US to press Sexual Rights at UN 2030 Conference
Sexual Rights? Suuuure. Once again the US is going to jump out into the global arena telling everybody else to adopt policies that it has no intention whatsoever of ever adopting itself.Per this...
View ArticleImagine a jail teaching modern agriculture to inmates.
Once upon a time various bleeding hearts tried to promote the idea that prisons weren't really merely punitive, or shouldn't be at any rate, nor mere retribution. Oh no, they expounded, they should be...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - MicroBead Redux
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleMan snuffs child he believes to be possessed by Jesus
Am I the only one who has never seen such a headline? (Excluding religious wars and religious warfare, of course.) I'm pretty sure that shit just doesn't happen, at least in the US. Yet, just the other...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Mostly Empty Bucket
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Precipitation in Castro Valley
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleGovernor Brown Sign's "Right to Dry" Bill
Per SFGATE, California is now a "right to dry" state after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday restricting homeowners associations from banning clotheslines, which the groups deemed unsightly...
View ArticleWednesday Rally Against PG&E's Attack on Rooftop Solar
Per an e-mail I received from CREDO action --By 12/31/15, the CPUC) must decide how much credit Californians will get on their utility bills if they choose to go solar in 2016 and beyond. The major...
View ArticleNational Day of (Climate) Action Wednesday, October 14
Brought to you by: http://peoplesclimate.org/ The People's Climate Movement and others are calling for a National Day of Action Wednesday, October 14 to demand bold action on the climate crisis facing...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Hermit Thrush, Feeder Watch, & a Sea Snake Warning
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleProving What We Already Knew Department
CEO effect on firm performance mostly due to chance A Texas A&M University researcher calls into question the common notion that CEOs have a large effect on firm performance. Though previous...
View ArticleMonday Morning Open Thread 10/26/2015
OT 10/26As a west coaster, I do this in advance, which makes it difficult to be current on current events. So for inspiration I see what's up with this date using da kine wiki and other stuff which...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - Assorted California Environmental News
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
View ArticleEternal Verities and such 11-02-15
Monday 11/02/2015 Open Thread crossposted from http://www.caucus99percent.comYour date related factoid of the day: Nov 2 is the earliest day upon which US election day may fall. Wahoo.Having followed...
View ArticleChalabi is Dead, Long Live Regime Change
Ahmad Chalabi, the lying wannabe who greatlypushed & helped Bushco lie us into war is dead. He had a heart attack on Tuesday without fulfilling his ambition of becoming President/King/Shah or...
View ArticleOn the (im)propriety of saying bad things about suicides (poll)
The other day, a commenter tosssed an HR at somebody who spoke ill of a suicide. When I challenged them to cite the rule violation, I was told the following. Note that the author pre-emptively weasels...
View ArticleMurderer Cop gets off, then Whines
A Pennsylvania cop tased the crap out of an unarmed man until he was lying helplessly face down in the snow. She then put the taser away and shot him twice in the back while he was still lying prone on...
View ArticleReligious upbringing linked to less altruism
The title is cribbed from the following article: Religious upbringing linked to less altruism Date: November 5, 2015 Source: University of Chicago Summary: Children from religious families were less...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - New Template & Rain on the Way
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or...
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