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Nasty Weather at Boston Marathon

Heavy rains, temperatures in the upper 30s, and gusts of wind up to 50 mph. I’ve never qualified for Boston, and I’m glad I didn’t this year.  The website has up to the minute conditions and results, including this helpful tip on treating hypothermia: If CPR is necessary, resuscitation should not be stopped until the person’s [...]


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Concensus versus Truth–Global Warming, Babe Ruth, and Rickey Henderson

The other day, a friend sent me an article from the KNS  about recent temperatures in East Tennessee, presumably trying to convince me that global warming is real and that the temperatures and phenomena in this area for the past 20 years prove it.  All of this stemmed from a conversation we had a few days before [...]


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Global Warming Facts and Concensus

I wish I had more time to dedicate to writing a longer post that would remind my friends trained in the sciences about the strength of the scientific method and the differences between facts and theories.  For now, this aricle will have to do.  Matt Maschinot’s point in the article’s comments goes says just about [...]


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Gingrich and Kerry to Debate

Not presidential though, it’s climate.  What once was touted as a concern for humanity has now officially been polarized by the Republicrats as a way to sell books and get some “look at me” time.  Jeremy Jacobs has the full story. I couldn’t help but be amused by this: “As a father, when someone tells me that [...]


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Can’t Wait to See Gore’s Graph for Mars

National Geographic’s article on Martian Warming “The long-term increase in solar irradiance is heating both Earth and Mars,” he said. By no means does this suggest we shouldn’t be reducing our energy consumption.  I do what I can to reduce…I love the idea of reducing my con$umption.  My definition of “green power” is spending as [...]