Dangerous Storm-chasing Yahoos on Video
Storm observer Steve Miller and crew were headed toward a supercell in northwest Oklahoma yesterday, a camcorder running in his vehicle as some extremely dangerous driving behavior unfolded in front of him. I’m so glad that he has uploaded the footage of some prima-donna driving an armor-plated, “look-at-me” sort of vehicle, their Discovery Channel “support” [...]
Read more →Texas Wildflower Extravaganza
Prior to last autumn, the Hill Country of central and south Texas had been mired in an intense, multi-year drought that ruined crops, depleted grazing fields for livestock, lowered aquifers and reservoirs to levels not recorded before, threatened municipal water supplies, and caused great angst among water-management agencies. The drought also left wildflowers rather sparse [...]
Read more →Capitalism in a Casket
The Libertarians offer an interesting, alternative perspective on our financial troubles as a nation: Libertarians call for more finance industry freedom The salient excerpt: “It is remarkable that so many people have blamed the banking and financial company failures on the ‘free market.’ The American finance industry is probably the most regulated industry in human [...]
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