Weekend Open Thread
Well I have to say that last snowstorm was a bit of a dud, but I’m not complaining. It’s nice not to be stuck inside for a couple of days. I have to add, I’m really, really ready for spring to arrive.
Last week, the South Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution to “urge” public schools to teach astrology. By a 36-30 vote, the legislators passed House Concurrent Resolution 1009, “Calling for balanced teaching of global warming in the public schools of South Dakota.” After repeating long-debunked denier myths and calling carbon dioxide “the gas of life,” the resolution concludes that public schools should teach that “global warming is a scientific theory rather than a proven fact”
The full text of the resolution is at the link. It has sense been amended to remove most of the kooky.
All our thoughts go out to the people affected by the Chilean earthquake. Not only do people in Chile have to worry about earthquake damage and aftershocks, but people on the pacific coasts have to worry about tsunamis. An 8-foot tsunami is expected to hit Hawai’i this afternoon. Luckily they have some warning. Here is a map, put out by NOAA showing the energy generated by the earthquake (and the risk of tsunami).
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Watching MSNBC right now, waiting for the tsunami to strike Hawai’i.
This will probably be the most documented tsunami in history, both from a video and a scientific viewpoint.
why hasnt Obama admitted we are at war with plate tectonics?
UI–help me out here–wasn’t SD the state that reversed legal abortion about 3 years ago, or was that ND? I guess we should be pleased that at least the curriculum has progressed from tea leaves to astrology. Maybe one of those kids will leave home, and report back on the New World.
I think SD had a ballot initiative that failed – one that outlawed all abortion.
Obama really doens’t like the Limey’s. Even though they are on the ground supporting his preffered front in the War on Terrorism, Afghanistan, he continues to poke them in the eye. First with the Churchill bust, then the chincie gifts and botched diplomatic protocals, now:
The London Times summarizes things succinctly:
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN.
“Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, the Obama Administration is determined not to be drawn into the issue. It has also declined to back Britain’s claim that oil exploration near the islands is sanctioned by international law, saying that the dispute is strictly a bilateral issue.”
As usual, the administration’s given reason for its actions is that “Bush did it”, only in this case it is “Ronald Reagan did it”, even though he didn’t. The Times continues:
“Senior US officials insisted that Washington’s position on the Falklands was one of longstanding neutrality. This is in stark contrast to the public backing and vital intelligence offered by President Reagan to Margaret Thatcher once she had made the decision to recover the islands by force in 1982.”
Mikulski Bid for Fifth Term Leaves MD Dems staring at career ceiling
Fox News ^ | February 28, 2010 | Graham Moomaw
When Sen. Barbara Mikulski squelched rumors of her impending retirement by announcing she’s ready for a fifth term, she also put a damper on the career aspirations of ambitious Maryland politicians. “The only people who want Mikulski out more than Republicans are elected Democrats for whom she is posing a logjam in upward mobility,” said Don Murphy, a former Maryland delegate and GOP strategist who advises Republican Mikulski challenger Eric Wargotz.
Hey spammy.
A few weeks ago spammy posted from an “impeccable source” that Milkuski was retiring. He’s likely in the cohort that thinks that humans kept dinosaurs as pets or something.
Obama extends the Patriot Act AGAIN…
Welcome to Bush’s third term.
Where are all you lib tards protesting this?
unfortunately he is capitulating to an under educated public who can be dooped by a coked up fat man, that if he doesn’t sign something called “the patriot act” he is a secret muslim who hates americans. the=is is a sign of the right wing terrorists winning.
“Where are all you lib tards protesting this?”
Where are all the con tards praising it?
a.price just admitted that Obomba is a spineless coward.
I am so lost–who the heck is the coked up fat man? Am I an unwilling guest of someone’s delusion? Can someone please get me back to my own reality?
I believe it’s a mistaken Rush Limbaugh reference. Rush likes Oxy, not coke. Totally different drug, totally different effect, totally different addiction level.
Rush is a junkie, not a cokehead. a.price owes cokeheads an apology.
i was referring to glenn beck, who IS cokehead.
You can’t tell the conservative substance abusers without a scorecard.
yes cassy, I had previosly posted speculation that Babs would not run for re-election, so I thought it only fair to post News of her re-election plans. I am not suprised you found that confusing.