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A law professor in Ottawa (Canada) writes:
Today, in the world’s second coldest capital (Moscow is warmer but Ulan Bator, Mongolia
is apparently slightly colder) it was 117 F with humidity. I think there won’t be much
left of humanity by 2075. Or sooner if the Republicans get re-elected.
Hotter in Ottawa, Canada than in Texas!
A remembered Dreyfus remark on the Maharishi: I recall hearing Dreyfus say in a recorded lecture, perhaps twenty-five years ago,…