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Unfortunate subsets of some militant environmental groups believe that anyone who uses the land, including quite responsibly, is an enemy.   
The Lacey Act is one of few government regulations I have praised for its effectiveness.  Few government regulations are actually designed to help anyone, they are either designed to hobble someone in order to artificially level the playing field or they are designed to boost a special interest.  This act levels the playing field, but for the benefit of companies that are ethical.
Haute couture through history?  It is when St. Pölten takes the Catwalk!

If your only knowledge of Stone Age fashion is stricly limited to old Flintstones cartoons, you are in luck.  On September 23rd the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in St. Pölten, Austria will be parading clothing from over ten millennia, a journey through time and the world of fashion.



Wilma Flintstone - fashion maven from the Stone Age.  © Hanna-Barbera.
Every ramp-up to every election since blogging has been in existence has seen the blogosphere explode with the usual 'Republicans are anti-science' hype while whitewashing Democrats who do the same thing.

This year is no different, though they feel legitimized because an anti-Republican pundit at the (shock) New York Times agrees - if Republican politicians are just as religious as Democrats (and they are) the Republicans must be irrational, so vote for higher taxes.
Have a telescope?   Heck, do you have a pair of binoculars?

If so, head outside the city and take a look at a Type 1A supernova.  It's 21 million light-years away, which sounds like a lot, but to astronomers and modern optics that's actually pretty close.  So close that over the next few weeks you can even spy it with a pair of good binoculars (25x100), a short while after sunset.
In the early days of the Obama administration transition, there were a number of concerns about his anti-science beliefs.  He hired a guy who thought girls couldn't do math and one who thinks there is a government UFO conspiracy.

But then he made Steven Chu Energy Secretary, and that was good, if only Chu could curb his anti-CO2 fetish.