‘Science & Nature’ Archives
Perfect Background Music for a Pilot Surviving a Last-Second Eject
This video is from a practice run on Friday for an air show in Canada — it’s about as close as a pilot can get to “buying the farm” as possible, and he’s reportedly doing okay. I watched the video, but it wasn’t until I turned up the volume that I realized the song being played on the public address system at [...]
The Left Stuff
I’ve always been a space nut, but Obama’s plan for NASA (John Kerry has already reported for duty) is confusing, flip-floppy and contains no definitive goals or visions other than “we don’t care if Russia or China take the lead in space.” Obama’s speech yesterday was also the kind of “wrong time, wrong [...]
The Left Stuff
I’ve always been a space nut, but Obama’s plan for NASA (John Kerry has already reported for duty) is confusing, flip-floppy and contains no definitive goals. His speech yesterday was also the kind of “wrong time, wrong place” thing we’ve come to expect from this administration (a good deal of the people watching [...]
‘Whether We Like it or Not’ Obama’s Nuke Summit Logo Looks Like an Islamic Crescent
From Evil Conservative via Gateway Pundit, I’m sure this is just a, uh, coincidence: No wonder Netanyahu felt a strange urge to stay away. But anyway, pay no attention… keep moving… show’s over… “Please disperse! Nothing to see here!” Tweet This! Share this on Facebook Digg [...]
EPA Wants To Limit Use of Deicing Fluid at Airports (And How Environmentally-Friendly Is a Plane Crash?)
I feel safer already: Pilots, airlines and airports are warning the government’s proposed environmental restrictions on deicing fluid used to keep planes from freezing up and crashing could pose serious safety risks. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal seeks to limit the amount of the toxic deicing fluid that trickles off of runways [...]
The Paradox of ‘Drill, Barry, Drill!’
Much of the media is reporting President Obama’s announcement that he’ll open up many U.S. offshore areas to oil drilling as a reversal of something he criticized McCain/Palin for saying they’d do if they ended up in the White House, but obviously the political motivations here trump any economic reasons: “The Obama [...]
The Paradox of ‘Drill, Barry, Drill!’
Much of the media is reporting President Obama’s announcement that he’ll open up many U.S. offshore areas to oil drilling as a reversal of something he criticized McCain/Palin for saying they’d do if they ended up in the White House, but obviously the political motivations here trump any economic reasons: “The Obama [...]
Irony Overdose Alert: Global Warming Activists Freeze to Death
Warning: If you suffer from irony intolerance, stop reading now. All others, continue at your own peril: Famed global warming activist James Schneider and a journalist friend were both found frozen to death on Saturday, about 90 miles from South Pole Station, by the pilot of a ski plane practicing emergency evacuation procedures. “I [...]
Tom Brady Urges World to Turn Off Lights for One Hour, But Not During a Pats Night Game
From the “What happens when athletes marry enviro-wacko supermodels” file: Supermodel Gisele Bündchen and husband, NFL great Tom Brady have recently shown their support for WWF’s Earth Hour by filming two videos that encourage people around the world to join them in turning off their lights for Earth Hour on Saturday, March 27th at [...]
Finally! An Environmentally Friendly White House Easter Egg Roll
Yes, that’s right! The days of the asbestos-filled, coal-powered eggs and the environmentally hazardous egg-rollers that run on diesel fuel are coming to a merciful end: (Fox News) – This year’s White House Easter Egg roll will be eggs-actly what the bunny ordered. The environmentally concerned bunny, that is. A White House [...]
