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Good summary of top-predator ecology and some thoughts on its implications

Although I live in the business world now, my education was in biology – and I find the concepts of ecology and genetics surprisingly applicable to the world of business.  Both on the broad perspective of companies as consumers and … Continue reading

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Excellent Speech on Free Speech

Absolutely true and thoroughly worthwhile to watch.  

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Farewell, Shuttle

Despite being an enormously over-expensive project, the Space Shuttle was a marvel of engineering, and a pioneering effort in exploration. The final flight of the fleet took place these last couple days – and it deserves a big salute.  Despite … Continue reading

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Once more unto the breach!

After a hiatus of ten years or so, tomorrow I’m going to go play paintball – I used to be very good, and enjoyed a good rep as an airsmith and a player, but I suspect I’m a bit rusty. … Continue reading

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Robert Reich hits it.

The contained talk (which is about an hour long – and worth every minute) details a very pressing issue about what is and is not real in America. Namely, the American Dream – and how it is going away. The … Continue reading

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As usual…

Mr. Connolly delivers the message far more succinctly than I ever could.  Most definitely NOT safe for work. Edit: not funny, but more clinical takedown on Xianity – and a very well-thought and well-presented argument (part 1): (part 2)

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If it wasn’t decided in your mind already, it should be now.

That is, that it is time the Republican party to go extinct. And kudos to at least a few of the milquetoast Dems for finally calling a spade a spade and taking the fight to them.  Anthony Weiner – prior … Continue reading

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I take this as very good news

Based on a totally unscientific person-on-the-street set of brief interviews, a Catholic reporter found a great majority of the Irish aren’t really all that into being Catholic. I particularly love where the guy tries to make the claim that not going … Continue reading

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If anything could make me give up my steaks…

…it’d be ass cancer. Nobel laureate Harald zur Hausen suspects that there may be a virus we haven’t discovered yet that causes cancer, in beef. Dr. zur Hausen, in case you hadn’t known previously, is the fellow who won his … Continue reading

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Time for a major overhaul of the SC Justices

As of today, the Conservative branch of the US Supreme Court has declared war against the common citizen of the United States.  It’s been common knowledge that the right-leaning branch of the court was weighed down with ideology over actual … Continue reading

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