Archive for February 22nd, 2012


A Heartland Institute statement raises questions about “climate strategy” memo’s origin

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Brian Angliss under Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology [ Comments: 59 ]

According to Peter Gleick, he was moved to impersonate a Heartland Institute board member by a memo he received in the mail, the details of which he wanted to verify. Since the publication of both the memo and the internal Heartland documents, however, there have been many questions and claims about the source of that “climate strategy” memo, with The Heartland Institute claiming it was fabricated and Heartland’s allies claiming that Gleick must have written it himself. However, one oddly specific paragraph in a recent Heartland statement, written by Heartland communications director Jim Lakely, raises a number of questions about Heartland’s prior claims of innocence with respect to the authorship of the memo. Full story »


at the edge

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Lisa Wright under Arts & Literature, Environment & Nature [ Comments: 5 ]


Heartlandgate, Climategate and pro wrestling ethics

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Samuel Smith under American Culture, Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Economy, Environment & Nature, History, Media & Entertainment, Politics, Law & Government, Religion, Science & Technology [ Comments: 2 ]

The more I watch modern politics (and economics and the culture wars and science “debates”) the more it all reminds me of pro wrestling. You know how it goes. Tough match, back and forth, both the good guy (the “face”) and the bad guy (the “heel”) getting their licks in, and then at the decisive moment either the heel “accidentally” knocks the ref down or his manager distracts the ref or something. While the zebra is looking the other way, the black hat clocks the crowd favorite with a steel chair. Ref turns around. 1…2…3…and we have a new champion! Lather, rinse, repeat.

Which brings us to the breaking story surrounding The Heartland Institute and the revelation of all kinds of incriminating internal documents that, in a nutshell, prove that everything climate scientists have been saying about them is true. Full story »


The movie monster that didn’t catch on

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Chris Mackowski under Arts & Literature, Music & Popular Culture [ Comments: 1 ]

She was not alive…nor dead…just a
WHITE ZOMBIE
Performing his every desire!

Now picture Bela Lugosi, sketched in faint Day-Glo green pastels, intense eyes staring, one eyebrow raised as though it alone is gonna dish out an ass-whoopin’.

He’s best known for Dracula, of course, setting a stereotype for vampires that lasted for fifty years, but among Lugosi’s other achievements, he starred in the first zombie movie. Full story »