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RBG's Passing May Help Biden and Democrats

I have the utmost respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg and was beyond distraught at the news of her death yesterday. Nonetheless, the election is 44 days away and is the most consequential one ever for the soul of America. RBG would not want us to avoid thinking about how to...

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September 20, 2020

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The Daily Bucket: Saving the Redwoods #3; We Knocked off a Gas Station.

An Oregon developer of a proposed gas station next to a creek and wetlands has withdrawn his application. In short: Victory! Withdrawn App, how sweet the sound, Saving trees … thirty feet around. They were doomed on this place, but now are saved, thanks to Grace. The nearby neighborhoods’ coveys...

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September 4, 2020

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The US Faces another Existential Crisis

Right now we’re facing one existential crisis: Trump, the Republicans, and the White Supremacists along with the oligarchs, are trying to turn this country into South Africa during apartheid. (Yes, Godwin’s Law has been suspended, and Trump thinks Mein Kampf is an instruction manual, but for the time being I...

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July 17, 2019

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The Daily Bucket–They've got Equinox birthdays, they've got Solstice Legs.

For the fifth year in a row, the tiny native Chorus Frogs have returned with the Winter Solstice moon, to breed in my back yard ponds. The new generation of frogs were born as egg sacs on the Equinox moon. And now, they are morphing from tadpoles into full-pledged, if tiny,...

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June 21, 2019

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I'm a Convert to Impeachment

I have been reluctant to push for impeachment up til now, on the grounds that, since the Senate would never convict, it’s a fruitless exercise which might well help Trump and the GOP. I’ve changed my mind, for a number of reasons: 1. I haven’t read the full Mueller report,...

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April 24, 2019

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The Daily Bucket–The Snail Whisperer

I recently set up a 5 gallon aquarium and germinated lotuses in it from storied seeds. I purchased two Japanese “trapdoor” snails to eat the aquarium’s algae. They just had a half-dozen live young, so I am sort of a grandfather of snails. This covey of snails swiftly ate all of...

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March 6, 2019

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The Daily Bucket–There's a thousand stories in Frog Court.

The ”Frog Court” originated as result of a sealed court settlement over an unfortunate incident regarding Nixon EPA Administrator Anne Gorsche, prescription drugs, a government limo, and a lost weekend in the early 1970s. The quiet settlement established the Frog Environmental Regulatory Commission, or FERC. FERC’s mandate is the protection...

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February 2, 2019

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Repost. 2016's 'Twas The Right Before Christmas

Ursulafaw requested a repost of this Christmas classic from 2016. Hope you enjoy! 'Twas the Right before Christmas Twas the right before Christmas, when all through the states, – 'Thug legislatures were ginning up hate. – In Charlotte they dimmed the new Democrat's lights, – And Columbus nixed women's...

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December 24, 2018

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Spain draws closer to the edge

Things are… not going well in Spain right now. How to breed an infertile, mentally disabled king, who soils himself regularly, and sparks a regional war with his death. First, a little history. Some three hundred years ago, what is now that little pointy bit that constitutes the northeast corner of...

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September 29, 2017

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Dear People of Michigan: We Told You So

This blog originally appeared on Up North Progressive Can we revoke Directive 4 on The Nerd yet? Back in 2011, when an unknown, nerdy former chairman of the board of a former computer giant called Gateway was sworn in as governor of the state of Michigan, his plans for the...

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January 15, 2016

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Stealing Michigan Taxpayers’ Money The Charter School Way: The Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll

Charter Schools are a scourge on this country, and no state suffers from this pestilence more than Michigan. Chris Savage of Eclectablog has done an excellent job exposing the horror known as the Education Achievement Authority, but they're not the only ones ripping off taxpayers to make themselves rich. Steve...

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June 8, 2014

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The Top 11 Reasons Teachers are Undervalued

We've all heard the complaints about teachers: They're lazy, they get the whole summer off. What do they even do all day with those kids? It's not like they actually produce anything. Once they get tenure it's impossible to get rid of them no matter how terrible they are and...

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July 13, 2013

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The Turkish People Have Killed Their Fear Of Authority

I read a very interesting piece about the protests which have been sweeping across the major cities of Turkey. It seems that if you hold a people down with a heavy authoritative fist, they will eventually rise up and strike back. In this case, the Turks are doing so peacefully...

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June 6, 2013

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The Scars of Capitalism

Start a discussion about 20th century industry in America and images of factories humming with production probably fill your head. It's nice that romantic image fills your head because the reality is harsher to comprehend. Many factories today in this country sit idle; the people and machines that made them...

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June 14, 2012

RBG's Passing May Help Biden and Democrats

The US Faces another Existential Crisis

The Daily Bucket–They've got Equinox birthdays, they've got Solstice Legs.

I'm a Convert to Impeachment

The Daily Bucket–The Snail Whisperer

The Daily Bucket–There's a thousand stories in Frog Court.

Repost. 2016's 'Twas The Right Before Christmas

Spain draws closer to the edge

Dear People of Michigan: We Told You So

Stealing Michigan Taxpayers’ Money The Charter School Way: The Story of Dr. Steve Ingersoll

The Top 11 Reasons Teachers are Undervalued

The Turkish People Have Killed Their Fear Of Authority

The Scars of Capitalism

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