"Joe" wrote in message
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It's is the rotation of the earth mostly slowed because of the friction
of tides.

The oceans rotate with the earth and tides are pulled with and against the
rotation of the earth almost equally and averaged over time, equally. How
could friction be a primary cause of the earth slowing?

If I roll an iron ball near a magnet and it slows down is it friction?

This leads us to believe all is well:

http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html

However:

http://www.zetatalk.com/theword/tworx385.htm

Shows something is clearly amiss!

A great source on short term variations:

http://bowie.gsfc.nasa.gov/ggfc/tides/intro.html

Clearly shows tidal speeding.

This is the best source:

http://hpiers.obspm.fr/webiers/general/earthor/ROT.html

I'm really worried about the wobbling on the axis. Think of your gyros (not
the sandwich).

Would you rather have them wobble or just slow down?

Or would you just cover it all with taziki sauce and forget about the whole
thing?

Amen!