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Friday, July 8, 2022
The Most Pathetic Men in America - The Atlantic SHARE
Graham was always saying how important it was to “get the joke” about Trump. “Getting the joke” is a timeworn Washington expression, referring to a person’s ability to grasp a shared truth about something best left unspoken. In the case of Trump, the “joke” was that he was, at best, not a serious person or a good president and, at worst, a dangerous and potentially criminal jackass.
The Most Pathetic Men in America - The Atlantic SHARE
Graham was always saying how important it was to “get the joke” about Trump. “Getting the joke” is a timeworn Washington expression, referring to a person’s ability to grasp a shared truth about something best left unspoken. In the case of Trump, the “joke” was that he was, at best, not a serious person or a good president and, at worst, a dangerous and potentially criminal jackass.
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Thursday, July 7, 2022
Watch: An alleged Russian missile does a u-turn and strikes the troops who fired it SHARE
I've been sick with some Godawful flu, but this cheered me up! So far, rumors have circulated that the air defense missile system was possibly an S300 and was launched by Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists from the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic.
Watch: An alleged Russian missile does a u-turn and strikes the troops who fired it SHARE
I've been sick with some Godawful flu, but this cheered me up! So far, rumors have circulated that the air defense missile system was possibly an S300 and was launched by Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists from the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic.
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Thursday, June 30, 2022
Supreme Court limits EPA's regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants SHARE
In a blow to the climate-change fight, the Supreme Court has limited the EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”
Supreme Court limits EPA's regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants SHARE
In a blow to the climate-change fight, the Supreme Court has limited the EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
“Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible ‘solution to the crisis of the day,’” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his opinion for the court.
But Roberts wrote that the Clean Air Act doesn’t give EPA the authority to do so and that Congress must speak clearly on this subject.
“A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote.
In a dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the decision strips the EPA of the power Congress gave it to respond to “the most pressing environmental challenge of our time.”
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
NASA Tests Planetary Defense System As A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Zooms Towards Earth SHARE
NASA partook in an international exercise to test the operational readiness of limiting, or preventing, global destruction from an incoming asteroid
"This real-world scientific input stress-tested the entire planetary defense response chain, from initial detection to orbit determination to measuring the asteroid's physical characteristics and even determining if, and where, it might hit Earth," proclaimed Visnhu Reddy, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson.
NASA Tests Planetary Defense System As A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Zooms Towards Earth SHARE
NASA partook in an international exercise to test the operational readiness of limiting, or preventing, global destruction from an incoming asteroid
"This real-world scientific input stress-tested the entire planetary defense response chain, from initial detection to orbit determination to measuring the asteroid's physical characteristics and even determining if, and where, it might hit Earth," proclaimed Visnhu Reddy, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson.
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Monday, May 30, 2022
'Your way doesn't work' Acosta schools NRA board member who claimed he's praying for scared children SHARE
'Your way doesn't work' Acosta schools NRA board member who claimed he's praying for scared children.
Judge Journey said that the only reason people talk about guns after shootings is that politicians don't want to pay for mental health services. He commented that he was in Topeka, Kansas when the famous Menninger Foundation was defunded along with all other mental health facilities in the United States during the early 1980s. Funding mental health assistance is expensive, and no one cares about it.
'Your way doesn't work' Acosta schools NRA board member who claimed he's praying for scared children SHARE
'Your way doesn't work' Acosta schools NRA board member who claimed he's praying for scared children.
Judge Journey said that the only reason people talk about guns after shootings is that politicians don't want to pay for mental health services. He commented that he was in Topeka, Kansas when the famous Menninger Foundation was defunded along with all other mental health facilities in the United States during the early 1980s. Funding mental health assistance is expensive, and no one cares about it.
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Friday, May 20, 2022
Cook County launches guaranteed income pilot program; 3,250 residents to get $500 a month for 2 years - Chicago Sun-Time SHARE
The Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot is the latest in the U.S. to try out the idea of tackling poverty and racial inequalities by giving residents monthly cash payments. Applications will be taken in the fall for the 3,250 spots.
The county, meanwhile, is seeking proposals from organizations and agencies to help administer the program, provide outreach and help in-person applicants. The county is accepting those proposals through June 10.
Cook County launches guaranteed income pilot program; 3,250 residents to get $500 a month for 2 years - Chicago Sun-Time SHARE
The Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot is the latest in the U.S. to try out the idea of tackling poverty and racial inequalities by giving residents monthly cash payments. Applications will be taken in the fall for the 3,250 spots.
The county, meanwhile, is seeking proposals from organizations and agencies to help administer the program, provide outreach and help in-person applicants. The county is accepting those proposals through June 10.
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Monday, May 16, 2022
Spreading rock dust on farms: a tantalizing climate solution SHARE
A new study estimates that the new low-tech method could capture almost half the carbon the UK needs to meet its climate goals.
In fact, rocks are some of our planet’s greatest carbon sinks. This capture occurs through a process called chemical weathering, whereby atmospheric CO2 gets dissolved in raindrops, forming carbonic acid, which reacts with the rock minerals and causes them to break down and ‘weather’. During that process, carbon also changes form and gets locked into the sediment as bicarbonate: this effectively strips it from the atmosphere and keeps it circulating in terrestrial and ocean systems for long periods of time.
Spreading rock dust on farms: a tantalizing climate solution SHARE
A new study estimates that the new low-tech method could capture almost half the carbon the UK needs to meet its climate goals.
In fact, rocks are some of our planet’s greatest carbon sinks. This capture occurs through a process called chemical weathering, whereby atmospheric CO2 gets dissolved in raindrops, forming carbonic acid, which reacts with the rock minerals and causes them to break down and ‘weather’. During that process, carbon also changes form and gets locked into the sediment as bicarbonate: this effectively strips it from the atmosphere and keeps it circulating in terrestrial and ocean systems for long periods of time.
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Monday, May 2, 2022
There's a New Asteroid Deflection System in The Works, And It Could Be Up SHARE
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save ourselves from an impending asteroid strike on Earth.The CNSA's new monitoring program will be paired with an engineering effort to design and build a high thrust rocket that can carry a kinetic impactor: a payload designed to punch an asteroid with enough force to change its orbit. The target asteroid they plan to test the impactor on is, as yet, unannounced.
There's a New Asteroid Deflection System in The Works, And It Could Be Up SHARE
There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save ourselves from an impending asteroid strike on Earth.The CNSA's new monitoring program will be paired with an engineering effort to design and build a high thrust rocket that can carry a kinetic impactor: a payload designed to punch an asteroid with enough force to change its orbit. The target asteroid they plan to test the impactor on is, as yet, unannounced.
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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Did the Maya Really Sacrifice Their Ballgame Players? SHARE
When they landed in the New World, the Spanish had never seen a ballgame, let alone a rubber ball. The Europeans were so intrigued, they sent a team of indigenous players to Spain to show the game to Charles V, according to the Met. But as the Spanish began conquering Mesoamerica in 1519, they stamped out the game, forbidding anyone from playing it because of its associations with human sacrifice and "idolatrous" religious practices, according to the study in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics.
Did the Maya Really Sacrifice Their Ballgame Players? SHARE
When they landed in the New World, the Spanish had never seen a ballgame, let alone a rubber ball. The Europeans were so intrigued, they sent a team of indigenous players to Spain to show the game to Charles V, according to the Met. But as the Spanish began conquering Mesoamerica in 1519, they stamped out the game, forbidding anyone from playing it because of its associations with human sacrifice and "idolatrous" religious practices, according to the study in Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics.
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Thursday, April 14, 2022
A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine SHARE
The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to a solar panel’s photovoltaic cells, that passively captures high-energy photons from a white-hot heat source and converts them into electricity. The team’s design can generate electricity from a heat source of between 1,900 to 2,400 degrees Celsius, or up to about 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit.
A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine SHARE
The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell, similar to a solar panel’s photovoltaic cells, that passively captures high-energy photons from a white-hot heat source and converts them into electricity. The team’s design can generate electricity from a heat source of between 1,900 to 2,400 degrees Celsius, or up to about 4,300 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Monday, April 11, 2022
The Smartest Person Ever Enrolled At Harvard Was Actually An 11-Year-Old Boy SHARE
William Sidis reportedly had an IQ as high as 300 – so why isn’t he a household name?
.....By this time, it seems, Sidis had distanced himself from the parents who had raised him in such a strange fashion. But although he craved anonymity, he could not forego academic life completely. In 1925 he published The Animate and the Inanimate – a theory about the cosmos and how biological life came to exist.
The Smartest Person Ever Enrolled At Harvard Was Actually An 11-Year-Old Boy SHARE
William Sidis reportedly had an IQ as high as 300 – so why isn’t he a household name?
.....By this time, it seems, Sidis had distanced himself from the parents who had raised him in such a strange fashion. But although he craved anonymity, he could not forego academic life completely. In 1925 he published The Animate and the Inanimate – a theory about the cosmos and how biological life came to exist.
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Sunday, April 10, 2022
A Geologist Uncovered A Secret About Machu Picchu That Solves One Of Its Greatest Mysteries SHARE
New research suggests that the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu have a startling origin story.
This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated story and answers questions I bet you never thought to ask. I will add that it drives home the fact that between the Spaniards and the British, we pretty much wiped out the indigenous populations of both continents, a fact so cringeworthy
we should all bow our heads in shame, and marvel at the DACA situation, given the pedigrees possessed by the people we destroyed back when, and are still trying to suppress, almost out of habit.
A Geologist Uncovered A Secret About Machu Picchu That Solves One Of Its Greatest Mysteries SHARE
New research suggests that the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu have a startling origin story.
This is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated story and answers questions I bet you never thought to ask. I will add that it drives home the fact that between the Spaniards and the British, we pretty much wiped out the indigenous populations of both continents, a fact so cringeworthy
we should all bow our heads in shame, and marvel at the DACA situation, given the pedigrees possessed by the people we destroyed back when, and are still trying to suppress, almost out of habit.
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Monday, March 7, 2022
San Jose law requiring gun owners to have liability insurance may affect less than you think - CNN SHARE
Liccardo first proposed the insurance mandate in 2019, after three people were killed andmore than a dozen others injured in a shooting at a festival in nearby Gilroy. He proposedit again -- along with the annual fee -- last year, after a gunman killed nine people at a San Jose public transit yard before killing himself.
San Jose law requiring gun owners to have liability insurance may affect less than you think - CNN SHARE
Liccardo first proposed the insurance mandate in 2019, after three people were killed andmore than a dozen others injured in a shooting at a festival in nearby Gilroy. He proposedit again -- along with the annual fee -- last year, after a gunman killed nine people at a San Jose public transit yard before killing himself.
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Monday, February 28, 2022
Wheat and deep ports: The long history of Putin's invasion of Ukraine - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent SHARE
Observers discussing the Russian tanks, infantry vehicles, ballistic missiles, and soldiers massed at Russia’s borders with Ukraine have framed the story as either a reawakening of Cold War tensions or as Vladimir Putin’s attempts to stoke nationalist sentiment at home. But there is a bigger and much older geopolitical story behind this buildup of troops.
If Ukraine brought Russia wealth it has always been more than that. It was and has been for many centuries the crucial logistical route for goods coming to and from the Russian heartland....
Wheat and deep ports: The long history of Putin's invasion of Ukraine - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of Independent SHARE
Observers discussing the Russian tanks, infantry vehicles, ballistic missiles, and soldiers massed at Russia’s borders with Ukraine have framed the story as either a reawakening of Cold War tensions or as Vladimir Putin’s attempts to stoke nationalist sentiment at home. But there is a bigger and much older geopolitical story behind this buildup of troops.
If Ukraine brought Russia wealth it has always been more than that. It was and has been for many centuries the crucial logistical route for goods coming to and from the Russian heartland....
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Monday, February 28, 2022
Alex Vindman explains how Trump's coup attempt encouraged Putin's Ukraine invasion - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of SHARE
It's worth remembering in this moment of global crisis that Donald Trump's first impeachment was the result of Trump's attempt to blackmail Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by withholding weapons and other military aid that Congress had already authorized.
Donald Trump did an enormous amount of harm. But he is a fool, and he could only do so much harm. If there is a really sophisticated person like a Ted Cruz or Ron DeSantis, then America would be in a much more difficult situation in terms of the country's democracy.
What is hard to legislate against is presidential corruption. Our system is not designed to have a corrupt president and that is where the existential dangers lie, as we saw with Donald Trump.
Alex Vindman explains how Trump's coup attempt encouraged Putin's Ukraine invasion - Raw Story - Celebrating 18 Years of SHARE
It's worth remembering in this moment of global crisis that Donald Trump's first impeachment was the result of Trump's attempt to blackmail Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by withholding weapons and other military aid that Congress had already authorized.
Donald Trump did an enormous amount of harm. But he is a fool, and he could only do so much harm. If there is a really sophisticated person like a Ted Cruz or Ron DeSantis, then America would be in a much more difficult situation in terms of the country's democracy.
What is hard to legislate against is presidential corruption. Our system is not designed to have a corrupt president and that is where the existential dangers lie, as we saw with Donald Trump.
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Sunday, February 27, 2022
What Lies Beneath: Vets worry polluted base made them ill SHARE
FORT ORD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills.
But 18 of those TCE hits exceeded legal safety limits; one reading was five times that amount. It’s unclear how long and at what concentrations TCE may have been in the water before 1985. And TCE was only one problem. The EPA identified more than 40 “chemicals of concern” in soil and groundwater.
What Lies Beneath: Vets worry polluted base made them ill SHARE
FORT ORD NATIONAL MONUMENT, Calif. (AP) — For nearly 80 years, recruits reporting to central California’s Fort Ord considered themselves the lucky ones, privileged to live and work amid sparkling seas, sandy dunes and sage-covered hills.
But 18 of those TCE hits exceeded legal safety limits; one reading was five times that amount. It’s unclear how long and at what concentrations TCE may have been in the water before 1985. And TCE was only one problem. The EPA identified more than 40 “chemicals of concern” in soil and groundwater.
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
Holocaust expert: Putin's claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history - Raw Story - Celebrating SHARE
Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country. In his address to the Russian people on Feb. 24, 2022, Putin said the purpose was to “protect people” who had been “subjected to bullying and genocide … for the last eight year..Putin’s selective telling of the past exaggerates the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state’s historic struggle for pluralism and democracy.
Holocaust expert: Putin's claim to rid Ukraine of Nazis is especially absurd given its history - Raw Story - Celebrating SHARE
Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies his war on Ukraine as a peacekeeping mission, a “denazification” of the country. In his address to the Russian people on Feb. 24, 2022, Putin said the purpose was to “protect people” who had been “subjected to bullying and genocide … for the last eight year..Putin’s selective telling of the past exaggerates the legacy of Nazism in Ukraine while ignoring the state’s historic struggle for pluralism and democracy.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Fanning 'the embers of dead empires' will never lead to peace, Kenyan UN ambassador says of Ukraine crisis SHARE
Fanning 'the embers of dead empires' will never lead to peace, Kenyan UN ambassador says of Ukraine crisis.
Ambassador Martin Kimani, who represents Kenya on the United Nations Security Council, offered a powerful plea for peace on Tuesday after Russia announced it would recognize and deploy troops to breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine.
Fanning 'the embers of dead empires' will never lead to peace, Kenyan UN ambassador says of Ukraine crisis SHARE
Fanning 'the embers of dead empires' will never lead to peace, Kenyan UN ambassador says of Ukraine crisis.
Ambassador Martin Kimani, who represents Kenya on the United Nations Security Council, offered a powerful plea for peace on Tuesday after Russia announced it would recognize and deploy troops to breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
A modest proposal: Chunks of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can join Putin's faux-NATO group -- it's a win-win! - Raw SHARE
Let me make this short, and I hope, sweet. I'm addressing all the true patriots out there. You know who you are.About that dicey Ukraine situation: What if Vladimir Putin could be mollified by gaining his own NATO-like foothold next to the United States? Like, right next to it. Or sort of inside it....
How could we forget that Russian oligarchs quietly funneled massive amounts of cash through the NRA in order to protect our God-given Second Amendment rights — and our elections!
Look, it's not like Mitch McConnell got the nickname "Moscow Mitch" for nothing.
A modest proposal: Chunks of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can join Putin's faux-NATO group -- it's a win-win! - Raw SHARE
Let me make this short, and I hope, sweet. I'm addressing all the true patriots out there. You know who you are.About that dicey Ukraine situation: What if Vladimir Putin could be mollified by gaining his own NATO-like foothold next to the United States? Like, right next to it. Or sort of inside it....
How could we forget that Russian oligarchs quietly funneled massive amounts of cash through the NRA in order to protect our God-given Second Amendment rights — and our elections!
Look, it's not like Mitch McConnell got the nickname "Moscow Mitch" for nothing.
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Sunday, February 13, 2022
Implants Allow People with Paralysis to Walk Again SHARE
An implant on an Italian man's severed spine is allowing him to walk again. It's one of many scientific advancements helping people with paralysis.
“I stand up, walk where I want to. I can walk the stairs. It’s almost a normal life,” the Italian man said. “I used to box, run, and do fitness training in the gym. But after the accident, I could not do the things that I loved to do, but I did not let my mood go down. I never stopped my rehabilitation. I wanted to solve this problem.”
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Implants Allow People with Paralysis to Walk Again SHARE
An implant on an Italian man's severed spine is allowing him to walk again. It's one of many scientific advancements helping people with paralysis.
“I stand up, walk where I want to. I can walk the stairs. It’s almost a normal life,” the Italian man said. “I used to box, run, and do fitness training in the gym. But after the accident, I could not do the things that I loved to do, but I did not let my mood go down. I never stopped my rehabilitation. I wanted to solve this problem.”
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