Friday, August 28, 2009

Climate Changing & Erin Andrews Changing

1. University of Toledo College Republicans are creating a list of liberal professors, says group president Matt Rubin. The list is said to be a directory of sorts, a way for conservative students to avoid potential bias in the classroom. "We’re giving a voice to the students that have been harassed because of their political beliefs," says Rubin. "It’s the same thing as bashing a student because they’re gay." So, being a College Republican is the same as being gay? This might be the tool for turning homosexuals straight that conservatives have been looking for.

2. The Farmer's Almanac is predicting what they call a "numbing cold" winter for the Midwest coming up in 2010. "We feel the middle part of the country's really going to be cold – very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot of snow," says Managing Editor Sandi Duncan. To be fair, Sandy Duncan does only have one working eye. With her skewed depth perception, the cold spell could hit anywhere in the country.

3. ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews told Oprah Winfrey in an interview that the nude video of her, secretly recorded in a hotel room, was a "nightmare." The reporter says she's excited to get back to work this fall and put the whole thing behind her. Unfortunately, Andrews did not anticipate the number of Erin Andrews fans who also have a nightmare fetish. "Erin Andrews nightmare" searches are up %10,000.

4. Wildfires have been sweeping across the mountains north of Los Angeles amid triple digit temperatures. Authorities say the area has not had fires for 50-60 years, providing plenty of undergrowth to fuel the current fire. And thousands of screenwriters across the country just discovered where their scripts have been all this time.

5. Senator John Kerry believes a national security threat will arise should the U.S. continue to not act more substantially in the fight against climate change. Kerry says that if the Himalayan glaciers melt by 2035 as scientists say, then the water supply of South Asia -- home to al Qaeda -- will be depleted, causing further trouble in the region. Some analysts point out that Kerry has been at the forefront of the climate change debate for years. Other analysts, however, point out that Kerry has simply been delivering a speech on climate change that has lasted for years.

High five.