Monthly Archives: January 2010 «

 

IPCC chief knew Himalayan glacier claim was false prior to Dopenhagen

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2010 at 11:16 am » 6 Comments

Via the Times of London: The chairman of the leading climate change watchdog was informed that claims about melting Himalayan glaciers were false before the Copenhagen summit, The Times has learnt. Rajendra Pachauri was told that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change assessment that the glaciers would disappear by 2035 was wrong, but he waited [...]

 

AFP

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2010 at 10:48 am » Comments Off

China protests US arms sales, warns of ‘serious’ impact

 

SI.com

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2010 at 10:45 am » Comments Off

Justice Dept.: Obama administration may take action on BCS

 

CNN

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2010 at 10:44 am » Comments Off

Landrieu takes swipe at Obama over health care

 

Education Sec: Katrina was “best thing that ever happened” to NO school system

Posted by: ST on January 30, 2010 at 10:34 am » 6 Comments

Jake Tapper’s Political Punch blog reports: Education Secretary Arne Duncan said today that Hurricane Katrina was “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans” because it gave the city a chance to rebuild and improve its failing public schools. In an interview to air this weekend on “Washington Watch with Roland [...]

 

Gorebal warming hits North Carolina (FRIDAY OPEN THREAD)

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2010 at 7:28 pm » 13 Comments

Started falling here in the Charlotte area at around 4:45 this afternoon and it’s still coming down steadily. The forecast for my area calls for snow mixed with sleet, with possible accumulations between 6″ to 8″. That’s a big deal for us around here (hehehe). I might step outside in a little bit and capture [...]

 

Fallout from Christmas Day attempted terror attack continues

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2010 at 2:04 pm » 4 Comments

Charles Krauthammer has the details: The real scandal surrounding the failed Christmas Day airline bombing was not the fact that a terrorist got on a plane — that can happen to any administration, as it surely did to the Bush administration — but what happened afterward when Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was captured and came under [...]

 

NB

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2010 at 1:58 pm » Comments Off

Obama Girl Tells Hannity ‘At Least I Wasn’t The Edwards Girl’

 

Politico

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2010 at 1:57 pm » Comments Off

Environmentalists target Blanche Lincoln

 

Reuters

Posted by: ST on January 29, 2010 at 1:56 pm » Comments Off

Pork better for sex than Viagra?