Category Archives: Science

Hailing the Western Imperium, How Trump’s lingua quartii imperii defeated HRC’s quants

Posted on November 13, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers We now know how the ruling class will rule: on the backs of middle-class folks and delivered like any media ratings audience where the Brexit-style message resonated to an ideologically stable population sub-group that had been data-mined because … Continue reading →

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Fracking WikiLeaks’ “right circumstances”

Posted on October 26, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers WikiLeaks is continuing to publish more emails from the account of John Podesta, the chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. One newly published email revealed that Clinton privately bashed environmentalists opposed to fracking and the Keystone XL … Continue reading →

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factory for Conspiracy-Theory machines: more Putin-Puppetry

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers WaPo’s editorial board now uses the explicit term, “Putin’s Puppet”, to identify Donald Trump, and there is some MSM spin that claims a false equivalence between WikiLeaks and a FOIA, considering some clear technical errors in some of … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 8, 2016

Posted on October 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 8th is Fall Astronomy Day * Fluffernutter Day Mind Your Manners Day * Pierogi Day World Octopus Day/ 1st Day – Cephalopod Awareness Days* ____________________________________________________________ MORE!  Jeanne Mance, Great Chicago Fire and Che Guevara, click

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True Love’s Evolution – Monkey Monogamy

Posted on September 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

Owl monkeys are tiny South American tree-dwellers that treat every day like it’s Valentine’s Day. A male and a female stick together as long as possible, never cheat, and never “divorce” their mates.  But young adult owl monkeys which can’t find … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: EARTH

Posted on September 16, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen? When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example. The “basic four”— … Continue reading →

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‘Ears Like a Bat?’ – Not the Best Anymore!

Posted on August 21, 2016 by wordcloud9

Yes, Bats have incredible hearing, the best of any mammal, but it turns out that one of their favorite prey has developed even more sensitive hearing to elude its main predator – the common bat.

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The Coffee Shop: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 2

Posted on August 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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Close Encounter of the Rare Kind

Posted on August 14, 2016 by wordcloud9

Australian skiers in Kashmir got a lot more adventure than they bargained for when they spotted a legendary Snow Leonard, almost hidden in the snow. It’s estimated that there are only about 4000 snow leopards left in the world, due … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 8, 2016

Posted on August 8, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 8th is Bowling Day Dalek Day Earth Over Shoot Day Happiness Happens Day International Cat Day ___________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Cambodia – Kazantip Republic Fest Canada – (last day) Salmo BC: Shambhala Music Festival France – Lorient, … Continue reading →

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