A post notice unaccountably turned up in my e-mail today like a long-lost message from the Voyager probe. I haven't posted here for well over six...
I dunno. If these can't go any faster than this then they don't hold a candle to the guy below. [media] [media]
I mean, imagine a guy with a mug like that wearing vestments. Freaks me out just thinking about it.
Though it's fun, I've been skeptical about this from the start. (Yes, @Dr. Krieg will doubtless lose no time in decorating this post with a facepalm...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/12/turkish-pm-threatens-sanctions-against-dutch-over-ministers-expulsion The Turkish prime minister has...
http://www.universetoday.com/134158/cassini-teach-us/ (...) On September 15, 2017, the Cassini mission will end. How do we know it’s going to happen...
[IMG] Apparently, children arrive aboard meteors. http://www.sciencealert.com/these-are-the-6-biggest-meteorites-to-ever-to-be-found-on-earth
Lively times on Etna at the moment, looks like....
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/06/alain-juppe-not-replace-francois-fillon-french-presidential-race Well it looks like @Asyncritus was...
Crows, and especially ravens, are incredibly intelligent, able to find and use tools and capable of abstract thought. Check this out. [media]
We're a civilization built on sand. Yet another manifestation of excessive numbers discussed in this eye-opening piece....
Fascinating article. And something to ponder before they start shipping humans off Marsward in glorified tin cans....
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150929-why-are-we-the-only-human-species-still-alive Interesting piece. Two million years ago in Africa, several...
If them damn homo sapiens continue masticating in their conurbations, then this-here country is going straight to hell. I tell ya!
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/18/trump-administration-chaos-white-house When press officers at the White House glance up from their...
Two articles worth reading here. (Yeah, I know, some of you can't handle more than one-liners. Yore excused.) I don't have a whole lot of time for...
http://www.flyingmag.com/company-plans-to-inexpensively-launch-satellites-via-f-104-starfighter?cmpid=enews021617&spPodID=030&spMailingID=27913592&spU...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/feb/13/extraordinary-levels-of-toxic-pollution-found-in-10km-deep-mariana-trench 'Extraordinary' levels...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/12/frank-walter-steinmeier-elected-germany-president-donald-trump-critic- That is, head of state, not...
Hear me, forgistas! Further to the Big loser! So sad! thread, don't be reassured by the fact that Republican congressmen around the country are...
Currently at the top of the international news section on Der Spiegel's website is a commentary by one Stefan Kuzmany imagining the "tweets" Trump...
Pence has broken a tie in the Senate after two Republicans joined all 48 Dems in opposing this. Congrajulayshuns, Merkins. Y'all donedunn maide a...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/07/us-refugees-canada-border-trump-travel-ban [IMG] Cue for rednecks to bray "Good riddance, yep!" A...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/07/nicolas-sarkozy-to-face-trial-over-2012-campaign-financing Gotta love this. His past finally catching...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/06/donald-trump-should-not-be-allowed-to-speak-in-westminster-hall-says-speaker Donald Trump would not...
Well I'm glad to see the Swiss getting in on the act here. Yes, they stole the idea from the Dutch, but made something admirably self-critical as...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/02/nun-receives-death-threats-suggesting-mary-virgin Nun receives death threats for suggesting Mary was...
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/01/johnny-depp-spent-3m-blasting-hunter-s-thompson-ashes-from-cannon-ex-managers-claim This is just a...
[IMG] One step ahead of 'em, yep.
Will try to keep this thread stocked with examples of why "fascism" is not just empty rhetoric in the case of Donald Esquire. “The media here is the...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/george-orwell-donald-trump-kellyanne-conway-1984 (...) If Orwell were alive today, I imagine...
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/22/online-conspiracy-theories-feed-holocaust-denial A new generation of Holocaust deniers is emerging...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/21/he-american-left-will-be-reborn-under-president-trump I'm old enough to be excused for...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/team-trump-sets-stage-for-another-wall-street-meltdown/article33677193/?click=sf_glob...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/19/steven-mnuchin-financial-disclosure-confirmation-treasury Steven Mnuchin, the hedge fund millionaire...
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