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I've revised the cartoon a little - made it more explicitly about opposing genocide in Gaza, and erased the star…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
conservatives are happy to judge women, queer people, immigrants and the poor based on nothing but conspiracy theories and internet…
We're human. We judge everything on incomplete information. I judge each and every comment I read. I judge people I…
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Category Archives: Environmental issues
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Humans are everywhere on this planet. We have cities on six continents and outposts on a seventh. We live from the frozen depths of Antarctica and Siberia to the damp, sticky tropics to the middle the desert — and everywhere … Continue reading
Global Warming? Never Heard of It.
So The Blogger Formerly Known as Hindrocket noticed something the other day. Why, it’s a bit of a cool summer here in Minnesota! Which, you know, is sort of true, at least today — it’s a bit chilly for mid-July, … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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America Chooses Tyranny
Of course, by “Tyranny,” I mean we passed a fairly weak cap-and-trade carbon emission bill through the House of Representatives that will, hopefully, mitigate the damage from what could be the worst environmental catastrophe since the last ice age. But … Continue reading
Quote on "Idea Marketplace" by Anarchist Magazine, Fifth Estate
A friend of mine who writes for the anarchist magazine The Fifth Estate recently sent me their headline story for Spring 2009, issue #380. The piece by Henry Reed discusses the exorbitantly long sentences given to “terrorists” who damage property … Continue reading
Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Unemployed? In Greenland‽
Michael Steele appears to be angling to be the Sarah Palin of 2009: We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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The real difference between Al Gore and George Will
Matt, noting a “both sides suck” article in the Times, writes: Instead, out comes Andrew Revkin with a false equivalence article <a target=”_blank” href=”http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/02/25/revkin-dead-wrong/”>painting Will with the same brush</a> as Al Gore. Will’s sin is to say that the world … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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Regarding John Dingell's Commitment to Consensus, and Working With Republicans
Nolan Finley, in the Detroit News, writes: Growing up in the House, Dingell gained an appreciation for the institution and for its rules and protocols. […] That commitment to consensus cost Dingell his beloved job as Energy and Commerce chair. … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Environmental issues
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Worst Bush Moments: #13, The Katrina Flyover
Like Iraq, Hurricane Katrina will show up repeatedly on this list. Its first appearance: Bush’s immediate response. Well, not immediate, of course — that involved partying and having birthday cake…but that shows up in the single digits. No, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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"Passive Houses" — Heating without furnaces
Hey, what if you could have a house that’s much friendlier to the environment and costs about a tenth as much to heat? Passive houses are here: Even on the coldest nights in central Germany, Mr. Kaufmann’s new “passive house” … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues, In the news
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@Megalodon: Yes, but god forbid that we judge Charlie Kirk on his extremely lengthy record of public speech on practically…