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Monthly Archives: April 2008

One more alternative global warming theory bite the dust

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

British scientists have debunked yet another alternative explanation for climate change: Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun’s activity. The research contradicts a favoured theory of climate “sceptics”, that changes in cosmic rays coming to Earth determine cloudiness and temperature. The idea is […]

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More outrage fatigue

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

The country is now in possession of the full text of the previously classified torture memo authored by one John Yoo, who believes that presidents named George Bush were endowed with unlimited powers by James Madison and the other fans of an untrammeled executive that authored the Constitution. Glenn Greenwald has two excellent posts (here […]

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Drink Liberally tomorrow

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Yet another reminder. Every first Thursday the Southeastern Chapter of Drinking Liberally meets at the Bulkeley House in New London at 6:30 PM. We are now officially members of the national Drinking Liberally organization. We’ve had a lot of fun at the previous meetings. It’s a chance to meet like minded folks and talk politics. […]

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Republican hackery, youtube style?

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

I was going to include a video of Bush getting booed yesterday, which I plucked from Truthdig here. It was basically a clip from the tv coverage of the game. When I tried to preview the video, I got a message that it was no longer available. I went back to Truthdig. The video played […]

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