Remember those three Americans of questionable judgment who went hiking near the Iraq-Iran border and were arrested by Iranian forces? They have been formally charged with espionage and will stand trial. There is concern—well-founded, methinks—that the Iranians will attempt to use these prisoners as bargaining chips for their nuclear program. Our esteemed president must avoid … Read more
I was going to stop at beating up on Tiger Woods a bit with a bullet, but that was before the ranks of his alleged skank harem swelled to such a preposterous degree. Surely now I would be remiss in ignoring it. Doubtless he had a golden boy image, and that’s a damned hard thing … Read more
…and I’m pretty sure it’s anthropogenic. Heh. Since our last action-packed episode—hacked emails and reports detailing doubts, destruction of evidence, conspiracy to sabotage peer reviews, deceitful data omission, good stuff like that on “global warming,” remember?—it seems Phil Jones, head of the climate research unit at the University of East Anglia, has resigned in disgrace. … Read more