When I feed the
hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they
call me a communist. -Helder Camara, archbishop (1909-1999)
Over three days in mid-August, Romney will campaign for GOP Senate and gubernatorial candidates in West Virginia, North Carolina and Arkansas, aides said. In September, he is planning visits to the presidential swing states of Colorado and Virginia. Romney is filling up his October schedule, as well. I can't imagine he'll be back. Far too much innuendo about dog houses for him to deal with Putin or the Middle East.
South Park has an episode called "The Underpants Gnomes" who steal underwear as part of a business plan summarized as:
1. Collect underpants.
2. ?????
3. Profit!
This is offered ironically as the blueprint for most start-ups. There is an impassioned defense of a national chain store at the end.
The TV critic (and sometime Austrian economist) Paul Cantor referred to this particular episode as "the most fully developed defense of capitalism ever" —
I heard an interview with a infectious disease guy re: Ebola. Apparently it can be spread by the fruit bat and a common food in Africa is fruit bat soup. Forewarned is forearmed.
Toxins in the water have been linked to an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is a primary source of drinking water for many Ohio communities. In recent decades, Lake Erie has seen large blooms of blue-green algae develop in its western basin. In 2011, the algae covered a record 1,930 square miles of Lake Erie – nearly 20 percent of the entire surface of the lake.
The blooms grow from an excess of phosphorus, which is a key ingredient in many fertilizers. Lake Erie is particularly prone to the blooms because rivers carry runoff from farmland into the shallow western basin of the lake.
The author H. H. Munro is one of the funniest men ever to write a short story. He was killed by a sniper in WW1 at the age of 46.
The 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by the first lady and her "Let's Move!" campaign overhauled nutrition standards affecting more than 30 million children in grade school. In dozens of states, bake sales must adhere to nutrition requirements that could replace cupcakes and brownies with fruit cups and granola bars. Bake sales under federal edicts.
AAAAaaaaaaannnnnndddddd.....a composite from the orbiting 2.4-meter Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based 8.2-meterSubaru Telescope:
Al-Qaeda
is increasingly funding terror operations thanks to at least $125
million in ransom paid since 2008, largely by European governments to
free western hostages, the New York Times reported. The payments totaled $66 million in 2013 alone.Who was....George Washington DeLong?
Saw an interesting interview with a woman billed as a Russian expert. The interviewer set the table with the proposition that Putin was attempting to recreate some new Russian hegemony with his action in Ukraine and resurrect the old empire. The woman listen quietly as the man went on. Finally he allowed her to speak. She replied that Putin's actions had nothing to do with nostalgia or empire. Everything he was doing was trade related, specifically natural gas. He wants to create a monopoly of supply and delivery. Think, she said, of Mafia dons fighting over drug distribution rights. That, she said, is exactly what Putin is like and he is good at it. The interviewer was stunned to silence.
Saw an interesting interview with a woman billed as a Russian expert. The interviewer set the table with the proposition that Putin was attempting to recreate some new Russian hegemony with his action in Ukraine and resurrect the old empire. The woman listen quietly as the man went on. Finally he allowed her to speak. She replied that Putin's actions had nothing to do with nostalgia or empire. Everything he was doing was trade related, specifically natural gas. He wants to create a monopoly of supply and delivery. Think, she said, of Mafia dons fighting over drug distribution rights. That, she said, is exactly what Putin is like and he is good at it. The interviewer was stunned to silence.
Three hundred thousand books are published in the United States every year.
We always have theories. Years ago many believed the Arctic Circle was fertile land possibly warmed by rivers. In July 1879, more than 30 explorers set sail on The Jeannette from San Francisco to find out. They were hoping to discover a pure, green paradise at the top of the world which they could claim in the name of American exploration. The expedition was commanded by George Washington DeLong — one of the era's dashing heroes — and funded by James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald. The ship sunk and the survivors carried three lifeboats 600 miles to navigable water. One boat was captained by a relative of Herman Melville. In The Kingdom Of Ice is a new book about the adventure.
Golden oldie:
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombers-remorse.html
We always have theories. Years ago many believed the Arctic Circle was fertile land possibly warmed by rivers. In July 1879, more than 30 explorers set sail on The Jeannette from San Francisco to find out. They were hoping to discover a pure, green paradise at the top of the world which they could claim in the name of American exploration. The expedition was commanded by George Washington DeLong — one of the era's dashing heroes — and funded by James Gordon Bennett of the New York Herald. The ship sunk and the survivors carried three lifeboats 600 miles to navigable water. One boat was captained by a relative of Herman Melville. In The Kingdom Of Ice is a new book about the adventure.
Golden oldie:
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2011/10/bombers-remorse.html
Restive: a: Restless, uneasy. An interesting evolution. Earlier the word meant refusing to go forward, as in a restive horse. Over time the word shifted in meaning and now it means the opposite. Instead of "unable to advance", now it means "unable to remain still." From Middle French rester (to remain), from Latin restare (to remain standing). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sta- (to stand), which is also the source of stay, stage, stable, instant, establish, static, system.
Over three days in mid-August, Romney will campaign for GOP Senate and gubernatorial candidates in West Virginia, North Carolina and Arkansas, aides said. In September, he is planning visits to the presidential swing states of Colorado and Virginia. Romney is filling up his October schedule, as well. I can't imagine he'll be back. Far too much innuendo about dog houses for him to deal with Putin or the Middle East.
South Park has an episode called "The Underpants Gnomes" who steal underwear as part of a business plan summarized as:
1. Collect underpants.
2. ?????
3. Profit!
This is offered ironically as the blueprint for most start-ups. There is an impassioned defense of a national chain store at the end.
The TV critic (and sometime Austrian economist) Paul Cantor referred to this particular episode as "the most fully developed defense of capitalism ever" —
I heard an interview with a infectious disease guy re: Ebola. Apparently it can be spread by the fruit bat and a common food in Africa is fruit bat soup. Forewarned is forearmed.
Toxins in the water have been linked to an algae bloom in Lake Erie, which is a primary source of drinking water for many Ohio communities. In recent decades, Lake Erie has seen large blooms of blue-green algae develop in its western basin. In 2011, the algae covered a record 1,930 square miles of Lake Erie – nearly 20 percent of the entire surface of the lake.
The blooms grow from an excess of phosphorus, which is a key ingredient in many fertilizers. Lake Erie is particularly prone to the blooms because rivers carry runoff from farmland into the shallow western basin of the lake.
The author H. H. Munro is one of the funniest men ever to write a short story. He was killed by a sniper in WW1 at the age of 46.
The 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act championed by the first lady and her "Let's Move!" campaign overhauled nutrition standards affecting more than 30 million children in grade school. In dozens of states, bake sales must adhere to nutrition requirements that could replace cupcakes and brownies with fruit cups and granola bars. Bake sales under federal edicts.
AAAAaaaaaaannnnnndddddd.....a composite from the orbiting 2.4-meter Hubble Space Telescope and the ground-based 8.2-meterSubaru Telescope:
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