Loss of Andes glaciers threatens water supply - CNN.com

Loss of Andes glaciers threatens water supply - CNN.com: "EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) -- Twice a day, Elena Quispe draws water from a spigot on the dusty fringe of this city, fills three grimy plastic containers and pushes them in a rickety wheelbarrow to the adobe home she shares with her husband and eight children.
But the water supply is in peril. El Alto and its sister city of La Paz, the world's highest capital, depend on glaciers for at least a third of their water -- more than any other urban sprawl. And those glaciers are rapidly melting because of global warming.
Informed of the threat, Quispe, a 37-year-old Aymara Indian, shows alarm on her weathered face. 'Where are we going to get water? Without water how can we live?'"

I think we need to pay more attention to coping with the results of global warming. You can argue the cause, you can argue whether buying a Prius will save the earth, but this kind of change is happening no matter what.

Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster - CNN.com

Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster - CNN.com:
"# American Academy of Religion to discuss Flying Spaghetti Monster
# The pseudo-deity was created to challenge intelligent design
# Supporters claim a Flying Spaghetti Monster created universe # Followers call themselves Pastafarians"

"It was the emergence of this community that attracted the attention of three young scholars at the University of Florida who study religion in popular culture. They got to talking, and eventually managed to get a panel on FSM-ism on the agenda at one of the field's most prestigious gatherings.

The title: "Evolutionary Controversy and a Side of Pasta: The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Subversive Function of Religious Parody."'

Hurray! I sport the Pirate Fish on my car.

Wounded warriors face home-front battle with VA - CNN.com

Wounded warriors face home-front battle with VA - CNN.com: "Ziegel, a 25-year-old Marine sergeant, knew the dangers of war when he was deployed for his second tour in Iraq. But he didn't expect a new battle when he returned home as a wounded warrior: a fight with the Department of Veterans Affairs. 'Sometimes, you get lost in the system,' he told CNN. 'I feel like a Social Security number. I don't feel like Tyler Ziegel.' His story is one example of how medical advances in the battlefield have outpaced the home front. Many wounded veterans return home feeling that the VA system, specifically its 62-year-old disability ratings system, has failed them."
This is a crying shame.