We’ve hinted at this story for a while and it finally broke. Kentucky’s tourism commissioner was suspended for an unauthorized trip to England. We hear Marcheta Sparrow also has a problem or two of her own that will soon come to light. And not just because she didn’t take action until called out by the press, either. [H-L]
What does $1,000 buy you? Steve Beshear appointed Kathy Groob – of all people – to the Northern Kentucky Convention Center Corporation Board of Directors. Her term expires July 14, 2015 and Beshear listed her as a “business executive.” [Press Release]
Liberty Christ’s dad says Americans are sick and tired of their educational system. They are, but they don’t want to gut the federal agency responsible for it. [HuffPo]
Mitch McConnell is wetting himself over trying to get Justice Kagan to recuse herself from hearing the health care reform legislation case. McConnell isn’t wetting himself over trying to get Clarence Thomas to sit this one out, though. [USA Today]
The editorial board says Steve Beshear pulled a disappearing act during his re-election campaign in a story about how screwed up and corrupt the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is. Unfortunately, the editorial board doesn’t tell you that it is hugely responsible for allowing him to remain missing in action. [C-J/AKN]
Is Kentucky the fourth tax-friendliest state for retirees in the country? We’re finding that one rather hard to believe. [Kiplinger]
Obese white Republicans in Kentucky have been foaming at the mouth about Occupy Wall Street for weeks now. And this is what police in this country (but not LMPD, they’re a respectable force) did this weekend. Only a matter of time until they’re foaming at the mouth about OWS folks spitting on the troops or some ridiculous crap. [Wonkette]
Frankfort will not be shedding its self interest when redistricting. Do not hold your breath. [H-L]
You’ll probably want to read these highlights from the Republican Thanksgiving “Family Forum” so you can properly gouge your eyes out from the stupid this morning. [Reuters]
Super Congress? Really? We told you it was a Super Failure. But you knew that before we said anything. [HuffPo]
What was that, again, about Oscar Ortega being a scary librul with Occupy Wall Street? Turns out he’s a right-wing religionut who thought President Barack Obama was the antichrist. [NY Times]
What do Republicans in Congress do when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wants to reshuffle its offices – at no cost – to establish a National Climate Service similar to the National Weather Service? They prevent it from happening, of course. [WaPo]
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1 Novena // Nov 21, 2011 at 9:04 am
“Those Scintillating Supremes”
Mitch: “Let’s get Kagan off the Obama care case.”
Aide: “How about Thomas’s apparent conflict of interest?”
Mitch: “No problem. that dogmatic dummy is in our hip pocket.”
2 Mark H (Not Hebert) // Nov 21, 2011 at 9:57 am
Creating a Climate Change Service is nothing more that an attempt to provide greater legitimacy to data and studies than they deserve. The Global Warming….slash that, Climate Change movement has lost some of its gravitas after being tarnished recently with a series of high-profile scandals and disclosures that show that fundamental and critical data has been manipulated and many proponents have financially benefited from their positions.
This is not to say that what they were espousing was fundamentally incorrect (though the speed and magnitude likely have been), but gets to the greater point that it is absolutely impossible for scientists, with any degree of statistical and scientific accuracy, prove or predict global anthropogenic climate change is occurring and to what degree it will in the future. The historical data doesn’t exist, and the current is impossible to isolate given the unbelievably complex, inter-connective, dynamic, and non-linear nature of these systems. Even if someone was to get it right, with would take 100-200 years to prove, and then another 100 years to replicate the result.
My point is that this is nothing more that an attempt to give some authority and credence to and study or finding. You should accept it as scientific fact “because it came from the US Climate Change Center.” Nothing more that sales and marketing. The cost wouldn’t come from the reshuffling, it would come from the bad policies endorsed by the new agency.
There are so many more pressing environmental issues to address, that if given the energy and focus that Climate Change has received, would generate far greater positive results. It’s like focusing on prostate cancer in a patient that is going into congestive heart failure.
3 jake // Nov 21, 2011 at 11:05 am
That’s bullshit.
A quick Google search proves none of the data were manipulated. Though, there has been a right-wing effort to silence and hide the facts.
If you’re going to continue commenting here, know what the fuck you’re talking about.
This is not a free speech zone.
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