Archive for December 1st, 2009
30K New Troops to Afghanistan
The Presidant gave a speech this evening to West Point cadets. The strategy is the surge part deux. 30,000 new troops to Afghanistan to stabilize the situation and support the shitty government there. Then start pulling the troops out in 18 months. Many soldiers will miss only a single Christmas. As much as I have […]
Note to the Media — The Science of Climate Change is NOT a Horserace
And I guess that I should cop to the fact that this note is to Allan Loudell who I heard do an appalling report on the tempest in a teapot that are these emails that wingnuts are insisting are some kind of catastrophe.
In this interview, Allan was speaking to a reported from the Christian Science Monitor and their entire conversation was largely organized to talk about climate change as though it is a horserace. Particularly appalling was a question I heard Allan ask ( paraphrasing) noting that there are scientists who are the gatekeepers of the journals and they don’t let the deniers publish — is there anyone who can be trusted to talk about this issue or to definitively answer the questions?
State’s Plan To Strengthen Delaware Schools
Gotta love timing, and since I’m on an education kick today I might as well post on the latest press release. (Full content below) Interesting stuff, and a lot of it good, but I’m a blogger so I have to focus on my concern. 🙂 The one area of this plan that caught my attention […]
Tuesday Open Thread
It’s Tuesday and it’s December! Can you believe how fast this year went by? It’s time for an open thread to tell us what’s on your mind. Post away. Here’s a follow-up from yesterday’s story on Huckabee and his granting of clemency for (now deceased) alleged cop-killer Maurice Clemmons: In most cases, he followed the […]
Pro-Life?
A member of the Ugandan parliament who is also a member of the religious group “The Family” (prominent U.S. members include John Ensign, Tom Coburn, Mark Sanford and Bart Stupak – the Cheat Street crew) has proposed a new law in Uganda: The Ugandan parliament is currently considering an “Anti-Homosexuality Bill,” under which any person […]
Flip Floppin’ McCain
I’m not even sure of the best word to describe this story. Is McCain just lying and hoping nobody can remember his health care plan from last year? Is he just become senile? Is he just a douchenozzle? Is McCain bitter, a hypocrite, a liar, a hypocritical liar? John McCain, yesterday, while introducing an amendment […]
Do We Need To Merge School Districts, Or A New Mindset?
In today’s News Journal, State Auditor R. Thomas Wagner Jr. claims that consolidating Delaware’s 19 school districts could save the state 50 million a year. Those against the idea cite problems such as a loss of local control and the need to level up salaries. The salary argument seems to have merit, but when […]
Obama To Outline Afghanistan Strategy Tonight
Tonight at 8 PM Obama will be giving a speech at West Point to explain his administration’s plans for Afghanistan. We’ve already heard some details – he’s adding at least 30,000 more troops and plans to have deadlines, including a deadline for leaving by 2017. The revised strategy for Afghanistan that President Obama will announce […]
‘Bulo Remembers 2009-Today: “Bad Sex in Fiction”
I am El Somnambulo, and I’m a listaholic. All this month, I’ll bring you a selected survey of those Year-End lists that intrigue my sick mind and that you might enjoy as well. Most of the lists I use can be found at this site. There aren’t a whole lot of lists there yet, but […]
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