McConnell defeats Bevin in Kentucky Senate primary. Well, it was probably too much to hope for. It sure would have made Alison Grimes’s chances of winning in November easier if she got to run against a complete loony like Bevin rather than the tough old bird Mitch McConnell is. After tonight’s primaries she and McConnell …
Despite the danger to Alaska’s 47,000 miles of coastline from climate change, the Republican primary race for the Senate seat currently held by Democrat Mark Begich is a
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A long time ago we were the only neighborhood on this side of the island which still had power during Hurricane Iwa. We cooked three Thanksgiving turkeys that year. Tonight was payback. We lost power for about two hours, and we were the only neighborhood in sight which did. Drive 1/4 mile downhill and everyone’s …
Some loony ex-Colonel tried to rally a bunch of guys and gals who were supposed to converge on the National Mall today to depose Obama, Congress, and who knows who else. That didn’t happen. Raw Story compiled a bunch of tweets which started out amused and escalated to high-class snark. Here’s a sample: Where is …
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Did you ever think you’d hear “Whole Lotta Love” on a three-string mountain dulcimer?
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Recently we were told that unless you had a history of heart disease, a daily regimen of one aspirin per day might not be the be-all end-all preventive measure we thought it was. That wasn’t bad enough. Now a new study shows that the “French Paradox,” the idea that drinking red wine and the anti-oxidants …
THE FIVE STAGES OF GLOBAL WARMING 1. Denial 2. Guilt 3. Depression 4. Acceptance 5. Drowning — God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 8, 2014
Senator Marco Rubio is either a damned fool or a panderer to his party’s more rabid base. I’m voting for the former. ABC’s Jonathan Karl pressed Rubio on his belief that humans don’t have anything to do with global warming. “But let me get this straight, you do not think that human activity, its production …
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