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Gore Derangement Syndrome
Conservatives had a bad case of Clinton derangement in the 1990s. Liberals caught the same bug with Bush in the 2000s. Marc Morano doesn’t really have Gore Derangement Syndrome. He just works hard at feeding the deranged who are afflicted with it. To whit, see his spread at Climate Depot today. It’s nearly an unbroken…Continue Reading…
Climate Change & Famine
A Guardian blog called “Poverty Matters” carries a headline that I find obscene: Is Climate Change to blame for the famine in the Horn of Africa? I might have taken a charitable view towards this provocative headline if the actual post included discussion of Somalia, where the famine is hitting hardest. You probably have seen…Continue Reading…
Some Beach Reading
Via Dan Vergano at USA Today: Summer is the season for comic book heroes: Green Lantern, Captain America and of course, the late physicist Richard Feynman. Feynman doesn’t have a movie out for August, but this month brings the debut of the graphic novel Feynman by writer Jim Ottaviani and illustrator Leland Myrick. In classic comic book form, they chronicle the mind-blowing adventures…Continue Reading…
Cussing
Jeepers, Anthony. Your language is right out of Andy Griffith and Dennis the Menace, but your storyline is pure Morano. Gee willickers, for some real cussing, sit down and enjoy this classic.
Working the Refs
In his recent widely publicized Rolling Stone essay, former Vice President Al Gore harshly criticized media coverage of global warming. He compared journalists to referees of “professional” wrestling. Some mainstream reporters who regularly write about climate change objected. But climate scientists nodded approvingly, as did Joe Romm, who called Gore’s essay a “devastating critique” and piled on: I…Continue Reading…
That Skewed Rasmussen Survey on Global Warming
In order to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming, how likely is it that some climate skeptics would buy into this poll, hook, line and sinker? If you liked that question, you’ll love this one from Rasmussen Reports: In order to support their own theories and beliefs about global warming, how likely is…Continue Reading…
Look on the Bright Side
Drought by area impacted is worst ever–though majority of US still drought free From the Dept of Silver Linings
Scary Debt Slasher
They were like cannibals, eating their own party and leaders alive. They were like vampires, draining their country’s reputation, credit rating and compassion. Maureen Dowd on the Tea Party Republicans that turned Washington D.C. into a political horror show.
A Hideous Mutation of Glenn Beck
It looks something like this. As Jeffrey Goldberg puts it: Pamela Geller has a new book coming out, about what she sees as the central challenge of our time, called “Stop the Judaization of Germany.” Oops, sorry, it’s called “Stop the Islamization of America.” Same general theme, though. Yes, indeed, as I’ve pointed out here, about…Continue Reading…