Nukes and ozone

A 'small' local war -- 50 Hiroshimas -- could damage the ozone layer in mid-latitudes -- where you and I and other rich people live -- for years.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_sc/nuclear_ozone_3

Surprising ignorance

"How can they not know that?" "I'm surprised you don't know about ___". I'm sure we've all had experiences like that. After a while I stopped getting surprised.

* [1998-2002] San Francisco bus stop. A couple of young women were talking about religion. One a Catholic from Austria, the other a presumed Muslim from Egypt. Between the two of them, they were unsure if Jesus came chronologically before or after Mohammed.

( That was longer than I thought. So, cut. )

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