This chilling video shows two amateur accounts of locust swarms along with a National Geographic special on locust swarming behavior. I post this now because of an AFP report coming out of Ethiopia this morning that locusts are again swarming in the region. Note the term ‘biblical proportions’ used inContinue Reading

UPDATE: This afternoon, Sanford ‘admitted’ he had gone to Argentina for a tryst with a woman he has known for eight years. AP reported Sanford as saying that he’d spent “the last five days of my life crying in Argentina”. Sanford says the affair is over. Will he leave office?Continue Reading

MAYBE I’m old fashioned, but I expect governors to keep regular office hours. Apparently, Mark Sanford of South Carolina disagrees. Sanford has a habit of disappearing–without explanation or advance warning. And now, he’s done it again. Sanford got rid of his security force on Thursday in favor of time alone.Continue Reading