Ohio is key to Romney, if he loses that state his path to electoral bliss hits a brick wall. It’s mathematically possible for him to win, but much harder. Recent polls show Obama with solid lead in the state, but voters are fickle and events unpredictable. The good news is early voting begins in the Buckeye …
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Sep 30 2012
Arctic temperatures now exceed Medieval Warm Period
Scientists used a clever technique to pin down the temperature a thousand years ago during the medieval warm period. The results are both fascinating and a little depressing:
Sep 29 2012
Mormons to fast and pray for Mitt’s debate next week
If this is The Plan, we may be OK. Because nothing fails quite like not-so-ancient magic rituals:
Sep 29 2012
Garbage in, garbage out
It was bound to happen sooner or later. The conservative fantasy world, so carefully crafted with Kochwhore pocket change, has built up an alternate reality so seductive that it’s now turning on its creators. One way it manifests is with GOP denial over polling data showing Romney ina death spiral. Garbage in, garbage out, now the untreated run …
Sep 29 2012
I’ll be the drunk guy
Paleoclimatologist extraordinaire Dr. Michael Mann will be in my home town of Austin next week. Mike has been invaluable again and again in helping me and dozens of other bloggers convey the subtleties of his field of study to thousands of readers over the years. In fact he and his cohorts created one of the first dedicated …
Sep 28 2012
New comet may dazzle
A new comet in the frigid outer reaches of the solar system may be an old friend, and it could put on a dazzling display in late 2013 or early 2014. But take it with a grain of salt: I’m old enough to remember the hype of Comet Kohoutek AKA the dud:
Sep 28 2012
Curiosity strikes paydirt
Mars Curiosity landed in the right place alright! Just a few steps from touchdown the one ton rover snapped this image showing what planetary geologists (Areologists?) say is a lead pipe cinch for an alluvial fan, i.e., freely flowing water:
Sep 27 2012
Obama surges among Catholic voters
This is so delicious. It seems like it only a few weeks ago when Catholic voters were going to hand the election to Romney cuz the Kenyan anti-colonial socialist was going to side with sluts instead of the good misogynists of Moreltown, Stateasota. I guess everyone’s dumping on Mittens:
Sep 27 2012
What’s the opposite of the bandwagon effect?
When a Presidential campaign has the kind of month Mitt Romney’s had, its traditional to start offering critique.
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