The Market is Always Right

Next time the science "experts" in the Bush Administration try to tell us that global climate change isn't supported by research, we'd do well to consider the implications of this article. Basically, the world's major insurance companies, who have a massive financial stake in getting this right, are estimating significant increases in expected losses due to climate change-related severe weather. Follow the money, boys, it's usually right.

Friday Levity

This has been going around the internet for a while but I may as well post it.

Some poor Canadian slob recorded himself doing interpretive dance with a pretend lightsaber at school. Someone found it, digitized it and sent it round the Internet .

While the original video is more sad than funny, the parodies are pretty amusing.

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Deep Knee Bends

Anyone catch the song that played over the credits after the Sopranos last night? Made me right giddy.