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Back in the Pliocene era, between 5 million and 3 million years ago, the average global temperature was about 7°F warmer than it is today, yet atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were about the same. If carbon dioxide were the sole factor in warming, that wouldn't make any sense. It isn't, of course; there are several other contributors, including the brightness of the sun and the location of the continents (whose positions dictate, among other things, where ice caps can form) - but these were all pretty much the same in the Pliocene as well...
...even counting the billions earmarked for the wars. The cost of a standing military, after eliminating inflation's impact, has soared to $459,000 per trooper - 78% higher than during President Reagan's defense buildup, 95% higher than in 1989 and three times the Vietnam-era average, according to a recent study by the liberal-leaning Project on Defense Alternatives. (See video of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan...
...executive branch is less susceptible to partisanship since it's run by one party at a time. Created in 1978, inspectors general have broken some of the biggest stories in recent years. Bush-era inspector general Earl Devaney exposed unethical behavior by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and forced out then Deputy Secretary of the Interior J. Steven Griles for obstructing his investigation. But IGs are not immune to accusations of partisan influence. Janet Rehnquist, the daughter of the late Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, was accused of partisan motivation when she delayed a Florida pension-fund audit at the request...
Burgard argued that “we might question the motivation, validity and relevance of [this attempt] in an era of increasingly complex cultures and conflicts. Indeed, once outside the confines of the customs line at an airport, the perception of a dichotomy between American and non-American or even un-American validates assumptions that it instead ought to challenge...
...dance lessons to learn about carriage, posture and how to best present themselves to an audience of tens of thousands in ice arenas. But until actors and supermodels and athletes took to the dance floor in made-for-television competitions, ballroom had the mothball aroma of a quaint, bygone era, when learning to waltz was part of one's social education, like etiquette classes and lessons in table manners. So take the ingredients of DWTS, the waltz and tango and rumba, put quarter-inch blades on the dancers, and get them moving at a much quicker clip. That's what...