Category Archives: Science
Baraku Obamasawa versus Crudezilla! Aiiiieeeee!
Crudezilla, King of All Spills (1954) In the dark, storm-tossed Sea of Japan, workers in helmets and jumpsuits wrestle a drilling rig on a lonely oil platform. NARRATOR This is the sea. Beneath its depths lies a fantastic secret world … Continue reading
Dating Tipper Gore
I’m thinking of dating Tipper Gore. After all; she gets the house doesn’t she? Oh wait, two houses now. The one in Nashville with ten bathrooms and the one on the west coast in Montecito, CA with only nine bathrooms. … Continue reading
The BP Oil Spill: A Non-Hysterical Assessment
Letter from Don Boudreaux to the NY Times: David Brooks’s list of those human cognitive limitations that arguably led to the BP Deepwater oil spill is useful (“Drilling For Certainty,” May 28). This list, however, contains one item that seems … Continue reading
KABLAMMO! Iceland Volcano Blows Global Warmism All To Hell
Attention eco-whackos everywhere. Are you sitting down? All of you out there in America and across the globe who fought so hard to tackle the most hideous threat to our planet, namely CO2, that bogus god you worship named “Climate … Continue reading
Nashville Floods
This is I-24 SE Nashville at dusk May 1st. Photo from JIm Cantore/Weather Channel. I was on I-24 an hour or two earlier but on the NW side which is a bit more elevated. So far five reported dead in … Continue reading
Carina Nebula ~ Pandora Must Be Here Somewhere
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image, just released, celebrates the 20th anniversary of Hubble’s launch. This turbulent cosmic pinnacle lies within a stellar nursery called the Carina Nebula, 7,500 light-years distant. Seen is the chaotic activity atop a three-light-year-tall pillar … Continue reading
Smokin’: A List of Flights Cancelled Due to Iceland Volcano
Here is a glance of the flight disruptions and airspace closures across Europe and beyond, caused by a lingering volcanic ash plume drifting from Iceland. U.K.: All airspace closed until at least 0600 GMT Sunday (2 a.m. EDT Saturday). British … Continue reading
It’s Always Earth Hour in North Korea
“For all those Green morons calling on us to turn off our lights Saturday evening from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM to celebrate “Earth Hour”, this is what it looks like every night in North and South Korea. The North … Continue reading
Earth Day Carbon King Contest
Top this!! I got 8.7 Planet Earths necessary to support my lifestyle. Hint: you get bonus carbon points for using the sliders below the fold. Don’t forget to turn the lights up April 22 – leave the car idling in … Continue reading