Just a few months ago in his State of the Union address, President Obama called for more science education. As always, this is desperately needed to counteract anti-scientific political antics. From a Wired pieces called “7 Science-Education Battlegrounds of 2011″: Less than four months into 2011, lawmakers in seven states have proposed nine pieces of . . . → Read More: Why is a successful NSF science education program being cancelled?
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By Miriam Goldstein, on  April 19th, 2011  2 comments  Opinion  classroom, Funding, GK-12, Obama, outreach, science education, Science Outreach By Dr. M, on July 11th, 2010 2 comments Oil Spills BP, cleanup, corexit, Cuba, Deepwater Horizon, deepwater well, Drilling, Emergency Relief Well Act, Florida Keys, Galveston, Gulf of Mexico, Jindal, Lake Pontchartrain, NOAA, Obama, offshore, Oil Spill, oysters, relief well, shorebird, Shrimp, super skimmer, Susan Shaw, tarball This satellite radar image taken by Envisat's ASAR sensor at 10:44pm local time on July 7 shows a large patch of oil extending north from the site of the leaking Macondo well, and an area of small slicks along the Mississippi shoreline. A large dark area extending from Mobile Bay to beyond Panama City . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update July 11, 2010
By Dr. M, on June 22nd, 2010 6 comments Uncategorized BP, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf of Mexico, Obama, Oil Spill Image from the Aquaman Shrine. The oil spill is really an act by Black Manta to destroy Aquaman, the pillar of strength for the Justice League Its been 64 magical days and 160 million glorious gallons (or is it even more…nobody knows…) since the Deepwater Horizon laid down the ultimate Gulf of Mexico smackdown. Below is summary . . . → Read More: Oil Spill Update: June 23rd, 2010
By Kevin Zelnio, on June 8th, 2010 7 comments Industry & Government, Oil Spills BP, Colbert Report, Obama, Oil Spill, Tony Hayward The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Oil’s Well That Never Ends www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Oil’s Well That Never Ends www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Broadcast . . . → Read More: Colbert Shows Obama How to Be Angry About the Oil Spill
By Dr. M, on April 6th, 2010 5 comments Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government, Uncategorized Democrat, Drilling, Obama, offshore, oil, policy, Politics, Republican Last Wednesday, Obama in a very surprising move, unveiled plans for large swaths of the ocean off the East Coast, eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska to be drilled for oil and gas for the first time. Specifically the plan allows areas from Delaware to central Floria, the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, and swath 125 miles . . . → Read More: Oil: From the offshore to onshore, From the deep sea to coral reefs
By Dr. M, on February 3rd, 2010 4 comments Ramblings, Vessels and Equipment alvin, exploration, manned, NASA, Obama, robot, ROV, Sealink, shutle, space, submersible, unmanned The internets is consumed recently with the Obama administration’s choice to cut funding for NASA manned space exploration. Manned missions to the moon or development of the technologies needed to go mars…gone. A lot of people are quite distraught about this decision believing it a poor course for the future. ”The decision has been condemned . . . → Read More: Manned or Unmanned?
By Dr. M, on June 30th, 2009 One comment Nautical Terms and Phrases bamboozle, Denzel Washington, flags, hoisting, hoodwinked, Malcolm X, Obama, Sailing, Spanish to deceive I knew of the scene in Malcolm X, where Denzel Washington states “Every election year, these politicians are sent up here to pacify us,” he says. “You’ve been hoodwinked. Bamboozled.” Apparently and totally missed by myself when it actually occurred, Obama during his campaign (at the very of this clip) used similar terminology . . . → Read More: Wednesday Nautical Terms and Phrases: Bamboozle
By Kevin Zelnio, on May 18th, 2009 2 comments Archaeology, History, and Art, TGIF: Pictures & Movies Obama, Pete Souza, Pirate, president, White House “But as I said during the campaign, we can’t just talk to our friends. As hard as it is, we also have to talk to our enemies, and I’ve begun to do exactly that,” the President said in his speech. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. It well worth to check out the . . . → Read More: Obama reaches across the Argh-isle
By Dr. M, on February 11th, 2009 One comment Bringin' It, Carnivals & Link Love, Conservation & Environment, Industry & Government Drilling, energy, gas, Obama, offshore drilling, oil Rick notes that… US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today his intention to shelve plans passed on the final business day of the Bush administration to open much of the U.S. coast to oil drilling, including 130 million acres off California’s coast from Mendocino to San Diego. To those of you from the . . . → Read More: Yeah!
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 21st, 2009 16 comments Archaeology, History, and Art Aerial Photo, Obama, Politics Up at Popular Science’s website. Why are there these “ant hill”-like communities? I guess I sort of imagined it to be packed down the mall with people. Was it set up that way by security? Anyways, AWESOME speech! I just about shed tears when he said he would restore science in the white house. Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}Up at Popular Science’s website. Why are there these “ant hill”-like communities? I guess I sort of imagined it to be packed down the mall with people. Was it set… |
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