With carbon dioxide reaching an alarming

Friday's numerous citations are listed after the jump.

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Tonight Rachel shared a look at the carefully catalogued magical drawer of TRMS props past and confessed she couldn't remember why we have a bright green, full-body, spandex suit.

Our team of hard working archivist have determined that in fact it was Kent Jones in the green suit with the throwing waffles:

Seeking sense in waffle tossing
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/vp/40800057

Kudos to Penn who not only got the segment but also remembered the waffles. Extra credit also to John Clark . Part credit to Johna D , Madison Kittay , and Dina for getting pretty close and being the sort of people for whom bright green, full-body, spandex suits have meaning.

If you actually watch (or re-watch) that segment to the very end for the green suited waffle throwing, you saw Rachel ask for help at this blog. The post for that was here: What is the meaning of this? (with

Coincidental to the news today that the Earth has hit a record level of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere , Google and collaborations from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, have released a project called Timelapse in which satellite images from the USGS/NASA Landsat program, spanning in some cases up to 41 years, were culled and crunched into time lapse animations to show the effects of human development on the planet as seen from space.

At the end of 2012 the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation published a report that included ideas for dealing with the seemingly inevitable water shortage looming for the Southwest. The report drew some headlines because the ideas included a plan for wrapping icebergs and towing them into the port of Los Angeles.

Looking at the Las Vegas time lapse above is a striking illustration of the crisis they likely face. You can almost