Suddenly the party of the Moral Majority, culture wars, and freedom of religious expression uber alles isn’t too keen on religion and politics mixing anymore. The leader of Jebya’s Catholic faith is no longer welcome in his 2016 campaign. “I hope I’m not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home, …
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Kung Fu Pope v. Big Carbon
Via Slate, I came across this little bit of video: – Per Eric Holtas in Slate, this is the brainchild of some delightfully twisted Brazilian climate change activists. – My favorite shot? Dawn-backlit papal Tai-Chi exercise. IOW: just watch this. – PS — the soundtrack could/should have been Inhofe and Santorum skull detonations.
Open Thread: Crowded Calendar
Attention all unannounced POTUS candidates. We still have SUN,TUES,FRI open! Taken: SAT(O'Malley),MON(Graham),WEDS(Chafee),TH(Perry). — Larry Sabato (@LarrySabato) May 29, 2015 Eastern Massachusetts was three inches short of rain for the month of May, till the weather gods decided to dump most of that on us during the last half-hour. So we’re not at the garden center, …
Rejuvenation through vampirism: the medical ethics are not getting easier
For those of you paying attention to either the biomedical literature or to this here blog, it won’t be news that researchers can reverse aging. And it’s easy! At least it is in mice. Just transfuse older rodents with the blood of much younger mice and it’s like that segment of the Twilight Zone movie. …
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Alone On A Raft Of Lies
As Betty Cracker mentioned today, it’s Earth Day, and Gallup has released a poll on what Americans believe will be coming with the effects of climate change. Most Americans agree that the effects of climate change will happen in their lifetimes, a few believe the effects won’t be felt until future generations. And then there …
Open Thread: How ‘Bout This Weather?
Amazing. I've never seen anything like this. Nearly Frozen Waves On Nantucket @JDNPHOTOGRAPHY http://t.co/9LvnVtMwSW pic.twitter.com/QvdhDdT0tJ — carolynryan (@carolynryan) February 26, 2015 I thought this might be photoshopped, but no — that’s ocean slush! Fortunately, meteorological Spring began on Sunday (March 1st), and Dennis Mersereau at Gawker’s The Vane assures us “This Winter Sucked and It’s …
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Open Thread: A Snowball’s Chance In Hell
When future generations look back at us in a century and ask “Why didn’t we do anything about climate change in the early 21st century?” they’ll just roll this video of Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe throwing a snowball at the Senate floor. We are ruled by morons. Open thread.
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