I watched a 4-part PBS “American Experience” documentary on the life of JFK over the past few evenings, and was reminded of how Kennedy and Khruschchev, who at first did not trust each other, ended up in secret communication during the Cuban Missile crisis, a communication that resulted in the Russian warships loaded with missiles […]
Read MoreAs we head towards might might become an historic march (last I heard, Bloomington is sending at least one bus to New York City) — Busy Days Precede A March Focused on Climate Change — via Gabrielle, I discover an extraordinary series of images from a 2013 Atlantic collection titled In Protest For example: If […]
Read MoreNASA finds ‘monster’ black hole in tiny galaxy September 19, 2014 RT The M60-UCD1, discovered by ASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in 2013, is one of the smallest known galaxies. But now the space agency has discovered that the dwarf galaxy is harboring a “monster” black hole. The diameter of M60-UCD1 is about 300 light […]
Read MoreSo. Yesterday I asked neighbor Rebecca if she’d like to join me at the 4:30 P.M. unionizing rally for Bloomingfoods workers the Near East Side Bloomingfoods. Sure! Keep in mind as you read this story that Bloomingfoods is a co-op, in fact an iconic co-op, in existence since 1976. As such, its owners are its […]
Read MoreBurlington is Vermont’s largest city, with 42,400 population in 2010 census. P.S. Not all cities in the U.S. have hydropower possibilities, but the ones that don’t (i.e., are flat), usually have lots of wind at at least some sun. So, no excuses! And to those who worry that wind turbines kill birds, take heart: Bird […]
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