Tuesday

Bullets

I'm always open to blog recommendations. This one is by a family farm in Kansas that is trying some cool stuff. * * * * * * * This article isn't as interesting as its title implies, but it's not bad: Apocalyptic beliefs may explain why Francis is a pope in a hurry. * * * * * * * Bill Bonner on why, in my opinion, zombie movies have become so popular: They're tapping into a specific fear. "As the number of zombies increases, it leaves fewer people creating real jobs, building real businesses and paying real taxes. In short, the people who create wealth are vanishing." * * * * * * * Long-time TDE readers know I have an ongoing fascination with the trainwreck that is Detroit. This assortment of then-and-now pictures is one of the best batches I've seen. * * * * * * * I remain agnostic on global warming, but it seems more stories like this one (The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever) are popping up. But maybe they're just all stories that stem from the same study that catalyzed this one. Hard to say and I don't care enough to look into it further. * * * * * * * * But rest assured, if the story is accurate, the global warming movement is discredited and dangerous. Whenever a movement stoops to unethical means, it becomes Stalinesque. * * * * * * * * Bill Donahue of the Catholic League has published a new book: The Catholic Advantage. "Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful contends that the surest path to achieving the Three H's of health, happiness, and heaven is by adopting the Three B's of beliefs, bonds, and boundaries." An astute TDE reader points out that it sounds a bit Norman Vincent Pealeish. He has a point, but Donahue's approach doesn't promise money, so the TDE reader's assessment might be a little harsh.