• Hot Off The Presses

    The Eagle and The Swan

    The Eagle and The Swan Yes, people are doing serious science. The photographs are a welcome side benefit. APOD: 2017 August 24 – The Eagle and The Swan A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Read at Google+

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    Any headline beginning "Trump Makes A Mess" is fine, but is a distraction from

    Any headline beginning "Trump Makes A Mess" is fine, but is a distraction from Any headline beginning "Trump Makes A Mess" is fine, but is a distraction from #TrumpRussia Trump makes a mess for Arizona GOP with Arpaio pardon In just nine days, President Donald Trump might have badly hobbled Arizona Republicans headed into a competitive Senate race and hurt his own re-election… Read at Google+

  • Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    4 Pocket Links Wed Aug 23 20 20:06:13 2017

    Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. Flickr: Repository of Resistance Memes: A really useful collection of Resistance memes, many were used in a recent “tweetstorm Google doc created by Jhamel. – by Honey DemForce – Tags: politics, theresistance, trump – https://www.flickr.com/photos/151634815@N03/sets/72157685219931514 CaptainsLog2017 on Twitter – by Herr Trump in, CaptainsLog2017 ??, Scarlet Witch 2017 ? – Tags: trump – https://twitter.com/CaptainsLog2017/status/900220349593374720 CaptainsLog2017 on Twitter PHX pics: #PhoenixRally pics thread – by East Coast, Deb, Dani G, Vicki Ringer, Dracula’s Spatula, Eric DeBlackmere, Kenny J #Resist, Cynthia Pease, Mrir, C Barker Congdon, CaptainsLog2017 ??, Scarlet Witch 2017 ?…

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    Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona

    Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona There was a lot of intense science being done. That the observation was beautiful is secondary. APOD: 2017 August 13 – Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation. Read at Google+

  • Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    4 Pocket Links Mon Aug 21 21 21:56:18 2017

    Here’s a pocketful of links, stacked up for easy viewing. GOP senator unsure if Trump will be 2020 nominee: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) told MSNBC that she was unsure whether President Donald Trump would be the party’s presidential nominee in 2020. – Tags: politics – http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/08/21/susan-collins-unsure-trump-2020-msnbc-sot-erin.cnn Jeh Johnson: Confederate Statues Are ‘Neo-Nazi Rallying Points’: Martha Raddatz filled in on ABC’s “This Week” charged with the arduous task of eliciting some semblance of logic from Jerry Falwell Junior’s rationalizing of Trump’s deplorable defense of White Nationalists, KKK members and Neo-Nazis. – by Leftofcenter – Tags: politics – http://crooksandliars.com/2017/08/jeh-johnson-confederate-statues-are-neo Angry Trump Grilled…

  • Cycling - Hot Off The Presses

    6 epic bike treks around the globe

    These look a little more epic than I’m capable of handling, but they still look like a dream. But there must be a typo in the England to Rome one – 2 days to go a thousand miles is pretty ambitious in a CAR, let alone on a bike. June 2017 marked 200 years since German inventor Karl Von Drais first rode his two-wheeled Laufmaschine, or “running machine.” These trips celebrate the bike. Source: 6 epic bike treks around the globe – Chicago Tribune