If it weren’t so well funded, the GOP farce could be serious. As it is, Romney is trying hard to make his election run offer as much amusement as Palin did for McCain. And even more support comedy from other GOP sources plays on, to our delight. The parade follows logic, to that degree, when buffoons talk policy, blunders will blossom forth.
DC appeals court ruling will prove difficult to overturn, largely ignored by conservatives
The recent appeals court ruling that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases will stand until the Republicans control the Presidency and have a filibuster- proof majority of the Senate, or until a liberal Supreme Court Justice is replaced by a conservative.
Peter Gleick reinstated to his position at the Pacific Institute [updated]
The Pacific Institute just issued a press release announcing the reinstatement of Peter Gleick to his position of Institute president. Among other things, the press release states An independent review conducted by […]
"Murderers, tyrants, and madmen" – a video response from Peter Sinclair
Peter Sinclair shows how claims that global warming advocates are “murderers, tyrants, and madmen” by Joe Bast of The Heartland Institute are wildly inaccurate.
Serious errors and shortcomings void climate letter by 49 former NASA employees
Six errors plus two shortcomings equals 49 former NASA employees with no climate science credentials damaging their own reputations.
S&R and the marketplace of ideas: yes, Dorothy, sometimes people disagree…in public, even!
Earlier this morning Chris offered up a post entitled “Why are environmentalists missing a mild-weather opportunity?” It raises a pragmatic point about how the climate “debate” plays out in the public sphere […]
Note to progressives: stop being wimps
Recently I wrote a post that said Mitt had a spine made of surgical tubing, which provoked this response from a conservative friend: “May I remind you that there is a fine […]
As boycott pressure mounts on Limbaugh, two words come to mind: hoist, petard
I don’t know when the very first boycott of a product or company happened, but I suspect the tactic has been around in some form or another for a long time. I […]
Climate science discussion between Burt Rutan and Brian Angliss
S&R’s collection of a discussion on human-caused climate disruption between Brian Angliss, S&R climate/science writer and electrical engineer, and Burt Rutan, aerospace engineer and former CEO of Scaled Composites.
The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards (corrected)
Peter H. Gleick collects the five most outrageous examples of climate BS (Bad Science) from 2011, with several runners-up. Number one? All the Republican presidential candidates.
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