Daily Archives: August 9, 2011

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But the hurricanes we aren’t having are very intense. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/ushurrlist18512009.txt

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Yes, Afghanistan is another Vietnam. Or maybe another Afghanistan The Taliban lured US forces into an elaborate trap to shoot down their helicopter, killing 30 American troops in the deadliest such incident of the war, an Afghan official said Monday. … Continue reading →

The country is bankrupt and the government is wasting almost a million dollars on Soviet style art propaganda. The National Science Foundation has awarded a $700,000 grant to the Civilians, a New York theater company, to finance the production of … Continue reading →

2011 in red. 2006 in green. http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/AMSRE_Sea_Ice_Extent.png

Obama plan: Destroy Romney In a move that will make some Democrats shudder, Obama’s high command has even studied former President George W. Bush’s 2004 takedown of Sen. John Kerry, a senior campaign adviser told POLITICO, for clues on how … Continue reading →

I guess there is a reason why coral grows in the tropics. SUMMIT COUNTY — Amid all the concern over the impacts of rising sea temperatures to coral reefs, University of Georgia researchers have found that cold water is just … Continue reading →

YTD cooler than 1896, 1900, 1910, 1911, 1921, 1925, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1952 and  1954. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/na.html  

Pummeled by ghastly economic news, President Obama called Monday for more spending and extended tax cuts that he said would help stimulate the economy — but these also could deepen the deficit problems that helped the federal government earn its … Continue reading →