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French fishermen blockade Jersey. Boris Johnson is not Lord Nelson.

Because of new post-Brexit rules, a marine boundary dispute required the UK to dispatch two naval vessels to deal with a blockade of French fishing boats off the main port of the island of Jersey. Not exactly the Falklands crisis of 1770, or the Anglo-Vichy war of 1940-42, but there...

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  • May 6, 2021
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Trump loses again – SCOTUS allows his tax returns to be made available to NY Grand Jury

A legal Bassmaster always wins the fishing expedition, even with all those witches and their lures. Tax and accounting records will go to the Manhattan DA. Trump called the action fascism, making his declaration with some measure of experience. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s effort to shield tax records from New York prosecutor. On...

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  • February 22, 2021
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In a preview to his CPAC Speech, deary me what a whine.

Oh, dear – February 22, 2021 – Statement on the Continuing Political Persecution of President Donald J. Trump This investigation is a continuation of the greatest political Witch Hunt in the history of our Country, whether it was the never ending $32 million Mueller hoax, which already investigated everything that...

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  • February 22, 2021
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Florida has a new enormous invasive predatory fish likely to devastate its freshwater ecosystem.

Native to the Amazon river basin, the Arapaima is likely the earth's largest freshwater predatory fish at 10 feet and 400 pounds, where they have lived for over five million years. In south-central Florida, far from Amazonia, one individual washed up dead on the banks of the Caloosahatchee River on Florida's west...

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  • February 17, 2021
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Trump's 'election fraud' claims now prove themselves to be quantitatively fraudulent

Researchers at Stanford and U. of Chicago, Eggers, Garro, and Grimmer, today demonstrated quantitatively how the election was never “stolen”, but rather framed by false media frames in order to foment insurrection and sedition. This leaves Trump’s biggest, most illogical lie, that “because he received 74 million votes, he couldn’t...

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  • February 3, 2021
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The Daily Bucket–Goose with a thousand names

The local internet buzzed. The local goose had tangled itself in a loose strand of fishing line, with a barbed lure tearing at her throat. The local goose was an odd duck.  My best effort called her a Greylag or an Anser Anser.  She was mean and would chase children. ...

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  • January 27, 2021
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Strip mining the eastern slopes of Alberta's rocky mountains threatens biodiversity and watersheds.

The Ermineskin and Whitefish Lake First Nations, along with ranchers, have filed two lawsuits against Alberta’s government after the province rescinded protections for the eastern slopes of the rocky mountains. Alberta’s decision will no longer require any coal mining to be done underground, and that prohibited mountain top coal mining. As a...

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  • December 26, 2020
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MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace to Chris Christie: Do you think 'you can clean the Trump stink off you?'

To be fair, no one can scrub away the Trump stink. No one. Including me. It’s like a raccoon has been living in your car for the past four years. That car is fucked. Let’s just see if we can get it started, stick our heads out the window as...

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  • December 23, 2020
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The Daily Bucket– The Creek's Roaring and Billy's Watching

Hard rains just swept across NW Oregon and vicinity. The creeks climbed their banks. I watch Rock Creek, and its tributaries that flow through Bethany Lake, ten miles west of Portland Oregon.  Upstream of Bethany Lake, a half mile wide grassy meadow has transformed into a nicely braided  creek with...

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  • November 20, 2020
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Even Geraldo thinks Rudy is nuts

The guy who basically invented American crassness and stupidity is calling out Rudy Giuliani for being uncommonly crass and stupid. Geraldo Rivera, who left any credibility he may have once had behind in Al Capone’s vault, thinks Rudy’s eyebrow-raising/sideburn-lowering press conference from earlier today was a shitshow of historic proportions....

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  • November 20, 2020
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An unremarked upon give-away: If Trump believed he won, he wouldn't request recounts in Dem counties

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Just a short note to recognize something important and telling that has been left out of current news coverage.  In Wisconsin, the Trump campaign has asked for a limited recount of only two Democratic-leaning counties that went heavily for Biden: In a statement, the [Trump] campaign said it was asking for recounts in Milwaukee and...

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  • November 19, 2020
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Does Trump “sabotage himself constantly because he hates himself and really wants out”?

“Sometimes you own the libs; sometimes the libs own you.” says a new Olivia Nuzzi piece. Nuzzi does get the inside WH dope probably better than Maggie Haberman because Trump does like talking to her rather than leak information. Trump worrying about assassination is not something related to being IMPOTUS,...

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  • November 13, 2020
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AK-Sen: Mother Jones, “The Unspoken Reason the Alaska Senate Race Is So Close”

Mother Jones has a great piece about the Alaska U.S. Senate race between incumbent U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R. AK) and Dr. Al Gross (I. AK). But there’s a really good part of this piece that explains why Gross is making this race competitive and how his campaign strategy might...

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  • October 23, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–The West Side Gang moves in.

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For 20 years, I’ve tracked the movements of herons and egrets where I’ve worked and walked.  I’d been working at a golf course in Banks Oregon, 20 miles west of Portland.  We had a year-round heron, and every autumn, an egret visited and fished for a few days, angering the...

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  • October 10, 2020
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AK-Sen: GOP Is So Desperate They Want Dr. Al Gross (I) To Prove He Killed A Bear In Self-Defense

So this has been one of the best backstories for a candidate: x .@SenDanSullivan works for #MitchMcConnell – he votes Mitch’s way 97% of the time. I’m a different kind of candidate – one who will always put #Alaska first. Watch our first TV ad and chip in to help...

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  • September 28, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–Low Water Flushes Tall birds.

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The skies have not yield a moment of rain for months.  But I knew how to make it rain. I hung clothes outdoors on our new fancy clothesline.  It’s passive solar at its best.  Except the Rain Gods, laughing, then made it rain twice.  But not much, just enough to...

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  • August 23, 2020
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Save the Redwoods, Part II: When Billy Heron helped unite a community

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It’s especially hard to organize folks these days. You can’t call a meeting.   It’s tough to talk and listen with masks on. Yet suburban folks west of Portland Oregon are organizing against a  developer’s plans to build a Chevron gas station/mini-mart adjacent to wetlands, big trees, and a Park Greenway....

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  • August 2, 2020
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AK-Sen: Dr. Al Gross (I) Makes The Case That The Public Option Would Attract Jobs To Alaska

One of the strongest arguments for including a public option to the Affordable Care Act would not only provide millions of Americans health care, it’s also a huge step from having to rely on your employer to provide health care. U.S. Senate candidate, Dr. Al Gross (I. AK), sat down...

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  • July 27, 2020
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Trump's Rose Garden presser turns into campaign speech with more lies and few questions

Today’s Trump WH presser apparently repurposed his canceled NH campaign speech of 50 minutes, and took 10 minutes of questions. Waste not, want not. Who wants that hour back: Trump produced more gibberish and barely mentioned the COVID19 pandemic, and spent most of his time attacking Biden. Even Daniel Dale, CNN’s...

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  • July 14, 2020
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Trout Mask Replica Carlson takes “long-planned (4-day) vacation” – may it be like Bill-O's

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Blake Neff, who bragged that he authored the first draft of Tucker Carlson’s programs, is gone and one can only hope that the reader of the final drafts goes as well. Because “Blake's writing and his points of view didn't affect this show”. Carlson whined about “ghouls” to attempt to reframe...

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  • July 14, 2020
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The Second Trump term: selling Puerto Rico and buying Greenland, putting the “toxic” in assets

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Few of you will recall my stories mocking the possibility of a Trump win in 2016, ostensibly because it was plausible to assume that HRC would win. This time more caution is necessary, since the same Trump deceit is happening like promising to support something DACA-like in a future executive...

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  • July 11, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–Save The Redwoods

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I’m just an old race horse out to pasture, pawing the ground when the race track bugle sounds.  I still read the local public notices about developments, reflecting back on 40 years of environmental challenges, wishing someone was doing some more challenging. And then something happened.  I am terrible at this...

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  • July 9, 2020
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Oceans water column is heating faster than predicted, screwing any efforts to slash CO2.

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The oceans are really what tells you how fast the Earth is warming. Using the oceans, we see a continued, uninterrupted, and accelerating warming rate of planet Earth. This is dire news.”  Professor John Abraham, University of St Thomas, MN There are many complicating factors in our efforts to combat the...

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  • June 26, 2020
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Trump “lobsters” Maine, even if it's not affected until 2023

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Trump’s going to have to do more than “lobstering” proclamations to save Susan Collins. Actually, Trump’s tariff war with China has damaged the Maine fisheries. x How to lobster pic.twitter.com/PZTlomCi5T— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) June 9, 2020 x The BDN Editorial BoardJune 8, 2020: “Trump didn’t save Maine’s fishing industry”https://t.co/Nzch8M4FbX https://t.co/AkYih5FHEP —...

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  • June 25, 2020
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CO & MT-Sen: “In An Election Year, 2 Vulnerable GOP Senators Are Suddenly Conservationists”

A lot’s been going on in the news but here’s something you might’ve missed: The Senate is expected to debate into next week bipartisan legislation that would allow massive spending on the nation’s public lands and help two GOP senators boost their moderate credentials in tight reelection races. Senators voted...

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  • June 12, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–Surprise!!

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The inch-an-hour storms have driven the anglers away from my Neighborhood’s Bethany Lake.  It’s full of hungry trout but the anglers flee the storms, heading home with a full creel and soaking wet clothes. Bethany Lake’s stocked rainbow trout are fattening up, hopefully on bullfrogs. And when the anglers flee,...

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  • June 10, 2020
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AK-Sen: Sen. Tim Kaine (D. VA) Helps Dr. Al Gross (I) Dismantle Moscow Mitch's Majority

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Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D. VA) in support of Dr. Al Gross’ (I. AK) U.S. Senate campaign: You may not know Dr. Al Gross yet, but I'll bet you're going to hear a lot about him soon, and I'll tell you why: Al is running...

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  • May 14, 2020
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Humanity's footprint on the earth has lightened, nature rebounds but also takes turn for the worse.

We are getting a pretty good look at what a rapid transition to green energy would look like if we ever act to slow down the looming apocalypse. Of course, we are in one now because of the trifecta of coronavirus, climate change, the sixth mass extinction, and predictions of...

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  • April 22, 2020
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AK-Sen: Forward Magazine Says To Keep Your Eye Out On This Grizzly Slayer's Campaign

The progressive Jewish magazine, Forward, has a piece that profiles eight Jewish candidates running for Congress. Four of the candidates profiled are Democrats, including U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff (D. GA) and Matt Lieberman (D. GA). The other Democrats mentioned are Sara Jacobs (D. CA-53) and Kathy Manning (D. NC-06)....

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  • April 19, 2020
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Anyone See This Public Display of Stupidity in Floriduh?

Here is the Huffington Post article on “the mad dash” to hit the beaches in north Florida yesterday.  They has some great pics of all those people practicing social distancing on the beach.  /s. From CNN: Jacksonville, Florida (CNN)Beaches and parks in Jacksonville, Florida, reopened Friday afternoon as more states consider...

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  • April 18, 2020
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US ethanol industry collapse, due to COVID, results in a lack of refrigerants for meat industry.

Yet another blow to our food supply delivery system. From Reuters: NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A slew of U.S. ethanol plants have shut down as fuel demand has collapsed during the coronavirus outbreak, and meatpackers have been hit by a worrying side-effect: less carbon dioxide is now available to chill...

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  • April 8, 2020
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After economy sheds 701,000 jobs, Trump brags about Keystone pipeline, which will add 50

First, the bad news. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. hemorrhaged 701,000 jobs in March, and since jobless claims are currently in the millions per week, that’s likely a vast understatement of the true picture. Now, the “good” news. Grampa Rage Diapers just let us know that the...

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  • April 3, 2020
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Multibillionaire David Geffen wishes us well while 'avoiding the virus' on his $400 million yacht

And I thought Ivanka Trump’s faux camping trip with her kids in her posh living room was the most tone-deaf thing I’d see during the coronavirus crisis. x Under the new coronavirus relief act, Geffen qualifies for a bailout for his cruise ship. https://t.co/kUVIa0iaDo— Robert Reich (@RBReich) March 28, 2020...

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  • March 28, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–Frog Court–Capital Crimes Division (Trigger)

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“Oyez,  I call  Frog Court into session,”  rumbled Chief Justice Jeremiah, himself a very large bullfrog. “Bailiff, read the opening Declaration.” The impossibly tall Bailiff stood and began reading:  “In accordance with resolution of a civil suit involving a Reagan cabinet member and prescription drugs,  The Department of Fish and Wildlife...

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  • March 27, 2020
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‘Invisible oil’ from Deepwater Horizon crisis spread to the Florida Keys, Cuba and North Carolina.

The massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010 was an environmental calamity of epic proportions. Two hundred and five million gallons of crude oil and two hundred and twenty-five tons of methane spilled into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. Now a new study by...

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  • February 15, 2020
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Trump lawyer accuses Hunter Biden of going on fishing trip with Joe Biden's family

First, a little background: 1) As Florida’s attorney general, Pam Bondi, who is now accusing Joe Biden of corruptly interfering with an investigation to benefit his son, dropped an investigation into Trump University after receiving a $25,000 campaign contribution from Trump’s sketchy charitable foundation. 2) As Bondi, Trump’s other lawyers,...

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  • January 30, 2020
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The Daily Bucket–Ready, Steady GO!

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The Tualatin Valley of Northwest Oregon forms a shallow bowl,  about 50 miles in diameter, with 1000-2000 foot tall eroded volcanoes walling in the lowlands, separating the region from the Coast and the Columbia River.  I used to work near Banks, Oregon, and the vast acreages of of flooded croplands...

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  • January 19, 2020
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Who knew Tucker Carlson is having a “complete mental break”

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Admitting you have a problem is probably the first step, but Tucker Carlson’s race-baiting served an audience niche, however problematic. What Carlson reveals to Elaina Plott in an Atlantic story is a proto-fascism not unique to the 21st Century. She captures Carlson’s Trumpian sociopathology, which might demand that you go to the...

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  • December 15, 2019
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The Daily Bucket–Working on some Night Moves

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Sundown in Portland Oregon was at 4:32 pm.  At 4:40 pm, I walked past my kitchen window and startled a Great Blue Heron who was eating goldfish out of my backyard pond.  Then we both pretended not to see each other.  I began watching from a small bathroom window, and...

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  • November 28, 2019
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The Daily Bucket–Eagle Eyes

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I walk from my house to Bethany Lake, west of Portland Oregon, on many days.   The Lake is adjacent to a wide utility easement, a golf course, a park, and farmland, so there is considerable open water, undeveloped area, and large trees. All that space, and open water, and lots...

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  • November 25, 2019
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Parallels Between Beshear's Victory In KY And Democratic Presidential Race.

Some Biden supporters who didn’t like my latest diary about Joe Biden got me thinking.  One commenter in particular thought it would be better if I focused on Andy Beshear’s electoral victory in the Kentucky governor’s race instead of running down Joe Biden.  I’m not entirely sure what Beshear’s race...

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  • November 8, 2019
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Soviet-born donors to Trump are part of the Giuliani “fishing for prosecutors” in #UkraineGate

x Yes! Trump’s threats to those who expose his perfidy are themselves impeachable. But we need triage. I’m leaning toward narrowing the focus on #Ukrainegate and the coverup it triggered. @RepAdamSchiff must take the lead. https://t.co/TyUX7cwdCj — Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) September 26, 2019 So many questions as we begin the...

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  • October 12, 2019
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The Daily Heron Bucket

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At 8:59 PDT, a Great Blue Heron glided from a nearby roof into my backyard, next to my gold fish ponds.  Every few minutes there is one less fish.  I never should have named the fish. The Heron, who we call Billy, has visited every morning this week except one, and it...

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  • September 20, 2019
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Dead bodies piling up on Alaska's beaches due to an extraordinary marine heatwave.

Ice free.

And all those facing outward, towards the planetary, the geologic, the unknown, raised a great cry, a witnessing of the very tide that had been predicted. Homo Colossus did not stir from its dream of currency.  The Greenland Ice Sheet. All of the sea ice has melted around the Alaskan...

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  • August 14, 2019
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An Optic(al)Collusion

How superficial has America become?  Am I to believe, that because Robert Mueller did not bare his back like Denzel Washington in the hit film ‘Glory’ or yell out of the window reminiscent of Howard Beale in the movie ‘Network’ his testimony is now to be treated like chum thrown...

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The Arctic will not survive Russia's wave of industrialization; nuclear submarine in flames.

Russia has unveiled its brand-new military base in the Arctic

This is not the diary I wanted to write. Though it includes snippets of the research I wanted to share, it is not what I had been working on for the past few days, obviously. I am rushing this diary through as I had most of the research already and...

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Iceberg calving from Greenlandic glaciers surges as 2019 surface melt season may be record-breaking.

“When you look at several decades, it is best to sit back in your chair before looking at the results, because it is a bit scary to see how fast it is changing,” French glaciologist Eric Rignot, of the University of California at Irvine Abrupt! Climate! Emergency! I was perusing my...

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  • June 17, 2019
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The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 115)

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As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1313. Said wind power doesn't work because “wind only...

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  • April 5, 2019
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So, what's up with stupid?

I’m with stupid>»   T-shirt slogan I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t love the Allstate commercial where “Mayhem” opens a Port-o-San door at a college football game and says to the next guy in line, :I dropped my phone…Can you help me out?” Everybody loves the commercial because...

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  • February 2, 2019
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