Integral Entropy: 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists on Global Warming with Chris Matthews

Here's a video from today's Hardball show with the articulate and irrefutable Brenda Ekwurzel of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Definitely worth watching.

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How Stuff Works

Found this site sponsored by Discovery Channel while studying for a certification exam. It...uh...shows you how stuff...works.... Checkitout.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

RealClimate Blog - 6 steps to verify CO2 is the problem

This post from 2007 breaks the science into 6 easy to digest yet comprehensive corollaries that indicate why increasing CO2 is a major problem. From the The RealClimate Blog, a blog about climate science by climate scientists. I found this in an excellent article on Climategate by Sharon Begley in the Dec. 14th issue of Newsweek.

Also, and perhaps even more worth reading is the Power Failure article in the same issue which is an excerpt of the book Storms of my Grandchildren by renowned climate scientist, astronomer, and physicist James Hansen of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Columbia University.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Acid Test - NRDC Movie w/ Sigourney Weaver

Watch this movie, it's only 20 minutes long, and is worth watching just to hear Sigourney's dulcet tones, and inimitable style - oh, and there's also some real science in it too, that could mean the difference between life as we know it, and something very different.

National Coalition of Reason (COR)

The mission of the United Coalition of Reason is to raise the visibility and sense of unity among local groups in the community of reason, to create a national dialogue on the role of nontheists in American society, and to improve the way that nontheists are perceived by average Americans.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Richard Dawkins Website

All things Dawkins, including his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth - The Evidence for Evolution", and other science-related and atheist-positive material for the thinking human of the modern epoch.

Understanding Evolution - UC Berkeley Website

"Your one-stop source for information on evolution" - Lesson plans, various topics; history, evidence, how it works, etc.

Evolution on pbs.org

A collection of videos, tools for teachers and students, and various topics from Darwin to religion; and the complete NOVA documentary "Judgement Day" which is based on the landmark 2004 court case "Kitzmiller v. Dover School District", in which the teaching of Intelligent Design was shot down by a Federal Judge.

The Scripture Project

Scripture Project Mission
Steve Wells, creator of the Skeptics Annotated Bible, Qur’an, and Book of Mormon has generously donated the full contents of his website to the Reason Project. Using this as a foundation, we intend to make the Scripture Project the best source for scriptural criticism on the Internet.

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Keith Olberman's Special Comment on Healthcare Reform

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Monday, October 05, 2009

OpenSecrets | Lawmakers Get One-Two Punch of Money From Health Industry Special Interests - Capital Eye

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Lawmakers Get One-Two Punch of Money From Health Industry Special Interests - Capital Eye

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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A World Without Nuclear Weapons - globalzero.org

You'll find Queen Noor, and the rest of the thinking world at http://www.globalzero.org checkitout.

Friday, September 18, 2009

No Country for Sick Men - Article from Newsweek

Excellent and quick article from the producer of two Frontline pieces on Universal HC in other rich democracies, how we kill 22k people / year by denying them the right to healthcare, and the moral issue that it indeed is; how the rest of the world is baffled by our approach and lack of understanding of the moral issues...just read it already.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/215290

Friday, September 11, 2009

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Friday, August 28, 2009

Mass of Pacific Plastic Trash Morass More Massive than Ever Expected

Imagine if the fish dumped aerosolized plastic into our oxygen supply...

Thursday, August 27, 2009

More Dogma Gone Missing for those Of the Mindful Orientation

Sam Harris, who was on Bill Maher last week, is the cofounder of this fantastic project and website. I pray that you'll check it out and join the list, volunteer, or just read the stuff.

http://www.reasonproject.org/

We Need More of This and less of that...

Which came first - the legendary REM song, or the process of awakening that William Lobdell experienced...

http://williamlobdell.com/

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Great tool to Fact Check the Healthcare Bullshit at Politifact.com

TDS - Why do we have to go to TDS to get the facts? Betsy McCaughey gets served by Jon Stewart

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Newsweek - The Truth about Obamacare

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Neal Gabler - Media not doing their job on healthcare

Great opinion piece on how the media isn't focusing on truth but instead is focusing on the sensationalism of the shouting-idiots-at-the-town-hall phenomenon which is being stoked by the lies of Insurance Companies, militant right-wingers, and the appropriated republican party, instead of reporting on the factual truths of the matter, meaning the actual text of the bills that are being considered in congress - which Jon Stewart did so well last Thursday night...video to follow...