Oh dear. I think he may have married his sister. (h/t wallyj)
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Thousands of Britain’s wind turbines (link fixed) will create more greenhouse gases than they save…
The finding, which threatens the entire rationale of the onshore wind farm industry, will be made by Scottish government-funded researchers who devised the standard method used by developers to calculate “carbon payback time” for wind farms on peat soils.
h/t Old Lori
Reader Tips
They will interview Nick Cave’s teachers / who’ll say he was one of God’s sorrier creatures / There’ll be informative six-page features / when he goes… ♫
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Upset a Gun Control Advocate – Just Press Print
3-D printing technology could make efforts to curb weapons impossible. Background checks and gun regulations will do little good if criminals can print Guns and high-capacity magazines at home. Forbes has recently published an article after Defense Distributed, an open source DIY gunsmith group working to manufacture both guns and their accessories using 3D printing technology, successfully printed and tested a 30-round AR-15 magazine
Your Moral And Intellectual Superiors
After school board honcho Chris Spence and staff reporter Madhavi Acharya Tom-Yew were both caught plagiarising a few weeks ago, the Toronto Star started using anti-cheating software called iThenticate, to help them with the problem.
In Today’s Broad Strata News
The suspects accused of providing support to the group include: San Diego cab driver Basaaly Saeed Moalin, 36; Anaheim-based cab driver Nasiri Taalil Mohamud, 37; Issa Doreh, 56, an employee at a money transmitting business that was allegedly the conduit for sending the funds to the organization; and Mohamed Mohamed Mohamud, 40, the imam at a mosque frequented by San Diego’s immigrant Somali community.
h/t Electric Avenue
We Don’t Need No Stinking French Fry Grease
The Conservative government is formally shutting down its controversial biofuels subsidy program, saying companies producing biodiesel have failed to meet ambitious production targets.
h/t ron in kelowna
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
Another day, another “crisis”;
To recap, the sequester was originally supposed to total $109 billion – but lawmakers delayed its onset by two months during the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now U.S. President Barack Obama – who first proposed the sequester as part of the 2011 debt ceiling deal – wants to delay it again.
According to Obama, the sequester would represent “a huge blow to middle-class families and our economy as a whole.” Obama’s White House has also referred to the sequester as “devastating,” saying its cuts would “imperil our economy, our national security (and) vital programs that middle class families depend on.”
Sounds frightening – but is it true? Of course not.
Reader Tips
How does she love her hands? Let her count the ways.
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The Tolerant Left
Scratch a leftist, find an anti-Semite;
h/t Allan S
It’s Probably Nothing
Moody’s announced on Friday night that it had cut the Government’s bond rating one notch from ‘Aaa’ – the highest possible level – to ‘Aa1’.
The move is a significant setback for Chancellor George Osborne, who has faced criticism that his strategy for dealing with UK’s huge debt burden is failing to deliver.
Tale Of Two Losers
It was the best of times, it was the worst of Times… (h/t Terry)
A Liberal Leadership Vote Goes Horribly Wrong
For the first time in history, ANYONE can vote for the next #lpcldr. Just 9 days left to sign-up to vote. bit.ly/JTsupport1tw
— Justin Trudeau, MP (@JustinTrudeau) February 22, 2013
This Is Not Your Grandma’s Humane Society
“Nice egg business you’ve got here. It would be terrible for something bad to happen to it.”
More Pavilions At Folkfest
Some 3.7million Londoners classified themselves as white British in 2011 – down from 4.3million in 2001 – despite the city’s population increasing by nearly one million over the decade to 8.2million.
White Britons now make up 45 per cent of the population, compared with 58 per cent in 2001.
London’s population has been boosted by immigrants. Three million foreign-born people now live in the capital.
Pauline’s Pasta Police
The following is a real video clip from Quebec, not a comedy segment from The Onion. More here.
Thankfully, the backlash through social media, appears to have sufficiently embarrassed the Clouseau-like clods enough to back down for now.
Let’s hope that Alberta & Saskatchewan’s hard working citizens are content to see how their taxes are being spent. 🙁
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer. (h/t John B)
Reader Tips
What happens when a girl’s inevitable future voice comes back to viciously taunt both her and her morally-bereft stage mom in the present? Let’s find out!
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