Writing in the journal Nature, a team of paleontologists from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the Université de Toulouse Paul Sabatier. French and evolutionary scientists announced last August 8 that a vegetarian branch of the human family tree went extinct around 1 million years ago wh[...]
Archive for February, 2012
February 10th, 2012 - 12:51 am § in Misc.
Star Wars, épisode I ouvre en France en 3D
Aujourd’hui, si vous êtes en France, vous pouvez aller au cinéma et regarder Star Wars en pleine gloire trois dimensions. Ensuite, je recommande une véritable cuisine française, la Dark Vador Burger, avec frites françaises![...]
February 9th, 2012 - 10:38 am § in Misc.
Watching Book TV
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February 9th, 2012 - 9:04 am § in Misc.
Teachers unions, as unions should do, have acted in the best interests of their members,
Dick Lilly at Crosscut reports on a provocative book from a Stanford Professor: “The teachers unions have more influence on the public schools than any other group in American society” – more than school boards, state legislators, the federal government or parents. As unions properly do,[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Poll shows 20% of Republicans Leaning Obama
The latest WND/Wenzel Poll shows none of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates has solidified the base of the party, with one in five GOP voters leaning toward support of Obama in November. The results are from the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategi[...]
February 8th, 2012 - 7:08 pm § in UW
UW launches technology startup incubator, .
Aims to double startups in three years A business incubator unveiled today is one element in a larger commercialization initiative announced by UW President Michael Young that will double the number of startups produced by the university – from an average of 10 a year to 20 – during the next t[...]
February 8th, 2012 - 9:48 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Washington Public Bank?
I highly recommend reading this newsletter. The concept of a public bank strikes many on the right (and the left) as socialist, BUT North Dakota, a very Republican Red state, has long had one. Moreover, public or sovereign banks, have been central to the ability of Canada, Sweden, Germany, and eve[...]
China: The Ugly Imperialist
Chinese Say ‘Trained Separatists’ Responsible for Tibetan Violence Chinese officials say trained Tibetan separatists who attacked police are responsible for instigating deadly violence last week in the southwest province of Sichuan. The state-owned China Daily newspaper quoted Sichuan go[...]
The Blogs Celebrate Gay Marriage
——- Today I’m participating in a Washington United for Marriage and Daily Kos blog swarm to help support the marriage equality campaign in Washington State. I’m joined by bloggers from Bilerico Project, Pam’s House Blend, Good As You, AMERICABlog Gay, the Prop 8 Trial Tracker, the [...]