Hot times...Celebrate coal ship's navigation of melting Arctic

Coal. Through the Northwest Passage. Which is melting via carbon emissions (etc.)  Facilitated greatly by....(burning) coal.

...Another 'giant leap' for mankind. In which direction...?

Off-site link to a 9/27/13 news article. New window opens: http://local.msn.com/ship-crosses-northwest-passage


>>>Oh. As part of the Passage passage celebration the coal industry wished me to include the following, for you...and all (coal-) burning lovers everywhere! 


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^^^Oh no....BLACKED-OUT.  Try this one (lyrics on YouTube). Turn it up:


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...Try try again:

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Nature: 1....90%-useless yackity-yak: 0

Off-site link to a 9/20/13 'news' story. New window opens. No affiliation: http://www.myrecordjournal.com/wallingford/wallingfordnews/2411512-129/osprey-nest-leads-to-cell-disturbance.html

...Keeps happening (link): http://www.myrecordjournal.com/news/wallingford/2411512-154/story.html.html




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ha ha: Have a laff about some loose nukes

Speakin' as someone who was actually around back in 1961, I'm feeling "a little" more grateful (now) that a (large) number of us got to see 1962, and beyond:

....Especially if you were alive then, if this story doesn't do some hair-raising for you, nothing much will:
Off-site link, new window opens, no affiliation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/20/north-carolina-atomic-bomb/2845381/?


 ...."Ooooops":

(Image: "Nuclear weapon test Romeo (yield 11 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. 27 March 1954. Author: U.S. Dept. of Energy. "This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain."")


P.S. May not want to read even more here (off-site link, new window) , prior to trying to sleep well....EVER!

Livin' in the USA: Whistling in the dark...

This is supposed to be a humor blog, so let's all force ourselves to (mis-)perceive the following as unbelievably twisted, "dark" humor....!
...Courtesy of a few of your more obnoxious fellow Americans:

Topic 'o the week: "Government" by/through extortion (via a cadre of reactionary dupes/zealots).
Or: The funny thing that's about to happen to your social security check (etc.)...  Off-site link to 9/18/13 news story. New window opens. No affiliation: http://swampland.time.com/2013/09/18/the-final-showdown-why-the-coming-budget-crisis-may-be-the-worst/?

Topic 'o the weeks (ad nauseam):  Miley (A/k/a "What th'...? Where's the talent??") Cyrus. 
Many parents - incl. older women (and men) who (years ago) fought for increased freedoms, which Miley/(some of) Miley's admirers enjoy/exploit/turnabout -- surely must be amused:
Off-site link, new window opens, no affiliation: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-helps-vevo-conquer-mtv-in-video-views-battle-8814877.html


Topic o' the millennium:

 

(Off-site link to one related article, new window opens, no affiliation: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/09/17/2633551/climate-science-denial-hearing/)

HaH! My symptoms are amplifying:

Off-site link, 9/16/13 article from "America's Finest News Source".
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http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-finds-leading-cause-of-depression-hearing-wo,33882/

Gaaah! No more! No mas...

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....The "Progressive" (...ironic, ain't it) "girl".....It's like we're dragged back to 1953. (Repeatedly....She IS a 'drag'.)

...Ad nauseam.  Over to The Byrds playing some Bob Dylan to help out here......

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(FWIW: At least the little insurance lizard is once-in-a-while funny.  
....Gigantic insurance companies....they just want us to love 'em.)

BTW...There are humans - in 2013 - named 'Flo'...?? (Under the age of 70...?)