The Associated Press: WHO predicts 'explosion' of swine flu cases

Many countries could see swine flu cases double every three to four days for several months until peak transmission is reached, once cold weather returns to the northern hemisphere, said WHO's Western Pacific director, Shin Young-soo.

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Obama now a big NASCAR fan or something

Not quite comedy gold but maybe comedy bronze, as The One delivers a master class on how to B.S. your way through a subject you know and/or care little about. How he managed to keep a straight face talking up the joys of guys driving around in a circle, I’ll never know; I guess a good briefing book and 18 months spent pandering on the trail to whatever local cultural idiosyncrasy you encounter breeds a certain facility with this sort of thing.

If you actually believed that carbon dioxide is going to kill our grandchildren, how could you possibly justify fossil-fueled NASCAR racing?