Category: Miscellaneous

Has any enviro group ever said anything that was “Mostly True”? [Providence Journal]

“Epigenetics – how gene expression is regulated by temporary switches, called epi-marks – appears to be a critical and overlooked factor contributing to the long-standing puzzle of why homosexuality occurs.” [EurekAlert]

“President Reagan was right to reject LOST 30 years ago. The U.S. Senate should do the same thing today.” [Washington Times]

“The Communists have won in America with Obama…[who] has been re-elected for a 2nd term by an illiterate society… President Vladimir Putin could never have imagined anyone so ignorant or so willing to destroy their people like Obama much less seeing millions vote for someone like Obama. They read history in America don’t they? Alas, the schools in the U.S. were conquered by the Communists long ago and history was revised thus paving the way for their Communist presidents…” [Xavier Lerma in Pravda]

William Tucker laughably argues in the American Spectator that Romney should have embraced a carbon tax to win the election and that millions of [presumably voting] Americans care about Mayor Bloomberg’s views on climate. [American Spectator]

Affirmative action hits politics? The Washington Post editorializes that white male politicians, especially from the South, ought not question black politicians. [Washington Post]

There’s not too much daylight between Rubio and Obama on when/how the Earth was created. [Slate]

… nor are you ready for prime time. [Politico]

“Bankrupt Patriot Coal Corp. agreed Thursday to become the first U.S. coal operator to phase out and eventually stop all large-scale mountaintop removal mining in central Appalachia under an agreement reached with three environmental groups that sued over pollution from several West Virginia operations.” [Bloomberg]

“In a sophisticated, peaceful action to pressure the bank to stop funding coal, nine people are risking arrest today at sit-ins at four different Bank of America locations across Charlotte. The activists are a part of Rainforest Action Network’s campaign to confront the bank’s leading role in coal financing, which impacts the quality of air in North Carolina and contributes to global climate change pollution.” [ENews Park Forest]

It’s hard to believe that John McCain got more votes in 2008 than Mitt Romney did in 2012. McCain 2008 may also have beaten Obama 2012. Continue reading Shock: McCain (2008) Beat Romney and Obama!

As Bugs Bunny might say, “What an ultramaroon.” [Bloomberg]