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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Poll: 54% of Republicans say that, "deep down," they are idiots.
Kidding! Actually, the poll found that 54% of Republicans say that, "deep down," President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
So it works out about the same either way.
So it works out about the same either way.
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Today's Losers: ExxonMobil, James Inhofe, and Wei-Hock Soon
By now, you may have heard that leading climate change denier Wei-Hock Soon was paid more
than $1.2 million by oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil, the New York
Times reports.
And no, Wei-Hock Soon never revealed these ties.
According to the Times, Soon “has often appeared on
conservative news programs, testified before Congress and in state capitals,
and starred at conferences of people who deny the risks of global warming.”
As for climate-change denying Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) (chair
of the Senate's Environment and Public Works committee), he’s continually cited
Soon's work over the years. In reference to him, Inhofe said,
"These are scientists that cannot be challenged."
Really, now?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/us/ties-to-corporate-cash-for-climate-change-researcher-Wei-Hock-Soon.html
Friday, February 20, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doesn't have a college degree?!
I did not know that. Here's what Walker said about those who'd criticize his impoverished academic background:
“That’s the kid of elitist, government-knows-best, top-down approach we’ve had for years. I’d rather have a fighter who’s proven he can take on the big government interests and win…"
Ha! Yes, that's what we need more of in government—undereducated people spoiling for a fight.
Monday, February 16, 2015
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Where do the GOP presidential nominees stand on evolution?
Jeb Bush: It should not be taught in schools. Former Gov. Mike Huckabee: Doesn’t buy it.
Ted Cruz: Won’t talk about it.
Chris Christie: “None of your business.”
Scott Walker: “I’m going to punt on that one . . . I love the evolution of trade in Wisconsin.”
Regarding that last one, Walker said that in London where
his interviewer, Justin Webb of the BBC, said: “Any British politician, right
or left wing, would laugh and say, ‘Yes, of course evolution is true.’”
Sister Ilia Delio (Georgetown) explains why the American
religious right and the politicians who pander to them are so uniquely idiotic:
“A lot of people just don’t know science. They don’t even know basic science.
They don’t read anything from science, not even popular science magazines . . .
it’s a half-brained understanding of things.”
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Ladies and Gentlemen—Rick Perry!
“Texas has been criticized for having a large number of uninsured but that’s what Texans wanted.”
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
More on this story as it evolves
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker was asked if he believed in evolution.
He didn't answer. (So that's a "yes", right?)
He didn't answer. (So that's a "yes", right?)
Monday, February 9, 2015
Anecdote of the Day
A few years back, I went on a junket to Switzerland on which I met a bunch of Swiss businesspeople including, naturally, several Swiss bankers. Over dinner one of them told me that he was saddened by the negative stereotypes of Swiss banking secrecy that prevailed in the United States. People, he told me, think of Swiss banks as helping drug smugglers or terrorists launder money. The truth is simpler. "There are many wealthy people in the world," he told me, "and they prefer not to pay taxes."
—Matthew Yglesias, writing at Vox on the HSBC scandal.
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