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Behind ya!!!!!

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

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“Now, don’t get me wrong. I love workin’ in Legoland, but it’s times like these that make me wonder why had ever left that cushy job at IT’S A SMALL WORLD at Disney in Florida.. 
 
When that Lego snow begins to squall, those little pieces rip into you.  I didn’t have […]

He may have once held an ownership stake in the Texas Rangers, but he has turned the US of A into a Sally League country.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

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30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer Michael Graczyk,
Associated Press Writer – Mon Dec 1, 3:55 pm ET
Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, Tuesday, Nov. 25, AP – Workers watch as a back hoe drop a scoop of hurricane debris, […]

After Cuba, What’s Next For Ike?–CNN headline |

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

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Images: (President Eisenhower) via digitalhistory.uh.edu; (Hurricane Ike) via itn.co.uk

Things may be worse for Polar bears than we had expected…

Monday, September 1st, 2008

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Water crests over the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal as wind and rain from Hurricane Gustav pound New Orleans. (AP)
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Image: (Polar bear) Photograped by Mila Zinkova via commons.wikimedia.org

Forecasters Warn of Flooding in Ark.–AP headline March 23, 2008

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Vincenzo Kolchak wonders about Noah’s ability for quality control.

Vincenzo Kolchak considered the marriage of suburban snowblowers and their railroad counterparts.

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

It is with great pride I present my answer to his question.

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Images: (man) wrt.howard.syr.edu; (plow) (houses, etc) dcski.com; (Main pix) Gerald Olson; (plow) (c) Richard Percy, 1995 courtesy Jim Czarnecki

Are these the folks who recoil when a lawsuit is brought against a benevolent mega-corporation, but are willing to chase down individuals as a way of stifling science. It’s the new Inquisition.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Weather Channel Founder Blasts Network; Claims It Is ‘Telling Us What to Think’-
TWC founder and global warming skeptic advocates suing Al Gore to expose ‘the fraud of global warming.’
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By Jeff Poor
Business & Media Institute
3/3/2008 6:11:04 PM
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The Weather Channel has lost its way, according to John Coleman, who founded the channel in 1982.
Coleman told an audience […]

Suzy Snowflake joins Typhoid Mary.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

At the core of snowflakes, bacteria
“Bacteria are by far the most active ice nuclei in nature,” said Brent C. Christner, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Louisiana State University.
Moisture must cling to something in order to condense into precipitation, but scientists were surprised to learn how frequently that something is bacteria.
From the Associated Press
March […]

I guess that’s one way of passing the time.

Saturday, March 17th, 2007

Passengers stuck on grounded planes tell horror stories
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The stories would have probably been more frightening with a flashlight under the chin of the story teller.
POSTED: 8:24 p.m. EDT, March 17, 2007
Story Highlights
• Passengers say there seemed to be a shortage of deicing fluid at JFK airport
• One angry flyer says he sat on grounded […]

Six Headlines-No Smith?

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

 MSNBC.com at Noon
MORE TOP STORIES

• Blizzard hits Northeast | • Images
• Chrysler to cut over 13,000 jobs
• Bernanke upbeat on economy
(An upbeat view while 13,000 jobs are lost may qualify
Bernanke for ‘Best In Show’ among Spaniel Economists.)
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