Classic False Equivalence on Political Science Abuse - English Major Chris Mooney

[Liberals] work with scientists and respect them–there is far too much psychological cost for most of us to openly contradict a consensus they’ve reached.

Incandescent dissidents

Beausoleil has joined an undetermined number of others around the country hoarding hundreds of bulbs before the end of the year, which will mark the last day manufacturers can produce 100-watt light bulbs

In Rush to Assist Solyndra, U.S. Missed Warning Signs - NYTimes.com

WASHINGTON — President Obama’s visit to the Solyndra solar panel factory in California last year was choreographed down to the last detail — the 20-by-30-foot American flags, the corporate banners hung just so, the special lighting, even coffee and doughnuts for the Secret Service detail.
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“It’s here that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future,” the president declared in May 2010 to the assembled workers and executives. The start-up business had received a $535 million federal loan guarantee, offered in part to reassert American dominance in solar technology while generating thousands of jobs.

But behind the pomp and pageantry, Solyndra was rotting inside, hemorrhaging cash so quickly that within weeks of Mr. Obama’s visit, the company canceled plans to offer shares to the public.

More Unsettled Science? - By Greg Pollowitz - Planet Gore - National Review Online

The researchers at CERN might have accidentally broken the speed of light.