I am in the airport lounge with my 6 year old daughter. She is enchanted by all the country flags and city pictures as I an nursing my second cup of coffee. We are escaping to New York City for a long weekend with my brother and his wife as what six year old won’t …
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Hot Child In The City (And Everywhere Else)
It’s official. 2014 was the warmest year on record. 2014 was Earth’s hottest year since records began in 1880, according to new analyses from both NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The global average temperature in 2014 was 0.69°C (1.24°F) hotter than the average during the twentieth century, NOAA found. The two agencies each conducted separate analyses of …
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First derivative beats comparative analysis
Commenter Fair Economist raises a possible point of political hope for PPACA in that states that implement PPACA even with the Supreme Court fucking with them are doing well, and states that are actively monkey-wrenching PPACA are doing poorly. They got away with the comparisons in 2014, but if 2016 involves a comparison to other …
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They Are Who We Thought They Were (Republicans And Their War On Our Kids)
Republican priorities are — not “becoming,” because they always were — clear. Facing the one unequivocal existential threat to the American way of life (for starters) over the next century, here’s the GOP response to the oncoming rush of human-caused global warming: The new Republican Congress is headed for a clash with the White House …
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Moore, OK. May 20th, One Year On.
One year ago today, an EF-5 tornado hit Moore, OK and southwest OKC. This shot is from the I-35 overpass at SW19th street in Moore, about a mile and a half northwest of my house, and about 3/4 mile northwest of my old house. The view is almost due west. I make this turn almost …
I may have to go and help her with GOTV
This is a plea from Michigan – from valued commenter HillaryRettig: Dear Juicers, Greetings from southwest Michigan, where the landscape is flat, the people are darned nice, and the football teams and the beer kick ass. (Plus, we just got an Alamo Drafthouse – yeah, us!) Plus, we progressives have a GREAT candidate, Paul Clements, …
The Fugue Playing Behind Obama’s Climate Speech — Or Swampland in Florida…
…is looking to be an even worse investment than legend would have it. The Republican Party may not believe in global warming, but those realists with money on the line clearly do. As reported by Alistair Gray and Pilita Clark in the Financial Times blog, Alphaville, it’s getting harder — and may soon become impossible — …
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