News to Scare the Pants Off Of You

Women: STOP HAVING BABIES! IT’S KILLING THEM!

In probably the strangest pick-up, Forbes is reporting that approximately 1/4 of all babies born naturally (not a C-Section) have tiny brain hemorrhages.

Brain hemorrhages! HOW HORRIBLE! FOR GOD’S SAKE WOMEN STOP GIVING BIRTH!

Then, after you’ve put the paper bag around your mouth and stopped hyperventilating, you realize that 25% of the population aren’t horribly stupid. In fact, they’re perfectly normal.

But the headline is out there. How many women are not going to run half-cocked to have C-Sections, a procedure that’s far more dangerous than vaginal birth (but is still relatively safe, statistically)?

It’s an interesting discovery from some radiologists. But it also illustrates the brain of the infant and how quickly it recovers from injury. They are relatively robust, the newborns.

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Katie Couric says the next 100 or so years are going to be horrible, climate-wise.

She must not read my blog.

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What’s this non-descript paper bag on my doorstep? A bomb? Antrhax? Little Al Queda? Osama Mini-Mes?

Nope– it’s a promotion by TBS!

Stupid people thinking they were bombs….

Time for a Castro Update

He’s not dead!

And it looks like Hugo is taking Fidel’s advice to heart.

I’d like to see the video. I want to compare it to the creepy Orville Redenbacher.

Biden Blow Up; The Messiah Says Conservatives Illogical

So, Senator Biden, fresh into is Presidential bid, has decided the best way to get out ahead of the pack is to distinguish between “clean” blacks and “dirty” blacks.

According to Drudge’s quote from the article (which is responding sluggishly– the common response to a Drudge link):

“I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy’… “

Ugh. Really? Biden loves to talk, and it’s not too far fetched to imagine him saying this, but it’s such a loaded phrase and Biden is such a careful speaker, I really wonder if he actually said it…

In the NYO article linked above, Biden is never quoted as saying such a thing. Allah over at HotAir has the quotation from the same article.

Oh, I just heard an explosion. Yep, it’s the server over at the Observer. Ka-boooom! Send the bill to Matt Drudge.

Biden’s saying that all other African-American politicians aren’t articulate, they’re stupid, dirty and ugly. Well, male politicians, anyway. Had Biden said, ‘Obama is articulate, bright, clean & nice-looking’, we’d say, ‘Yeah, ok, he is.’ But to load it up with “first mainstream African American”? That’s political suicide. Which is OK by me. I’m more than happy to show Biden the door, as Presidential Candidate or US Senator.

But don’t mistake it for racism. Only Republicans are racists. Right, Sen. Byrd?

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In Messiah news (that’s Barack Obama, donchaknow), Obama states that the arguments of liberals are often grounded in “logic and fact“.

And, because he’s clean and articulate, he’s right.

Unless he’s wrong.

1) Taxes: Liberals always want to raise taxes because they claim it will help the economy. Yet, each time taxes are cut, the economy roars forward. The evidence seems to state that higher taxes stifle economic growth, whereas lower taxes assist economic growth. Where’s the logic?

2) Abortion: Liberals think abortion is OK because the in-utero creature is not human and therefore is not guaranteed rights, such as the right to live. But science shows the in-utero creature is human, and it is distinguishable biological from both parents. But to claim it’s a human with rights is, well, wrong, according to liberals. Facts? Science? bah!

3) Global Warming: Liberals want Kyoto, even though all climatologists state that the impact on CO2 emissions will be minor, if any. In addition, economists agree that the US economy will take a big hit from Kyoto. So should we sign something that won’t help the problem but will put millions of Americans in economic jeopardy? Sure, why not, says the liberal. Logic? Doesn’t apply here.

4) Iraq: Liberals want the US to pull out of the region, but they want a “US Victory”. How can you have a victory if you don’t want anybody there? Sounds like you want a defeat. Victory = defeat, according to liberal lexicon. Hardly logical, donchaknow?

But I guess on all the issues I didn’t address– that’s where liberal logic really applies.

I apologize. I should never have argued with the Messiah.

BSG ratings are up

The move to Sunday seems to be working out. Which is good news for Galactica. Now they only need to avoid another 7 month hiatus.

Hubble Is Out a Camera

The main camera on the Hubble Space Telescope had a short and has forced it into “safe mode”. Scientists at NASA are currently working on the problem.

The good news is that the camera was due to be replaced anyway in 2008. Perhaps they’ll push the delivery up a few months to get the HST back on its feet faster?

And if you want a personal perspective, it seems Bryan over at HotAir actually worked on the project.

Global Warming Update

It’s -7 with the wind chill today. Brrr! It could be worse. If it wasn’t for the CO2, it’d be -80!

All allegorical humor aside, it seems to be the Day of the Living Global Warming Scare-the-Crap-Outta-You Government Report.

First, it’s the usual suspects– the IPCC. Synopsis: We have to fly our jets to a special luxury resort, hopefully close to good skiing, and discuss how best to form committees to talk about the things America has to do to combat Global Warming. And how long it is before we all die as the seas rise 20 ft from the glaciers melting.

The IPCC’s latest draft states the Earth will warm at least 4.5 C in the next 100 years. So says their computer models and estimates based on past observed data.

In the meantime, 2 in every 5 scientists employed by the Feds are getting pressure to stop talking about Global Warming. (Hmm, I wonder if it’s because they’re making erroneous conclusions and their superiors are reprimanding them for it?)

But, leave it to Drudge to drop his Super Conservative Evil Nazi Death Cult Global Warming Denier Special. He has a flash about two books which claim the Sun is the real reason the Earth is warming. I guess he had to write it himself because no respected news organization would dare contradict the Global Warming Meme.

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I Blame Blogger

Sorry for the lack of Blog-love lately. The family has come down with Ebola and I had to spend all week as Superdad. Now that everyone’s getting better, I’m sick, and that’s no fun, so I’ve been sleeping instead of blogging.

But, of course, it’s all Blogger’s fault.

The good news– you haven’t missed much. I’ve been watching the news and thinking, “Man, there’s nothing much to blog about.”

I think it comes from not reading the PuffingTons Host for a while. It’s like an eerie calm that rushes over your soul, where you are at peace with the universe. Either that or the codeine is kicking in.

Take a Pledge

Hugh Hewitt has a pledge designed to send a message to Johnny-come-lately GOP Senators who want to “switch sides” on the Surge to gain political support.

If you want to add your clout to the signature, the site is here.

Hunter for President!

It’s about time we had someone run for President who fights crime with a steely disposition and has a hot and well-armed partner. A team that’s not afraid to bend the rules to get the bad guy. A team that knows what’s it’s like to be an American!

Hunter is running for President!

Yeah, take that street toughs!

And take that, Kim Jong Il! Hunter is going to put up with your crap!

And you too, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad! Hunter’s going to shove that uranium enrichment program right up your hindquarters!

Yeah, I’m all jacked! That’s.. what? That’s not the right Hunter? Aw, crap.

It’s really Rep. Duncan Hunter (California), former chair of the House Armed Services Committee and former Army Ranger. None of this Air National Guard stuff. We’re talking Ranger.

Tell you the truth, he seems to be kind of conservative I can get behind. His website, at least his exploratory website, is here.