I see it took under 30 minutes for the media to blame global warming for the meteor explosion in Russia.
I guess the air was too hot for it to crash in one piece. And, everyone knows hot air attracts meteors. So I'm surprised one hasn't hit Al Gore.
fc is probably right about the Columbus crew not being mutinous over fears of falling off the edge of the earth. They were probably more likely mutinous over whether their ships could handle the storms of the open seas and lack of food and water. Remember Columbus thought he was sailing to the orient. Had it not been for stumbling upon the North American Caribbean islands they would have starved to death.
The media idiocy continues... CNN Anchor to Bill Nye: Did Global Warming Cause the Asteroid That Will Soon Fly Past Earth? http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_t...id_2012_da14_connected_to_global_warming.html Welcome to our brave new world where the media and climate change promoters attempt to attach global warming to everything.