Links

This links post is kind of like me:  part politics, part comedy, all sexy.

1. Some more bad news for promoters of the idea that no one in their right minds isn’t freaking out about climate change, David Evans announces that he’s off the wagon in The Australian.

Who’s David Evans? He describes himself thusly:  “I devoted six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian Greenhouse Office. I am the rocket scientist who wrote the carbon accounting model (FullCAM) that measures Australia’s compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, in the land use change and forestry sector.”

2. The Financial Times Deutschland recently ran an editorial in response to the large number of Obama fans in Europe. Here is a translation on the site Watching America. Included is this lovely quote,

“Obama is often praised for rekindling enthusiasm in democracy in people due to his drawing power. But mass obeisance to a charismatic leader really has little to do with democracy. On the contrary, the sociologist Max Weber describes charismatic domination as a condition that gains no legitimacy either through elections or tradition. The Obama-hype is similar to the month-long dance around the iPhone, except that the Apple cell phone will still have to submit to field trials.”

3. Every wonder what the guys from Mystery Science Theatre 3000 are up to? Check out Cinematic Titanic, Riff Trax, and The Film Crew.

4. Surprise! The New York Times is biased against Israel.

“…most headlines concerning attacks are written in the active style when concerning Israel, but in the passive when concerning Arab terrorists, who usually are called ‘militants.’”

5. Is your life dull and dreary? Perhaps you should take up a new hobby… like monkey torture!