Pius XII Memorial Library Government Documents

Gay marriage is the latest 15 minute news cycle item and a quick search on the Department of Education webpage shows 249 potential “hits” for the search LGBT, and a whopping 185,000 using the USA.GOV search tool.

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NOAA has a released a “cool” graphic illustrating the warmest March ever recorded. The full report, not so widely touted, includes an interactive Heat Wave map and local weather data. [Read more →]

Remember the government  bail-out for GM and company? Seems that the TARP dough has rebounded in the shell once know as the motor city and is starting to gain traction (as the wags would say). Inc magazine is all about Detroit in a recent article — your city could be next (are you hearing me out there St. Louis)?

No need to be encyclopedic to run for office, no one has all the answers at a moment’s notice, so to help the erstwhile candidates for U.S. Senate from Missouri here is the official link to all things labor – specifically the minimum wage – which by the way is an astounding $7.25.

Twist and shout… and blastoff!  NASA is bringing rocketry to rockers. Learn about yaw, pitch, and roll (and toss in a lesson on the gimbal).  Rock on here.

If you have to cry (as you would in an earthquake, flood, or hurricane) you should have something to laugh at as well. And leave it to the CDC to provide the disaster laugh-track. The library catalog record summary… [Read more →]

Documented Rights, showing in St. Louis.  NARA exhibit, don’t miss it.

Missouri just concluded the “Presidential Preference Primary” and the results are here at the Secretary of State’s Website. This wag thinks it is time for the dynasty makers to step up,  where is Jeb?

If there is no pilot, can God be my co-pilot?  All joking aside, the Unmanned Systems Caucus have their cockpits full in addressing the ethics of drone warfare.  The LA Times has a good overview article.

No controversy here — the sky (actually coronal mass) is falling!!!  But never fear NOAA has the answers on all things solar flair-ish.

“When these coronal mass ejections hit Earth’s own magnetic field, they energize the Earth’s magnetic field and cause it to fluctuate” said SWPC physicist Doug Biesecker, Ph.D. During a moderate or strong storm, such fluctuations can temporarily impair navigation, power, satellite and other systems.