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Photos From China - Some You've Never Seen

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

That is an example of a photo from my latest China photo essay. It consists of photos taken at least a decade ago, but they have been re-edited and framed for better presentation. However,...

Full FutureHAUS: Inside the hi-tech home of the future

Via: perrie-halpern • Other • 40 Comments • 5 years ago

What Is the Most Overrated Invention?

Via: john-russell • Other • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

What Is the Most Overrated Invention? MAY 12, 2019 Source: Graham Roumieu Lee Jackson, author, Palaces of Pleasure The internet. As early as 1858, Punch magazine...

What wrapping a rope around the Earth reveals about the limits of human intuition

Via: bob-nelson • Other • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

Yes, actually. (The video format is incompatible with NewsTalkers. It's short - 6 minutes - and very worthwhile.) The answer comes as a surprise to most people, but the additional...

Getting to the Bottom of EPA Climate Fraud

Via: bob-nelson • Other • 16 Comments • 5 years ago

In December 2009 , the Obama Environmental Protection Agency issued its Endangerment Finding (EF) – decreeing that carbon dioxide (CO2) and other “greenhouse gases” (GHGs) endanger the...

I.M. Pei, the Prolific and Iconic Architect, Is Dead at 102

Via: jasper2529 • Other • 3 Comments • 5 years ago

Ieoh Ming (I.M.) Pei—who was born in Guangzhou, China, in 1917, and died yesterday in New York City—left an indelible body of work in the form of modern architecture across the globe. Perhaps...

I fell in love with a boy or....how to teach an old dog and a new dog the same tricks.

By: studiusbagus • Other • 10 Comments • 5 years ago

As I sit here with my brain saying "tell them...." I really don't know where to start. Besides my insecurity of being able to capture the depth of my emotion. A few years ago I owned a small...

Let's Discuss Agnotology, the science of creating stupidity

By: john-russell • Other • 11 Comments • 5 years ago

AGNOTOLOGY.Agnotology is the science of creating stupidity.First coined by a history professor,3 agnotology (from the Greek for “not knowing”) is the study of culturally constructed ignorance,...

WHY THE TOILET IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS “THE CRAPPER”

Via: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

WHY THE TOILET IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS “THE CRAPPER” May 15, 2011 Daven Hiskey todayifoundout.com Today I found out why the toilet is also often called “The Crapper”. It all...

On International Workers' Day - The socialism of George Orwell

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Other • 24 Comments • 5 years ago

The socialism of George Orwell A look at the socialist beliefs of George Orwell. Also, a look at his writings on Soviet Communism. George Orwell was a fascinating figure and brilliant...

Vintage Quiz for Younger Millennials and the Younger Still

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

Vintage Quiz for Younger Millennials and the Younger Still If you are younger than age 30, can you identify these objects? Anyone age 30 or over, please exercise restraint. PLEASE DO NOT...

These are the U.S. states most and least dependent on the federal government

Via: tessylo • Other • 85 Comments • 5 years ago

These are the U.S. states most and least dependent on the federal government Adriana Belmonte 21 hours ago Scroll back up to restore default view. States...

More Photos of China on the Discovery Group

By: buzz-of-the-orient • Other • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

A new photo essay of pictures taken over almost 13 years in China has now been posted on the Discovery group. If you are a member of that group you can go directly there to view it. Since...

SPACEX FALCON HEAVY Launch Plus Booster Landings

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Other • 4 Comments • 5 years ago

After two days of weather delays, Falcon Heavy's first commercial launch went off without a hitch. All three boosters landed successfully. SpaceX doesn't seem to have a short edit of only the...

It's National Library Week

By: john-russell • Other • 22 Comments • 5 years ago

At the Chicago Public Library website, this is some of the material that a library card holder has available to them for FREE. --- Almost any Hollywood movie you can think of, in DVD form....

SpaceX conducts Static Fire on Falcon Heavy ahead of Arabsat 6A launch

Via: dignitatem-societatis • Other • 1 Comments • 5 years ago

Over a year after its previous flight, SpaceX conducted the Static Fire test on its second Falcon Heavy. This rocket – the first Block 5 Falcon Heavy – will launch Arabsat 6A to a...

You can't talk to a man with a shotgun in his hand, you can't talk to a man that don't want to understand.

Via: kavika • Other • 12 Comments • 5 years ago

Perhaps you recognize those words from the song by Carole King, ''Smack Water Jack''....Truer words were never spoken. This is a bit of a tribute to one of the great song writers of our time,...

Happy St Patrick's Day

By: john-russell • Other • 13 Comments • 5 years ago

In the 1990 U.S. census, forty-four million people, about 18 percent of the nation, identified themselves as Irish. Such a number is much more than what would be expected given the...

Lucky penny that saved WWII soldier's life when it deflected a bullet aimed at his chest is discovered more than 100 years later

Via: vic-eldred • Other • 2 Comments • 5 years ago

A lucky penny that saved a First World War soldier's life when it deflected a bullet from inside his breast pocket has been discovered more than 100 years later. Private John Trickett kept...

Jerry Verlinger Has Passed Away

By: perrie-halpern • Other • 43 Comments • 5 years ago

I have just heard that long time member and friend, Jerry Verlinger has passed away due to several medical issues. He was a wonderful person and an asset to the community here. He always tried to...

YES OR NO

By: johnrussell • Other • 117 Comments • 5 years ago

1. Do you ever listen to classical music ? 2. Have you ever broken anything that was really valuable? 3. Do you speak a language other than English or Spanish? 4. Have you ever been robbed?...

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone

By: kathleen • Other • 17 Comments • 5 years ago

I hope you all have a nice Valentine's Day...

The Grammy For Song Of The Year Goes To

By: johnrussell • Other • 18 Comments • 5 years ago

THIS IS AMERICA by Childish Gambino has won the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year. Thoughts? Don't be shy.

End Of The World

Via: nowhere-man • Other • 61 Comments • 5 years ago

Come see the world end.... (as told on the big screen)

Just an average day of facing down Illegal Aliens on my property

Via: 1stwarrior • Other • 50 Comments • 5 years ago

1/26/19 like any other normal day, I walked outside around 4:45pm to go feed the horses and as soon as I step one foot out the front door I hear just nonstop yelling. I look across the drive and...

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