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The business of government is using NASA for political operations, and the manufacture of global warming propaganda, while making the public think any swing of the budget-cutting axe will fall on the faceplate of an astronaut’s helmet.

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East Coast States Brace for Yet Another Scorcher - TIME

The record-breaking cities and other dense, built-up areas are getting hit with the heat in a way their counterparts in suburbs and rural areas aren't. Cities absorb more solar energy during the day and are slower to release it at night.

Scientists have known for years about these so-called heat islands, urban areas that are hotter than the less-developed areas around them. They say cities, with their numerous building surfaces and paved roads and lack of vegetation, just aren't well designed to release summertime heat.