“Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.”
“Let me tell you something, pendejo. You pull any of your crazy shit with us, you flash a piece out on the lanes, I’ll take it away from you, stick it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger ’til it goes ‘click.'”
“Jesus.”
“You said it, man. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.”
TWO AND A HALF YEARS. Never committed a crime. Land of the free.
Damn. Hope he’s alright… I’m not prepared to lose Han Solo.
Scientific American’s ’60-Second Science’ podcast for March 2, 2015:
Climate Skeptic Senator Burned after Snowball Stunt
Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe carried a snowball onto the Senate floor to insinuate that climate change was not real, after which Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse torched Inhofe’s argument. Steve Mirsky reports
“You can believe NASA and you can believe what their satellites measure on the planet, or you can believe the Senator with the snowball. The United States Navy takes this very seriously, to the point where Admiral Locklear, who is the head of the Pacific Command, has said that climate change is the biggest threat that we face in the Pacific…you can either believe the United States Navy or you can believe the Senator with the snowball…every major American scientific society has put itself on record, many of them a decade ago, that climate change is deadly real. They measure it, they see it, they know why it happens. The predictions correlate with what we see as they increasingly come true. And the fundamental principles, that it is derived from carbon pollution, which comes from burning fossil fuels, are beyond legitimate dispute…so you can believe every single major American scientific society, or you can believe the Senator with the snowball.”
(crickets…)
Climate scientists agree: climate change is happening here and now. Based on well-established evidence, about 97% of climate scientists have concluded that human-caused climate change is happening. This agreement is documented not just by a single study, but by a converging stream of evidence over the past two decades from surveys of scientists, content analyses of peer-reviewed studies, and public statements issued by virtually every membership organization of experts in this field.
Good read.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is the world’s largest non-government general science membership organization and the executive publisher of Science, a leading scientific journal. Its mission is “advance science for the benefit of all people.” Its goals include providing a voice for science on societal issues and promoting the responsible use of science in public policy. There may be no more pressing issue intersecting science and society than climate change and the What We Know initiative was born in response to that reality.
Jim Wyatt of The Tennessean:
Legendary defensive coach Dick LeBeau is expected to be named assistant head coach with the Titans, where he’ll be in charge of the defense, a source familiar with the situation said Tuesday.
An official announcement is expected later in the week.
“It’s obvious that Tom Brady had something to do with this,” Aikman said. “I know going back to when I played, they’ve loosened up the rules in terms of what each team is able to do with the footballs coming into the game. Used to, the home team provided all the balls. And now, each team brings their footballs the way they like them and break ’em in. Used to you couldn’t break them in. So for the balls to be deflated, that doesn’t happen unless the quarterback wants that to happen, I can assure you of that. Now the question becomes did Bill Belichick know about it.”
Mike Freeman writing at BleacherReport.com:
It’s time to stop with the excuses. Stop with looking the other way. Just stop. Stop defending Tom Brady and Bill Belichick.
I’ve defended their Spygate shenanigans as minor cheating. Defended their Super Bowls. Defended it all. But no human being with a functioning cerebrum can do that now.
[…]
One underinflated football is interesting. Three are curious. Eight are are a pattern. But 11 of 12?
The Patriots are winners. They’re brilliant. They may also be something else.
And here we are. Entering the Super Bowl, we have The Deflatriots. And God forbid they lose this Super Bowl, because if they do, everyone will say the team can’t win without cheating.
And this is how legacies are destroyed.
Indeed.
Wired Science:
Here are some of our favorite shots that NASA’s satellites captured of Earth this year, including shots of a volcano erupting on a newly born island, tornado tracks across the Great Plains, the aurora borealis above Russia and dust from the Sahara spreading across the globe. Many thanks to the super team at NASA’s Earth Observatory that finds, processes and researches hundreds of images each year, plucking beautiful scenes out of the incredible amounts of data collected by the satellite fleet, sometimes doing it all in just hours to capture a timely event.
Simply amazing photos.
I’ve been using a little iOS app for a few years to do all my gift planning and shopping. It’s called “Gift Plan,” and costs a mere buck ($1).
This app is great; it does one thing and does it extremely well. It lets you keep track of everyone and every occasion for which you buy gifts. Setup your friends and family (or whomever) add occasions to each person and voila, you’re planning ahead.
You can add “ideas” to each person throughout the year, then when that birthday, anniversary, Valentine’s Day, Christmas, etc., draws near you can convert ideas into shopping list items, and even check ’em off once you’ve made your purchase.
Along with customizable notifications, and a countdown calendar that tells you how many days remain until each occasion, Gift Plan has made keeping track of everything a breeze.