Did you hear the story about how your zodiac sign supposedly changed? It set off a panic not seen since War of the Worlds. Although it was a false alarm, astrology buffs were still on edge this week, so it makes sense that The Huffingwoo Post would try to calm their nerves–not once, but twice.
At the end of the day, it wasn’t the lefty/socialist/Marxist world domination cabal that got to Jeff Id: The idiots pushed me over the edge tonight. So Jeff’s turning his blog spurs in. I will miss him. Really. I need good foils. Seriously, I’ve read Jeff’s blog enough to know he has a young family,…Continue Reading…
America’s most famous mob family may be gone, but who is anyone kidding here, with this “biggest Mafia takedown ever”? Wise guys are like zombies. One gets whacked or goes to jail and another takes his place. But oh, those names: By early Thursday, TV stations showed some of the suspects “” mainly middle-aged or…Continue Reading…
Some ancient evidence for Fido being more than just man’s best friend.
Of a field archaeologist in Qatar: In the desert, sitting against a ruined wall, wind ripping through my context sheets, salty sand on my lips, skinned knuckles and bruised knees, I feel like myself again…I’m sure the sand and wind and sun will wear me down soon enough, but for now I’m relishing being back…Continue Reading…
Joshua Green at The Atlantic does a recap of just how far and fast U.S. climate hopes have fallen in the last two years. Weirdly, reading it reminded me of a recent football game I still can’t shake. (Do fans take this stuff harder than the players?) To appreciate the analogy, you have to understand…Continue Reading…
There’s an interesting story making its way around the science blogosphere, involving the fallout from a whopping error in a recent NGO report that was (before the error became publicly known) widely picked up by the press. Charlie Petit at Science Journalism Tracker gets to the nub of it here: The news is that this…Continue Reading…
On green tech, asserts Michael Levi: China is not crushing the United States in a clean energy race. And this myth isn’t merely wrong — it is also dangerous. Unwarranted fears of a clean energy competition threaten to spur a protectionist wave in the United States while squelching cooperation between the two countries — all…Continue Reading…
Here’s a good one from Fox Nation: Dems Panicked over “Climategate” Probe You might think the reference is to Congressional Democrats, but you would be wrong. However, there is mounting evidence that some bloggers are getting antsy for House Republicans to get on with their promised climate carnival.
I love the title of this blog I just discovered: Global Change Watch: Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization Any guesses (from the doomsday-is-imminent crowd) as to which will upend life as we know it first: peak energy or climate change?