The Sondors Metacycle Is The Inexpensive Electric Commuter Motorcycle I've Been Waiting For

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  13 Comments  •  5 years ago

“The average American commute is a paltry 12 miles. The average American drives no more than 25 miles per day. A small electric motorcycle isn't for...”

My son lives in Houston and owns a motherly BMW sport-bike that he doesn't often have the opportunity to ride as it should be ridden. His immediate reaction to this was, "If I still lived in New York, I'd buy it in a heartbeat."

Australia: Fake tag claim offers pigeon a death row reprieve

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  4 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago

“The pigeon, which was declared a biosecurity risk, may get a lifeline after a US bird body said its leg band was fake”

Did anyone ever believe that a pigeon flew 13 000 miles? But hey! It's a fun story... ... unless the bird gets its neck snapped...

Fire Sale - THE FASCIST PUTSCH

By: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago

“Fallout, Investigations, What's next, ...”

With this week's cartoons from Politico mixed in! ★ The American Abyss A historian of fascism and political atrocity on Trump, the mob and what comes next  ★F.B.I. investigating 37 in killing of Capitol Police officer by pro-Trump mob...

Much worse than the Twin Towers... EVERY DAY

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  3 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  5 years ago

“386 000 are dead. The USA will cross the FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DEAD threshold within a week.”

Trump administration slashes imperiled spotted owls' habitat

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  9 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“"This revision guts protected habitat for the northern spotted owl..."”

The outgoing Administration seems to be doing as much damage as it possibly can before it goes.

Milliseconds measure galactic gravity

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  1 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“Scientists measuring tiny changes in the arrival times of signals from millisecond pulsars have found a new way to measure both gravitational waves...”

The upshot is, "Not much Dark Matter found." Isn't the problem with Dark Matter these days "Not enough"? It's awfully hard to keep up... 

Houston Rockets trade James Harden to Brooklyn Nets

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

“James Harden is headed to the Nets in a four-team megatrade that sends Victor Oladipo and four first-round picks to the Rockets, Caris LeVert to...”

Anyone know what Kyrie is doing these days? Of course, he may be feeling abused. He's getting paid only half of what the other two get... Only $ 20 million...

Ivanka, Jared Banned Secret Service From Using Their Toilets

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  8 Comments  •  5 years ago

“In early 2017, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump banned their Secret Service detail from using any of the bathrooms in their Washington, D.C., house,...”

Well, of course! Secret Service agents are... proletarians! Disgusting creatures! They leave cooties on the toilet seat!

What is a lame duck session? The dangers of the holdover period for outgoing presidents like Trump

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  1 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago

“America's long lame-duck period gave Trump supporters months to plan a violent uprising. It needs to end.”

Alternatively, we could require the President and Congresspeople to travel exclusively in horse-drawn carriages...

New Zealand city closes busy road for weeks to protect sea lion mother and pup

Via: Bob Nelson  •  The Beacon  •  5 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“Move comes after pair take up residence at golf course and regularly need to navigate traffic to get to the nearest beach”

New Zealand is a civilized place...