Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants? http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/can-obama-pardon-millions-of-immigrants.html?_r=0 by Peter L. Markowitch, July 6, 2016 WHEN the history of President Obama’s legacy on immigration is written, he will not go down as the president who boldly acted to protect millions of families from the brutality of our nation’s unforgiving immigration laws. The Supreme Court made sure … Continue reading Can Obama Pardon Millions of Immigrants?
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Shine On, Harvest Moon
"Shine on, Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of Moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard and continues to be performed and recorded even in … Continue reading Shine On, Harvest Moon
A New Spin on the Quantum Brain
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20161102-quantum-neuroscience/?utm_source=Quanta+Magazine&utm_campaign=d6cca631a0-Quanta_Newsletter_Feb_27_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f0cb61321c-d6cca631a0-389572177 By Jennifer Ouellette November 2, 2016 A new theory explains how fragile quantum states may be able to exist for hours or even days in our warm, wet brain. Experiments should soon test the idea The mere mention of “quantum consciousness” makes most physicists cringe, as the phrase seems to evoke the vague, insipid … Continue reading A New Spin on the Quantum Brain
FARMERS ARRESTED FOR PROTEST AGAINST DAKOTA PIPELINE ON THEIR OWN LAND
(ANTIMEDIA) Calhoun County, IA — Opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline has been making waves across the Internet recently as Native Americans, farmers, landowners, ranchers, and environmentalists make an epic stand against the project’s construction. Over the weekend, 127 Native American activists, or water protectors, were arrested at the construction site near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in … Continue reading FARMERS ARRESTED FOR PROTEST AGAINST DAKOTA PIPELINE ON THEIR OWN LAND
What Are the Differences Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims?
Much of the regional rivalry is about who wields the most political muscle in the Middle East, but it has its roots in a rift between the Sunni and Shia disciplines of Islam that opened 1,400 years ago. Saudi Arabia is the most powerful purveyor of Sunni Islam, far and away the larger sect. Iran … Continue reading What Are the Differences Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims?
FOODS YOUR DOG SHOULD NEVER EAT
http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/ss/slideshow-foods-your-dog-should-never-eat?ecd=wnl_lbt_101916&ctr=wnl-lbt-101916_nsl-promo-h_3&mb=jBdB3aP1YB%40W%40WLfaquJ0XtVE%2f8Uv6vKUfLr0j8pmbc%3d http://img.webmd.com/dtmcms/live/webmd/consumer_assets/site_images/articles/health_tools/foods_harmful_to_dogs_slideshow/jiu_rf_photo_of_sad_dog_and_beer.jpg ylitol Candy, gum, toothpaste, baked goods, and some diet foods are sweetened with xylitol. It can cause your dog's blood sugar to drop and can also cause liver failure. Early symptoms include vomiting, lethargy, and coordination problems. Eventually, your dog may have seizures. Liver failure can happen within just a few day Avocado … Continue reading FOODS YOUR DOG SHOULD NEVER EAT
The Strange Behavior of Quantum Particles May Indicate the Existence of Other Parallel Universes
June 3, 2015 by John Davis Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-strange-behavior-quantum-particles-parallel.html#jCp It started about five years ago with a practical chemistry question. Little did Bill Poirier realize as he delved into the quantum mechanics of complex molecules that he would fall down the rabbit hole to discover evidence of other parallel worlds that might well be poking through … Continue reading The Strange Behavior of Quantum Particles May Indicate the Existence of Other Parallel Universes
THE LOWLY EARTHWORM
http://www.ecowatch.com/10-interesting-facts-about-earthworms-1881871982.html The glaciers that crawled across Canada into the northern tier of the lower 48 states during the most recent ice age wiped out earthworms in those areas. In other parts of the U.S., you may find native earthworm species, but the worms living in the regions scoured by glaciers are invaders from overseas, brought here intentionally … Continue reading THE LOWLY EARTHWORM
WHAT WOODY GUTHRIE WROTE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S FATHER, FRED
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/25/woody-guthrie-sang-of-his-contempt-for-his-landlord-donald-trumps-father/?smid=fb-share Woody Guthrie Wrote of His Contempt for His Landlord, Donald Trump’s Father More than a half-century ago, the folk singer Woody Guthrie signed a lease in an apartment complex in Brooklyn. He soon had bitter words for his landlord: Donald J. Trump’s father, Fred C. Trump. Mr. Guthrie, in writings uncovered by … Continue reading WHAT WOODY GUTHRIE WROTE ABOUT DONALD TRUMP’S FATHER, FRED
FRANCE, 1944 AND NOW
http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday June 1944: Boats full of US troops wait to leave Weymouth to take part in Operation Overlord. 5 April 2014: A view of the harbour of the English town today. This location was used as a launching place for Allied troops participating in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-day. Photographs by Galerie … Continue reading FRANCE, 1944 AND NOW
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