Duck and Cover, or: How I Learned to Elude the Bomb | Open Culture • by Dan Colman > video war_what_is_it_good_for Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Google Doodle celebrates man who discovered vitamin C | Mail Online [A scientist, and a member of the Hungarian resistance movement during WWII. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Szent-Gy%C3%B6rgyi ] > none The Complete History of [...]
Study update: Cancer information on Wikipedia is accurate, but not very readable > none New class of stem cell-like cells discovered offers possibility for spinal cord repair The nervous system has historically been thought to be incapable of repairing itself, as the cells used to create it are exhausted during development. With the identification of [...]
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Posted 16 September 2011
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Boehner Rejects Jobs Bill, Advances Deregulatory, Anti-Tax Agenda | Firedoglake • by David Dayen …Boehner cited deregulation and lower taxes as the path to economic growth. But curiously, he rejected the tax cuts in the American Jobs Act, meaning that there will be higher taxes on all American wage earners by January. > class_warfare New [...]
Race-Based Execution: Rick Perry on the Spot Texas Gov. Rick Perry is being asked to stop the execution of an African-American man who is scheduled to die in a Huntsville, Texas, death chamber on Thursday. His death sentence was handed down in a sentencing hearing during which jurors were told that his race made him [...]
1 In 4 African Americans Families Going Hungry | News One > none ACLU Challenging Florida Law Requiring Welfare Recipients To Pass A Drug Test > none Black Teacher Calls Student White Boy The teacher provided a written statement to investigators in which he admitted addressing the children in terms of black and white but [...]
Hamlet’s Father by Orson Scott Card – R A I N T A X I o n l i n e Summer 2011 Orson Scott Card has rewritten Hamlet. … Hamlet is also secure in his religious faith, with absolute and unshakable beliefs about the nature of death and the afterlife. He isn’t particularly hung [...]
Whistleblower Fired After Revealing Wisconsin ‘Voter Suppression’ | Crooks and Liars • by David A Wisconsin state employee has been fired after he revealed that a Department of Transportation official had instructed workers to not notify citizens that IDs necessary for voting could be obtained for free. State employee Chris Larsen told radio host John [...]
Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout …the crackpot outliers of two decades ago have become the vital center today… It was this cast of characters and the pernicious ideas they represent that impelled me to end a nearly 30-year career as a professional staff member on [...]
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Posted 10 September 2011
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Warrior Queen Zenobia | About.com Women’s History …queen of the desert kingdom of Palmyra in what is now Syria, challenged the Roman empire by conquering Egypt and other territory around the eastern edge of the Mediterranean. She herself rode at the head of the army. Zenobia took power in her own name and in the [...]
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Posted 09 September 2011
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In The Dark, Cave Fish Follows Its Own Rhythm – Science News A fish that swims in limestone caverns under the Somalian desert has something to tell scientists about keeping time. Despite living in permanent darkness, with no difference between day and night, this blind cave-dweller still has its own quirky sense of rhythm. The [...]
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Posted 09 September 2011
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The spark of the cognitive revolution | Mind Hacks 2.0 Feed • by vaughanbell …fascinating article on Otto Selz, a little known pioneer of the cognitive revolution who was decades ahead of the rest of psychology, before being captured and killed by the Nazis. > history science biography Scientists discover switch that turns white fat [...]
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Posted 07 September 2011
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50 Famous Asian Inventions | About.com Asian History Important Asian Battles | About.com Asian History Art and Asian History: The Boxer Rebellion in Cartoons | About.com Asian History During the Boxer Rebellion in China (1898-1901), magazine editors in the western world ran editorial cartoons about the conflict … 6 September 1968 – Swaziland Gains Independence [...]
‘Amigo’ is sterile re-creation of bloody chapter | OregonLive.com The latest film from erstwhile indie-film guru John Sayles, “Amigo,” takes a compelling, resonant piece of America’s past (namely its invasion and occupation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th century) and uses it as the basis for something that resembles a History Channel [...]
James Clyburn: Super-Commitee Selection Tokenism | The Root Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who was the sole African American named to the “super committee” charged with cutting $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit, chatted with Tavis Smiley on his radio show today and told him the following about his place on the committee: “Well, that is [...]
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Posted 02 September 2011
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Israel: Children Facing Deportation Find Friends — Global Issues …many of the undocumented workers lost their legal status simply by giving birth, as Israeli policy formerly stipulated that migrant workers who give birth must either send their babies back to their home countries, or keep their children and lose their work visas. In April this [...]
Romanian Salt Mine Looks Awesome, Might Actually Be Batcave | The Mary Sue • by Susana Polo What follows are some arresting pictures of what is actually the Turda Salt mine, a mine since about one thousand years ago, but a tourist attraction since 1992. > photography 10 Real Life "Memoirs" That Read Like Scifi [...]
A goal to strive for | Pharyngula I have a suggestion: Let’s steal Finland’s educational system. > education The World’s Most Powerful Black Women | The Root Affidavits of Peace Corps volunteers tell stories of assault, frustration – The Washington Post > rape_culture Obama Jobs Speech: New Date Set The White House announced Wednesday that [...]
Glenn Beck: ‘African American’ Is Stupid | The Root Poor Glenn Beck. He’s been thoroughly confused, and made to feel “afraid” and “bad” by the use of the term “African American.” By the sounds of a recent rant on his radio show, he really can’t take it anymore. Highlights of the commentary included the following:… [...]
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Posted 02 September 2011
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28 August 1879 – Capture of Cetshwayo | About.com African History Following the Battle of Ulundi (oNdini) on 4 July 1879, the ability of the Zulu army to challenge the British was effectively broken. … The British deposed King Cetshwayo, escorted him to the coast and then shipped him to Cape Town on 15 September. [...]
Martin Wolf Gets It – NYTimes.com – Paul Krugman “Mr Obama wishes to be president of a country that does not exist. In his fantasy US, politicians bury differences in bipartisan harmony. In fact, he faces an opposition that would prefer their country to fail than their president to succeed.” …this was what worried me [...]