Tag Archives: Barack Obama
News That’s Fit To Punt – 23/Jun/2011
Champion climate change denier Lord Monckton likened Professor Ross Garnaut to the Nazis over night. The climate sceptic Christopher Monckton has accused Ross Garnaut of having a ”fascist point of view” because the adviser to the government on climate change … Continue reading →
Filed under General, Uncategorized
Tagged as Afghanistan, America, Barack Obama, Climate Change, Global Warming, Lord Monckton, Peter Parker, Spiderman, Stupidity, Tony Abbott
Mars Direct Is Back
Spacefreak Moment For Mr. Obama Back in the day when this blog’s predecessor was the ‘Spacefreaks Weblog‘, and shared writers – yes it wasn’t just me writing stuff – the big topic in 2004 was whether the space program should … Continue reading →
Filed under General, Science, Space
Tagged as Barack Obama, Mars, NASA, Space, Space Exploration
Ask Questions… Never
Shoot To Kill I found this in the economist. It’s an interesting insight into the contradictory demands placed upon a commander in chief. After more than a year in power, Mr Obama has still not figured out what to do … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Barack Obama, Camp X-Ray, Couner-Terrorism, George W Bush, Guantanamo Bay, Terrorism
WTF Moments In Awards
Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize It’s like some surreal joke, but President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. This is perhaps the first time the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to somebody who is about to possibly send … Continue reading →
Obama’s Melting Cool?
I Guess Icebergs Have Melting Moments Too Heres’ an interesting article summing up Obama’s challenges ahead this year. This is the bit I like: White House officials and allies brush off any notion that this new sense of unease is … Continue reading →
Obama Gets Frank With Africa
Tell It Like It Is, Prez! Africa is one of those conundrums that has been around for all of my life. Ever since I can remember, there’s been calls for aid, donations, and more aid and more donations and even … Continue reading →
More Thoughts On Michael Jackson
Still Mourning, Still Trying To Figure Him Out I’ve been thinking about Michael Jackson a lot because I’m finding it hard to remember a time I wasn’t aware somehow of his work. I imagine it would be harder for people … Continue reading →
Tagged as Barack Obama, Martin Luther King, Michael Jackson, Weird
Why The Economist Is Cool (Sometimes)
Maybe It’s Just This Lexington Dude Here’s something very droll and funny. A recent Pew poll showed that public opinion about Mr Obama is sharply divided along party lines. Some 88% of Democrats approve of the job that he is … Continue reading →
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