So … apart from the facts that it’s May 1st, we’re supposed to get 3 to 5 inches of snow overight, and it was 90 degrees two days ago, does anyone else think it’s amazing that it’s called Winter Storm Achilles?!
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Winter in Nebraska is coming.
(Source: ramhatter, via netnewsnebraska)
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Ahh, GOP logic that celebrates the hurricane because it might depress Democratic voter turnout.
Really, though, it’s just the weather-related version of the seemingly-endless GOP attempts to suppress people’s right to vote if they seem likely to vote for the Democrats.
Now that’s democracy!
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Rush Limbaugh, ladies and gentlemen:
“The first thing we do is offer to send 500 bus drivers to New Orleans, paid for by us to make sure that the buses that were not used by the Democrat mayor during Hurricane Katrina will be used to evacuate people should it become necessary,” Limbaugh said. “The second thing I think Republicans ought to do is send bags of money instead of sand — bags full of money to shore up the levies in New Orleans. This would accomplish many things, a — it would show our compassion, b — we could have Romney’s five sons, who CNN asked last night ‘what’s it like to be rich as sin,’ or whatever.”
“So we have Romney’s five sons to deliver the bags of money to shore up the levies,” he continued. “Now, this won’t accomplish much, it will show our compassion and it’ll do something else. Once we publicize that we sent 500 bags of money, or whatever number bags — bags of money to shore up the levies, what’ll happen? The poor of New Orleans will storm the levies and steal the bags, thereby putting themselves at risk for the eventual flooding that will happen once they remove the bags of money and that way Republicans can get rid of even more Democrats in Louisiana and shore up the state for themselves.”
My favorite thing is when people tell me that they still like to listen to Limbaugh because he’s entertaining and says some interesting things.
It’s my favorite because then I don’t really have to listen to those people after that …
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Well, the political science conference in New Orleans has now been officially canceled.
All that remains is to figure out how much this non-conference is going to cost me. If my Friday flight doesn’t actually get canceled, it could be around $500.
This is the wacky, wonderful world of political science, friends. And thus concludes my conference- and weather-related day of blogging.
Huzzah!
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If this isn’t the best weather-related cancellation notice for an event at the 2012 American Political Science Association conference, I don’t know what is.
As for me, since my flight isn’t until Friday, I’m currently planning to travel to New Orleans.
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New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. [REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman]
LIVE BLOG: Tracking Tropical Storm Isaac
Needless to say, I’m thinking pretty seriously about what to do with my travel plans to fly to New Orleans this weekend …
I’m serious. The annual conference of the American Political Science Association is scheduled to begin on Thursday (Wednesday’s pre-conference events are already cancelled) and I’m scheduled to present a paper on Sunday morning.
My flight hasn’t been cancelled and the conference organizers — at least at this point — are content to play this thing out.
So … should I pack it in now (with whatever financial penalties I’ll incur) or should I actually attempt to fly into New Orleans shortly after a hurricane is scheduled to make landfall there?](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9gzd5XFrj1qmaoalo1_500.jpg)
New Orleans resident Diana Whipple watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Tropical Storm Isaac approaches New Orleans, Louisiana, August 28, 2012. Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. [REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman]
LIVE BLOG: Tracking Tropical Storm Isaac
Needless to say, I’m thinking pretty seriously about what to do with my travel plans to fly to New Orleans this weekend …
I’m serious. The annual conference of the American Political Science Association is scheduled to begin on Thursday (Wednesday’s pre-conference events are already cancelled) and I’m scheduled to present a paper on Sunday morning.
My flight hasn’t been cancelled and the conference organizers — at least at this point — are content to play this thing out.
So … should I pack it in now (with whatever financial penalties I’ll incur) or should I actually attempt to fly into New Orleans shortly after a hurricane is scheduled to make landfall there?
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That’s Rush Limbaugh, quick to find a political conspiracy in the weather report.
As I know I’ve been saying for years, you have to watch out for those elite liberal hurricanes!
I’m assuming that Limbaugh brought similar concerns to his listeners’ attention when the Department of Homeland Security used to raise the Terror Alert Level right before every election of the past decade. Right?
(via Wil Wheaton)
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A sun bear reacts to triple-digit temperatures at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, where the temperature reached 103 degrees Fahrenheit.
(Nati Harnik/Associated Press)
I feel you, sun bear.
(via netnewsnebraska)
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When the Weather Channel says “Severe Thunderstorm” for our area, the Weather Channel is not kidding around.
In all seriousness, we were very lucky that none of our trees were damaged and that nothing fell on the house or car; these pictures were all taken within a block of our house. The main photo was taken from our front porch in the middle of the storm.
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Wednesday: Spring; Thursday: Summer; Friday: Fall; Sunday: Winter.
This is not normal, folks.
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