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The Mirage of Mars
Dear readers, faithful companions of my starry nights, There are nights when the sky speaks to us, and days when the stock market deafens us. The latest thunderous market debut of a certain space company, propelled by its charismatic and controversial founder, has left me pensive. I am an astronomer. I love space. I love…
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Despite details of the memo of understanding with Iran now in the public domain, Trump dares to slur Obama for his ‘horrible’ deal
“The “memorandum of understanding” that’s supposedly going to bring the war on Iran to at least a temporary end was released Wednesday afternoon.The New York Times published an annotated version that had been dictated to reporters by senior White House officials. The text makes it even more clear than I asserted here Sunday that Donald…
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Regarding Graham Platner, Daily Kos staff need to remember why this site exists
Anyone pushing a canard about a Democrat should not be surprised if they get the ban-hammer Honestly, I’m surprised the ban-hammer hasn’t come out sooner, but I would certainly expect it now that the primary election is over. But shamefully, we have even seen, in the past two days, one front page story which includes…
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White to move and mate in two #835 — Sideways
This one is an obscure little gem from 2004. Yeah, it’s another lets-have-a-wild-bachelor-road-trip-just-before-my-best-friend-gets-hitched movie. But it’s down to Earth, subtly philosophical, and doesn’t pretend to be something more than it is. Here’s Roger Ebert’s take on it: Miles’ friend Jack is getting married in a week. They would seem to have little in common. Jack…
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UFC Freedom 250 is going to have a problem with insects
Many people know by experience that crickets are mostly active at night. Lots of folks also know that insects are attracted to lights. Bill Cade and I did many years of research on crickets much of that in Austin, Texas at the Brackenridge Field Station . https://fieldstations.utexas.edu/field-stations/brackenridge-field-laboratory At the time, the facility had no place…
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Trump is a Pathetic Loser…GNR
Hey look, I brought receipts! And these are just from THIS WEEK! Trump is a pathetic loser THE MAGA GOLDEN TICKET EXPIRES For years, a Trump endorsement was a coronation. This month, it’s becoming a curse. In Iowa, Trump rushed a last-minute endorsement to Rep. Randy Feenstra in the governor’s race. He lost by less…
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Live Updating: It’s GONE! The letters have come DOWN! – It appears that the scaffolding & tarp will stay up for the duration.
This is a continuation from my first diary STILL Live Updating – 🎵 Oh Happy Day! 🎵 (Is blackmail going on? Kennedy Center stripped of $$$ if trump’s name comes down?) and my second dairy Live Updating – After the rain and more in the dark, workers have come back to take Trump’s name down,…
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Cheers and Jeers: Rum and Coke FRIDAY!
Late Night Snark: The Careening Continues Edition “President Trump today signed a $70 billion immigration enforcement funding bill into law. There’s now so much money devoted to keeping foreigners out of the country, the U.S. might just win the World Cup.” —Seth Meyers “Tonight was game three of the NBA finals. In attendance was the…
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White to move and mate in two #834 – The Color of Law
A Forgotten History Of How Our Government Segregated America From 1973 until the present, real wages of working- and middle-class Americans of all races and ethnicities have been mostly stagnant. For those with only high school educations, or perhaps some college, real earnings declined, as production workers with unionized factory jobs were laid off and…
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Cheers and Jeers: Monday
And the winners are… Good morning! I thought we’d kick off the new week by cheering the heroes who are the latest proud recipients of the annual John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Awards. They are: Fed Chair Jerome Powell Despite relentless political pressure and unprecedented attempts to influence the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell stood…
