Russia's Geography Problem

EBL: What Happened To The Aral Sea?, Valery Legasov, RIP, and Chernobyl: A Review

Rush Limbaugh: Chernobyl and the American Left

AoSHQ: Morning Report 06.05.19

China's Geography Problem

This is a good video in summing up how geography has influenced China's policy. 

EBL: Tiananmen 30 Years Later, Barbie Hsu 徐熙媛, Mia Sabathy 白彌兒 and Lin Chiling 林志玲

AoSHQ: Morning Report 06.05.19

Trump and Clinton's America

Since I like Maps, I sort of like what the New York Times did here.  

Guess which America is Trump's and which is Clinton's? 

It also makes Donald Trump's case.

EBL: Tara Ross and why we have an Electoral College

Instapundit: Be careful Ben Shapiro about going to Madison Island...

Favorite Band by State: Jack Johnson, Wisconsin

A Map of Every State's Favorite Band

I was going to say Virginia is pretty boring with DMB, but Massachusetts is Neil Young?  Delaware is Rush?  And Vermont and New Hampshire are Phish and the Greatful Dead, respectively?

Update: Smitty says Virginia's over riding shame is picking Dave Matthews Band! The shame is being completely boring middle aged vanilla hipster.  

h/t Hot Air

Which North American Nation do you live in?

They have a point...

Although I would definitely not classify Minnesota and Wisconsin as part of "Yankeedom."  And they should not be grouped with Michigan and Illinois either.  

Just how deep did James Cameron go when he recently visited the Challenger Deep, Mariana Trench?

I posted the day James Cameron made that dive.

But to help get your head around how deep this was, it was this deep (you can link here to the map and see it in greater detail on your computer).  The depths are drawn to scale (horizontal measurements are compressed, with the exception of the two section view boxes of Mauna Kea and the Mariana Trench.