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Some random thoughts from perusing the web.  What a great morning! Sitting in my sun room, watching birds come to my feeders, and perusin’ the headlines.

Walrus Herds Gather on Alaska’s Northwest Shore — This is a phenomenon not seen until 2007, when suddenly, very large herds of Walrus started gathering on shore in late summer, rather than hang out on their usual haunts on the edges of ices floes.  The problem…the Arctic ice extent continues to shrink, and is so far out from shore in late summer now, that the ice edge is over water far too deep for Walruses to effectively feed.   Now it’s been 4 of the last 5 years they’ve been doing this.  More empirical evidence of the dramatic changes climate change is causing to the Earth’s ecosystems.  More empirical evidence that climate change denialist wackos will simply ignore.

Do we need another dumb Texan as president? –I find the respondents’ comments more interesting than the blog post.  Some folks are arguing that there’s a difference in “book learnin’” vs. what’s needed to govern.  Bull$hit, I say.  When did being intelligent turn into a negative for those on the right?  You hear a lot of complaints about “elitism” leveled towards liberals.   Hmmm…who would you rather want leading your nation?  Someone intelligent who actually understands the issues?  Or some bozo like Perry who almost flunked basic economics and history?

Governors say Flood Control must be Priority on Missouri – The poor Army Corps of Engineers.  Our joke of a local paper (Argus Leader) had an “expose” series of articles on supposed Army Corps mismanagement of the Missouri River this year.  Of COURSE record flooding is all the Army Corps fault!  DAMN GOVERNMENT!!  They’re the cause of ALL our issues!  The flooding I’m sure had NOTHING to do with record snowfalls and subsequent melt, or record rains in Montana this spring.  I’m surprised those on the right aren’t directly blaming Obama for the flooding.

Burger King Mascot Dethroned – I’m not a marketing guru or anything, but…didn’t you think the Burger King “King” was creepy and weird?  As were most Burger King commercials?  But then again, I seem so out of touch with popular culture that maybe some element of the population liked him.

 Christie: Climate Change is Real — Instead of pandering to the wacko element of the GOP, why can’t a candidate open ACCEPT science?  Chris Christie, John Huntsman, and Mitt Romney have all said they believe that climate change is happening, and that humans are at least partially responsible.  And the GOP response?  Rush Limbaugh simply said “Goodbye Nomination” when Romney said he believed climate change was happening.  It’s fine by me if the wacko element continues to drive the GOP nomination process, because it means that someone completely unelectable will be nominated and that Obama will get a 2nd term.  If a Christie, Huntsman, and yes, Romney, would simply step up and say “STOP THE NONSENSE”, and focus on the facts regarding evolution, climate change, etc., the moderate wing of the GOP would embrace them, and they would actually have a chance in the election against Obama.

Kardashian, Humphries to Wed in Evening Ceremony – THANK YOU, news organizations, for keeping us up to date on the hot-button issue of the Kardashian wedding!!  THANK YOU for keeping this towards the top of the headlines!!  In the shallow, pop-culture dominated lifestyles that seemingly 98.7% of Americans lead, I find it quite sad that most people probably know a lot more about Kim Kardashian’s exploits than they do about the real reasons behind the economic crises, facts about climate change, what’s happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, or even who their government representatives are.