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History: May 15, 1963, President’s council vindicates Rachel Carson, warns of pesticide dangers - (USA)
President John F. Kennedy’s Science Advisory Council (PSAC) studied Rachel Carson’s best-selling book, Silent Spring, checking it for scientific accuracy. Kennedy read the book himself, but sought expert advice before doing anything. Meanwhile, DDT manufacturers bankrolled an extensive public relations campaign claiming DDT was safe, and suggesting Carson was less than a careful writer and scientist. On May 15, 1963, PSAC reported: Carson was right. Pesticides were being misused, even
http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/history-may-15-1963-presidents-council-vindicates-rachel-carson-warns-of-pesticide-dangers/
Saturday Readings - (USA)
Zero Hedge Here we go: Geithner formally asks Congress to lift $12.1 trillion statutory debt limit, saying it could be breached as early as October, Amex Centurion happy to comply ( Reuters ) “It is critically important that Congress act before the limit is reached so that citizens and investors here and around the world can remain confident that the United States will always meet its obligations” – Tim Geithner Totally unrelated – psychopaths have faulty brain connections, sc
http://www.bearmarketinvestments.com/saturday-readings-3
The Real Grand Chessboard and the Profiteers of War - (USA)
Prof. Peter Dale Scott Global Research August 11, 2009 “ In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel
http://truthiscontagious.com/2009/08/11/the-real-grand-chessboard-and-the-profiteers-of-war
Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to - (USA)
Hat tip to Brian Sherwood Jones for this scary quote from Ron Suskind writing in the New York times back in 2004: The aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the reality-based community,'' which he defined as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. ''We're an empire no
http://www.cognitive-edge.com/blogs/dave/2008/11/ordinary_said_aunt_lydia_is_wh.php
Being Green As The New Consumerism, Or Putting Followers In Their Place… - (USA)
This post comes from a discussion I’d recently had with one of Hank Green’s loyal followers, who was peevish with me for having been critical of Hank. The forum conversation has since been deleted by him, assumedly because he didn’t like what I had to say; Oh well. However, one of things he said tickle a pet complaint of mine about the “nuevo-greens” out there. He said that he was an environmentalist, and justified it by saying he had a super tricked out house – the lone example of which wa
http://outtheotherear.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/being-green-as-the-new-consumerism-or-putting-followers-in-their-place/
TV Tonight: I Spy Something That Starts With “B” - (USA)
(TV Tonight, Friday, May 15th, 2009) It’s Friday, so we get one new half hour of How It’s Made . All times are central. King of Dirt: A Yard’s Attitude Adjustment (DIY, 5:00 pm) Holmes on Homes: Third Time Lucky (HGTV, 5:00 pm) This Old House: East Boston Project (DIY, 5:30 pm) Modern Marvels: Secrets of Oil (History, 6:00 pm) How It’s Made: Boomerangs, Barbecues, Pinball Machines, Strobe Lights (Discovery, 6:00 pm) How Do They Do It?: Monster Digger, Submarine, Beer
http://toolmonger.com/2009/05/15/tv-tonight-i-spy-something-beginning-with-a-b/
Real Face Of Jesus: December 2002 Cover Story - Popular Mechanics - (USA)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/1282186.html
One State, Two States – Book Review - (USA)
By Jim Miles One State, Two States – Resolving the Israel/Palestine Conflict. Benny Morris. Yale University Press, New Haven, NJ. 2009 This is a rather oily work to deal with, operating under the pretence of academic objectivity that “does not flatter anyone’s prejudices.” And while Benny Morris obviously knows his historical facts, “One State, Two States” reveals more of a prejudice than the original reviewers seemed capable of understanding. The main theme – resolving the Israeli/Palesti
http://atheonews.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-state-two-states-book-review.html
DrumBeat: May 15, 2009 - (USA)
New presentations by Matt Simmons • Have We "Peaked?" • Is There Light At The End Of The Dark Tunnel? • Investing During A World-Class Crisis The Danger of Inaction: A Chat With Thomas Homer-Dixon In his latest book, “Carbon Shift,” the political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon, chair of global systems at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario, assembles essays by six experts who tackle contentious issues such as the global supply of fossil fuels, t
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5398
I think I’m going to be sick - (USA)
Just the other day I was walking near the White House. It was raining, and I had forgotten my umbrella as usual. Suddenly a white light shone and blinded me. I got down on my knees and then that music from the Lion in Winter started playing. A deep voice redounded, “Paul, Paul, why do you persecute me?” “What?” I responded. “Who’s that? What are you talking about?” “It’s me, Barack.” The music stopped - it was just coming from a passing car. And the light turned out to be a faulty
http://crankycon.politicalbear.com/2009/05/15/i-think-im-going-to-be-sick/
COMMIE BRITAIN.. - (USA)
Every European country allows experienced Marxist indoctrinators to work in their schools, colleges and universities. Communism and Marxism although now totally discredited have come to occupy more and more of the classroom syllabus. These poisonous doctrines are written into most lessons; social science, multiculturalism, sex education, literature and history in particular. A good number of students become street active communists-agitators. They can be seen in their thousands ranting and s
http://uk1884.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/commie-britain/
Knowledge, Learning and Teaching - (USA)
by Jay Polmar How do we teach one another? How is it that we were taught everything that we now know? At some points in history, knowledge was elitist and even a forbidden concept. In 399 BC, Socrates explained that he was known as the wisest of all men since he understood that he knew nothing. Socrates was ultimately executed because of his unyielding questioning to the Athens population to find out how they knew what they knew. Today, we still ask Socrates questions and have yet to full
http://website-marketing-club.com/blog/?p=9644
Barbara Thomae: Uranium Will Rebound with Economy - (USA)
Source: The Energy Report The Energy Report checked in with Barbara Thomae, Senior Mining Analyst with the MineralFields Group, who says that they believe the economic recovery will spur reinvestment into the uranium sector, especially once uranium prices strengthen in line with other commodities. She says her firm’s prudent portfolio picks (overweight in uranium and heavily overweight in gold juniors) have enabled them to have the best performance track record among all flow-throug
http://jutiagroup.com/2009/08/11/barbara-thomae-uranium-will-rebound-with-economy/
links for 2008-11-29 - (USA)
How a coalition could take hold (tags: Canada politics ConservativeParty NDP Liberal_Party) Trojans dominate Fighting Irish 38-3 - College Football - Rivals.com Notre Dame went almost three quarters without a first down. They are a long ways away from even being a decent college football team. (tags: NCAA football NotreDame) 2008 Revisited | Our first trip out in April Wendy blogs about the trip out to the cabin when we decided to buy it. (tags: WendyCooper cabin ArlingtonBeach family phot
http://www.jordoncooper.com/2008/11/29/links-for-2008-11-29/
Physics Time-Line - (USA)
From the Copernican Revolution to superstrings, a chronology of more than 500 of the greatest discoveries in natural philosophy.
http://www.weburbia.com/pg/historia.htm
PZ Myers on the Creation “Museum” - (USA)
PZ Myers has a writeup about his visit to the creation “museum” and he makes a great point about a major difference between a real science museum and the creation wanna-be: Real museums have guards, of course: they’re there to protect valuable exhibits from theft and vandalism. But real museums want their guards to be discreet and not interfere with the attendees appreciation of the exhibits. At the Creation “Museum”, one of the jobs of the guards is to suppress criticism. They hover about
http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/08/11/pz-myers-on-the-creation-museum/
COMMIE BRITAIN.. - (USA)
Every European country allows experienced Marxist indoctrinators to work in their schools, colleges and universities. Communism and Marxism although now totally discredited have come to occupy more and more of the classroom syllabus. These poisonous doctrines are written into most lessons; social science, multiculturalism, sex education, literature and history in particular. A good number of students become street active communists-agitators. They can be seen in their thousands ranting and s
http://centurean2.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/commie-britain/
Uranium by Tom Zoellner - (USA)
I recently finished Tom Zoellner's book entitled Uranium. It is a fascinating look at the science and history behind this plentiful element. The book offers much to think about given the dual possibilities for the use of this substance - bombs or an energy source that could tide us over until we can develop solar and wind alternatives to fossil fuels. Some fun tidbits of information I picked up from the book:Uranium is the heaviest element that occurs naturally. With a large number of protons in
http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2009/05/uranium-by-tom-zoellner.html
Top 15 castele misterioase - (USA)
Acest post este un complete rip-off al unei pagini de pe alt site (doh). Dar era prea misto, deci am fost obligat… There isn’t anything quite as mysterious and spectacular as an old castle. Many castles carry with them scars from histories most influential moments. In the Middle Ages rulers began building castles for protection. In a time of war, the castle was the strong hold for conquering nations. Many have been battered and left inhabitable, but it is difficult to completely destroy a
http://icehot.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/top-15-castele-misterioase/
Amazon.com: Number. the Language of Science: Tobias Dantzig: Books - (USA)
Amazon.com: Number. the Language of Science: Tobias Dantzig: Books
http://www.amazon.com/Number-Language-Science-Tobias-Dantzig/dp/0029069904
Another study attests to the value of low-carb eating in diabetes - (USA)
Posted on 16 May 2009 that this is not likely to be the best dietary approach for managing their condition (seeing as diabetes is primarily a problem with carbohydrate regulation, specifically a tendency to raised blood sugar levels). In type 2 diabetes, the underlying issue is either a failure of the body to respond to the action of the hormone insulin (insulin resistance) and/or a failure of the pancreas to produce sufficient quantities of insulin (pancreatic exhaustion). But whatever the pr
http://www.drbriffa.com/blog/2009/05/16/706/
HMS Victory in Portsmouth England - (USA)
HMS Victory in Portsmouth England HMS Victory is a first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , built between 1759 and 1765, and most famous as Lord Nelson ’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar . She is the oldest naval ship still in commission. She sits in dry dock in Portsmouth, England as a museum ship. HMS Victory in Portsmouth Nelson Vice-Admiral Nelson hoisted his flag in Victory on 16 May 1803 with Samuel Sutton as his flag captain and
http://dummidumbwit.wordpress.com/2009/05/15/hms-victory-in-portsmouth-england/
Planning a Road Trip on Mars - (USA)
Like a tourist going over colorful travel brochures, the scientists making final plans for the next Mars rover are perusing a final selection of potential landing site. Their criteria are not to see photogenic landscapes (though give the orbital views of all the sites look as dramatic as Arizona- Utah’s Monument Valley with its towering stratified buttes.). Instead, geologists want to probe terrain where water once pool in lakes, and perhaps provided an oasis for life on the Red Planet. NASA
http://blogs.discovery.com/cosmic_ray/2008/11/planning-a-road.html
My Top 16 Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time - (USA)
A site called Total Sci-Fi Online came out with their Top 100 Sci-Fi Movies of all time list a week ago, and like what usually happens, people look at such a list and say “what the hey” and “hey, you forgot about” and “why is that ranked so high or so low.” I’m obviously no different, if you remember my post on the Top 100 Singers Of All Time , still one of my most visited posts. One of the problems you sometimes have with critics is that some stuff they throw on a list is just because the
http://www.imjustsharing.com/my-top-16-sci-fi-movies-of-all-time/
Jets and Roses: Pasadena - (USA)
by Fabian Toulouse Even if you’ve never visited the city, you probably know at least a little about Pasadena. Pasadena is one of the most well known cities in Southern California, whether for the annual Rose Bowl Parade and Rose Bowl, as the home of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, it’s many cultural attractions or even the Beach Boys hit of the 1960’s. There is a lot of history and a wealth of things to see and do in this city, located just outside of Los Angeles. So what does Pasadena have
http://sciencehorizons.com/2009/jets-and-roses-pasadena/
Whither Europe? - (USA)
It’s been a long time since I walked the streets of Europe. Being here again both raises memories and creates contrasts. In one sense things don’t change. Its cities, many over a thousand years old, seem to withstand the tests of time. They seem ageless. Yet even in the 25 years since I last lived here, real differences are plainly noticeable. The biggest shift seems to be demographic in nature. So much so that a valid question being raised is what is the future of Europe? What will it look li
http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2009/08/10/whither-europe/
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