Hey do you remember that whole "global warming" thing that the Republicans keep telling you is a bunch of hooey? Well it is getting ready to kick in big time thanks to Alaska permafrost, which is now no longer permanent, and no longer very damn frosty:
In a study that calculates what will happen if Arctic warming trends continue as predicted, Schaeffer and his co-authors estimate that almost two-thirds of the Earth's permafrost could melt by 2200, releasing vast stores of carbon-based greenhouse gases into the air, almost certainly accelerating climate warming in the Arctic and across the globe.
Perhaps soon the palm trees and flamingos in Spenard will no longer have to be made of plastic.
You animal lovers out there will be thrilled to learn that Alaska wildlife officials are appalled that Federal government will not let them slaughter wolves to increase caribou herds for human hunters. Undoubtedly Obama's fault.
It looks like four time Iditarod champion, and this year's favorite, Lance Mackey has run into a little bad luck.
Defending champion Lance Mackey dropped three dogs minutes after arriving in this chilly village checkpoint -- a move he says dampens his chances of winning a historic fifth-straight Iditarod.
This is kind of surprising considering how incredibly confident Mackey was at the start of this race. At least that is how he appeared to my friend Dennis Zaki at the start of this most grueling of races.
Lance Mackey at the Iditarod Ceremonial start from Dennis Zaki on Vimeo.
There is talk of a brand new program coming from my home state called, wait for it, "Mounted in Alaska." And before you ask, no it is not porn. Though personally I kind of wish it was.
And last but not least, please remember if you do come to Alaska, the Moose are only for looking, NOT TOUCHING!
The moose kicked the unidentified woman several times -- including in the chest and shoulder -- but she was not injured badly enough to go to the hospital, according to police spokeswoman Anita Shell.
Witnesses told police that the moose kicked the woman, in her 20s, after she tried to pet it as it walked by, Shell said.
Yes, I know they are cuddly looking. But so is Glenn Beck, and look how batshit crazy he is!
Hey anybody want to dispute global warming should come try to open the door on my family's property. It has sunk about 4 inches in the past 7 years.
ReplyDeleteMounted in Alaska may show that Chuck's living room walls are not unique.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that Lance had to leave some of his dogs, but putting his team's welfare first is part of why I like him.
ReplyDeleteAs for moose petting, the woman is lucky that she didn't end up as a Darwin Award nominee (nominees are typically dead). I have NO sympathy for stupid people around wildlife. At least she was too young to have a kid that she tried to put on the moose's back.
Why worry about climate change in 2200 when Jeebus is coming on May 21, 2011 or December 31, 2012 or April 15, 2019 or September 31, 2032, or some other vaguely imminent date that reassuringly permits us to trash the present because there is no future? I hope to Zeus they're wrong...
ReplyDeleteIt's rather nice that our Alaskan abomination has become so irrelevant that you are focusing more on other things.
ReplyDelete"...so is Glenn Beck..."
ReplyDeleteow ow ow! bad brain image! must scrub!
I wonder just how much AK republicans will scream and holler in 20 yrs when the permafrost melts snd half of AK is an impaasable unwelcoming bog of rotting vegatation?
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