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Climate Change Denialists vs. SCIENCE — Science Wins!

By cassandra_m May 19, 20111 Comment

One of the key papers trying to debunk the work of Climate Change scientists (the so-called Hockey Stick controversy) by Edward Wegman at GMU (paid for by your tax dollars) has been retracted by the journal it was published in due to plagiarism.

Some Worthy Items Up at TownSquareDelaware.com

By jason330 May 19, 201115 Comments

I'm still reserving judgement. In the meantime here are some good posts.

SC GOP Committed To A Policy of No Impact on Statewide Elections

By jason330 May 18, 201111 Comments

I'm not sure what it means to Sussex County's Republicans that Urquhart is running unopposed to be the SC GOP's Head Nutbag.

The Guy Who Lost To Imbecilic Christine O’Donnell To Give Graduation Speech

By jason330 May 18, 201131 Comments

Before anybody gets all nostalgic for the "centrist" bullshit of Michael Newbold Castle, please recall that his wishy-washy-pansy-ass inability to utter one single word of criticism of the Bush administration…

Rethug Redistricting Plan Violates Federal Voting Rights Act?

By El Somnambulo May 18, 201115 Comments

All signs point to yes. There are currently four minority-majority House districts in Delaware, where minorities make up the majority of a district's population, if not voter registration. Under the…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope May 18, 20117 Comments

The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

HA!

By Unstable Isotope May 18, 20119 Comments

More birther beatdown: In a stunning development one day after the release of Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr.…

Republican Senators Help Dem Challengers by Closing Ranks Around Continuing Oil Subsidies

By jason330 May 18, 20118 Comments

Republicans senators, some of whom had signaled that they would vote to end the absurd tax subsidies for profitable oil companies, voted Tuesday night with their party leadership to keep…

House R Redistricting Plan Not A Serious Plan

By El Somnambulo May 17, 201116 Comments

Where was the largest proportion of population growth during the past decade? If you said lower NCC, you'd be correct. The area around Middletown and its environs have exploded. No serious redistricting plan could avoid this development, yet somehow the House Rethug redistricting plan manages to reapportion without even providing one new district in this area, let alone the two that the population shift calls for.

How To Create a Job

By cassandra_m May 17, 20117 Comments

This is the title of this week's This American Life episode, where they turned over the program to NPR's simply amazing Planet Money Team. What is fantastic about this bit of financial reporting, is that Planet Money listens to the platitudes and Conventional Wisdom about job creation and goes off to see if any of it is true.