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The Incisive Wit and the Blowhard Twit
This is hilarious. Gail Collins is one of my heroes.
First, Gail: Donald Trump Gets Weirder
Second, Donald: Donald Trump Responds
Third, Gail: Donald Trump Strikes Back
Boy did she make me laugh out loud, and what a panacea to the idiocy that is Donald Trump! -
Quote of the Day
But in his first public comments on the issue, Mr Museveni told a meeting of ruling party members their handling of the bill "must take into account our foreign policy interests ( Read more... ) -
Turtle bridges
Short video from NPR's Science Friday telling of Michael Musnick a "citizen scientist" who studies turtles, and came up with a simple solution to save them from getting stuck between railroad tracks (where they die from mid-day heat). Then he convinced the NY authorities to help him implement it. Michael Musnick, you rock. nature, heroes, conservationBats sing love songs
Yeah I really do love bats. All kinds from the very large fox bat, to the itsy, witsy bumblebee bat (look how it fits on a single segment of one's finger!). And the little brown bat of New England is a particular favorite of mine. So here's the latest exciting news: they sing love songs!!!
File under: We are still only just beginning to ( Read more... )A million wild animals consumed each year... until there's nothing
Vietnamese appetites driving their native animal species to extinction...
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Vietnam species 'risk extinction'
Experts in Vietnam have warned that the Vietnamese could be eating a number of wild species into extinction.
The chairman of the Vietnam Zoology Association said animals at risk included the rhinoceros, the white- ( Read more... )Earthquake 7.1 Magnitude
Apparently my experiences with earthquakes in Japan has stuck with me. Around 2:30 a.m. I woke from a deep sleep -- thinking at first someone was shaking me awake-- and was in my robe and standing in a door frame in no time ( Read more... )(Untitled)
Very good profile of Rachel Maddow in The Guardian out of the U.K.
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