War on Gophers! and Climate? and Budgets?

Ah the futility of war. Ever wonder what would be dumber than a war on drugs? How about a war on gophers? Thats right, two Canadians decided to pump a mixture of propane and oxygen into gopher holes and ignite it. I'm no bomb technician, but that should cause an explosion. "When they filled it with propane it over-filled the hole...and when they ignited it (fire) flashed out of the hole... The resulting grass fire scorched about 160 acres of surrounding property and destroyed a number of outbuildings." Cost of the damage.... about $200,000. Proving once again that war costs a lot of money and in the end causes more harm than good.

In even colder climates, it seems that a large chunk of Antarctica has broken off and is now a little island of about 5,000 sq miles. While scientists not concerned about a rise in sea level, presumably because ice floats being less dense than water... there is solid agreement that this may be due to global warming. For anyone looking to start a country, this may be the place to do it!

In the meantime, it would seem that the major newspapers are finally discovering what I had been saying all along... it's not worth all the expense and effort to cover the elections. We all knew that these people were useless... "Traveling campaign reporters say they try to do more than just regurgitate raw information or spoon-fed news of the day, which anyone who watches speeches on YouTube can do" ... but they don't. Come on people, make up your own mind on who to vote for!

Space.... The Final Frontier

NASA has announced that it will not cut the Mars rover program despite saying that it would earlier this week. Sales of the Lego mars rover also remain unchanged.