Marc Morano does not think global warming is anything to worry about, and he brags about his confrontations with those who do.
For example, Mr. Morano said he once spotted former Vice President Al Gore on an airplane returning from a climate conference in Bali. Mr. Gore was posing for photos with well-wishers, and Mr. Morano said he had asked if he, too, could have his picture taken with Mr. Gore.
He refused, Mr. Morano said.
“You attack me all the time,” Mr. Gore said, according to Mr. Morano.
“Yes, we do,” Mr. Morano said he had replied.
Mr. Gore’s office said Mr. Gore had no memory of the encounter. Mr. Morano does not care. He tells the story anyway.
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Note to self: My evil plan
Evil Plan ™!
- Your objective is simple: Soul Accumulation.
- Your motive is a little bit more complex: Revenge
Stage One
To begin your plan, you must first blackmail a senator. This will cause the world to swallow nervously, confused by your arrival. Who is this evil genius? Where did they come from? And why do they look so good as a brain in a jar?
Stage Two
Next, you must destroy that opera house in sydney. This will all be done from a fake mountain, a mysterious place of unrivaled dark glory. Upon seeing this, the world will weep uncontrollably, as countless hordes of evil clowns hasten to do your every bidding.
Stage Three
Finally, you must tauntingly wave your arcane ritual, bringing about an end to sanity. Your name shall become synonymous with the spice girls, and no man will ever again dare interrupt your sentences. Everyone will bow before your overwhelming vvil, and the world will have no choice but to elect you dictator for life.
Mwahahahahah!!!!!!!
Carnival of the Liberals
… Number 88 is here at Liberal England
I think I rented the wrong DVD
Four Stone Hearth: The Blog Carnival …
… is here, at Quiche Moraine. Please go and visit this blog carnival, then visit all the sites pointed to by the blog carnival, read them, submit them all to social networking sites, enter them in blogspheric contests, and so on and so forth. Because that’s how we do things in The Blogosphere .
I’ll check back with you later.
Photo Synthesis …
… isn’t just for plants anymore. It’s a new blog here at the Blorg, a Scienceblogs Dot Com production.
The internet is home to a wealth of captivating science images, from the many microscopic components of a cell to the remote corners of the universe captured by Hubble. On Photo Synthesis, we aim to bring you the best of what’s out there. Every month we will feature the work of a different photoblogger, exposing worlds both small and large, familiar and exotic. We will let the power of the lens take us where we ourselves are not able to go.
Photo Synthesis presents its first photo-scientist blogger guy, Alex Wild, HERE. Enjoy!
The First Pacemaker
I heard an interesting story today from someone involved in heart surgery research, a story about the first battery powered pacemaker to be used on a human. I don’t know if any aspect of this is apocryphal or not, but I can tell you that the source is pretty reliable, and parts of this story are widely repeated on the Intertubes, so they must be true.
Continue reading The First Pacemaker
The Mayor is Dead. Long Live the Mayor
Voters in a small town in … Missouri have re-elected their popular mayor to a fourth term, several weeks after he died of a heart attack.
Harry Stonebraker died at the age of 69 in March …
He won by a landslide, securing 90% of the vote in the 723-population town.
Winfield [town] will appoint a temporary mayor to serve until a special election is held in April 2010.
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Pirate Update
Negotiations are continuing for the release of an American captain held by Somali pirates in a lifeboat in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa.
He was taken from cargo ship Maersk Alabama after it was briefly seized by pirates a day earlier.
A US warship on anti-pirate patrol in the high-risk area sailed to the ship.
It remains unclear what the pirates want, but maritime sources say it could be a ransom or compensation for their boat which sank during the attack. …
Congratulations Discover Magazine Dot Com
Discover Magazine Dot Com, which has been expanding its blogospheric presence recently, has just reached the one million plus monthly page view mark, having shown a steady expansion since last year. Since Science Blogs has also been growing (though I’m guessing much more slowly since we are not brand new … I don’t really know) this is great news. It means the science blogosphere is growing, and hopefully because more people are paying attention to science stuff. Of coruse, without a more sophisticated analysis, it is hard to say.
Of course, I question the wisdom of Phil Plait and Discover publisher Henry Donahue getting tattoos to commemorate this event. You can get diseases from tattooing, right?
This is not how I remember it …
Star Trek A-Team Mashup
Linux Jingoism
I havn’t served up any real Linux Jingoism in several hours, so here’s a dose. From Ben Zvan via facebook, we have YAhead10 list of why you should use Linux. Here.
And, for you Windows users, here’s a little item on Windows Explorer.
Wind turbines could more than meet U.S. electricity needs
Simply harnessing the wind in relatively shallow waters — the most accessible and technically feasible sites for offshore turbines — could produce at least 20% of the power demand for most coastal states, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said, unveiling a report by the Minerals Management Service that details the potential for oil, gas and renewable development on the outer continental shelf.
The biggest wind potential lies off the nation’s Atlantic coast, which the Interior report estimates could produce 1,000 gigawatts of electricity — enough to meet a quarter of the national demand.
The report also notes large potential in the Pacific, including off the California coast, but said the area presented technical challenges.
There will be considerable opposition to this because the wind turbines will totally spoil the view, which is actually one of the main economic assets in tourist areas along the east coast.
Pirates take ship, crew takes ship back
For the first time in 200 years, a ship of the sea sailing under a US flag has been taken by pirates. And, in an unusual move, the ship’s crew went ahead and took the ship back.
“It’s reported that one pirate is on board under crew control – the other three were trying to flee.”
Reports suggest the other three pirates jumped overboard.
It is not sure yet how this will affect global warming.
UPDATE: The pirates are in a life boat and are holding the ship’s captain hostage. A US destroyer is about 10 hours away, but in six hours or so will be in helicopter range.
The good news: At least it was not Zombie Pirates.
Premios Puño Arriba 2009
You may remember this earlier announcement. Here is the update on event, this time bilingually.
Continue reading Premios Puño Arriba 2009