Climate & Climate Politics
- Prominent Global warming scientist F Sherwood Rowland dies aged 84 – Telegraph.
- Thoreau Journals Reveal Climate Change In Massachusetts And Beyond, Study Says
- Climate change liquefying Great Lakes ice: Study | The State Column
- Greenland’s Ice Cap May Be More Sensitive to Global Warming Than Estimated – Bloomberg
- Naomi Klein: Serious about climate? Throw out the free-market playbook | Grist
World Politics
- Imogen Lloyd Webber: Iran: Smoke, Mirrors and the Rest
By definition, the benefit of hindsight is habitually illuminating. In the matter of the current Iranian situation, it will undoubtedly prove telling.
Media pundits are doing their level best, with varying degrees of expertise, to provide enlightening commentary on the current situation with Tehran. Unfortunately, by the very nature of foreign policy, they speculate from a position of limited knowledge.
For they lack key information from one crucial source: the second oldest profession. Spying. As Sun Tzu, the ancient Chinese strategist, philosopher and military general wrote: “It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.” [read the complete article…]
Politics
- Newt Gingrich: ‘The Biggest Issue This Fall Is Going To Be Drilling Versus Algae’
- The Insanity Of Sarah Palin – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
- Rep. Stearns On Obama Birth’s Certificate: ‘The Question Is, Is It Legitimate?’ | ThinkProgress
- Right Wing Rings The Wrong Bell | Resurgence | Big Think
They should just rename Fox News the “Black Presidents Scare The Shit Out Of Us” network. If nothing else, Sean Hannity is consistent—he inundates the airwaves every day with the exact same “ObamaisaCommunistMarxistSocialistSecretMuslim”, practically every time he is on the air. The video Hannity “premiered” on his show had actually been shown on PBS years ago, albeit without the “solidarity man hug” Comrade Obama gave Comrade Bell. The occasion seems to have been a public protest at Harvard University to improve its faculty diversity….[read the complete article…]
- 10 best quotes about rising gas prices – POLITICO.com
- The Last Word – Many southerners say Obama is Muslim
- Bill Maher Sends Alexandra Pelosi Out to Interview Mississippi Residents | Video Cafe
- Maher panel responds to footage of Mississippi voters | The Raw Story