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Tuesday, February 20, 2007
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Times Online: "When politicians and journalists declare that the science of global warming is settled, they show a regrettable ignorance about how science works. We were treated to another dose of it recently when the experts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued the Summary for Policymakers that puts the political spin on an unfinished scientific dossier on climate change due for publication in a few months' time. They declared that most of the rise in temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to man-made greenhouse gases."
Canada Free Press: "What would happen if tomorrow we were told that, after all, the Earth is flat? It would probably be the most important piece of news in the media and would generate a lot of debate. So why is it that when scientists who have studied the Global Warming phenomenon for years say that humans are not the cause nobody listens? Why does no one acknowledge that the Emperor has no clothes on?
"Believe it or not, Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). This in fact is the greatest deception in the history of science. We are wasting time, energy and trillions of dollars while creating unnecessary fear and consternation over an issue with no scientific justification. For example, Environment Canada brags about spending $3.7 billion in the last five years dealing with climate change almost all on propaganda trying to defend an indefensible scientific position while at the same time closing weather stations and failing to meet legislated pollution targets."
"2008 pres"
7:11:15 PM 
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Political Wire: "Quote of the Day. 'I think that Donald Rumsfeld will go down in history as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history.' -- Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), quoted by the AP."
"2008 pres"
6:13:44 PM
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Colorado Confidential: "Shell Exploration and Production will be conducting a series of community briefings this week concerning their oil shale project between Rifle and Meeker in Rio Blanco County. For the past 25 years, Shell has been experimenting with their 'In situ' conversion process that extracts oil from shale. Recent leases on federal land will help Shell move from an experimental phase to a possible commercial scale in coming years, according to Jill Davis, the public affairs representative from Shell." Follow the link for the schedule.
"2008 pres"
6:10:25 PM
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Rolling Stone: "But Washington has plenty of wonks, and Obama wasn't going to distinguish himself through diligence alone. He came to the Capitol equipped with his own, swelling celebrity; the Senate was not a perfect fit. Beyond his considerable charm, Obama can be righteous and cocky. He came to Washington pushing the hope that politics could be better -- but now he can give the impression that he'd rather be just about anywhere other than in Washington."
Thanks to NewMexiKen for the link.
The Right's Field: "Congressman Ron Paul's (R-Surfside, Tex.) presidential exploratory committee website is finally finished. Though a bit bare, it is a step up from the desolate place he called home in recent weeks."
Josh Marshall: "Romney hits the airwaves with a new TV ad in five states."
Pollster.com: "A new Rasmussen Reports automated survey of likely primary voters nationwide (conducted 2/12 through 2/15) finds: Among Democrats, Sen. Hillary Clinton (at 28%) runs slightly ahead of Sen. Barack Obama (24%), and former Sen. John Edwards (11%) and former Vice President Al Gore (10%) trail in a national primary; Among Republicans, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (at 33%) leads Sen. John McCain (19%), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (13%), and former Gov. Mitt Romney (8%) in a national primary."
"2008 pres"
5:59:34 PM
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Our blog friend Jeralyn Merritt who usually hangs out at TalkLeft is blogging over at Hillary Clinton for president.
"2008 pres"
5:55:47 PM
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Roland Piquepaille: "As many other countries, the U.S. want to reduce their dependency on oil by increasing the production of renewable and alternative fuels. Today, the main source of biofuel is ethanol distilled from kernels of corn, with a production of 5 billion gallons a year. As current targets for biofuels have been pushed to 7.5 billion gallons by 2012 and 35 in 2017, using corn ethanol alone would require to convert the combined size of Kansas and Iowa into farmland. But researchers have studied other solutions. And the best one could be to use cellulosic ethanol as the fuel of the future. The main advantage of using a wild grass named miscanthus is that you can produce ethanol from the whole plant body as opposed to corn where you can only use the grains. The other one is that you would need to grow this plant only on an area of the size of Massachusetts -- an area 18 times smaller. But will farmers follow this advice? Time will tell."
"2008 pres"
5:53:27 PM
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Boston Globe: "Healthcare, a major theme in the 1992 presidential campaign, has returned as a critical issue in the 2008 contest. But this time, contenders in both parties are placing new focus on preventive care as a way of improving public health and ultimately reducing the skyrocketing cost of medical care."
Thanks to ColoradoLib for the link.
beSpacific: "Press release, February 12, 2007: 'The Prescription Project...called on academic medical centers, professional medical societies and public and private payers to end conflicts of interest resulting from the $12 billion spent annually on pharmaceutical marketing. Building on a series of reforms recommended last year in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the project will conduct and publicize research on conflicts of interest, advocate for policy reforms that will eliminate such conflicts, and promote prescription practices that are based on scientific evidence.'"
"2008 pres"
5:50:15 PM
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Captain's Quarters: "Remember when people kept assuring us that Iran was at least five years from developing the technology to produce a nuclear weapon? Well, time apparently flies, because the IAEA now says that Iran may be as close as six months from producing the fuel for a nuke."
"2008 pres"
6:16:15 AM
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Pollster.com: "A new WNBC/Marist College national survey of 978 registered voters (conducted 2/12 through 2/15) finds:
Among Democrats and Democratic leaning independents, Sen. Hillary Clinton (at 37%) leads Sen. Barack Obama (17%) in a national primary. Former Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. John Edwards trail at 11% each. Among Republicans and Republican leaning independents, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (at 28%) runs slightly ahead of Sen. John McCain (21%) in a national primary. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (11%) and former Gov. Mitt Romney (10%) trail. General election match-ups pitting Giuliani against Clinton (47% to 45% respectively), Clinton against McCain (46% to 46%), Edwards against Giuliani (44% to 44%), McCain against Obama (44% to 41%), and McCain against Edwards (44% to 43%) are all within the margin of sampling error."
Political Wire: "Could blacks be a swing voting bloc in the presidential bids of Sens. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL)? The New York Times examines their travels to South Carolina, where Clinton made her first visit as a presidential candidate, 'appearing before a predominantly black audience of about 2,500 people at historically black Allen University, while Mr. Obama was in the state this past weekend.'"
Political Wire: "Mitt Romney, 'who has touted his support of gun owners since launching his presidential campaign, yesterday acknowledged he did not become a member of the National Rifle Association until last August,' the Boston Globe reports."
"2008 pres"
6:13:05 AM
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