{"id":9873,"date":"2011-06-07T15:31:56","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2011\/06\/07\/if-were-ever-going-to-get-out\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T15:31:56","slug":"if-were-ever-going-to-get-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/07\/if-were-ever-going-to-get-out\/","title":{"rendered":"If we’re ever going to get out of here alive, we’re going to need some golf shoes."},"content":{"rendered":"

I have four or five things for you.
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\nFirst off, Joel Rosenberg is dead. He wrote “Everything You Need to Know About (Legally) Carrying a Handgun in Minnesota” and ran the web site “Jew with a gun.” I’ve blogged about him before.<\/a> Go have a look and pay special attention to the comments The back story, with a few margaritas and the right company, could be commercial.<\/p>\n

He donated his organs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an entirely different matter, Jeb Baugh tells me that Lamar White has put together a blog post that provides a detailed overview and analysis of the Louisiana Family Forum’s finances. Say that five times fast. It is here.<\/a><\/p>\n

They’re considered one of the most influential lobbying organizations in the State of Louisiana. On their website and their Facebook page, they’re upfront about their true mission: Influencing legislators and legislation. They publish an annual legislative scorecard, and every year, they host a lavish dinner for selected legislators, doling out awards and commendations.<\/p>\n

And every year, they raise and then spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in tax-deductible donations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Climate scientists in Australia have been receiving death threats from Anthropogenic Global Warming Deniers. It was serious enough that authorities have moved the scientists to safer quarters.<\/p>\n

The revelation of the death threats follows a week of bitter exchanges between the government and the opposition in the wake of a pro-carbon price TV advert featuring actor Cate Blanchett.<\/p>\n

The Australia National University (ANU) in Canberra said that it has moved a number of its climate scientists to a secure facility after they received a large number of threatening emails and phone calls.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Prof David Koroly, of the University of Melbourne’s school of Earth science, told the ABC that he receives threats whenever he is interviewed by the media.<\/p>\n

“It is clear that there is a campaign in terms of either organised or disorganised threats to discourage scientists from presenting the best available climate science on television or radio,” he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source, more, here. <\/a><\/p>\n

The blogger Gay Girl in Damascus has been jailed in Syria. <\/a> Show your support by liking<\/a> the “free Amina Abdalla” page on facebook.<\/p>\n

A large volcano in Chile has erupted. It is called Puyehue<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, and the sun exploded:<\/p>\n