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Juan Cole

Energy
Romney Ridiculed 'Rising of Seas,' Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Romney Ridiculed ‘Rising of Seas,’ Pledged Deep cuts to FEMA (Videos)

Juan Cole

Mitt Romney makes fun of President Obama’s pledge to slow the rising of the world’s oceans, caused by climate change, and his Republican audience tittered. Instead, Romney pledged to “help you and your families.” In general, more moisture in the air and higher ocean temperatures, both of which help hurricanes be more damaging, result from […]

Energy
Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

Top Green Energy Good News Stories in Honor of Frankenstorm

Juan Cole

While storms and hurricanes are normal, Frankenstorms are not. Global climate change caused by human dumping of carbon dioxide into the air causes severe weather. We can only hope to slow down the processes whereby more and more extreme weather is produced by more and more carbon dioxide. In the meantime, we have to go […]

US politics
A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

A vote for Romney is a vote for Zombies: Joss Whedon of the Avengers (Video)

Juan Cole

Director and screenwriter Joss Whedon (The Avengers, The Cabin in the Woods (2012), suggests that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for the Zombie Apocalypse, and that learning Parkour (obstacle and speed training) would be an appropriate response to a Romney victory.

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You, Robot:  Darpa's Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

You, Robot: Darpa’s Robot learns to Avoid Obstacles

Juan Cole

Darpa’s Atlas Robot learns to avoid obstacles:

Energy
Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Severe Weather, Climate Change and Corporate Greed (Solnit)

Juan Cole

Rebecca Solnit writes at Tomdispatch.com: Our Words Are Our Weapons Against the Destruction of the World by Greed In ancient China, the arrival of a new dynasty was accompanied by “the rectification of names,” a ceremony in which the sloppiness and erosion of meaning that had taken place under the previous dynasty were cleared up […]

Iran
Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

Syria crisis Shakes Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia as Cease-Fire Crumbles

Juan Cole

The inability of the Syrian government to crush an 18-month-old revolutionary movement is putting increasing pressure on its neighbors. Not only have hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria poured into Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Iraq, but political forces in each of those countries are having to choose sides and to reevaluate their choices over […]

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Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

Medley of Grey-Faced Republican Men on Duty of Raped Women to Bear the Child (Video)

Juan Cole

A medley of grey-faced Republican men with two-dollar haircuts fulminating on rape and the duty of raped women to bear their rapist’s baby:

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Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Romney & Ryan Self-Help Book on Rape (Jamiol Cartoon)

Juan Cole

Courtesy Paul Jamiol

Energy
Candidates flee East Coast as Frankenstorm takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change

Candidates flee East Coast as Frankenstorm takes Revenge for their Ignoring Climate Change

Juan Cole

Mitt Romney and Joe Biden have canceled campaign events planned for this weekend at Virginia Beach as a massive storm bears down on the east coast of the US. The candidates are fleeing from the East Coast, even though they won’t talk about the key environmental issue of our time. The candidates in this year’s […]

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