Events

New video from the Obama campaign, featuring one of the dumbest things Mitt Romney ever said:

He lasted less than four weeks as office dog. Workplace tip: when you greet the boss first thing in the morning, do not immediately thereafter poop on his carpet.

Oh yeah.

Despite the rise of right-leaning economics ideology, reality stubbornly retains its liberal bias, with further evidence today coming from the latest UK economic figures: The UK economy has returned to recession, after shrinking by 0.2% in the first three months of 2012. A sharp fall in construction output was behind the surprise contraction, the Office for National Statistics said. "The huge cuts to public spending - 25% in public sector housing and 24% in public non-housing and with a further 10% cuts...

The 30-park geas continues apace. Here's my progress so far: City Team Park Built First visit Last visit Next visit Chicago Cubs NL Wrigley Field 1914 1977 Jul 24 2014 Sep 24 Los Angeles Dodgers NL Dodger Stadium 1962 1980 Jul 28? 2001 May 12 New York Mets NL Shea Stadium§ Citi Field 19662009 1988 Sep 15† 2012 Jul 6† 1997 Apr 19† 2012 Jul 6† Houston Astros NL Enron Field Minute Maid Park‡ 2000 2001 May 9 2009 Apr 7† Milwaukee Brewers NL Miller Park 2001 2006 Jul 29 2008 Aug 11 Kansas City Royals AL...

At least this year, in Illinois, where the average temperature is actually below March's—and it's still above normal: The statewide average temperature for April 1-22 is 12.3°C. The statewide average temperature for March was 12.8°C, based on the latest numbers from NOAA. That means that April was almost a degree [Fahrenheit] cooler than March. What makes this even more freaky is that the April temperatures are still 1.9°C above normal! BTW, the statewide normal monthly temperature is 4.8°C for March...

Over the weekend it came out that US Airways had started discussions with pilots, mechanics, and flight attendants at rival American Airlines. The unions are encouraging the companies to merge: The first thing to know is that this doesn't mean that the two airlines are merging—it's a step towards a merger, but a deal is far from certain. AA, for its part, has said that it wants to emerge from bankruptcy as an independent airline. But industry analysts have long discounted that as an unrealistic goal—as...