Moscow hits 102 degrees F; hottest day ever in Finland; long range threat
At 4pm local time today in Moscow, Russia, the temperature surpassed 100°F for the first time in recorded history. The high temperature of 100.8°F (37.8°C) recorded at the Moscow Observatory, the official weather location for Moscow, beat Moscow’s previous record of 99.5°F (37.5°C), set just three days ago, on July 26. Prior to 2010, Moscow’s hottest temperature of all-time was 36.6°C (98.2°F), set in August, 1920. Records in Moscow go back to 1879. Baltschug…
Remember back in January when it snowed here in Tennessee and Washington D.C. (something that it is expected to do) and all of you, including Faux News, said it disproved global warming. Well, what do you have to say about the temps this summer? Oceans are hotter than ever, Chattanooga is sweltering and so is Moscow… what’s up with that? Fluke, you say? No, get used to it and start to take action to diminish the burning of fossil fuels. Now. Stop Mountaintop Removal and Offshore Drilling.
it enhances the land, he said. He doesn’t think Kentucky has any real mountains, since it isn’t like Nepal. Those are just knobby hills in sorry ole Kentucky. It would be better if it weren’t there. Who cares what one does with their land, right? It would be better if it were enhanced by strip mining. This is from Dirty Coal’s Favorite Candidate. A new article from Details magazine portrays The Rise and Fall of Rand Paul
Paul believes mountaintop removal just needs a little rebranding. “I think they should name it something better,” he says. “The top ends up flatter, but we’re not talking about Mount Everest. We’re talking about these little knobby hills that are everywhere out here. And I’ve seen the reclaimed lands. One of them is 800 acres, with a sports complex on it, elk roaming, covered in grass.” Most people, he continues, “would say the land is of enhanced value, because now you can build on it.”
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“Let’s let you decide what to do with your land,” he says. “Really, it’s a private-property issue.” This is a gentler, more academic variation on a line he used the evening before, during his speech at the Harlan Center: “If you don’t live here, it’s none of your business.”
Here is some more stupidity from Paul:
Rand Paul and I are trying to remember why Harlan, Kentucky, might be famous. That’s where Paul is driving me, on a coiling back road through the low green mountains of the state’s southeastern corner, in his big black GMC Yukon festooned with RON PAUL 2008 and RAND PAUL 2010 stickers. Something about Harlan has lodged itself in my brain the way a shard of barbecue gets stuck in one’s teeth, and I’ve asked Paul for help. “I don’t know,” he says in an elusive accent that’s not quite southern and not quite not-southern. The town of Hazard is nearby, he notes: “It’s famous for, like, The Dukes of Hazzard.”
Read More http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201008/rand-paul-kentucky-senate-republican-campaign?printable=true#ixzz0v75rh9zO
Here we go again, the Palin clan is back in the news. The adult daughter, Bristol, is going to marry the baby’s daddy, Levi. Who cares? Right.
The only thing noteworthy from America’s biggest hypocrite family is selling the story to US Weekly magazine before telling her parents. Classy? No, but these are the Palins, so what do you expect? Apparently, they have been engaged for two weeks now, but haven’t the courage to tell Sarah and Todd. They may not have been able to reach Sarah and speak to her in person, she is never at home parenting her children; still, they could have broken the news to the parents. Remember “family first” or is that just another cliche with them? Indeed it is. Sarah spends more time selling books on parenting than actually doing it. Bristol has become the spokesperson for abstinence. Ha-ha. I guess they are hoping for people with short memories and no access to fact checking sites.
In true Palinesque fashion, the born-again virgin, Bristol, told the news they are committed to abstinence until their wedding. You can see their commitment is sitting between the two parents in the photo.
102 were killed in Afghanistan in June; 14 have died so far in July (and this is just the 6th, 25 more days to go). Please take a moment to view this beautiful tribute. The bagpipes will touch your heart.
We started out our 4th of July with a hike out on Shackleford Ridge. Saw a cute, little doe by the school.
then, we started our hike. The first thing I saw was poison ivy.
and more
enjoyed the swinging bridge
Look some more poison ivy, quietly tucked in with the mushroom:
Come on guys, let’s go home
Ahh… much better
The knives are out for Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner, when Republican pundit Joe Scarborough insinuated he is a bar fly. Of course, one would know this anyway by watching him on a Sunday morning television shows where he appears quite hung over; however, the last person I would expect to acknowledge this is Joe Scarborough. Wonder what’s up with that? hmmmm….
Oh and don’t you love the caption where Politico shows a photo from MSNBC of House Minority Leader Boehner, but the caption reads Senate Minority Leader. Good grief.
That’s why she is against them. She thinks people would rather collect unemployment and stay home, even if the range is $30 to $275 a week, then go to work and support a family. What an affront she is to those who are suffering. Talk about kicking someone when they are down, she brings a whole new level of mean-spiritedness to politics. Message to Sharon Angle: when running for a political office try to bring people into your campaign not alienate them with lunacy and attacks.
Verizon Wireless, the largest U.S. mobile-phone company, will start selling Apple’s iPhone next year, ending AT&T.’s exclusive hold on the smartphone in the United States, two people familiar with the plans said Tuesday.
Deal is suppose to take place six months from now, in January 2011. Let’s hope this time it doesn’t fall apart.
