hell’s handmaiden

U.N. calls U.S. data on Iran’s nuclear aims unreliable: Although international concern is growing about Iran’s nuclear program and its regional ambitions, diplomats here say most U.S. intelligence shared with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency has proved inaccurate and none has led to significant discoveries inside Iran.

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Sent to war, then abandoned. Nice.

Among the problems, according to the psychological task force:

•The Pentagon failed to implement the best mental health treatment programs across the military. Rather, plans varied by installation and included only a few that were deemed high quality.

•The military hasn’t hired enough psychologists. The study notes a 22% decline in the number of uniformed clinical psychologists in the military and a 40% vacancy among licensed clinical psychologist positions in the Army and Navy.

Cole has a hard hitting piece on oil and international politics, especially the wars in the Middle East. I don’t want to dilute its impact by quoting too much so I quote only this: “Oil and War will, in contrast, ruin us all.”

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Sometimes I do sincerely wonder about this man’s connection to reality.

The superstition is that “the environment” is an entity which can be saved and/or which saves humanity. The environment, as an entity, doesn’t exist - it is as much a mythological creation for mental convenience as the god of thunder was for our ignorant ancestors.

Heeding the “Goracle”

The environment is a mythological creation? So……

The powers that be at Conservapedia have apparently shut down the site to user editing, while, presumably, trusted editors purge it of the more absurd entries. This, without a doubt, is a wise move.

Jon Smith explains– I’m betting, with tongue firmly in cheek:

Regrattably, it appears that some mean-spirited liberals have been committing mischief at Conservapedia and administrators have been forced to shut down new registrations for the time being. It may take them a while to sort out legitimate entries, such as the article about the Pacific Northwest Arboreal Octopus, from hoaxes perpetrated by liberals. All of the citations in my piece, however, link to versions by trusted conservative authors. You can also be certain that any version by Aschlafly, that is, the founder Andrew Schlafly, are genuinely conservative and of the highest quality.