All shall swear fealty to Mother Gaia and repent of how they have caused Her fever … The Obama administration has issued new guidelines that could make it harder for governors who deny climate change to obtain federal disaster-preparedness funds. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new rules could put some Republican governors in a bind. The rules say that states’ risk assessments must include “consideration of changing environmental or climate
March 2015
March 24, 2015
Vhlonn Needs Water [fiction by McGehee]
The title kind of gives it away, but it’s not like I’m charging anybody for it. “Everyone knows Beh Yeh has more water than Vhlonn, but it’s 70 million tsigura away. We can’t get there.” Strif sighed. “Gevir’k, we would only need to send one spacecraft, fill it with water, and bring it back, and the Water Laws would be irrelevant.” “Long before you got back, everyone who worked
March 22, 2015
The demand for College as Womb [Darleen Click]
Oh, save us from scary ideas! KATHERINE BYRON, a senior at Brown University and a member of its Sexual Assault Task Force, considers it her duty to make Brown a safe place for rape victims, free from anything that might prompt memories of trauma. So when she heard last fall that a student group had organized a debate about campus sexual assault between Jessica Valenti, the founder of feministing.com, and
March 22, 2015
As promised: video! Satchel wrestles for Colorado Top Team at yesterday’s Eaton tournament
Finally updated our phones, which freed up space to record video again. Satch finished yesterday 4-1 with 3 pins and a decision, losing his sole match to the first place finisher, who is far heavier than he, and was able to overpower him. We’re at the point now where Satchel is having trouble matching the pure arm strength of the bigger kids, so this summer we’ll be working on getting
March 21, 2015
The weaponizing of charges of ‘sexual harassment’ [Darleen Click]
Former administrator at Chicago State University files statement in Federal court that she was fired for not filing sexual harassment charges against gadfly professor. CHICAGO, March 20, 2015—A former high-level administrator at Chicago State University alleged in a statement filed yesterday in federal court that Chicago State President Wayne Watson pressured her to file a false sexual harassment complaint against Professor Philip Beverly, an outspoken faculty critic of Watson’s administration.
March 21, 2015
“France Takes Toughest Line at Iran Nuclear Talks” [Darleen Click]
France??!! LAUSANNE, Switzerland—France is again adopting the toughest line against Iran in negotiations aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program, potentially placing Paris at odds with the Obama administration as a diplomatic deadline to forge an agreement approaches at month-end. President Barack Obama called French President François Hollande on Friday to discuss the Iran diplomacy and try to unify their positions. The presidents “reaffirmed their commitment” to a deal “while noting
March 21, 2015
Nick Searcy to Direct ‘Gosnell’ Movie [Darleen Click]
The film about one of America’s most prolific mass murderers will be released in theaters … Gosnell, a movie about an infamous abortion doctor convicted of murder that is being financed via a crowdfunding campaign, has hired, as its director, Nick Searcy. The actor is best known for his role as chief deputy U.S. Marshal Art Mullen in Justified, now in its sixth and final season on FX. Gosnell has