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NOTICE: In re Res Ipsa Loquitur (jonathanturley.org)
To all our shared audience, In the future, all complaints about either Jonathan Turley or the goings on at his site should be addressed directly to him at jturley@law.gwu.edu. Yes, I am sympathetic to your plight. Yes, I understand the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Media, Trolls
Tagged Inequity, Jonathan Turley, Res Ispa Loquitur, Trolls
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Before Horsemen, Four Growling Dogs
by GENE HOWINGTON At any given time, there are dozens of hotspots around the world where regional conflicts or outright wars are fermenting. Most times these potential conflicts are local or regional in scope. There are four areas at the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, China, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United States, War
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Site Update: Edible Flowers
FFS is proud to announce a new special section to this blog at the request of the community: Edible Flowers. Four discrete pages to discuss cooking techniques, ingredients, recipes and libations. You can find it in the navigation banner as … Continue reading
Posted in FFS Update(s)
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Hobby Hypocrisy Lobby
by GENE HOWINGTON Good art is at a fundamental level about honest expression. Business? Not so much. Especially in the case of Hobby Lobby it appears. The Christian-owned craft supply chain, were so morally offended by the idea of having … Continue reading
Them Bones: 3-D Printing
by GENE HOWINGTON In a stunning demonstration of the positive side of the development of 3-D (a.k.a. additive) printing technology, a team of innovative Dutch surgeons led by Dr. Bon Verweij with the help of Australian prosthetic company Anatomics have … Continue reading
UPDATE: A Fundamental Understanding
by GENE HOWINGTON Critics have pointed to another possible explanation of the gravitational waves detected by BICEP2: phase changes after inflation as the early universe started to cool. As reported by the Physics arXiv Blog: But today, James Dent at … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Science
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A Fundamental Understanding
by GENE HOWINGTON “I am large, I contain multitudes.” – Walt Whitman Our understanding of the universe changed in a fundamental and exciting way this week when the results of the BICEP2 experiment were revealed. It all revolves around something … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, Cosmology, Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Science
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New Media Alert: Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight
Slashdot is reporting that superstar statistician Nate Silver has officially launched his own website (another WordPress blog) call fivethirtyeight.com. If you’re a fan of applied mathematics and/or infomatics or just really interested in the numbers behind the news, it is … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society
Tagged Nate Silver
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Prison Populations and Social Priorities
by GENE HOWINGTON A recent story by Kathleen Miles at Huffington Post about Federal prison populations is another in a long line of stark illustrations of what is wrong with not just our criminal justice system in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Fraud, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime, Prison, United States, War on Drugs
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Site Update: Suggestions
At the suggestion(s) of our extended blog family a.k.a. the readers and commentators here at FFS the following changes have been made to the site: Site Archive by Month – A pull down widget. Also, for those who do not … Continue reading
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