Planet Hot

Today was a fun day. It started when, browsing the The Drudge Report, I saw the headline, Scientists Say the Arctic Was Tropical -- Before Mankind! (note: that's Drudge's idiot headline -- the actual one is different) "Oh, crap," I thought. "We're in for another round of denial."

Considering that Matt Drudge is one of the more ignorant voices and tries to deny climate change at every opportunity, I had to laugh. See, I'd seen the original report from Reuters hours earlier, and it utterly failed to sound like the Conservative claptrap Drudge was trying to make of his NYT article. I urge you to compare the two. Pay special attention to how a) Drudge's NYT article says nothing to downplay the seriousness of global warming even though he'd like it to, and b) the Reuters article does explore the relevance of another global warming cycle today, most notably this way:

"Skeptics of man-made causes of global warming have nothing to rejoice over, however. The researchers say their studies appearing in Thursday's issue of Nature also offer a peek at just how bad conditions can get."

Again, it's really worth the read. And especially chilling if you remember Jame's Lovelock's prediction that a lot of humans are going to die, and those who are left will probably end up at the tropical poles trying to survive. (Here's a good analysis of that one...)

At least Anna Kournikova looks good in the tropics. Maybe she'll be waiting for me there...

(And here's a second gallery of her for the road. You know, cuz I want you to keep readin'.)

(Okay, fine. Here's another one.)