Hope and change!

US drinking rate hits 25 year high.


Am I blaming this on Obama? Sure, why not? If government is the surefire means to solve all human problems, as the President keeps assuring us (by his actions, even as he says otherwise), then surely there it should've solved the problems of binge drinking, underage drinking, winos on the streets, etc., by now.

As for me personally, I'm a near teetotaller-never wanted the Irish disease.

Anyway, I'm not really persuaded that alcohol is good for your health, despite the cardiovascular benefits, because of the increased cancer risk. Even if booze is on net beneficial, that is almost certainly only true for men, since women metabolize the stuff so slowly that one drink a day amounts to moderate drinking for the more tipsy sex. Who actually drinks like that? 

Global warming continues apace...

...as the Southern Hemisphere sees lots o' record cold.

I'd love to buy into a theory that, no matter what happens, all events are seen as corroborating said belief system.


Including the long-term upwards trend in Antarctic sea ice.