by DrJohn | Nov 9, 2014 | Barack Obama, Culture of Corruption, Deception and Lies, Liberal Idiots, Politics, Science, Uncategorized, WtF?
A couple of years ago the left wing blog Grist was wetting itself about the success of the Ivanpah solar power facility: Despite GOP jeers, BrightSource succeeds in solar Over the last year or so, Republicans have woven a tale of collapse and futility around clean...
by DrJohn | Nov 2, 2014 | Disasters, Science, Space, Uncategorized
Virgin Galactic joins the club. The United States has suffered the loss of two orbiters and crews- Challenger and Columbia. Both were most likely avoidable. The Challenger was lost in 1987 when politics overruled safety and it launched in weather far too cold, which...
by Skook | Sep 23, 2014 | Africa, Daily Distraction, Global Regions, Immigration, Race, Science, Social Studies
The story of mankind is essentially a story of migration and of reproduction of the species. In the past we relied on archaeological evidence and fossils to tell us of early man, but fossils are limited, because of the conditions required to preserve bone in a...
by DrJohn | May 10, 2014 | Barack Obama, Liberal Idiots, Nancy Pelosi, Politics, propaganda bureau, Science, Space, Uncategorized
I was absolutely thrilled by the advent of manned space exploration. It was an exciting time. I followed the program in minute detail. I still know the names of every Mercury astronaut and most of the Gemini astronauts as well. I can name virtually every crew of every...
by DrJohn | Mar 10, 2014 | 1st Amendment, Anti-Americanism, Culture of Corruption, Deception and Lies, Harry Reid, Politics, Science, Uncategorized, WtF?
Climate change skeptics are headed the way of Christians in Egypt and the left is readying the machetes and torches. Yesterday Harry Reid declared “Climate change deniers still exist. They exist, I’m sorry to say, in this Congress. … Climate change exists and it’s...
by Wordsmith | Sep 21, 2013 | Daily Distraction, Technology, Videos
Shot in Chamonix near the Mer De Glace (Sea of Ice) – the longest glacier in France: [youtube]http://youtu.be/G3QrhdfLCO8[/youtube] Only birds and aerial vehicles can soar around the European Alps, but a thrilling point-of-view video lets you vicariously take flight...
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