NASA - Chilean Quake May Have Shortened Earth Days →
“The Feb. 27 magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile may have shortened the length of each Earth day.”
Ok, now this is kind of disturbing.
lmc:
Why You Should Buy Art
by William Powhida
(via brooklynmutt)
Religious Groups Endorse Monserrate →
“Religious leaders in Queens have pledged their support for Hiram Monserrate in the special election to fill the expelled State Senator’s seat on March 16.
They say they appreciate Monserrate’s vote against gay marriage last year. One local leader, Rev. Gilbert Pickett says he applauds Monserrate for his vote against New York’s gay marriage bill in December.”
For those of you not living in New York State: Monserrate is a State Senator who was convicted of assaulting his girlfriend and, as a result, was expelled from the State Senate. He’s now running for re-election.
Yes, that’s right, folks — certain religious leaders apparently will give you a pass on assaulting your girlfriend, just as long as you work to keep teh gays from getting married.
Sometimes I really just want to cry.
Because I am shallow, I think this is pretty funny.
Robert Reich: The Enthusiasm Gap →
I had dinner the other night with a Democratic pollster who told me Dems are heading toward next fall’s mid-term elections with a serious enthusiasm gap: The Republican base is fired up. The Dem base is packing up.
The Dem base is lethargic because congressional Democrats continue to…
Even though climate deniers have speciously argued for several years that there has been no warming in the last decade, scientists confirmed last month that the last 10 years were the hottest decade since modern records have been kept. The heavy snowfalls this month have been used as fodder for ridicule by those who argue that global warming is a myth, yet scientists have long pointed out that warmer global temperatures have been increasing the rate of evaporation from the oceans, putting significantly more moisture into the atmosphere — thus causing heavier downfalls of both rain and snow in particular regions, including the Northeastern United States. Just as it’s important not to miss the forest for the trees, neither should we miss the climate for the snowstorm.
AIDES – “Graffiti” →
Best. PSA. Ever. (Very, very, very NSFW.)
John Sherffius (via axinomancy)
The GOP’s official stance.
