…is still at it: “MSNBC with Ed Schultz. We’re talking fires, heat, and climate change. Let’s see if we can convey the seriousness & convince a few citizens.”
As Glenn says, he should be embarrassed.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
Space Advocacy Fallacies
Wow. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a single piece so rife with them. Not sure it’s worth my while to fisk it, but others can have at it in comments.
Here are just a few (ignoring his misstatement of the purpose of government in the very first sentence):
- The spin-off benefits of human spaceflight exceeds the cost.
- We don’t spend any money in space, it’s all spent on earth.
- We need giant government projects.
- Why are we spending money on bullets instead of what I want to spend it on?
And on and on. I should note that this is Tinkerbell thinking.
Free Speech In Canada
Two steps forward, one step back.
A Face-Palm Moment
From the “science guy.”
CNN about fires in Colorado. I was just there. It’s the real (bad) deal. Just the start of things climate change-wise.
Sigh.
A Modest Suggestion For The Elections
Let’s invite in foreign observers.
Israel, Betrayed
And by the Obama administration, too. What a shock.
Farmers, The Committee, And Tinkerbells
Jeff Foust reports on Mark Albrecht’s diagnosis of NASA’s ills. And in comments over there, Mark Whittington once again demonstrates himself to be a tinkerbell.
[Update late evening]
Hilarious. Tinkerbell has showed up in comments here, whining about being aptly named, and cluelessly clapping her little hands to keep the useless SLS/Orion alive.
[Monday morning update]
Jeez, Mark is so bereft of the ability to understand Albrecht’s metaphor that he imagines I’m actually calling him a fairy.
Forget The Legitimacy Of The Court
How about the legitimacy of Congress and the White House?
[Update a few minutes later]
Actually, rather than enhancing the legitimacy of SCOTUS with this ruling among the public, the Chief Justice seems to have damaged it:
Thirty-seven percent (37%) now believe the Supreme Court is too liberal, while 22% think it’s too conservative. A week ago, public opinion was much more evenly divided: 32% said it was too liberal and 25% said too conservative.
In the latest survey, 31% now believe the balance is about right.
That’s got to help Mitt Romney, if he makes court appointments a campaign issue.
Exercise
Why it doesn’t help you lose weight.
The notion that eating less and exercising more is part of the medieval thinking that all calories are equal, and it’s just about thermodynamics.
Conservative Anger
It’s growing, over the ObamaCare decision.
Mark Steyn certainly isn’t happy. And they sure found a terrible picture of Roberts.
But I think that this will really fire up people in November.