Jim Inhofe is a very conservative Republican senator from Oklahoma. He voted against McCain's bill which would ban torture. He is also a global warming denier with a terrible environmental voting record from the league of conservation voters. He invited Michael Crichton to testify before the senate as the star witness for the climate change ( Read more... )

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I've been off reading No Impact Man's blog for the past 9 months or so. I've been reading books and articles on climate change to try to understand the science and to be able to tell when a skeptic is blowing smoke up my ass and when a skeptic may have a fair point. Of the things I've read, I think that this article by James Hansen from ( Read more... )

In case you missed this, Jeb Bush had a warm welcome on his visit to da 'Burgh. No, I wasn't there, but that certainly would have been an interesting experience...

Would anyone out there be interested in playing some music with me? I've been practicing the guitar of late. Nothing spectacular, but at least Mr. Tut doesn't run away.. Perhaps, just some jamming on the porch to pass the warm summer nights? Maybe you have some words and a tune in your head?

I had a dream the other night... I dreamt I was at work. We had a new employee who worked on the other side of the cubicle wall. This new person was very difficult to get along with. If you brought him a question that he deemed beneath him, he would chew you out. Yell, really yell at you. I'm talking Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet kind of Rage. I ( Read more... )

Tonight, a woman came to my door and gave me her pitch. She said that she was an R.N. at Children's Hospital. She was raising money as part of a walkathon for SIDS. The doctor that she worked with was working on a cure for SIDS. He has a patent for a sleep apnea drug. I asked her a few questions. She was able to produce the names of different ( Read more... )

In his passing, I have come to respect Pope John Paul II. John Paul was a Pole in occupied Poland who had Jewish friends. Friends who went to the gas chamber. He did what he could do. Forged documents. Hid friends from the Nazis. He saw the Nazis burn the Jewish ghetto. After the war. After the communists took over Poland, he sewed of resistance ( Read more... )

MoveOnPgh February Meetup-Candidate Forum

See the happenings website forMORE INFO.
EVENT TYPE: Politics

This month's meetup will serve as an opportunity to hear at least two judicial candidates (Kathryn Hens-Greco & Jon Pushinsky) and one mayoral hopeful (Bill Peduto) speak.

WHEN: Mon Feb 7: 7PM

WHERE: St. Andrew's Lutheran Church ( Read more... )

I washed my car in the rain tonight. Headlights caught the spray of the water blowing back into my face. Those who walked past seemed to understand. No stares. It's just the way things are done around here.

Tonight, Anukul and I attended the DFA meetup on the South Side. Possible mayoral candidates Bill Peduto and Mike Lamb addressed our group. Currently, Bob O'Connor seems to be the candidate who has the backing of the party machine.What does it mean to have the backing of the machine? Well, from what I can tell this means that the candidate gets ( Read more... )