Depending on whom you ask, Cecile Richards is a national "hero" or a "deeply evil woman" https://t.co/RdnzD3GPSX — NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 27, 2018 Bothsides is clearly a more potent drug than crack or fentanyl. If we acknowledge the vast majority of Americans who support the work of Planned Parenthood, we must also acknowledge the …
Sunday Morning Wildlife Chat: Life (or at Least Finches) Will Endure
Quick garden-related note: I’ve already been, shall we say, less than totally successful at cutting back on the number of mail-order tomatoes I put on hold during the dark winter days (and it hasn’t even been much of a winter here north of Boston, just yet). Mostly because of the dozen plants I impulse-ordered during …
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Saturday Night Open Thread
Heard this old song on the radio a couple of days ago, and it keeps replaying in my mind: I like the song, so I don’t mind the earworm. One time I got “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” stuck in my head. That I DID mind — nearly drove me mad. I’ve you’re …
The 73rd Anniversary Of The Liberation Of Auschwitz
Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and the #HolocaustMemorialDay. We honour all who perished in Auschwitz and other #WW2 Nazi German camps. #HMD2018 pic.twitter.com/WejaohHP5n — Polish Embassy UK (@PolishEmbassyUK) January 27, 2018 Today is the 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz by the 322nd Rifle Division …
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Today in West Virginny
I had to run Christion to work today because his car is in the shop, and on the ride home I was approaching a sharp curve around the Ghost Hollow Viaduct, and as I rounded the curve I came upon a car that was completely stopped in the middle of the road. I waited a …
Excellent Read: “Deep in Clinton country, voters stand by their candidate”
The Washington Post is straight-up trolling the NYTimes here, and it is hilarious: The pilings of long-gone piers still jut out of the murky Hudson River in New York County, N.Y., reminders of a shipping industry that’s all-but-vanished from the region. There’s almost no manufacturing left in the towering buildings at the southern end of …
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San Francisco Meet-Up (Also, Too) Tomorrow — Sunday 1/28
I guess those stories about the neverending competition between the two great California cities must be true, because there was a message in my mailbox this morning from Major Major Major Major: Could we possibly get a last-minute thread for an SF meetup tomorrow (sunday) at, say, 3:30, at the Thirsty Bear? Can hash out …
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