filed Under Global Warming, Politics, Science & Nature | 20 Comments
President Obama doesn’t think he can play politics and stall on the Keystone pipeline project forever without Canada moving in another direction, does he? Maybe that’s what he wants, and if so, that could be in the works: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Sunday that he was looking at exporting more oil to China [...]
Nov
3
Brian Williams: Nothing Like the October Snowstorm Has Ever Happened Before (Global Warming Alert)
Filed Under Global Warming, Media, Science & Nature | 10 Comments
Here’s NBC News’ Brian Williams introducing a story about last month’s northeast snowstorm, which of course was caused by — you guessed it — global warming: Everybody out East said the same thing about this freak snowstorm, `This kind of thing didn’t used to happen. This never happened before.’ And while that is true, it [...]
Sep
8
Goracle Displeased with Obama
Filed Under Global Warming, Politics, Science & Nature | 7 Comments
Remember the happier times when Hope & Change™ still rocked Al Gore’s second chakra? Those days are long gone, because now Jabba-the-Hypocrite is regretting his endorsement and is criticizing The One for being anti-science: On Friday afternoon, as brave and committed activists continued their non-violent civil disobedience outside the White House in protest of the [...]
Aug
28
Irene: The Perfect Storm of Hype?
Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 10 Comments
This morning while flipping between CNN, Fox News and some of the network shows, there was a collective media letdown as predictions were revised downward to match the reality of a storm that was incapable of matching the apocalyptic hype: There was almost palpable disappointment among the TV big guns rolled out for the occasion [...]
Aug
27
Of Course: Hurricane Irene Caused by Global Warming; Update: Also Caused by Republicans
Filed Under Global Warming, Moonbats, Science & Nature | 18 Comments
Al Gore is going to be very busy pulling the puppet strings on his AGW bots all day: Hurricane Irene hadn’t even made landfall in the United States before some people figured out what to blame it on. “Irene’s got a middle name, and it’s Global Warming,” environmental activist Bill McKibben wrote Thursday night in [...]
Aug
27
Eco-Kook Seeks Replacement Name for ‘Homo-Sapiens’
Filed Under Global Warming, History, Science & Nature | 10 Comments
This guy needs a hobby: For about 250 years, our species has been known as Homo sapiens, a scientific name in Latin that means “wise man.” Given the havoc humans are wreaking on natural systems, putting ourselves and so many other living things in peril, we don’t deserve this name, contends Julian Cribb, an Australian [...]
Aug
23
Tuesday Afternoon Open, Earthquake Edition; Updated
Filed Under Politics, Science & Nature | 15 Comments
Did you feel the earthquake? Some people here in Michigan are reporting that they felt the ground move, but usually when that happens it turns out to be that Michael Moore fell out of his chair reaching for the KFC bucket. In DC there hasn’t been as many people saying “did you feel that?” since [...]
