This is an outrage!
I’m talking about the Jim Jefferies fiasco, of course.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Wild Bear in LA!
What’s wrong with this picture? (hint)
We lost, but we won
Yesterday, at the Democratic Farmer Labor (DFL) Convention in Minnesota’s United States Congressional District 3, my candidate, Sharon Sund, did not gain the endorsement of our party; the endorsement went to the Gentleman from Edina, Brian Barnes. Brian won fair and square, and it was a good campaign.
This morning, my car sits in the garage crammed full of seat cushions and Sun(d) chips, campaign posters and stickers, and other sundry items hastily gathered from our convention field headquarters and the lobby of the Valley View Middle School where the convention happened.
I’ll be straight and honest with you, as always: It was not a pretty picture.
Continue reading We lost, but we won
Where I’ve been over the last few days …
Here.
The Wellstone Doctrine:
This is a good starting point:
“Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.”
-Paul Wellstone
Titanic Sinks!
One hundred years ago today, the Titanic, the largest boat in the water at the time, and unsinkable by design, ran into an iceberg and sank. Many died on board because of insufficient safety equipment.
A majority of first and second class children survived the sinking, but only 34% of the third class children lived. Almost all of the first class women and 86% of the second class women lived, but under half of the third class women survived. For men, 33% of the first class, 8% of the second calass, and 16% of the third class survived. Among crew, 87% of the women survived, but only 22% of the men.
Perhaps the Titanic can be worked into the themes of this year’s #Occupy movement?
And here, for your viewing pleasure, is an animated reconstruction of the Titanic sinking:
Continue reading Titanic Sinks!
Too Busy to Blog … so watch this:
“How to eat a taco”
Look what Jessica Ahlquist just got in the mail
Americans on Energy: New UT Study
Another poll shows increasing and strong interest among Americans in developing Green Technology and related technologies, as well as reduced interest in anti-environmental extremism and petrolatum-related efforts.
Previously, we discussed the new poll by the Science Debate people, and now we have new information from the UT Energy Poll.
The results are mixed, but interesting. In order of decreasing preference expressed by a voter to support a candidate for president based on their position, voters like expanded natural gas development1, incentives for renewable tech companies, increased energy research, requiring utilities to offer “renewable.” Those are all in the above 50% range.
Approval of a president who, in turn, would approve of the Keystone XL Pipeline sits at the 50% mark. Expanded Gulf drilling, oil exploration in the Arctic are below 50%. Loan guarantees for nuclear companies is at a dismal 28% and, happily, support for a theoretical presidential candidate who proposed to eliminate the EPA (remember Michele Bachmann?) is at 20% according to the poll.
The UT study is reported by Sheril Kirschenbaum, here.
Interestingly, 65% of poll respondents say global climate change is occurring and 22% that it is not. I believe that over the medium or short term, that is an increase in percentage of people who get that right, but it is still dismal.
1I think many people believe “Natural Gas” to be good, more or less uncritically. Probably has something to do with this.
Talking about creationism
We’ve had conversations before, here, about this topic, especially in the context of school. We’ve spoken about how to deal with students who are trying very hard to push creationism in the classroom, where you are the teacher. We’ve spoken about what a parent of a student in school might like to do. And now, here’s an item on what can go right and wrong when this or related topics come up at your place of work.
Ooops: Mitt Romney speaking off camera with Sean Hannity
This is interesting. A Fox Employee has started releasing secret videos. Here’s one: Continue reading Ooops: Mitt Romney speaking off camera with Sean Hannity
Earthquake Event, Tsunami Warning in Indonesia
An earthquake triggered a tsunami warning in Indonesia, which is said to have covered “Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, the Maldives and other Indian Ocean islands, Malaysia, Pakistan, Somalia, Oman, Iran, Bangladesh, Kenya, South Africa and Singapore,” but the wave that rolled ashore was insignificant. However, a subsequent, strong aftershock then triggered another warning, and I’ve seen no information about that yet.
These events seem to be about 8.6 magnitude, which is high. They were at sea along the western edge of the continental plate.
This is of course in the general vicinity of the famous “Sumatra-Andaman earthquake” (aka “Boxing Day earthquake and tsunami”) of 2004.
Rick Santorum is out of the race.
Rick Santorum, Republican Candidate, has essentially dropped out of the Republican presidential race. Gone, but not forgotten.
Santorum, the candidate not the sex thing, suspends
Rick Santorum, Republican Candidate, has essentially dropped out of the Republican presidential race. Gone, but not forgotten.