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moominmuppetShippers to propose widening Cuyahoga River navigation channel to make room for Dan Gilbert's Cleveland casino
I'm a big fan of bridges, so I'm not really thrilled with the idea of losing even a non-functional one.
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A new proposal from the UK government will remove scientists from the advisory council that analyzes and makes recommendations on drug policy, and allow the home secretary to ignore the committee altogether and ban any substance for a year regardless of scientific evidence or advice.
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Julian Assange rape allegations: treatment of women 'unfair and absurd' -- One of the many reasons I'm not fond of Operation Payback.
From "The Week's Best Photos" at LIFE, this magnificent image of Pegasus, or an antelope being pursued by a crane. You decide.
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BREAKING: DADT Repeal Likely to Come up for a Vote Tonight
Good morning all, and welcome to A Not So Brief Lesson In Holiday Giving.
I received an email this morning -- and I'm not angry at the person who sent it, honestly kiddo, you know I like you -- about how to choose where your philanthropic dollars go. The email did make me really angry, on a number of levels, because it was so very wrong, and because I can see it going viral and screwing up a lot of good campaigns with misinformation.
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A warning: for people satisfied with their standard depression treatments, debunking myths about them may be troubling. However, for critically-thinking depression sufferers who have not been helped by antidepressants, psychotherapy, or other standard treatments, discovering truths about these treatments can provide ideas about what may actually work for them.
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Being fat makes you see the world differently -- even when you aren't fat anymore. -- This deserves a long and nuanced response that I don't have the energy for at the moment.
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In most legal systems, you have a right to freedom of speech or religion, but you don't have a right to breathe clean air or drink safe water. That needs to change.
A 2,000 Mile Pipeline of the World's Dirtiest Oil to Run Through 6 U.S. States
An 11-point list for reforming Japan's legal response to sex-assault victims emerged from a weekend meeting of international advocates at a research institute in Tokyo. Barring police from questioning a victim's sexual history was among them.
Exposed: 6 Places Most Essential to National Security, And for Odd Reasons
Nation of Pill Poppers: 19 Potentially Dangerous Drugs Pushed By Big Pharma
Religion provides happiness because of the social ties, study claims
Feministing Links
Astronomers puzzled by galaxies that formed “too early”
Scientists work to make livestock happier—even if it must die
“Forests” detectable even in distant solar systems, scientists suggest
Morten Traavik's skin-covered machine gun art removed so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of Russian president
Hilary Clinton's "Remarks on Internet Freedom," January 2010
First, do no harm: Prayer or medicine?
I'm a big fan of bridges, so I'm not really thrilled with the idea of losing even a non-functional one.
Historic Bridges By County: Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Separate and Unequal
The Hyde Amendment and Women of Color
A new proposal from the UK government will remove scientists from the advisory council that analyzes and makes recommendations on drug policy, and allow the home secretary to ignore the committee altogether and ban any substance for a year regardless of scientific evidence or advice.
Nigeria Files Charges Against Cheney in Halliburton Bribery Scheme
World map of lightning strikes
Beautiful time-lapse footage of cordyceps fungi
Egypt puzzled after string of Red Sea shark attacks
11 Celebrities Who Were Secretly Total Badasses
Julian Assange rape allegations: treatment of women 'unfair and absurd' -- One of the many reasons I'm not fond of Operation Payback.
From "The Week's Best Photos" at LIFE, this magnificent image of Pegasus, or an antelope being pursued by a crane. You decide.
Baby Hippo Sticks Close to Mom in Basel
Tintypes and ambrotypes of Civil War soldiers
City officials in the western French town of Nantes on Monday unveiled a manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci that had lain undiscovered in a pile of documents for more than 130 years.
Harnessing Deserts to Power the World
When the Police Are the Only Option: Budget Cuts and the Mentally Ill
Body fishermen in China
The 7 Most Horrifying Cost Cutting Measures of All-Time
Silencing Wikileaks is silencing the press
US public asked to play judge and jury for science funding
It's Only a Sliver Moon (Daily Astronomy Log with Mike Brown)
U.S. Arrests Online Seller Who Scared Customers
Poland's "Crooked House"
Lieberman: New York Times may be investigated for espionage
London Zoo's first-time mother Mjukuu gave birth to the healthy baby gorilla on the afternoon of October 26th
FDA can regulate e-cigs as tobacco products, court says
Science-Based Medicine: New Recommendations for Calcium and Vitamin D Intake
Australians 'more interested in science than sport'
Even Tea Party voters don’t want reproductive rights attacked
EU maternity leave plan rejected; Romania cuts down on the existing one
Quarter of Guantanamo freed take up arms: US
"Countries Least Responsible for Climate Change are the Ones Most Threatened by It": Island States Urge Binding Emissions Cuts at U.N. Climate Summit
BREAKING: DADT Repeal Likely to Come up for a Vote Tonight
Good morning all, and welcome to A Not So Brief Lesson In Holiday Giving.
I received an email this morning -- and I'm not angry at the person who sent it, honestly kiddo, you know I like you -- about how to choose where your philanthropic dollars go. The email did make me really angry, on a number of levels, because it was so very wrong, and because I can see it going viral and screwing up a lot of good campaigns with misinformation.
The 9 Weirdest Things About the WikiLeaks Story
Righties Dance on Elizabeth Edwards' Grave -- And Use My Reporting to Do It
WikiLeaks Reveal: American TV, Movies Do More to Counter Jihad Than Millions in Propaganda Spending
5 Fish You Should Eat More Of
Stories of overfishing and toxic contamination put consumers in a state of confusion and fear at the seafood counter. But there are healthy and sustainable options.
Angry Progressives Shut Down WH Phone Lines With Calls Protesting Tax Cut Cave
As Bullies Go Digital, Parents Play Catch-Up
7 Environmental Disasters Killing People Across the Planet As Climate Talks Plod Along
Poisson's Spot: The Greatest Burn in Physics
Right-wingers Trying to Oust Speaker of Texas State House Because He's Jewish
A warning: for people satisfied with their standard depression treatments, debunking myths about them may be troubling. However, for critically-thinking depression sufferers who have not been helped by antidepressants, psychotherapy, or other standard treatments, discovering truths about these treatments can provide ideas about what may actually work for them.
Helping the Wounded: Vets Deal With Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Homelessness, Homicide, Suicide, Brain Injuries, and PTSD
Common Security Clubs: How People Are Relearning How to Live as a Community
5 Ways Homeowners Are Victimized by Wrongful Bank Foreclosure
Downsize Nation: Welcome to the New, Smaller American Dream
Caught Between Fat and Thin: The Pounds Come Off, But the Label Stays
Being fat makes you see the world differently -- even when you aren't fat anymore. -- This deserves a long and nuanced response that I don't have the energy for at the moment.
Nice People Use Drugs Too
New campaign pushes for an honest discussion of and approach to drug use in our society.
Human Rights-Based Approaches to Maternal Death in the U.S.
BP Challenges Oil Spill Amount In An Attempt to Reduce Cost of Fines
Marital Happiness Plummets Among Many Working and Middle-Class Americans
Sustainable Palm Oil: Rainforest Savior or Fig Leaf?
Obama Administration Opposes Oakland California’s Medical Marijuana Grow Plan, Threatens Potential Statewide Crackdown
Happy Holidays from the Ho, Ho, Hopelessly Anti-Science GOP
Maude Barlow: A Healthy Environment Should Be a Human Right
In most legal systems, you have a right to freedom of speech or religion, but you don't have a right to breathe clean air or drink safe water. That needs to change.
A 2,000 Mile Pipeline of the World's Dirtiest Oil to Run Through 6 U.S. States
An 11-point list for reforming Japan's legal response to sex-assault victims emerged from a weekend meeting of international advocates at a research institute in Tokyo. Barring police from questioning a victim's sexual history was among them.
Exposed: 6 Places Most Essential to National Security, And for Odd Reasons
Nation of Pill Poppers: 19 Potentially Dangerous Drugs Pushed By Big Pharma
Religion provides happiness because of the social ties, study claims
Feministing Links
Astronomers puzzled by galaxies that formed “too early”
Scientists work to make livestock happier—even if it must die
“Forests” detectable even in distant solar systems, scientists suggest
Morten Traavik's skin-covered machine gun art removed so as not to offend the delicate sensibilities of Russian president
Hilary Clinton's "Remarks on Internet Freedom," January 2010
First, do no harm: Prayer or medicine?
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Date: 2010-12-09 11:17 am (UTC)I enjoy thunderstorms on occasion, certain types in particular, as they're amazing. I don't enjoy power outages, flooding, and being electrocuted. Seems like an impasse.
(snicker) I never knew that about Mel Brooks, but it makes sense.
The police should not be the people you have to turn to when dealing with someone with a mental illness. They generally aren't trained to deal with them, and will often escalate the situation despite their best intentions. The US needs to take better care of it's citizens.
*fumes* The NSF needs MORE funding, not less, and politicizing the damn thing defeats the purpose of science. I expect a number of groups (I needn't name names, you know them) to galvanize and try and oust everything that offends their delicate sense of morality.
Australia just got a lot more appealing (still not enough though, there are other issues there I don't want to deal with).
They sure as hell don't vote like, or talk like, they believe that about reproductive rights.
Regarding Not-for-profit institutions, it's not the salary of the director/ceo that you need to be concerned with. It's the overhead totals. Overhead should be low, regardless of what the pay actually is. It's a relationship not an absolute.
The climate is always changing, it's the extreme to which it is changing that is the issue. To say that it isn't changing is completely and utterly devoid of any sense of what is climate.
Good luck on trying to convince governments that a clean environment is a right, the corporations don't agree. And I do have a qualm about it, what defines "clean" you have to have standards set, but if someone doesn't agree the fight becomes over "is it clean enough" which can get nasty.
I don't see why they don't do a preliminary refinement of that oil up in Alberta. Personally I'd like to move away from needing to access it at all. The fracture techniques for getting that oil and natural gas in many places is a horrendously chemical stew that gets into the groundwater. Not worth it.