Here's how I roll: my wife loves three-dollar bagels from the Sunday farmers' market. And so she says, "let's get a loaf of bread, some flowers, and a flat of strawberries!" When we roll home with only bagels, I feel I've won.

No more. I've armed myself with the tools of illogic, thus guaranteeing I win every marital argument from this point forward. You can too.

Use the following brain-deflating fallacies to ensure dominance in debate club and/or with unsuspecting significant other.

Arctic Ice July - Update #5

The sharp decline in ice extent slowed somewhat during July.  Some people are claiming this as a sign of recovery.

If you are going downhill at full throttle and you take your foot off the gas you will slow down.  A bit.  But if the brakes aren't working you are in for an exciting time.

Loss of ice extent has slowed down.  A bit.  In plain language: loss of ice continues to be a lot more rapid than has been considered normal historically.

Almost the entirety of the main Arctic Ocean ice cover shows substantial amounts of open water.  The ice is freely mobile in most areas.  Both the North West Passage and the Northern Sea Route, aka North East Passage seem to be easily navigable by icebreakers.