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September 8th, 2020 - 12:11 pm § in Environment
Photo: Smoky Yosemite
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China’s “ghost fleet” of militarized fishing vessels
China is militarizing part of its fishing fleet of 200,000 to 800,000 vessels. China’s conventional navy isn’t considered particularly formidable beyond coastal defense. But Beijing has an ace up its sleeve. While well known to U.S. government officials and military planners, China’[...]
August 26th, 2020 - 8:31 am § in China, Christianity, Donald Trump, Economics, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Health, Israel/Palestine, Law and Courts, News Media, Politics, Racism, Religion, Russia, Schools & Colleges
The Unofficial 2020 GOP Platform
The GOP hasn’t released a platform (in case you didn’t notice), but that doesn’t mean they don’t have one. They simply don’t want you to see it. So, here’s an unofficial version from David Frum (photo), a conservative Republican and former Bush speechwriter, extra[...]
What I think of Trump
This article is purely FWIW. I’m only 1 of some 330 million people in this country, which makes me just another person with an opinion, in a country with hundreds of millions of opinions. With respect to the coming election, most people already know who they’re going to vote for, and you[...]
June 11th, 2020 - 4:48 am § in Environment, The Ave Scene
Rare Gull Sighted In Seattle
Rare breed of flightless gull discovered at Ivar’s Fish Bar Seattle, WA–A rare breed of flightless seagull, Laridae Obesus, weighing up to 40 lbs, was recently discovered downtown Seattle languishing on the waterfront.[...]
April 15th, 2020 - 12:09 am § in Economics, Environment
What the wealthy buy … in Norway!
BELIEVE IT OR NOT .. NORWAY HAS FOLKS WITH MEGA WEALTH In a world with really welathy folks, Paul Allen and his 100 meter long Octopussy is a mere tender to really great yachts. Now the Emirates’ sheik owned Azzam’s six-year reign as the world’s largest superyacht is coming to an end. S[...]
October 31st, 2019 - 5:45 pm § in Donald Trump, Environment
The Keystone XL pipeline springs a leak
Nearly 400,000 gallons of oil gush onto the ground in North Dakota. The Keystone XL pipeline was the object of protests by Native Americans (see photos) and environmentalists who feared the potential for pollution of their water supply, treaty lands, and sacred sites by oil spills. Pipeline promoter[...]