Category: Off Topic
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Vaccinations increase and ….
Will the vaccinations mean people abandon wearing masks? That could be a big problem.
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He’s melting to make a point about climate change
http://designtaxi.com/news/399556/NGO-Aims-To-Carve-Trump-s-Face-Into-An-Iceberg-To-Show-Global-Warming-Is-Real/?utm_source=DT_Newsletter&utm_medium=DT_Newsletter&utm_campaign=DT_Newsletter_08052018&utm_term=DT_Newsletter_08052018&utm_content=DT_Newsletter_08052018 NGO Aims To Carve Trump’s Face Into An Iceberg To Show Global Warming Is Real By Izza Sofia, 08 May 2018 “A Finnish NGO is planning to carve President Trump’s face into an arctic iceberg. To prove that global warming exists, The Melting Ice Association is raising US$500,000 to chisel Trump’s face into a…
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Chromebooks 2016
(via Ranking the 10 Best Chromebooks You Can Buy Right Now (June 2016) :: Tech :: Galleries :: Paste)
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Crazy monkeys, egged on by human behavior
When monkeys lose their subsidized housing. The villagers are now being terrorised by the monkeys who have taken to destroying crops and homes, as well as starting fights among themselves. So far, only half of the Xianfeng monkeys have been recaptured and sent back to live in the wild. Experts said the remaining half are…
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This is why there’s a Python Hunting Contest
16-foot python found in Everglades had eaten deer | Mail Online.
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Funeral set for man shot in Waikiki – Mauinews.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Visitor’s Information – The Maui News
The APEC summit in Hawaii was supposed to head off “trouble” like the protests against APEC in Korea and elsewhere, where large-scale protests have dogged the APEC meetings. In Hawaii, “homeless families were moved out of sight and millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on security—including over $700,000 on non-lethal weapons for crowd control,” according…
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John Edwards can look to Clarence Darrow’s case – John A. Farrell – POLITICO.com
On the way to writing about other things, I came across this in Politico.com. Darrow had a lengthy career, and this was an interesting way to present his darkest moment, followed by redemptive work. I hope John Edwards can find a path out of his latest troubles that would allow him to do do good…
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Why I Like Baseball — Nancy Faust, Retires
WBEZ remembers Nancy: Eight Forty-Eight – White Sox Organist Retires After 41 Years. And a personal stunner – Nancy makes the NYTimes Sports pages, getting two photos and a very nice bio story. I used to just like to go see Nancy, and have her invite me into the office for a quick photo and…
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Wondering about David Obey’s Departure from Congress?
Image via Wikipedia A look at the district and its politics, and how it may play out with Obey’s retirement from Isaac T. Woods via Rassmussen and Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia. As for the WI-7 race, Republicans were always high on their candidate, Sean Duffy. Now they believe the former Real…
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