December 11, 2012 0

Eli and the Fox

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  A number of Eli’s favorite folk have asked the Rabett to post their opinions of him encapsulated in the cartoon at the right .  Now some, not Eli to be sure, might think it better to be feared than liked, and he can tell you from experience (on which side is strictly your choice) that the tested way to get a seat on the subway is to act, well, a bit like that with optional drool and froth during rush hour.

December 10, 2012 0

Ray Pierrehumbert’s Tyndall Lecture AGU 2012

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Eli Rabett Eli Rabett Eli Rabett is a not quite failed professorial techno-bunny, a chair election from retirement, at a wanna be research university that has a lot to be proud of but has swallowed the Kool-Aid. The students are naive but great and the administrators vary day-to-day between homicidal and delusional. His colleagues are smart, but they have a curious inability to see the holes that they dig for themselves

December 9, 2012 0

Gallup Reports Upper-Income Spending Worst November Ever

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Gallup Reports Upper-Income Spending Worst November Ever With the generally upbeat spending reports on black Friday and cyber-Monday, Gallup paints a different point of view in its most recent poll that shows U.S. Consumer Spending Holds Steady, Consistent With 2011 Americans’ self-reported daily spending averaged $73 in November, essentially on par with September and October.

December 9, 2012 0

Sharing is Not a Crime: A Battle Plan to Fight Back

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Links Sharing is Not a Crime: A Battle Plan to Fight Back December 7, 2012 ( LocalOrg ) – The Battlefield : Christopher Dodd was at one point an alleged elected representative of the people. As a US Senator he was charged with upholding the Constitution and laws of the people, and representing the interests of voters in his state of Connecticut – for 30 years.