October 9, 2022 – 9:35 am
Happy Sunday! Another fine day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. The Sun is shining, the crows are singing me the song of their people, and I have the Giants at 930? That’s weird. This pinup is by Harry Ekman, with a wee bit of help. What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? […]
October 2, 2021 – 7:19 am
There is a big caveat, though California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, a move announced Friday that could push other states to follow as many did after Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the first statewide stay-at-home order in the U.S. during […]
September 20, 2021 – 8:13 am
Is this a good thing or a bad thing? I want to think it’s a good thing, but, you know that the politics of the Vaccine Tyrants will soon come into play Pfizer says its Covid vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11 Pfizer-BioNTech said on Monday that the companies’ two-dose […]
November 17, 2015 – 5:20 pm
This little paper comes to us via Eric Worrall at Watts Up With That? which has something really fun in the abstract The potential for snow to supply human water demand in the present and future Runoff from snowmelt is regarded as a vital water source for people and ecosystems throughout the Northern Hemisphere (NH). […]
November 15, 2015 – 9:39 am
Happy Sunday! It’s a great day in America, but a sad day in France. Despite all the jokes about France surrendering, the French people have a strong spirit and will thrive. This pinup is by Bill Randall, and, even though we are celebrating Paris, have to add a bit with Patriotic Bunny. What is happening […]
November 13, 2014 – 9:49 am
Go back in time to March 20, 2000 Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past Britain’s winter ends tomorrow with further indications of a striking environmental change: snow is starting to disappear from our lives. Sledges, snowmen, snowballs and the excitement of waking to find that the stuff has settled outside are all […]
April 14, 2014 – 7:30 am
Whew! I thought there was an actual danger (if you hit the paywall, try searching the article on Google or Yahoo or something. That’s the way I get in) World has two decade window to stave off ‘dangerous’ climate change The world has a two decade window to build an efficient, low carbon society or […]
October 10, 2013 – 11:03 am
Are you ready for yet another climate tipping point article fable? (Washington Post) Locations around the globe will soon reach climatic tipping points, with some in tropical regions — home to most of the world’s biodiversity — feeling the first impacts of unprecedented eras of elevated temperatures as soon as seven years from now, according […]
September 24, 2013 – 10:20 am
Yet it’s extraordinarily difficult to terminate tenured teachers who commit crimes. Where’s the Schoolkids Union when you need them? (WAVY) A suspended seventh grade Virginia Beach student will find out soon if he is expelled for the rest of the year for shooting an airsoft gun. Like thousands of others in Hampton Roads, Khalid Caraballo […]
June 3, 2013 – 2:19 pm
Apparently schoolkids won’t know what snow free summers look like (via Steven Goddard) (The Local) Struggling to know what to do this weekend? Well, summer is officially here so why not head to the ski slopes of the French Pyrénées? Yes, believe it or not a French ski station is reopening its doors to make […]
