Today's Political Rant

As mentioned earlier, Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) has introduced a bill that would make it illegal (!) for the National Weather Service to make its forecasts available for free on the Internet. The National Weather Service is supported by those of us who pay taxes, and its data is the foundation of all weather forecasting […]

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My pal Ken Plume is looking for something and I'll bet someone reading this can help out. It's a cartoon by the famous pre-war British editorial cartoonist Paul Crum (real name: Roger Pettiward). It depicts two hippopotamuses, their noses above water, and one is saying something like, "I keep thinking it's a Tuesday." A collection […]

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