It’s Always Something (the 1924 edition) | NoFrakkingConsensus

But getting back to 1924, don’t you just love the way the news story ended with this overwrought bit of purple prose?

Our progress is no less terrible and fraught with peril than that of an unlighted vessel through a moonless night and a sea covered with icebergs. Suddenly, before we shall have time to be aware of our danger, like a thief in the night, our fate, in the form of an unseen leviathan of the heavens, may overtake us – and there will be the end of all our hopes and sufferings as we explode in a single blaze of glory.

Big Social Costs Tallied in Regions With Scant Energy Access - NYTimes.com

In India, nearly half of all health facilities – serving an estimated 580 million people – lack electricity

Al's Journal : Climate Battleground: Virginia

The 2014 Virginia gubernatorial race will pit well-known Democrat Terry McAuliffe against unabashed GOP climate-denier Ken Cuccinelli. The race offers a fascinating test for climate deniers: will their continued denial of the scientific consensus on the climate crisis work in an increasingly “purple” state?

Twitter / BigJoeBastardi: Most Marches in the 1950s ...

Most Marches in the 1950s were BELOW NORMAL , but summers were hot. http://Weatherbell.com summer forecast public nxt week