Archive for October, 2009
NYT columnist — this belongs on syfy »
As we continue to build up carbon in the atmosphere to unprecedented levels, we never know when the next emitted carbon molecule will tip over some ecosystem and trigger a nonlinear climate event -- like melting the Siberian tundra and releasing all of its methane, or drying up the Amazon or melting all the sea ice in the North Pole in summer. And [...]
Letterman: I have sex with women who work for me »
I have had sex with women who work for me on this show. My response to that is: Yes I have. (clapping) I've had sex with women who work on this show. David Letterman on the CBS Late Night Show 10/1/09
Grassley: the government is a predator »
Medicare is part of the social fabric of America; to say that I support it is not to say that it’s the best program that it can be. The government is not a fair competitor, it’s a predator. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), during the Senate Finance Committee’s public option debate on Tuesday when asked if he supported [...]
Kennedy: there is freedom of speech, but … »
My family’s seen it up close too much with assassinations and violence in political life. It’s a terrible thing when people think that in order to get their point across they have to go to the edge of violent rhetoric and attack people personally. It’s fine for people to debate the issue and attack the issue, but when they go and stoop to [...]
