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Global Warming & Nor'easter Numero 4 (In 3 Weeks)

Clearly, our weather is meshugganah .   It's sno wing.  Again.  The fourth nor'easter in three weeks ... and it's the first day of spring.  (Happy Spring!)   The trend for global warming is accelerating. If we don't curb emissions, average temperatures in the U.S. could increase by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit over the next century. Internationally, Alliance for Climate Protection advocates laws to reduce CO2 emissions, working to persuade everyone -- from individuals to corporations -- to become "carbon neutral." What does our esteemed and lucid president think?  "Well, I think the climate change is just a very, very expensive form of tax.  A lot of people are making a lot of money. I know much about climate change. I'd be—received environmental awards. And I often joke that this is done for the benefit of China. Obviously, I joke. But this is done for the benefit of China, because China does not do anything to help c...

A Great Example of Human Kindness

Although this originally appeared in Gannett's County Post , it was also picked up by Washington Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald,  and U.S. News & World Report.  It's getting the word out there that you don't have to be with EMS to save someone's life.   Call 9-1-1. Here's the story. It's a good one. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bonni Brodnick doesn’t take life for granted after coming so close to losing her own. Each day lived, she is grateful to a South Jersey couple for the kindness and care they offered last Easter Sunday. “I was picking up my mother to bring her to my house,” said Brodnick, a Tarrytown, New York resident. “It’s no big deal, on a good day I can do it in 35 minutes.” Joe Manno and Janie Parks, in Connecticut for a friend’s wedding, were headed home to Pittsgrove for a holiday family gathering. Both vehicles were traveling in the middle lane of I-95, heading south through Darien, Conn., when B...