Archive for December 9th, 2009
Republicans Heading To Copenhagen To… I Have No Idea
Has anything like this ever happened before? House Republicans are preparing for a trip to Copenhagen and looking to derail Democratic efforts to negotiate an international climate agreement. About a half-dozen Republicans will make the trip to Denmark to oppose plans for cap-and-trade legislation, express their discontent with the scientific community that researches climate change […]
Wednesday Open Thread
Here’s an open thread for a rainy Wednesday. Here’s another bizzare GOP sex scandal story: “Green Balloons”. The former speaker of the Missouri House has been charged with a felony after what looks like a bout of sado-masochistic sex that went way too far. Details are still unconfirmed, we should note. But a woman appears […]
Bulo Remembers 2009-Best Year in Protest Signs Ever?
Could well be. Special props to “The Gays” for bringing their insouciant sense of humor to the fray. The Yippies live! And to the Angry White People for apparently skipping English class en masse. One of my best list finds yet from those great folks at “BuzzFeed-the Viral Web in Realtime” . Trust me. You […]
Palindumb
Today a new word may be entering our lexicon, palindumb: something that is as stupid forwards and as it is backwards. Let me use it in a sentence: The Washington Post continues its palindumb ways was when it recently published an op-ed on climate change by Sarah Palin. (h/t Science Life NY web twitter)
Karl Rove To Appear On Rick Jensen’s Show Today
Bush’s brain Karl Rove is going to be on famous climate scientist Rick Jensen’s WDEL show today at 1:00 p.m. WDEL is soliciting questions through twitter. Send your questions to @jensen1150wdel. Or you can put your questions here and one of us will try to send them.
Watch Rachel Maddow Eviscerate A Guy Who Claims To Cure Gays
Richard Cohen, head of the International Healing Foundation, an organization that claims to “cure” gay people was interviewed by Rachel Maddow. Richard Cohen’s book Coming Out Straight has been cited by the Ugandan politicians as a reason for the harsh “kill the gays” bill currently in the Ugandan parliament. Cohen’s 2001 book Coming Out Straight […]
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