Now that the cliff has been breached, conservative grifters are back scheming how best to serve their rabid, dwindling base without losing everyone to the left of Mussolini. First up, vulnerable Senators will have to pretend they have serious reservations about fellow Republican Chuck Hagel to serve a stint as SecDef, simply because he was picked for the job by the much hated Kenyan usurper in chief: [Read more…]
Your eyes do not deceive you, that’s a black iceberg and it’s all the rage on the intertoobz. They’re actually not that rare. Discolored ice is function of nearby impurities, depth of formation, and the density/ air bubbles present. Click image for more info.
Excellent op-ed by Susan Jacoby in the NYT. The gist of it we need to step out of the shadows and come out not just as atheists, but as fellow travelers who grieve, and who can provide comfort to the grieving: [Read more…]
The sinuous rock feature in the lower center of this mosaic of images recorded by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity is called “Snake River.” Image taken Dec. 20, 2012.
CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech
New analysis of a Martian meteor that found its way to earth shows a great deal of water in the planet’s crust. Meanwhile, [Read more…]
Mars Curiosity has spotted an odd little feature in a nearby Martian rock. Shown above, at first glance any red-blooded skeptic would assume that’s a piece of the EDL package. But NASA scientists aren’t sure. For now it’s been dubbed the Flower: [Read more…]
Via Rightwing Watch its prosperity Gospel at its most revolting. Bryan Fischer denounces the fiscal curb deal, “It’s demonic!”. See, when Jesus preached about helping the sick and the poor, and that rich people were on cosmic probation for being rich, what he really meant was rendering 35% onto Caesar is so fine it’s divine, but paying an additional 4.6% on adjusted gross income over $450,000 a year is the work of Satan. It’s all in the Bible …
Do you feel closer to the light today? Dare we say a bit more enlightened? You should! Because late last night or early this morning US time was perihelion, earth’s closest annual approach to the sun: [Read more…]
Who could have predicted that a bunch of koolade swilling, willfully ignorant lovers of rightwing billionaires who view democratically elected government with acidic contempt … would act in such a heartless manner. And just in ase there was any doubt, the same assclowns killed the Violence Against Women Act for the first time since it was enacted in1994.
You gotta hand ot to Obama. Not only did he engineer his own fake bith certificate — while still in utero mind you! — now he has used the his evil liberal mind control science to make Republicans engage in intra-party civil war. It’s delicious.
Arrgh! Ignore this folks, sloppy work on my part, Peter King did diss the GOP in the video above, but it was Steven King who lampooned Katrina relief, it’s my fault and apologies to both Kings. [Read more…]