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A federal committee has published a draft of the nation's third climate assessment report, a comprehensive analysis of the latest and best peer-reviewed science on the extent and impacts of global ...
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Reversing Global Warming while Meeting Human Needs: An Urgently Needed Land-Based Option
Friday, January 25, 2013
2:00 - 4:00 PM, ASEAN Auditorium
The Fletcher School, 160 Packard Avenue, Medford
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In news that somehow seems to have escaped everyone’s notice, you can buy a cost-effective 100% electric commuter / about-town car. Right now. At your local dealer. Not next year. Not “after ...
by Morgan in Austin
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A black hole is a mass which reaches the point where it gets denser and denser. As it does that, it radiates out fractions of its mass. The physics is complicated, but I only want this aspect for a ...
by Frank Palmer
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"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."
-- Wendell Phillips , (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator, in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in ...
by jamess
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by Tom Begnal
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As this diary on our site Hillbilly Report points out the Senator for Communist China Mitch McConnell has turned a $193,400 a year job in the Senate into a $24.1 million dollar fortune in six years. ...
by RDemocrat
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Charlie is the son a dear friend, and was doing a senior year Kairos Retreat. His mother asked me to write him a letter, to be read during the weekend, and at first, I thought I had no idea what to ...
by Chosgirl
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FACT:;In Chico you can't tell the weather by looking out the window at what the "kids" are wearing. This morning they were decked out I Flip-Flops, Cargo Shorts, AND long sleeve t-shirts, and it was ...
by l3m0n
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This is just a (final) quick diary to announce that the Houston Area Kossacks group will be holding a meet-up lunch on Saturday, January 19. We're looking forward to seeing both some familiar ...
by Chrislove
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It's not like we're talking about Redstateistan or RushLimbaughville, for crying out loud! On January 2 the deep blue city of Seattle inexplicably lost its only Progressive Talk station (AM1090) ...
by LarisaW
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No, I’m not talking rainbows and pots of gold, though I’m sure with Kossacks involved there will be tasty food of Orange. And maybe we can dress some of the kidlets up like leprechauns, even ...
by FloridaSNMOM
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Those of you who already either know me or know of me know that I am a massive pootie person. We have just moved into an apartment and now have a pootie, named Princess Ashley; however I grew up ...
by triciawyse
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I know a thing or two about bullies. In Junior High and High School, a was bullied quite a bit. The reasons were many. I came from a working class family and we didn't have the money to purchase ...
by kaminpdx
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I am tempted to raise the issue of a platinum coin, but, alas my funny bone is tingling at the moment.
Instead, I've "Pocketed" multiple articles about the upcoming budget wars, and with growing ...
by agnostic
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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...
by Upper West
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Today is a big day at the Sothere homestead. Just wanted to let y'all know that I have at long last published my first novel!! Over a decade in the making, This One Time is a hopeful tale of Love ...
by LatidaSothere
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Ten practical proposals for reclaiming the moral high ground.
Most Americans think of childbearing as a deeply personal or even sacred decision. So do most reproductive rights advocates. That is ...
by ValerieTarico
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Hello all,
I made myself a little petition to poke at the Admin to invest more in solar and infrastructure. Compared to Germany which produced 7.6 GW we are lagging far behind. We need to catch ...
by Chaoslillith
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A petition circulated the web recently and received over 34,000 signatures, so required an official response:
Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
Now ...
by Elizaveta
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Well, Republicans are at it again in Wisconsin FitzWalkerStan where, thanks to the redistricting gerrymander they performed in secret, without any input from non-Republicans, and, sadly, with ...
by Puddytat
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The very powerful gun advocacy organization, the NRA (National Rifle Association) may have found their Waterloo in the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre . The death of 20 elementary age children has ...
by fidlerten
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In Northern California on January 23rd? Care about stem cell research? Read on.
by diverdonreed
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A Shawnee County District Court three judge panel ruled Friday that the Kansas legislature continues to violate the Kansas constitution by underfunding public K-12 education. The decision follows a ...
by ABlueKansas
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On Wednesday, as is usually the case, ABC News World News with Diane Sawyer , made no mention of Syria or the humanitarian crisis that is quickly evolving there, where already 600,000 Syrians ...
by Clay Claiborne
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Click to listen to ...
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by jotter
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I get a lot of grief for stating that I don't believe in the 2nd amendment, or more accurately, that I don't believe it means what it is widely believed to mean. Could it just be mass ignorance of ...
by mfaine
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Well, that's it. As of yesterday, I'm no longer a GIS Tech. Sad day, no doubt. The only job I feel I ever truly excelled at came to its planned end yesterday afternoon, and while I didn't walk away ...
by Homer177
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Richard Twiss "sifts through myth and legend to reveal God's strategy for the nation's host people. With wit, wisdom, and passion, Twiss shows God's desire to use the cultures of First Nations ...
by The Book Bear
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The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has issued a decision blocking enforcement of the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.
Court Considers Religion, 'Corporate Personhood'
by Richard Lyon
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Conservatives have taken to "reconfiguring" science to agree with their ideology. The creationists relabeled their beliefs to "intelligent design" and festooned it with pseudo-scientific garlands. ...
by Erasmussimo
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Posted around the walls of the Pearson Air Museum in Vancouver, Washington are a series of paintings of classic aircraft. Photographs of some of these paintings are shown below.
by Ojibwa
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Re: Social Security and Medicare
• The Federal rule for subsidized housing rent
• Cutting cost of living increases for social security
Dear President Obama,
I am a senior citizen, almost 69 ...
by Liberal Granny
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What would Jesus Christ think about this debate about guns? It seems what is absent from the discussion about military assault rifles, large capacity ammo clips, etc. is any leadership or thoughts ...
by virginia dare
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Ok….hear me out!!!!
The NRA (which really is the Gun and Ammunition Manufacturers and Retailers Association AKA ‘GAMRA’ ) wants armed security guards at every school in America, at a ...
by Tackle
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Every war produces some weird stories. The Gulf War was no exception. Some of these happened to me and some were related to me.
Some are funny, some are tragic and some are absurd.
Keep in mind ...
by Major Kong
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Atlantic senior reporter James Fallows has been an active private pilot for some years. Now, flying your own small plane is an expensive proposition and would be even more expensive if not for the ...
by RobLewis
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The Portland, Oregon, Art Museum recently held an exhibition of more than 120 items from the British Museum’s collection of Greek and Roman art. Shown below are some photographs of the ancient ...
by Ojibwa
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Daniel Horowitz begins his diary on redstate.com:
"It’s not enough to vote conservative. We need members of Congress to live the lives of conservatives. At a time when every aspect of our ...
by timsmit
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Imagine my astonishment when i received the following as an attachment to a White House robot email response. You see, a few days ago I sent an email urging President Obama to support a new bill ...
by runningdoglackey
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If you'll remember, earlier this week I mentioned James Tracy, the professor at Florida Atlantic University who claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was staged. Among other things, he claims that the ...
by Christian Dem in NC
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Crossposted on 43rd State ...
by The Book Bear
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Cross-Posted at THE DAILY MUSIC BREAK , the site that features good music regardless of era or genre. Visit for the music -- and a free daily or weekly email of links. Also on Tumblr , Pinterest and ...
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Sandy Hook Elementary School. As a child from 1966-1971 I went to Sandy Hook Elementary School. I grew up in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown CT. After Sandy Hook School I went through the normal ...
by hwstormer
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Disarm
reactionaries!
Or else
We will come out
with all the arms there are
including the cruiser Aurora
The dialectic reverses:
this outcome will be
the peace of Victory Day.
by Redfire
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I made a petition, I hope that you sign it . It asks the executive branch to mint a $1 trillion platinum coin (with the image of Ayn Rand) until such time as Congress raises the debt ceiling.
So far,
by Dotty Gale
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We're constantly bombarded with wording that favors the rich. The major media is full of it and most major politicians speak it. You get it in ads and public relations materials. You'll hear it ...
by workingwords
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Whenever I would be invited to sleep-over at a friend's house, my
mother would always' say, "make sure you leave the place better
than you found it "...that rule only works if you actually ever ...
by PoliticalPizza
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The Daily Bucket is a place where we can post and exchange our observations about the natural happenings in our neighborhoods. Birds, bugs, blossoms and more - each notation is a record that we can ...
by bwren
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The NASA Jet Propulsion laboratory has released a final video from on board the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission spacecraft named Ebb, which was deliberately crashed into the ...
by Troubadour
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GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support series for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. We avoid ...
by effervescent
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Another disinformation campaign to falsify the history of the mortgage crisis, and to double down on past failures.
by Been There 1963
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How about let's take a break from canyonology as I call it (but there is really no such word) and continue with the nature slash environmental theme of these diary-missives? What I also garner ...
by richholtzin
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Every day is a new day and with that, a new opportunity.
EVERYONE is welcome and please join us each morning at 7:30 AM PACIFIC
to tell us what you're working on, share your show & tell , vent, ...
by navajo
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The killing of 20 children trapped in classrooms, not to mention 6 adults who died trying to protect them, has unleashed an unprecedented rush to buy the very same weapon and high capacity magazine ...
by mariesamuels
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The Obama Administration is guilty of burying the most important news in a Friday afternoon dustbin. So they did with the release late yesterday of the devastating news coming from the Draft US ...
by beach babe in fl
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by joanneleon
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Happy Saturday, bomberinos! There is some interesting stuff to talk about lately. Governor Moonbeam balances the budget? You know the Republicans will say he has two sets of books! One more ...
by Floja Roja
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"Francie and Neeley went down into the cellar each evening and emptied the dumbwaiter shelves of the day's accumulated trash. They owned this privilege because Francie's mother was the janitress. ...
by pwoodford
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I live in Mississippi (in its Capital city, Jackson). I'm pretty much a loner type (a guy with two post graduate business degrees) that happens to work for a temporary services company for about $9 ...
by Check077
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What happens to a country -- when they find out their Smart Grid, is not so smart?
We are about to find out, during the next four years ...
Using HVDC Technology For Transmitting Electricity
by ...
by jamess
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American Experience's latest series: The Abolitionists has much to recommend it. Unfortunately it also propagates the popular myth that American Abolitionism is synonymous with the career of William ...
by WB Reeves
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On "Up with Chris Hayes" this morning it was asked what would happen if we minted a hundred trillion dollar coin, put it in the treasury and used it as a blank check to pay for all the things we ...
by rktect
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Good morning and welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging!
Shrimp Plant ▪ Justicia brandegeana
As life settles back into a more normal post-holiday routine but before the garden season ...
by jayden
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The Saturday Morning Home Repair Blog (SMHRB) is where we gather to discuss the many and varied aspects of home repair. Some here are trained professionals. Some, talented DIYers. Some, hopeless ...
by boatgeek
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Hello again painting fans.
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I am posting below a very important review by the Atlantic's Benjamin Schwartz of the most definitive historical work of what really happened just a bit more than 50 years ago and nearly inaugurated ...
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Anyone else experiencing the annoyance of advertisements that just start belching audio as soon as you land on the site? What's the deal? This has been going on for several days. It's really a ...
by jonibgud
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[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster. ]
Watching the political birdie of the theoretical trillion dollar platinum coin being batted back forth is educational and intellectually fun, in a way, but ...
by paradox
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Corazon de Jesus, Corazon de Nosotros
“If you're in trouble, or hurt or need - go to the poor people. They're the only ones that'll help - the only ones.” -John Steinbeck
What they do in ...
by downtownLALife
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If you aren't alarmed about climate change you haven't been paying attention. And if you've been paying attention you know that meat/livestock production is one of the greatest contributors to ...
by beach babe in fl
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On Thursday night, Jon Stewart did some actual journalism in exposing just how badly hypocritical Fox News was being over the news that Al Gore's Current TV had been sold to Al-Jazeera.
LESTER HOLT (
by BruinKid
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An effort to partially cover what state regulators have not is evolving into something more.
Cross posted from Pruning Shears .
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