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• Commented on Asian Carp: 'Nice Try, Suckers'
  While the Corps of Engineers has definitely had its shortcomings over the decades, I think people tend to expect too much of it. What happened in New Orleans with Katrina was a completely predictable event stemming not from poor levee...
• Commented on Friday Afternoon Diversion: Earth With Rings
  Some other thoughts ... 1. Such a ring system would wreck havoc on weather and the circadian rhythm of animals. Notice the image aroun 23 seconds. See the shadow crossing South America? This shadow would shift slowly across the surface...
• Commented on Friday Afternoon Diversion: Earth With Rings
  Sometimes I think you post this stuff just for me. Judging by the image, the debris field forming the rings orbits between 2,500 and 5,500 miles above the Earth's surface. (This, of course, makes me wonder about the cosmic cataclysm...
• Commented on Abortion Law Put On Hold Til 2010
  2010: the year Planned Parenthood makes contact....
• Commented on Oprah-geddon: Winfrey To Quit Show In 2011
  As far as tourism goes, I'd agree that CNN doesn't draw the crowds. Oprah, in fact, does a better job of that, I'm sure. Attracting business, though, is another matter entirely. I wouldn't say that CNN does it alone, but...