Science

NYTimes quotation of the day:

"I am here to say the debate is over: the science is clear."

Global warming? Nah, the surgeon general, announcing that there is no safe level of secondhand smoke. This is not an original observation, but it's still a mystery: conservatives' disbelief in global warming, and science in general. Political support from the fossil fuel industry or irrational Gore hatred? Anyway, it highlights that the GOP decided to make Jim Inhofe the chair of the Senate environmental committee. These guys have progressed beyond being an international disgrace to being a genuine threat to the long-term survival of the human race.