In just a few days, Minnesota will have its precinct caucuses. All the different political parties will caucus at exactly the same time, at different locations, by law, to make it difficult for some joker to go to more than one (which would be illegal, but nearly impossible to enforce). At the caucus, we will … Continue reading Minnesotans Go To Caucus
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Over the last five months, and with increasing frequency, I find myself listening to candidates for office talk about their environmental policies. I’ve looked at the policies of candidates for Minnesota Governor, for US Congress in three different districts, and for Minnesota Senate and House in numerous districts. There is a lot of variation across … Continue reading Dear Candidate For Office: About your environmental policy…
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And, more to the point, the Democrats will not be electing a president until they elect a celebrity. I seriously doubt Donald Trump will be re-elected president in 2020, but not because he will lose to a Democrat. Rather, he’ll be replaced on the ticket before that (he may not know it but he doesn’t … Continue reading Why the Next Democratic President will be a Celebrity
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This is a three year time lapse photo of Seattle form the Space Needle. This is going to be really interesting if the Mega Quake happens during this project and the Space Needles stays standing and the camera rolling.
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At present, the evidence suggests that life may have existed in the past on Mars, or not. However, the scientific consensus is that we assume life never arose on Mars, and will continue to do so until evidence pops out and bites us in the mass spectrometer. There is no evidence of life on Mars … Continue reading Is There Evidence of Life On Mars?
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Viruses use the DNA of their hosts to help themselves reproduce. Bacteria have counter-attacked viruses by grabbing some of the DNA from viruses and using this to identify them and kill them back. That as an oversimplified description of an eons old arms race between viruses and bacteria. Among the DNA sequences co-opted by bacteria … Continue reading A Possible Problem with CRISPR
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During the last 347 days of the Trump presidency, Donald Trump has lied 1,950 times, according to the Washington Post, which is keeping track. The same newspaper tracks the number of times the police in the US shoot and kill a person. During the 365 days of 2017, that happened 987 times. So, Donald Trump … Continue reading Which happens more often: Trump tells a bald faced lie, or a cop kills a citizen?
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