Monday, July 09, 2012

Economically Healthy 'Daily Planet' Now Most Unrealistic Part Of Superman Universe | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Lou Wadlow, owner of a Boston-area comic-book store, said the outright ridiculousness of The Daily Planet not putting up a pay wall in a futile attempt to remain profitable is causing the popular comic to lose readers, especially younger ones.

Twitter / derekahunter: On this day in 1936 Washin

On this day in 1936 Washington, DC was 103 degrees. Today it's in the 80s. What happened to last week's global warming?

Twitter / GovPeterShumlin:

Climate change is affecting us every single day in Vermont. Vermont can continue to be a leader in getting off...

Was climate-change poll biased? - Omblog - The Washington Post

Still, I’m with Glenn Merritt on the need for complete disclosure. Everything on the Climate Central site points to it being an advocacy group. And Krosnick’s association with it needed to be pointed out.

Krosnick is not a climate scientist; he’s a social scientist, expert in survey research. I imagine he’s more in the climate-change camp than the climate-skeptic camp. Most scientists are. His polls have been controversial among pollsters for generally showing more public concern about global warming than have polls conducted by Gallup, Pew and other polling organizations.

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