Category: Miscellaneous

“But we will fight… to develop the ecological competitiveness of France,” says the French energy minister. What is “ecological competitiveness”? Continue reading France launches rescue plan for struggling solar sector

Since lying has stopped working, maybe the public can be scammed with a phony admission? Continue reading Lance Armstrong reportedly mulling doping admission

Imagine the class action lawsuits against minimum wage employers… Continue reading Study: Low wages linked with hypertension

Whatever. There’s been no warming since the mid-1990s despite 8% more CO2 in the atmosphere. Continue reading Claim: IPCC Temperature Projections Have Been Exceptionally Accurate

Let’s have “democratic deliberation” instead? Continue reading Georgetown prof calls for abandoning the Constitution

We didn’t ask. NPR did. Continue reading Is It Morally Wrong For U.S. To Export Coal?

Probably hoping to stop Israel from mountain-top removal. Continue reading Iran hosts environment expo

“No smoking…, if you don’t care about me, I don’t care about you…” Continue reading Video: Madonna berates concertgoers for secondhand smoke

They call it euthanasia — but the Nazis did it, too, starting on Sep. 1, 1939. Continue reading Belgian socialists propose to kill Alzheimer's sufferers, minors

Off-topic, but an insight into our current moral woes. Washington Post sports columnist and Lance Armstrong-enabler Sally Jenkins explains why she’s “not angry” at the cycling cheater. [Washington Post]

The “war on cancer” is a 40-year old failure that is evolving into fraud. “Racing for the cure” may have made you feel better, but it and its genre of “research” and activism have been a colossal waste of time, effort and money. You don’t need sunglasses to see its future, but a good prosecutor might help. Continue reading Texas cancer agency facing probe