Sunday, August 26, 2012

Non-climate related open thread

Open thread for anything not related to climate change.  An adjacent post is an open thread for anything about climate.

6 comments:

Jeffrey Davis said...

Charles Portis. Dog of the South.

If you're not familiar with Portis's work other than True Grit, you should be. As things get grimmer in this country -- due to the current attempts to reinstitute the 17th century -- Portis will help to lighten the load.

Brian said...

Thanks for the reminder. I finally read True Grit after the Coen brothers' remake rescued the story from the horror that was John Wayne. I need to check out his other work.

Lionel A said...

I don't know how many of you here follow Greg Palast but he has a long history of reporting on vote fraud in that supposed democracy of yours but here is a link to an intro of his latest oeuvre:

http://www.gregpalast.com/rnc-opens-with-pol-who-should-be-in-jail/#more-6496

J Bowers said...

A very, very cool map.

http://hint.fm/wind/

J Bowers said...

Potential really big news in the fight against malaria using a single shot (which Watts naturally uses for snark against Mike Mann):

South Africa: UCT Scientists Make Malaria Breakthrough

J Bowers said...

Cool dad.