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… and, winter is coming. China, already in a significant energy crunch, has been experiencing…
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A glacial landslide scar, all that remained of a previous piece of ice that had collpased, is believed…
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a…
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Liz Cheney: “We just had a violent mob assault the US capitol … No question…
A day of both quiet gratitude but combined with sadness. Today is our 35th wedding…
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But there are 40-odd cinder cones of once-active volcanos clustered near the bucolic town of…
I have the utmost respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was beyond distraught at the…
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Trump ignores Nevada COVID rules limiting gatherings to 50 because “the world is over if Biden wins”
More Trump lies as he puts two days into Nevada. Trump claims there were "tens…
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An Oregon developer of a proposed gas station next to a creek and wetlands has…
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I’m Red Woodman, Senior Investigator for what we call the “Frog Court.” If I can just…
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But of course the damsel flies are not really drinking; they are laying eggs. They…
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I’m just an old race horse out to pasture, pawing the ground when the race…
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Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D, MA): Texas…
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But just a day or two after Billy Heron, the patriarch of my back yard…
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“Oyez, I call Frog Court into session,” rumbled Chief Justice Jeremiah, himself a very large…
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Even during the struggle with having Dixiecrats in its midst, the modern Democratic party has…
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The Atlantic article by Sarada Peri assumes an event will occur that is endemic. Trump has…
First an apology. My post yesterday on my decision to vote for Warren (which I…
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Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share a virtual…
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en.wikipedia.org/… California has about 40 million people and Wyoming has 577,000. It takes nearly 70…
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Of course, Donald Trump famously said he’d get 95 percent of the black vote in…
This to me may be the second most important diary I have written. The first…
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Cross-posted from Eclectablog.com During the time when the Flint water crisis was unfolding, right wing…
Right now we’re facing one existential crisis: Trump, the Republicans, and the White Supremacists along…
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Every so often one encounters a myth about electric vehicles that's so odd it makes…
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For the fifth year in a row, the tiny native Chorus Frogs have returned with…
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I have been reluctant to push for impeachment up til now, on the grounds that,…
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For many of us, the loud rapid croaking of peeper frogs fills the Spring air. …
Joe Biden has not done himself any favors in the last day. First up, he…
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Joe Biden has not done himself any favors in the last day. First up, he…
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The chorus frogs have returned to the Frog Mitigation Area again this Spring. These tiny…
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I recently set up a 5 gallon aquarium and germinated lotuses in it from storied…
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The ”Frog Court” originated as result of a sealed court settlement over an unfortunate incident…
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This article was first published on Up North Progressive on December 29, 2018 On Christmas…
Ursulafaw requested a repost of this Christmas classic from 2016. Hope you enjoy! 'Twas the…
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Trump promised a red wave this year, and it looks like he got it. Rivers…
This is a quick hopefully audience-friendly guide to the main charges that will (and won’t!) play…
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Late last winter I came down with a pretty bad case of diverticulitis that landed…
Many people are rightly worried that the appointment of “Conservative” Brett M. Kavanaugh will lead to…
President Trump and the U.S. Constitution (and established norms of governing) have been on a collision…
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Things are… not going well in Spain right now. How to breed an infertile, mentally disabled…
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This blog originally appeared on Up North Progressive Can we revoke Directive 4 on The…
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Grand Traverse Academy made many changes over the summer to make it appear like they…
Charter Schools are a scourge on this country, and no state suffers from this pestilence…
Especially when they know they're being used as a guinea pig against their own best…
We've all heard the complaints about teachers: They're lazy, they get the whole summer off….
I read a very interesting piece about the protests which have been sweeping across the…
