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Ford Unviels 2010 model: The 1993 Taurus!

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/ford_unveils_new_car_for_cash Each 1993 Taurus comes standard with a cassette tape of... more

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Tagging Reality

New smartphone apps could change the way we see the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agywuau0RHQ&feature=sub

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The Freshman 15

The Freshman 15 from College Humor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLkwR_hmWKM

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Klingon Propaganda

Translation please! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6zDg0dKygE

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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies This during a senate Judiciary... more

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Christopher Walken performs Lady Gaga's 'Poker Face'

Hilarious! http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2009/11/02

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What's Beck's Beef? Vegetarians, This Time

I've been following Glenn Beck's exploits for a while now, from his take down of Van Jones to his paranoid tirades... more

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America's Drug Problem-- Not Heroin, Crack, Coke, Weed, or Meth

http://www.citizen.org A film by Brandon Augustin Ramirez, a student in the Digital Media Department of FIDM.

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How to open a bottle of wine with your shoe

On a day out? Drunk off your ass? Have a bottle of wine but no corkscrew? Observe.... more

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Drunkest Guy Ever Goes for More Beer

Yes, this guy is unbelievably hammered, but check out the date and time. This happened at 10 in the morning...on a Tuesday. Watch... more

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Shotgunning Weed - Does it Really Get You Higher?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAVNG2Gx2QI

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Strange Cloud Formation Spooks Moscow Citizens

Citizen of Moscow Russia spooks with a strange cloud formation they saw in the sky. They said the cloud formation looks like a... more

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Dennis Kucinich- The Democratic Leadership is Running Away From Victory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qssuX4ObpaY&feature=player_embedded On MSNBC, The Ed Shultz Show (October 28) Congressman... more

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Weezer Snuggie Infomercial

Apparently this is for real. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXqHfHN9dJs

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Sign of the Apocalypse - Bacon Cheese Doughnut Burger

1,500-calorie bacon cheeseburger uses Krispy Kreme doughnut for bun.

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We Are Douchebags

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tqEBQjWRws

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Jon Stewart Endorses Geoengineering, Scares Audience

There's been quite a controversy kicked up over Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner's new book, SuperFreakonomics. The authors have battled allegations (which seem to have been proven true) that they misquoted and misrepresented the scientist featured in the book, in order to claim that geoengineering is the best solution to climate change--and that worldwide efforts to reduce carbon would be both infeasible and inadequate. Surprising just about everyone, Jon Stewart agrees. Video of the controversy after the jump.

Typically, Jon Stewart can be counted on to be a champion of progressive causes--which is probably why he alienates his audience in the clip below. Endorsing the view that essentially holds that we can continue polluting and emitting CO2 at the current rate because a geoengineering solution (seeding cloud cover, placing reflective mirrors in earth's orbit, etc) will emerge to will solve the problem does seem a bit odd.

Now, one thing Stewart may not understand (since he does not have time to pore over climate blogs, and I, alas, do) is that the controversy is not over whether or not Levitt and Dubner deny global warming. That's not the issue. It's whether they've sited the correct science in producing their view that we should turn to geoengineering as a solution. As it is, their argument remains riddled with errors.

Many scientists (rightly) fear that while geoengineering solutions should be looked at as 'plan b's--that they are potentially dangerous and could produce unintended and irreversible large scale side effects. And Levitt and Dubner seem to have jumped to conclusions to justify the solution they prefer--and Paul Krugman says they even got the economics wrong while doing so.

Also, by naming their chapter 'Global Cooling' and referring to climate science as a 'religion,' Levitt and Dubner knowingly (or if not knowingly, quite ignorantly) invoked two of the primary tropes embraced by the climate change denial movement, perhaps in order to stoke controversy or appear hiply contrarian.

The fact is, Stewart, Levitt, and Dubner overlook the fact that it is feasible for the world to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. And not in any sort of hands-holding-kumbaya-emissions-be-gone idealistic way, either: individual and political will already proved strong enough to move the international community to protect the ozone from aerosol through a set of global agreements. There's no reason that the same can't be accomplished for greenhouse gases.

And the reason there's such a controversy over this is that we're almost there--the US is on the verge of passing climate legislation. The world is inching towards cleaner energy as a rule. China and India are funding huge alternative energy projects. So when Levitt and Dubner come along, on a very public platform, and say, 'Don't bother. There's going to be a magic bullet that will make all this go away,' of course people are going to take issue with it. Many have worked hard for the progress we've made--and of course Levitt is entitled to his opinion. But if you set out to stoke a controversy--don't be so surprised when you get one.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/10/stephen_levitt.phpThere's been quite a controversy kicked up over Steven Levitt and Steven Dubner's new book, SuperFreakonomics. The... more