Politicians may have a new excuse for poverty in their jurisdictions (as if they really ever needed one!). A study from MIT shows a strong correlation between temperature and economic strength. The hotter a country is, the lower the GDP. NPR reported the story this morning. Increase the average temperature a degree and watch the GDP drop an equal amount. So now we know why global warming is dangerous! Reminds me of the long-ago president of the (now former) Greater Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. He told me in 1976 that Birmingham would be a truly great city if it didn't have the albatross of Alabama around its neck. Turns out, maybe all he had to do it move it a few hundred miles north and everything would be fine! Anyway, because of the study, instead of blaming someone else (That Federal Government! It was the world economy!), governors and the like can blame the heat. Cool = money. And apparently sex too. Another new study has found male camels who are able to keep themselves cool are the most successful at winning the hand, er, hoof, of female camels.
Cool is Hot.
"...Birmingham would be a truly great city if it didn't have the albatross of Alabama around its neck."
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Find an emesis basin! I'm going to vomit!
It's more like 'Alabama would be a truly great state if it didn't have the albatross of Birmingham about its neck.'
Birmingham is a self-absorbed, filthy dirty, crime-infested, crumbling excuse of a city, on the verge of implosion.
Frankly, Birmingham blows chunks.
No..., no... I think the vile filth now just pours out of it, not having the vigor to sprew.
Plain and simple.
The "magic" is over.
It is well known, that for quite some time, Birmingham has been, is now, and remains... "The Tragic City."