Polluters rejected and buried reports from their own scientists on global warming

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 For years, the Global Climate Coalition, an industry group, pooh-poohed notions of man-made global warming — in direct contradiction of reports from its own scientific and technical experts.

 HERE’s the story.

A very funny ode to the future Teabaggerstan

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(Warning: This video includes a few mild vulgarisms.)

Why can’t conservatives be this funny?

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Bill Maher writes a FUNNY COLUMN in which he offers “a list of Republican obsessions since President Obama took office.”

Newt Gingrich, man of distortions

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 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the first of our putative candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, is employing distorted economics to WARN America of a “hidden energy tax.”

 Incidentally,  Gingrich is SLATED to testify today at a congressional committee hearing on climate change. That ought to be good for a few laughs.

Hey, torture fans! To borrow a phrase, which part of illegal don’t you understand?

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 In all the current fuss over who committed acts of torture and who ordered such acts and whether such acts were effective, one simple fact seems to have escaped the attention of lots of people:

 Torture is illegal. It’s against the law. It’s a crime.

 You may think that torture is effective. You may think it’s morally justified in certain circumstances. Hell, you may even take some sick pleasure in the very thought of it. But nothing you say changes the fact that it’s illegal.

 Gene Robinson EXPLAINS.

 UPDATE: Paul Krugman ARGUES that ”laws aren’t supposed to be enforced only when convenient.”

 UPDATE II: The Gallup organization is CONDUCTING a poll this weekend on public attitudes regarding investigations into Bush administration policies on torture. Results will be published Monday.

 UPDATE III: It says HERE that torture has not made us safer.