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By Dave Hitt on Mar 26, 2008 in Junk Science, Religion | 2 Comments
Although I disagree with a lot of his positions and ideas, I’ve always liked Ben Stein. His nasal “Bueller, Bueller, Bueller” is now part of our language. He continued the persona as a science teacher in “The Wonder Years,” where he’d drone on about horrible events with no trace of emotion. And “Win Ben Stein’s […]
By Dave Hitt on Mar 6, 2008 in Junk Science | 0 Comments
Growing up in the 70s is one of the things that keeps me skeptical about global warming.. Back then we were constantly warned that global cooling was The Big Scary Thing that would Kill Us All. (And yes, that was the consensus at the time.) So it comes as no surprise to learn that before […]
By Dave Hitt on Jan 27, 2008 in Junk Science | 0 Comments
In 1998 Patrick Michaels, a University of Virginia climatologist, proposed a bet: “If we were of a betting sort (and there are some nasty rumors going around that we are), we would be willing to wager that the 10-year period beginning in January 1998 and extending through December 2007 will show a statistically significant downward […]
By Dave Hitt on Dec 9, 2007 in Amusing, Junk Science, Religion, Ridiculous | 3 Comments
No matter what the problem is, sooner or later someone will Blame The Jews. In yet another example why it’s so difficult to write satire in this world, a group calling themselves “Green Hanukkah” is calling on Jews to combat global warming by lighting one less Hanukkah candle. Each unburned candle will save a whopping […]
By Dave Hitt on Nov 13, 2007 in Big Brother, Junk Science, Nanny Nation | 2 Comments
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is suing Mothers Against Illegal Aliens for using “Mothers Against” in their name. Their C&D letter said “MADD cannot be associated with your organization and the use of “Mothers Against” gives a strong implication of a relationship with MADD.” Not really. As the writer of this blog discovered, a quick Google […]
By Dave Hitt on Oct 12, 2007 in Junk Science, Politics | 3 Comments
The Nobel Peace Prize lost all its value when it was given to Yasser Arafat for taking a brief break from murdering Jews. But just in anyone forgot how worthless it is, they’re reminding us by giving it to Al Gore and the IPCC. I’ve already said most of what I have to say about […]
By Dave Hitt on Oct 10, 2007 in Big Brother, Junk Science, Nanny Nation, Political Correctness | 34 Comments
In a semi-free country like the US it’s difficult to impose tyranny in one fell swoop. It has to be done slowly, little by little, baby step by baby step. And it’s important that those first few steps seem reasonable. The first anti-smoker law was passed in the sixties. It demanded smoking and non-smoking sections […]