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An Important Observation
"In many ways, foreign health-care models are not really 'foreign' to America, because our crazy-quilt health-care system uses elements of all of them. For Native Americans or veterans, we're Britain: The government provides health care, funding it through general taxes, and patients get no bills. For people who get insurance through their jobs, we ( Read more... ) -
Harbinger Of Spring
I thought I would take a moment to introduce everyone to the Pulsatilla Patens Multifida (or the Eastern Pasqueflower/American Pasqueflower).
I took notice of this flower last year on a meditation retreat at Shambhala Mountain Center . While the rest of the mountain flora slumbered, this spirited little flower braved the cold to announce that ( Read more... ) -
Let Me Take A Moment To Drink This In...
“We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation, We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.”
- Barack Obama (addressing the Turkish parliament) -
Eisenhower Circa 1787
I stumbled across this survey while doing a bit of surfing today. In the survey Sarah Palin, McCain's nominee for Vice President, responds to the following question ( Read more... ) -
Cartoons & Crackers
This whole fiasco over PZ Myers coming to the defense of Webster Cook reminds me of the Jyllands-Posten cartoon controversy. Now we just need Scott Atran to make a presentation at the Beyond Belief conference arguing that people sent Cook and Myers death threats* over potential cracker abuse for social and economic reasons, and not for ( Read more... ) -
New Fossil Discovered
Though this 365 million-year-old fossil seems most likely an evolutionary dead end, it still may help further the understanding of the transition from fish to tetrapods...
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Fast-Track Evolution
According to this article from National Geographic News, an island population of Italian wall lizards have evolved "a completely new gut structure, larger heads, and a harder bite" in a matter of a few decades ( Read more... ) -
Hyatt Does That Thing That Really Pisses Him Off
Last year we lost RAW and this year we lose Hyatt. I really have no words at this point in space-time.
Thank you for your work, Doc... and for autographing my books.
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Cycling
(Disclaimer: This post deals with reasoning and NOT with the validity of the case for anthropogenic global warming. If you wish to quibble about the "hockey stick" please do so elsewhere ( Read more... ) -
A Quick Update
Since the creation of this Livejournal account (to present) I have mainly concerned myself with eliminating "is" from my writing. At this point in space-time I would like to expand this experiment to include elimination of other forms of "to be." After all I have listed practicing and gaining a better working knowledge of E-prime as one of the " ( Read more... )