Research in meteoritic agriculture.
Just imagine how much progress we could make if we could redirect funds from unneeded “powerful” rockets to more things like this.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Mann’s Pleading
Steve McIntyre says he’s found another misrepresentation.
Institutionalizing Dissent
The Mann Defamation Suit
Read this if you want a laugh: “Why it’s the right move.”
So what is defamation and how do you prove it? To be sure, this is not my area of legal expertise.
You don’t say. And does he really want the courts to be adjudicating science? Really?
Misandry
Speaking of modest proposals, check out this totalitarian feminist:
I believe we must remove men from the community and place them in their own specific sections of society, akin to subsidised or state-funded reservations, so they can be redefined. We can make not only men safer, but women as well. By subsidising said reservations through the state we can provide men with activities, healthcare, entertainment, shelter, protection, and everything that one could ever require in life. This will remove conventional inequality from society. By reducing the number of men to 10 percent of the total population, their socio-biovalue will be raised. They will live out their lives happily and safely, and male disposability will be a thing of the past.
I can’t wait.
More Mann Suit Commentary
The Mann Amici Briefs
Man’s Place In The Universe
This could be an interesting series. Hope they don’t screw it up.
By “man,” they mean humans, of course.
Appendage Radiators
I often sleep with one foot uncovered, and have for decades. Sometimes an arm or two as well. It seems pretty obvious to me that it will help keep your cool, so to speak.
Mann Suit Update
I didn’t mention it last week, because I’ve been busy dealing with life, but both we and National Review submitted our brief in the case to the DC Court of Appeals last Monday. I’m not sure if the CEI brief has been discussed anywhere, but here’s a discussion of National Review’s. We requested that the lower-court ruling to refuse dismissal be overturned and the case dismissed (implicitly) with prejudice. That means that if the appeals court agrees, we can go after Mann for legal costs.
Anyway, the reason I mention it now is that Alliance Defending Freedom has filed an amicus brief today on our behalf. I’ve got the filing, but haven’t seen any links to it yet. We also have one from Reason, Cato, Goldwater Institute, and the Individual Rights Foundation.
[Late evening update]
OK, we’ve got a couple more. One is from Newsmax Media, Inc., Free Beacon,LLC, The Foundation for Cultural Review, The Daily Caller, LLC, PJ Media, LLC, and The Electronic Frontier Foundation. The other is from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and twenty six other media organization, which I won’t list here.
Also, as with the last time, the District of Columbia has filed an amicus on our behalf to defend its anti-SLAPP law.
I’m guessing that a lot more media organizations are filing this time because they they were shocked at the ruling the last time, and wanted to make their views clear to the appellate court.
[Wednesday-morning update]
CEI has links to all the legal filings in the case to date, including Monday’s amici.