February 22, 2005

  • Weed, Doom, Gloom, and a Twinkle in the Sky


     


    Weed...


    How ironic is it that President Bush’s now ex-friend named “Wead” was the one who revealed that Georgie smoked weed?  And since conservatives like Bush maintain that smoking weed can totally screw you up, shouldn’t we demand a full accounting by Bush in order to determine if the weed actually whacked him for life?  Who knows, he may yet be prone to psychotic flashbacks as scientifically chronicled in the documentary “Reefer Madness”.


     


    Doom... 


    Speaking of bird flu crossing over to humans:


    "This is a very ominous situation for the globe," CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding told a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.


     


    ...if the virus develops into a form capable of spreading among humans, in the most optimistic scenario 2 million to 7 million people would die worldwide, and the toll could potentially reach 100 million.


     


    The mortality rate is very high — about 72 percent of identified patients, Gerberding said.


     


    "our assessment is that this is a very high threat. ... You may see the emergence of a new strain to which the human population has no immunity."


     


    Gloom...


    The proof is in the oceans:


    Scientists have found the first unequivocal link between man-made greenhouse gases and a dramatic heating of the Earth's oceans.


     


    Tim Barnett, a marine physicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, said: "We've got a serious problem. The debate is no longer: 'Is there a global warming signal?' The debate now is: 'What are we going to do about it?'"

    T    hese changes are happening and they are expected to amplify.  It's acertainty that these changes will put serious trains on the ecosystems of the planet."


     


    and a Twinkle in the Sky... 


    (Twinkle, twinkle magnetar, why don't gammas leave a scar?):


     


    The brightest explosion ever detected in our galaxy ...sent x-rays and gamma rays careening outward at incredible speeds, astronomers announced on Friday. In just two-tenths of a second, the flare, located 50,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius, shot out as much energy as our sun gives off in 250,000 years.

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