Bears Update

Chicago Bears are going to have QB's Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton compete for starting job through the preseason. Let the battle of mediocrity begin.

Grossman=high risk/potential high reward
Orton=3 yard slant

Before the lovefest for Orton begins, lest me remind you in 18 games he's got 12 TD, 15 INTs, a completion percentage of 52%, with 32 sacks and 15 fumbles.

And they're both drunks... so at least they're even there.

And yes, I am aware that the Cub$ have the best record in baseball. Thank you for asking. I am also aware of the 4 months left in the season - the Rockies are the 9 men who weren't there (check their DL) - and that the Redbirds and Astros are nipping at the Cub$'s heels - unexpectedly.

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Global Warming Update

Well, here I go again. Doubting that the world will end up looking like Venus. But at least I'm not alone as - More than 31,000 scientists have signed a petition denying that man is responsible for global warming.

Wow. 9000 of the 31,000 have PhD's, even.

"There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of ... greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the forseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments."

Meanwhile, if you think that this will stop the religion of environmentalists, even I know better than that. The environmental 'green' movement will be championed by WalMart and McDonald's as a way to limit their energy usage - not to save the earth - but to save their profit margin by NOT spending money on extra energy cost, and therefore generating more money for their stockholders.

Don't be totally surprised to see McDonald's turning a profit from used fry oil in the not too distant future.

UPDATE: There are no sunspots - We're DOOMED!
Here's why (and I might have mentioned this before)
Ice Age, dude. Ice Age.

Here's the story on that one (link). Now you have to decide - death by Ice, or death by fire?

That's always one that has bugged me since I was a little kid.

Freezing to death, or burning?

Freezing seems slower, and more frustrating. But burning seems much, much more painful.

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Blasphemous Post for June 1

Matthew 26:20-29

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."

Then he took out a small statue of himself, shook it on the table, gave thanks, and offered it to them, saying, "Sniff of it, all of you. It shall maketh your heart beat fast and dance before the Lord."

Mexican drug smugglers make Jesus statue of cocaine

NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - U.S. customs officials have seized a statue of Jesus Christ made from plaster mixed with cocaine -- the latest sophisticated attempt to smuggle drugs from Mexico.

Sniffer dogs at the border crossing in Laredo, Texas, alerted officials to the smell of narcotics in the 6.6 pound (3 kilo) statue, which was in the trunk of a car being driven by a Mexican woman into the United States last week.

"The statue tested positive for cocaine," Nancy Herrera, an official at the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of Texas said on Friday.

U.S. border police arrested a 61-year-old Mexican man accused of offering the woman $80 to carry the statue to the bus station in downtown Laredo.

The woman escaped back to Mexico, Herrera said.

Tighter U.S. security and Mexico's deployment of thousands of soldiers along the border are pushing smugglers to try increasingly sophisticated techniques like hiding drugs in sealed beer cans, U.S. officials say.

The average price of a gram of pure cocaine in the United States is around $130, according to U.S. government data.

(Reporting by Robin Emmott)