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Expert Wants to Decertify Global Warming Skeptics
Penguinisto writes "Apparently in the Senate, at least one scientist wants to put a permanent stop to any arguments over Global Warming. The Weather Channel's most prominent climatologist is advocating that broadcast meteorologists be stripped of their scientific certification if they express skepticism about predictions of manmade catastrophic global warming."
When global warming is outlawed, only outlaws will be warm...er, globally
At our school, we don't earn a degree when we graduate—we earn pi/180 radians
Why the need of stripping titles. Simply put them on a melting iceberg :)
Patents Drive Free Software as Hurricanes Drive Construction Industry
They definitely rank above your local newsman, but they are still required to make awkward jokes at the end of each segment...
"Quoting famous computer scientists out of context is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming." - K
Well looking at my backyard, I wouldn't be so quick to knock global cooling. Rapid climate change? What rapid climate change? :)
He had mean parents
Travelling forward in time at a rate of 1 second per second.
Methane, for one. Every time you eat chili, you're harming the planet.
Save the chili, save the world!
retrorocket.o not found, launch anyway?
But the press should give unbiased representation to both sides, so that people can draw their own conclusions - it's their job. Can you imagine the flak if a reporter did a science story then said "While the conclusion is obvious to over 99% of the population, some crackpots still disagree. We searched hard to find one such moron with a dissenting view and here he is. Sir, are you on crack or just plain stupid?"
Tesla was a genius. Edison however was a overrated hack who liked to torture puppies.
I just googled for her picture.
And let me say... she ain't cute enough to be so stupid.