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NASA's plans to return astronauts to the moon are dead. So are the rockets being designed to take them there — that is, if President Barack Obama gets his way. When the White House releases his budget proposal Monday, there will be no money for the Constellation program that was supposed to return humans to the moon by 2020. The troubled and expensive Ares I rocket that was to replace the space shuttle to ferry humans to space will be gone, along with money for its bigger brother, the Ares V cargo rocket that was to launch the fuel and...

The credibility of the IPCC has reached a new all time low. Another leading warmist scientist, this time the UK’s Chief Scientist Prof John Beddington is deserting ship. The impact of global warming has been exaggerated by some scientists and there is an urgent need for more honest disclosure of the uncertainty of predictions about the rate of climate change, according to the Government’s chief scientific adviser. Beddington states in the Times Online: “I don’t think it’s healthy to dismiss proper skepticism. Science grows and improves in the light of criticism. There is a fundamental uncertainty about climate change prediction...

I have been searching for an alternative to the AARP. There is one organization that has advertised during Rush's show, but I can't remember it. (Can you tell I need a seniors' group?) I searched online and found 2 prospects. One is the American Seniors Association (www.americanseniors.org) and the other is The Association of Mature Citizens (www.amac.us). Does anyone know anything about either of these groups or if there are others? Both were started recently, and I found at least one blog post that said the ASA didn't have any real benefits and just tried to sell stuff. (Sounds a...