Congressman Slams Obama/Kerry On Syria Plans

Democrat Representative (and Vietnam vet) Jim McDermott: “It isn’t [Obama’s] army; it is the Army of the United States”.

George Takei Nails Rape “Cause” Double Standards

Anyone care to address why this might be?

Welcome To The Age Of Climate Denial

The Article: Welcome to the Age of Denial by Adam Frank in The New York Times.

The Text: IN 1982, polls showed that 44 percent of Americans believed God had created human beings in their present form. Thirty years later, the fraction of the population who are creationists is 46 percent.

In 1989, when “climate change” had just entered the public lexicon, 63 percent of Americans understood it was a problem. Almost 25 years later, that proportion is actually a bit lower, at 58 percent.

The timeline of these polls defines my career in science. In 1982 I was an undergraduate physics major. In 1989 I was a graduate student. My dream was that, in a quarter-century, I would be a professor of astrophysics, introducing a new generation of students to the powerful yet delicate craft of scientific research.

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How To Get Climate Change Deniers To Shut Up

No, we don’t need to alienate the innocent Katrinas and Ritas of the world by naming violent storm systems after them; we need to alienate the policy makers whose denial of human-helped climate change and refusal to take any steps to slow that only increase the rate and strength of these storms. Because if anyone knows how to destroy an entire region in one swath, it’s John Boehner.

Dwight Eisenhower, The Last Republican

Jeb Bush has said it; even Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected in today’s GOP. Ike, one of the party’s most successful members, would likely suffer a political stoning.