Natural Weekends - Ospreys And Herons
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Sunday, July 31, 2016
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PGA Is All Wet
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7:02 AM
The PGA Championship, golf's final major of the year, will wrap up today, weather permitting. The tournament usually takes place in the ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016
The Deck View
The Deck View
Natural Weekends - More Yosemite
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4:48 AM
A Dry Mirror Lake
Friday, July 29, 2016
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Politics
Layoffs At Lloyds May Be Start Of Brexit Impact
m2c4
7:42 AM
Lloyds Bank announced that it would cut around 3,000 jobs and close around 200 branches by the end of next year. Lloyds was already under ...
Politics
Politics
More Abuse Of Civil Forfeiture Law
m2c4
6:56 AM
Here is another example where a local police department seems to have become a law unto themselves. Civil forfeiture allows police departmen...
Politics
Politics
Bridgewater Problems Should Be No Surprise
m2c4
6:56 AM
I don't think anyone in the financial industry is that surprised by the accusations of sexual harassment the Bridgewater hedge fund . Y...
Politics
Politics
Rubio Thinks Trump Can Learn On The Job
m2c4
6:55 AM
Marco Rubio has hit a new low in his defense of Donald Trump's rash statements at his press conference yesterday as he basically said t...
Politics
Politics
Full Text Of Hillary's Acceptance Speech
m2c4
6:54 AM
Below is the full text of Hillary Clinton's speech to the Democratic convention last night: Thank you! Thank you for that amazing welc...
Politics
Politics
Day 4 DNC Recap- Hillary Exceeds Expectations And Dems Leave Philly United
m2c4
6:44 AM
It was going to be an almost impossible job to top the incredible speeches from day 3 at the DNC. But while day 4 did not quite have the soa...
Thursday, July 28, 2016
Politics
Politics
Trump Walks Back Hacking Comments Which Almost Makes It Worse
m2c4
3:58 PM
Donald Trump went on Fox & Friends this morning and claimed that he was being sarcastic when he said that Russia or some other foreign ...
Politics
Politics
Day 3 DNC Recap - Making The Case That Trump Is Not Fit To Be President
m2c4
4:53 AM
Day 3 of the DNC began with a consistent attack on gun violence and the power of the NRA with speeches by Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticu...
Politics
Politics
Overworked Americans And Rampant Wage Theft
m2c4
3:30 AM
The Washington Center for Equitable Growth published a few graphs last month that illustrated just how much Americans are overworked . In al...
Politics
Politics
Free Trade For Workers, Protectionism For Elites
m2c4
2:30 AM
Dean Baker makes an important point in talking about "free trade" these days. As he says, the trade deals over the last couple of...
Politics
Politics
Unionized School Districts Have Better Teachers
m2c4
1:30 AM
Teachers unions get a really hard time these days from both politicians and taxpayers. The unions are resented for being able to provide gre...
Politics
Politics
Dems And GOP Do NOT Have Similar Problems With Race
m2c4
12:30 AM
I really have to seriously disagree with this Kevin Drum post that Democrats and Republicans have mirror image problems on race . It is the ...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
Politics
Politics
Fed Drops Concern About Employment And Near Term Risks In July Statement
m2c4
11:22 AM
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee just released its statement from their meeting this week. The two big takeaways from this stateme...
Addenda
Addenda
Lottery Winner Makes "Bad" Investment
m2c4
11:05 AM
I'm not sure that this is the kind of entrepreneurial spirit America is really looking for. A Georgia man decided to "invest" ...
Politics
Politics
Nexus Of Trump's Tax Returns And Russian Money Will Remain Huge Story
m2c4
10:42 AM
The nexus between Donald Trump's connections to Russian money and his refusal to release his tax returns is going to be a "huuuuge...
Politics
Politics
O'Reilly Reassures Us That Slaves Who Built White House Were Treated Well
m2c4
9:23 AM
Apparently there was some distress and disbelief among the right wing with Michelle Obama's comment in her speech on Monday night that ...
Politics
Politics
Wage Theft Right Under Noses Of US Senate
m2c4
8:41 AM
This story pretty much encapsulates the abuse of low wage workers by big business with the willing acquiescence of our representatives and g...
Politics
Politics
DNC Day 2 - Unanimous Nomination And A Human Face To Hillary
m2c4
7:41 AM
Democrats made history last night when they made Hillary Clinton the first female nominee of a major party in our country's history. The...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Local News
Local News
Radioactive Device Stolen And Then Found In Bridgeport
m2c4
3:10 PM
A radioactive testing device was stolen from a car earlier today in Bridgeport. The device, a nuclear density gauge used to measure the com...
Politics
Politics
Questions Whether Trump's Refusal To Release Tax Returns Linked To Russian Connections
m2c4
2:44 PM
The questions about Trump's connections to Putin and Russian oligarchs continues to gain steam as pundits decry the leaked DNC emails as...
Astronomy
Astronomy
Common Ancestor Of Complex Life Lived Near Underwater Volcanic Vents
m2c4
2:20 PM
There is a fascinating story in the Science section of the New York Times about the origins of complex life. A recent study created a genet...
Addenda
Addenda
The Beginning Of The End For Roger Federer?
m2c4
1:48 PM
Roger Federer announced today that he will be out for the remainder of the 2016 season as he focuses on extensive rehabilitation of his kne...
Politics
Politics
Bernie Lays Some Truth On California Dissenters
m2c4
12:42 PM
Chris Hayes reported yesterday that the majority of the boos and heckling that went on during the first night of the DNC convention came fro...
Politics
Politics
Ailes Scandal Grows - Yet Another Murdoch Scandal
m2c4
12:28 PM
Speaking of rogue companies , let's not forget the scandal over at Fox News which has been overshadowed in the news by the two national ...
Politics
Politics
Uber Again Refuses To Play By The Rules
m2c4
9:39 AM
I have already registered my disdain for the gig economy and, especially, Uber. Their modus-operandi is to simply go into an area or region...
Politics
Politics
DNC Day 1 Recap - A Strong Call For Unity
m2c4
9:09 AM
The Democratic National Convention opened yesterday amid controversy and anger and ended on a full-throated call for unity from heavyweights...
Monday, July 25, 2016
Politics
Politics
Trump's Admiration For Putin May Be More Complex Than Realized
m2c4
10:11 AM
There is a lot of buzz today about the connections between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and his Russian money. It does appear that the e...
Politics
Politics
Wasserman-Schultz Booed By Own Florida Delegation At DNC
m2c4
9:30 AM
The Democratic convention got off to a rocky start as disgraced DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz got booed at morning breakfast meeting of...
Politics
Politics
Virginia Voting Rights Battle Continues
m2c4
9:15 AM
On Friday, the Virginia State Supreme Court ruled that Governor Terry McAuliffe did not have the legal authority to issue a blanket order t...
Politics
Politics
Kaine Is A Safe, Yet Uninspiring, Choice As VP
m2c4
8:55 AM
As is her wont, Hillary Clinton made the safe choice in picking Tim Kaine from Virginia as her running mate. Kaine is probably slightly more...
