Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The August and Exalted Lord Monckton
Peter Sinclair delves into climate denier Lord Monckton’s claims that he can cure HIV, flu, and the common cold in this week’s Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
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I dare you to make sense of this.
Why do kids under the age of ten need firearms? To hunt for and kill their own food, which, under the policies of the Gov. Rick Snyder administration, they’ll need to do to survive. If social safety net programs are set on automatic timers, and kids can only be clothed in what’s available on discount…
Crossing the line from religious protection to bigotry
This blog post was written by Jessica Kelton of Lansing and is published with her permission. Controversy has enthralled Julea Ward, an expelled former graduate student at Eastern Michigan University. Ms. Ward was studying counseling at EMU, whereupon being assigned to counsel a gay student on his romantic relationship she refused, citing religious beliefs and…
Ruth Johnson’s Blind Eye Justice
Will Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Attorney General Bill Schuette do the right thing and call for an independent investigation of possible illegal mortgage foreclosure operations by a Republican campaign contributor? Linda Orlans and her daughter reportedly gave $7,200 to Johnson’s 2010 campaign for Secretary of State and the Troy-based Orlans and Associates is…
Lost Weekend
So, this weekend I kinda of bailed on the blog. Well, sort of. I wrote, but did not publish. I wasn’t exactly near internet the whole weekend. However, here are some thoughts I did write while I enjoyed loaded lemonades and hotdogs. From July 2, 2011 Yesterday, the beginning of a long weekend of folly…
28 Days of Michigan Shenanigans
So, today starts the countdown. Many of you already know that on July 29, I will walk out of the Progress Michigan office for the last time as an official employee. For those who do not know already, I am sorry that you found out this way; maybe we need to talk more often, eh? …
Michele Bachmann is a Clown
Is Michele Bachmann the comedic gift that keeps on giving? I think so. In addition to her well-documented history of factual misstatements and lies, Michele Bachmann has gone two for two in her two-day old presidential campaign. Yesterday, in a transparent play to Waterloo, Iowa natives, Michele Bachmann cited John Wayne as a kindred spirit,…
Governor Calley
If Michigan voters had an opportunity for a do-over of last November’s election for Governor, Rick Snyder would likely be One Gone Nerd. We can’t redo November, 2010, of course, but lots of good folks are gunning for what would seem like the next best thing—recalling Snyder. To those good citizens I say: think again. …
Climate Denial Crock of the Week: Unwinding “Hide the Decline”
Peter Sinclair dissects the hacked global warming email in this week’s Climate Denial Crock of the Week:
Climate Denial Crock of the Week: The “Temp Leads Carbon”
Peter Sinclair exposes the “Temp Leads Carbon” Climate Denial Crock of the Week, “The climate denial industry is reliant on a kind of magic. The ability of professional decievers to create an illusion that settled science is somehow unsettled. That certainty is somehow uncertain. And even in some cases selecting and distorting real scientific research.”…