As his hundredth birthday approaches, there is growing demand for a pardon for Alan Turing. His treatment really was barbarous.
Hey, NFL!
1985 called. They want their Superbowl half-time performer back.
Hatching Giant Black Swans
The problem with “too big to fail.” It’s just another example of the knowledge problem.
Blaming The Victim
Our ambassador to Belgium tells them what they want to hear: that those damned Jews are responsible for anti-semitism.
Time To Move Beyond Earth Orbit
And we can do it soon, without picking a planetary surface, or building a heavy-lift vehicle.
The Latest Plans At The UN Kleptocracy
The administration is figuring out a new way to screw us extralegally:
Negotiators at the conference are considering “a new tax on every foreign currency transaction in the world,” according to the Center for a Constructive Alternative (CFACT). “Every time you travel abroad, you’ll have to pay a climate tax,” explains CFACT, the group that released the “Climategate” emails. “More importantly, every time we import goods, every time we export our fine products (think jobs) we will do so with a climate tax skimming off the top.”
European countries would evade much of the tax burden, however, because “transactions within the Eurozone won’t have to pay this new tax.”
CFACT suggests that Obama is open [sic] implementing this tax and similar policies in the absence of a full climate treaty, which would require congressional approval. “We have learned that while many have discounted this conference, knowing that a full climate treaty is difficult to achieve especially with a U.S. Senate that will not vote to ratify,” CFACT says. “Obama and his fellow climate travelers are working around the Senate and planning to stick America with the bill.”
OK, I have no doubt that they’d like to do it, but how would it work without getting a treaty through the Senate? How would they actually enforce it, and what would happen when a bank or an individual got a judge to issue an injunction against it?
This Has Been Predicted
Saudi Arabia may join the nuclear arms club. Goody. Just what the world has been calling out for — an Arab bomb.
How Much Trouble Is Social Security In?
Five charts that explain what a disaster looms. And they don’t include the coming breakthroughs in life extension.
Poisoning Cancer Cells
…with sugar:
The approach could ultimately spell doom for several types of cancer, including liver, lung, breast and blood. In mice, the treatment made aggressive human prostate cancer tumours virtually disappear within days.
Faster, please.
It’s Not Just The Perjury
Eric Holder’s Justice Department violated the Kingpin Act. It’s really long past time for a special prosecutor.
[Update a while later]
OK, and add DEA money laundering to the list of crimes.