The “Break it Down” Blog

North Pole to be Completely Melted by September

News is trickling out that scientists believe the North Pole will be completely ice-free (melted) by September… and not September 2050… or September 2020… they mean this freaking year. Can someone fill me in when this happened? I know global warming is just a hoax, George Bush told me, but when did we manage to melt [...]

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What can $611 billion buy?

Boston.com put together a very cool slide show of what $611 billion, the cost of the US’s war in Iraq, could buy. Some of the more interesting points were: Billed as the most expensive high school ever build, Newton North High could be built 4000 more times around the US at the cost of the Iraq [...]

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