Isn't there already enough ugliness in the world...?

...Why go out of the way to manufacture more? (It's a rhetorical question (at this point), dudes.)

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He's wearing....what??

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Off-site link to 7/29/13 article, new window opens, no affiliation: http://www.thelocal.se/49322/20130729/


'Brief' YT video currently available:

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....Yes, a video in slo-mo (YT link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3iSKT5s-zQ

Keep telling yourself: Climate change - and mankind's effects upon it - are myths

Fortunately, you (and your kids) still have time to learn to swim.....Maybe start growing some gills.

Off-site link to 7/31/13 article. New window opens. No affiliation: http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574558/more-than-1400-cities-could-be-underwater-by-centurys-end


>>>BTW: Get ready for (at least) a couple of upcoming news stories informing you that July, 2013 was the hottest month ever recorded at several U.S. locations......

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Very direct selling....

 Pay b4 you pass away....Deal before you keel.....Kick-in b4 you kick it....Remunerate before you cremate.....Remit b4 you quit.........(AD nauseam)

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'It was a dark and stormy night'

To wit: Have occasionally thought of making entry into said sad concours via posts proffered hitherto:

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 http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/index.html

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P.S. I wonder if Lady or 'Lerd' Lytton (link) had anything to do with said contest....

Noticed: Neighbor has people come mow precious lawn, 12:45pm on year's hottest day

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Apparently no one died or was overcome manicuring this guy's no-shade lawn.
...Heat index was at 100. (Hey, that coulda been higher, right?....) 'Heat warnings' in effect (excerpt below). 

 

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Excerpt from NWS 'excessive heat warning':

"AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR.... 

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 9 1 1."

Turning this into a cat video site

For today.

(If not yet seen...)
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Re: 5 questions for Sarah....

Off-site link to 7/10/13 article about Sarah Palin deep-thinkin' a possible Senate bid.
New window opens, no affiliation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/onpolitics/2013/07/10/sarah-palin-senate-alaska-mark-begich/2505075/?


(First off, let's have Katie Couric ask Sarah the questions, thank you.....)

I have five more basic questions for someone who might (somehow) possibly be voting to enact (or obstruct) legislation affecting our country's present, future.....:

(We'll start with a couple of "warm-up" questions:)

1. Spel this (pictured) animal:   

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2: Cipher these:  2 + 2 = ? 
 (Hint: Sum is the same number of fingers ya see on one of your hands. Minus 'Mr. Thumb' of course...)


3. Name the pictured varmint animal. (Not sure Sarah has ever really seen one up-close. Maybe from safely high-above in the air though.... )

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4. Define the following word, in the context of legislative deliberations and actions:  "Compromise"

5. Define the following word, in the context of legislative deliberations and actions: "Ethical"

Bonus question: Explain/defend this previous, attributed statement of yours: ""What would your response be if I asked you to remove some books from the collection?" --Sarah Palin, inquiring with Wasilla librarian Mary Ellen Emmons about banning books right after taking office in 1996."

Bonus question: Is building a gas line "up to" God? (""I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that." --Sarah Palin, on the $30 billion national gas pipeline project that she wanted built in the state, speaking to students the Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008 (Watch video clip))"