Fracked Up in America

The Bush regime continues to screw over Americans, even when it's long out of office.  Have you tried lighting your tapwater lately?

I'm afraid to go try mine. Here in Texas, we're on top of the Barnett Shale, a huge reservoir of natural gas and oil . . . but I never heard of this fracking business till just recently, after the big Oklahoma quake a couple of weeks ago. I actually felt it down here, a couple hundred miles away; rattled the pipes and windows for a few seconds, but no damage, hardly felt it.

Scientific American has asked the experts whether fracking could have caused the enormous upswing of quake activity in Oklahoma - over 1,000 so far this year - but the scientific consensus seems to be, probably not. They think.

Still, it makes you wonder.

Gay Sex Causes Earthquakes

. . . according to the Talmud.

Jeezus, that would be awesome, wouldn't it, fellas?

7.0 Earthquake in Haiti

The biggest ever in that region.  As bad as the 1989 quake that stopped the World Series in San Francisco, they say; huge destruction is reported in Port-au-Prince, the capital.

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You can make a donation for Haiti disaster relief to the American Red Cross, or choose another relief agency at Charity Navigator.

Rachel also has a list of relief providers, along with the State Department's locator number for Americans in Haiti, and numbers for small, quick donations via your cell phone.