Author: Leslie Eastman

Leslie Eastman

I am an Environmental Health and Safety Professional, as well as a science/technical writer for a variety of news and professional publications. I have been a citizen activist since 2009, and am one of the co-founders of the San Diego-based group, Southern California Tax Revolt Coalition.

‘Publicity Stunt’: House Republicans Open Probe into Energy Sec. Granholm’s EV Road Trip

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 30, 2023 30 Comments

Granholm also threw her team under the bus, when she testified about the road trip at a recent House Science and Technology Committee hearing....

Science Canceled: Anthropologists Prevented from Giving ‘Importance of Biological Sex’ Talk at Conference

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 28, 2023 28 Comments

American and Canadian anthropological associations assert that using terms male & female will "imperil the safety of the LGBTQI community."...

Lego Abandons One of Its Research Projects Focused on Making “Oil-Free Bricks”

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2023 23 Comments

"Sustainability" goals were at odds with effective manufacture of toys that worked. The process also led to higher carbon emissions....

Michigan UAW Picket Line: Biden Walked for 12 Minutes, Spoke for 87 Seconds

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2023 29 Comments

Today's episode of "I Care" theater. ...

Professional Beekeepers Warn That Policies Based on ‘Colony Collapse’ Mania are Hurting Biodiversity

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 26, 2023 16 Comments

“There are now more honey bees on the planet than there have ever been in human history.”...

Report: NASA Contractor to Study 1,000-year-old ‘Alien’ Mummies From Mexico

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 26, 2023 31 Comments

NASA recently issued an Independent Study Team Report on UAPs in which the organization said the their study deserves a more rigorous, science-based approach, focused on national security concerns....

OSIRIS-Rex Spacecraft Returns an Asteroid Sample Back to Earth

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 25, 2023 11 Comments

Meanwhile, India loses contact with its lunar rover and space industry's “learning period” is extended 8 more years,...

United Auto Workers Union Now Striking at 38 Locations in 20 States

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 25, 2023 22 Comments

Biden to visit striking UAW workers, a day ahead of Trump....

California OK’s Plan to Allow Insurance Companies to Use “Climate Crisis” to Inflate Rates

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 24, 2023 33 Comments

As climate panic is based on flawed modelling, it seems appropriate that the mathematical voodoo of new rates will be based on catastrophe modelling....

Biden Uses “Climate Crisis” Pseudoscience to Create a New Deal-Style American Climate Corps

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 23, 2023 24 Comments

A desperate move by Team Biden, which is bitterly clinging to its remaining supporters as Democrats appear to be looking for palatable alternatives for the 2024 presidential campaign....