National Association of Science Writers: Science in Society Awards — 1999.
Gary Taubes knew this whole salt scare was bogus over a decade ago, and now the government wants to regulate salt intake?
They should be regulating carbohydrates instead.
Single-Payer Groceries, Anyone? by Thomas DiLorenzo.
Obama’s fault.
Pajamas Media » Is Anthropogenic Global Warming the New Intelligent Design?.
If you guessed both as “religion”, you get ten points.
Gore’s fault.
FOXNews.com – What Price Victory?.
Epic Obamafail.
FOXNews.com – Obama to America — I Win, You Lose.
Predictions:
1) Health care is going to get more expensive;
2) Access to health care is going to get more limited;
3) The additional fiscal drag on the economy is going to stunt economic growth for at least another couple of years;
4) The addition to the deficit is going to require the devaluing of the dollar, effectively reducing the standard of living for everyone in the United States;
5) The lawsuits on the entire idea of forcing people to gamble (i.e., buy insurance) are going to take years to trickle up in the courts, but eventually will be found to be profoundly unconstitutional;
6) People will still be following M.Obama’s dietary advice for more carbs, keeping obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and other chronic diseases at an all time high;
7) The bad news from the bill (after the lawmakers actually read it), is going to trickle out in an inevitable chinese water torture drip;
8) Democrats are going to lose big in November 2010.
Now, being gainfully employed in the health care sector, all of this evil will actually be good for my personal economic prospects, but terrible for the country as a whole. Â The Democrat Party has hoisted itself on its own petard, and when the revolution comes in 11/2010, I just hope that the charge is led by moderate Republicans, and doesn’t help foster a fundamentalist christian socially right wing takeover of the Congress.
Obama’s fault.
P.S.: Any member of the House who didn’t actually read the bill, in full, by themselves, and voted for it, should be deeply ashamed of themselves. Â By my count, that’s 219 people.
The Hockey Schtick: Global Sea Level Decrease 2004-2010.
Make a falsifiable prediction. Â Watch it fail. Â Now change your hypothesis.
Buried Truths About Gays in the Military – Reason Magazine.
Don’t ask, don’t care.
YouTube – What does Average Temperature Mean?.
Always be careful of what you’re measuring. Â It might not be what you think it is.
Seriously ballsy stuff. Â If the court order disallows audio and video, but allows transcripts of a court case, just hire actors, build a set, and re-enact the whole damn thing.
Information wants to be free, and dammit, public court proceedings should be public. Â All of them.
Hawaii Senate passes civil-unions bill with veto-proof majority, 18-7
Well done. Â A good first step in the right direction.
Mahalo nui loa!