Look At the World: End Up Hoping a Falling Star Lands On You

1. CRAZY ENOUGH IT JUST MIGHT WORK — Scientists say pollution may be helpful — A “not enthusiastic” Paul J. Crutzen, of Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Chemistry says that floating the idea of using hot-air-balloon-mounted cannons to blast the stratosphere with large amounts of sulfates every year or two “…was meant to startle the policy makers.” And, “If they don’t take action much more strongly than they have in the past, then in the end we have to do experiments like this.”
2. WISDOM — Argentine Torture Survivor Patricia Isasa Returns to Police Station Where She Was Imprisoned and Abused — “…in Argentina, they tried to lie and said ‘Dirty War.’ It is not a war, because a war is two armies fight each other. It’s not a war. It’s lies. Look like the war in Iraq? It’s not a war. It’s invasion.” — Click that link and read Patricia Isasa’s story.
3. SHOWER UP — Strong Leonid Meteor Shower Expected This Weekend — At 11:45 p.m. EST Saturday, Nov. 18, look up! And Don’t forget to wash behind your ears. —