Massive Explosion In Tianjin,China. (New angle from a high-rise balcony)

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Thursday August 13, 2015 · 7:47 PM PDT

2015/08/13 · 19:47

Tianjin chemical warehouse explosions are now known to have killed at least 50 people, injure hundreds. 17 firefighters lost their lives, 36 of their colleagues are still missing.

Damn. At one point the video is almost completely white, and you almost feel the "thump".

Remember this the next time some rich Republican asshole "representative" wants to do their even richer master's bidding and do away with OSHA.

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction

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Monday June 29, 2015 · 7:15 PM PDT

2015/06/29 · 19:15

Summer teevee sucks, so here's something for you to do tonight (Monday), Tuesday night, and Wednesday night.

If you spot clear skies any evening this week, don’t miss your chance to witness a stunning close encounter of the two brightest star-like objects in the sky.
Venus and Jupiter—both dazzling star-like objects—will appear to huddle close together in the sunset skies this week. This will be the planets' nearest approach in over a decade.

::snip::

While limited in their scientific interest, historically Venus and Jupiter conjunctions may be a possible answer to the Star of Bethlehem legend. In the years 2 and 3 B.C. there was a similar series of three stunningly close pairings between the planets that would have caught the eye of ancient astronomers.

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Thursday May 28, 2015 · 7:55 PM PDT

2015/05/28 · 19:55

There is a campaign to block congress from access to web sites until the Patriot Act is gone. Blocking congress' access to my backwater blog would go unnoticed. Blocking access to Daily Kos WOULD be noticed.

Participating web sites embed a small snippet of code on their pages that detects the IP address of Congress' computers, redirecting anyone from Congress to this blackout page. To join with your site, simply embed this code on your page before the closing tag.

NSFW warning; nude photos of anti-Patriot Act activists.

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The Patriot Act

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The Patriot Act

I don't care, because I'm doing nothing wrong and I'm a RW douche

2 votes

I understand that the data is only used when a suspect is identified.

4 votes

I don't think it's the government's job to record every phone number I call.

11 votes

Pie.

3 votes

Calling a RW douche a RW douche is counter-productive.

0 votes

Calling a spade a spade is just being honest.

6 votes

PSA

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Tuesday April 07, 2015 · 7:54 PM PDT

2015/04/07 · 19:54

The "Patriot" Act (enabling NSA reading on your emails) up for RENEWAL on June 1. Call your representatives in DC, and tell them what you think.

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Monday March 23, 2015 · 8:32 PM PDT

2015/03/23 · 20:32

If you find a flaw in my analysis, or commentary, I welcome criticism to make my argument stronger.

Ted Cruz Announces Presidential Campaign at School Founded by Guy Who Blamed Gay People for 9/11

Notes: Audience was required to attend.
Some wore Rand Paul T-Shirts.
Cruz went to Princeton and Harvard Law.
He pandered for cell-phone numbers during his announcement.
He repeated the lie that "our laws come from God, not from man." Hint, most of the founding fathers were diests. They were men. Most believed in deisim, which is not Christianity.

Stolen content:

This is the same guy, by the way, who once said:
“I think anyone in politics you’ve got a special obligation to avoid being a Pharisee, to avoid ostentatiously wrapping yourself in your faith,” Cruz said. “Because I think in politics, it’s too easy for that to become a crutch, for that to be politically useful.” The Pharisees were a Jewish sect known for strict observance of law.

Not only has Cruz wrapped himself in faith, he’s practically a mummy.

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Ted Cruz would be a good POTUS if:

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Ted Cruz would be a good POTUS if:

Hell is proven, and has frozen over

17 votes

I forsake EVERY value I have EVER held

13 votes

I need an "A" in "science" at Liberty University.

2 votes

I surrender.

1 vote

The sun started revolving the earth.

9 votes

My own children become eligible to become Soylent Green to feed me

1 vote

Other, please see my comment.

1 vote

Our democratic candiadte is Hillary.

2 votes

Bernie Sanders runs.

0 votes

If He Runs I'm Supporting Bernie Sanders in the Primary

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Tuesday February 10, 2015 · 8:10 PM PST

2015/02/10 · 20:10

I will vote for the Democratic POTUS candidate in the general election. Period.

Hillary may, or may not, be a "sure thing" if SHE runs, but Bernie would better represent me.

Make no mistake, I can't understand why ANYONE would vote for a GOP POTUS.

But, I'm as tired as any of you of "third way" Clinton/Bush politics.

It's time for a REAL change, and I think Bernie could win it all. I mean, just for example, who's happy with making 30% less than we made a few decades ago, or NOT taxing the rich to pay for social security? THESE ARE WINNING ISSUES. Let's advance them.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, the self-identified socialist from Vermont, has met plenty of angry people in recent years.
"Some of them are in the Occupy Wall Street movement and consider themselves progressives," Sanders said Monday at the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank. "Some are in the Tea Party movement and consider themselves conservatives."

Whatever their political bent, he said, "They have every right in the world to be angry."

The Police State is Out of Control!

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Tuesday January 20, 2015 · 8:00 AM PST

2015/01/20 · 08:00

At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance.
Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. The technology raises legal and privacy issues because the U.S. Supreme Court has said officers generally cannot use high-tech sensors to tell them about the inside of a person's house without first obtaining a search warrant.

The radars work like finely tuned motion detectors, using radio waves to zero in on movements as slight as human breathing from a distance of more than 50 feet. They can detect whether anyone is inside of a house, where they are and whether they are moving.

Super Bowl L

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Monday January 19, 2015 · 8:17 PM PST

2015/01/19 · 20:17

Next year, the Roman Numeral thingie gets extremely boring.

Anyhoo, this years stupid bowl holds promise to be a good game.

Although Aaron Rogers holds the highest QB rating ever, Russell Wilson would be second, if he had 1500 attempts, instead of 1252. Tom Brady is currently fifth.

Two of the top cornerbacks in the league, in Richard Sherman and Darryl (sp?) Revis.

"Beast Mode" Marshawn Lynch, vs LeGerrette (sp?) Blount ("Beast Mode" in his own right).

Look, I'm not saying I know this will be a good game. It could be a lopsided blowout. But the number one ranked defense (Seattle) against the number 1 (AFC East, at least) ranked offense is going to be fun. Will Sherman play, or be healthy if he does? Will Brady throw his way (see previous sentence)? Will Russell Wilson try to throw on Revis?

Lots of questions for the head coaches to answer.

Who will run, the most? How will Blount run against the #1 rush defense? How will Lynch do against a pretty damned stout run defense? (This one is a no brainer, and beast mode WILL run on them. Period. One way or another. May be the game changer.)

I have more comments, but don't want to bore you, especially if you're not a football fan (or only cheer for one team).

Instead, check out the videos at this page:

Top 10 running backs ever

Amazing what some of those guys could do. Seriously, when you have time, watch the videos.

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Who's Gonna Win?

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Who's Gonna Win?

Seahawks

12 votes

Patriots

13 votes

Commercials

8 votes

Who cares? Two of the most liberal cities in the US are playing for the national NFL championship!

7 votes

The Dumbification of America continues

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Sunday January 11, 2015 · 8:35 PM PST

2015/01/11 · 20:35

...at an alarming rate.

Senator Ted Cruz appointed to oversee NASA in Congress

Cruz, a republican, has said it is "critical that the United States ensure its continued leadership in space," but his stances on established science will no doubt be concerning: he's gone on record, for example, denying that climate change exists. Cruz has also promoted himself as a Tea Party spending hawk, attempting to slash budgets across the government.

Put stupid people (like Ted Cruz) in charge of funding science, and you'll get bad science.

The larger issue? Put stupid people in charge of government, and you'll get bad government.

Teabaggers are absolutely, totally, out of touch with reality. And Ted Cruz is their king.

Comet Lovejoy!

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Saturday January 10, 2015 · 8:19 AM PST

2015/01/10 · 08:19

The green chunk of ice will make its closest approach to Earth this evening, and won’t be back for another 8,000 years, according to the Mirror.
::snip::

It should be viewable in Orion’s belt, appearing as a small, fuzzy spot. Although viewable with the naked eye, it is recommended that viewers use binoculars to look at the comet, and to do so in an area with as little light pollution as possible.

while you're outside, you may as well look for the winter hexagon and winter triangle, too.

Featured in the winter hexagon/triangle is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky!

Don't be fooled by Jupiter, which rises later and is north of Sirius. It's not a star...

I KNOW that SCUBA divers can't fart below 30 feet

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Monday January 05, 2015 · 8:01 PM PST

2015/01/05 · 20:01

So I'm assuming that SCUBA divers, and whales, have a limit to how deep they can be and still poop.

(Rewilding is) a term, coined by activist Dave Foreman and broadened by Michael Soulé and Reed Noss in the 1990s, that Monbiot explains has two meanings. The first involves the mass restoration of ecosystems through attention to “trophic cascades” — the ecological processes that start at the top of a food chain and tumble down to the bottom, affecting the entire ecosystem in the process. The second involves the rewilding of places humans live—restoring some of the fauna that we’ve wiped out through hunting and habitat destruction.
“Paleoecology—the study of past ecosystems crucial to an understanding of our own—feels like a portal through which you may pass into an enchanted kingdom,” Monbiot says. “The story rewilding tells us is that ecological change need not always proceed in one direction. It offers us the hope that our silent spring could be replaced by a raucous summer.”

Hope you guys find this to be an interesting (if not useful when arguing with RW relatives) read. Please watch the TED talk, and tell my what you think.

Edit, I realize, now, that I should have left this link, here.

Bush's Disastrous Blunder (and let's not let Dick "Dick" Cheney off the hook)

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Sunday October 12, 2014 · 7:56 PM PDT

2014/10/12 · 19:56

Bernie Sanders, my favorite Senator, says what I've been thinking, but didn't know how to put into words.

Bush’s ‘disastrous blunder’ created Islamic State

Warning, link is to the RW Moonie Times. Most of the story is below if you don't want to give them click-throughs.

"We are here today because of the disastrous blunder of the Bush-Cheney era, which got us into this war in Iraq in the first place, which then developed the can of worms that we’re trying to deal with right now.”
Mr. Sanders expressed his concern about the possibility of getting dragged into “perpetual warfare.”

“We have been at war for 12 years; we have spent trillions of dollars. I’m chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. We have 500,000 men and women who have come home with PTSD and TBI [traumatic brain injuries]. What I do not want, and what I fear very much, is the United States getting sucked into a quagmire and being involved in perpetual warfare year after year after year. That is my fear,” he said."

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How long can a truly BAD POTUS' policies affect the US after they leave office?

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How long can a truly BAD POTUS' policies affect the US after they leave office?

1 year

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2 years

0 votes

3 years

0 votes

4 years

0 votes

5 years

0 votes

6 years

0 votes

7 years

0 votes

8 years

0 votes

9 years

0 votes

10 years

3 votes

Until the last of their SCOTUS nominees/minions leave the bench

128 votes

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Massive Explosion In Tianjin,China. (New angle from a high-rise balcony)

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction

Something for Kos to consider

PSA

Hateful man announces hateful campaign for POTUS at hateful university...

If He Runs I'm Supporting Bernie Sanders in the Primary

The Police State is Out of Control!

Super Bowl L

The Dumbification of America continues

Comet Lovejoy!

I KNOW that SCUBA divers can't fart below 30 feet

Bush's Disastrous Blunder (and let's not let Dick "Dick" Cheney off the hook)