Monthly Archives: February 2012

Why Are Eco-Facists Trying to Ban Incandescent Bulbs?

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Guy McCardle

My feelings are split over how I feel about the United States Congress delaying their phase out of incandescent light bulbs here in the good old U S of A.  They will be effectively banned beginning in October of this … Continue reading →

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Agent Orange and GMO: Non-Sequitur of the Day

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brian Dunning

Today I was alerted to a blog post entitled “Outrageous: Agent Orange Maker Monsanto Seeks Return to Vietnam for GMO Crops“. The headline is certainly startling and attention-grabbing; it includes just about every shock-inducing term known. To summarize the article, … Continue reading →

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Five Questions for Buddy Levy

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Guy McCardle

Hopefully you have already read and/or listened to my recent piece on one of my favorite shows, History Channel’s Decoded. If you haven’t, go do so now. I’ll wait. If you’ve watched Brad Meltzer’s Decoded, you’ll certainly remember Buddy Levy. … Continue reading →

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Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Brian Dunning

There’s been quite a lot of noise in the news lately. Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the United States’ largest and most active philanthropic foundation for breast cancer, halted its $600K+ annual funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest … Continue reading →

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Dying to Work at Foxconn

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Craig Good

Thousands of people recently lined up hoping for a job at Foxconn in China, the company that assembles high-tech gadgets such as the iPhone and iPad for Apple and other companies. The article mentions some of the hand-wringing about working … Continue reading →

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