El Nino, Antartic Snowfall, and Hot Summer Nights

A few weather-related notes for tonight. Live Science has a few interesting stories. #1: Looks like we might be headed for an El Nino year this winter in North America. That's the warm ocean current that hangs out off the West Coast of South America. Some of it's known effects.. across North America Wet and …

US/Iraqi troops flood Baghdad

Is this the last gasp before all out civil war? Iraq seems to have continued its spiral downwards as the Israel/Hezbollah conflict distracts the MSMs attention. 35 more people were killed today at a Shiite shrine in Najaf. Shiite religious leaders said: "We hold Takfiris [Sunni extremists] and Saddamists directly responsible for this horrible crime …