Excerpted text from Forbes:

The American `allergy' to global warming: Why?

By CHARLES J. HANLEY ,
09.25.11, 12:54 AM EDT

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... the headline on the 1975 report was bold: "Are We on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming?" And this article that coined the term may have marked the last time a mention of "global warming" didn't set ( Read more... )

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Who will be Time's Person of the Year ?

Last year it was Vladimir Putin. I'll bet you £3 this year it will be Barack Obama.

Here's a few names on their short list:

Obama
McCain
G W Bush
Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin
Tina Fey (!)
Olympians like Phelps and Bolt
Ahmadinejad
Damien Hirst (!)
Gordon Brown (!)
Bernanke, Paulson
Mugabe
Chinese people called Hu and Wen ( Read more... )

So anyway, it's hard to explain, but I'm a bit obsessed with making lists and personal Halls of Fame... so here's another one  that I've been quietly adding to in the background over the past couple months.

( nonsensical strangeness )

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Darrin, do you ever post anything original and from your own brain anymore ?

No, here are some excerpts from a New York Times story...

Sarah Palin's Almost Creepy Ambition Should Worry McCain

Sarah Palin is the only hope for saving a ticket headed by a warrior who is out of juice and out of ideas. It seems she knows this only too well.

Sarah Palin' ( Read more... )