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Sustaining Envy—Guest Post by Jim Fedako

According to Helmut Schoek (Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour), envy is a driving force behind the way societies are structured. And when a society succumbs to the collective force…
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Bad Science Of The Year Nominee: Global Warming To Cause Bad Music

Strike the title. It's probably wrong. But, if so, it was an understandable mistake. After all, it was based on the news article "Music: Will climate change give us the…
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Willie Soon & I Are On An Internet Radio Show Today Celebrating Earth Day: Update

Gaia herself was reportedly besides herself with excitement when she heard Willie Soon and I were to be interviewed on The Yaron Brook Show today. You can tune in to…
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Hey, Triggered College Kiddies: Come To The Ultimate Safe Space!

More than related: Universities? Nuke 'em From Orbit. It's The Only Way To Be Sure.
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Think Global Warming’s Bad? Wait’ll You Meet Sustainability

Today's post is at Breitbart, under the modified title "Think Global Warming Is Bad? Wait Until You Meet Sustainability". This went up Saturday as the lead article, but we were…
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Vatican To Have One-Day “Climate Change” Summit. Why Wasn’t I Invited?

Here's the word from the America: The National Catholic Review: The Vatican is set to host a major conference on climate change this month that will feature leading researchers on…
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Discrimination Is Everywhere!

A seventy-year-old man auditions to play the lead in Model Detective, a film about a Victoria's Secret swimsuit model who solves beach crime, and he is turned down because he…
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After Gay Marriage…Then What? Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell

It is easy to draw parallels from the constitutional right to an abortion, and the nearly constitutional right to marry someone of one's sex. These "rights" are not explicitly stated…
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