Posts tagged “War”
What I’ve Noticed: Really Long Edition
Between things like steep fines and jail time for the “crimes” of being poor and/or a person of color and being unable to get a job because of poor credit, it’s almost impossible to escape poverty in the US. Yesterday was the anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII. Still sucks to be a woman in […]
What I’ve noticed (2 week edition)
In order to avoid doing something about pollutants, the White House simply refused to open the email from the EPA. (via The Scientific Activist) I really hope we don’t invade Iran. (via pebkac thoughts) You know how US soldiers were tortured by the Chinese during the Korean War? Well, we’re using the same techniques on […]
What I’ve noticed
What happens in the brain when people orgasm. I thought it was especially interesting that different types of female orgasms look incredibly different in the brain. With clitoral orgasms, the brain gets very very quiet – the article describes it as “widespread neural power failures,” but at least some non clitoral orgasms actually activate the […]
What I’ve noticed (more than last week)
Sara Robinson writes about John McCain’s betrayal of the troops and how he’s paving the way for an army no one wants to see at Campaign for America’s Future. Drive by botany in New South Wales at The Reluctant Botanist. A short report on breast ironing in Cameroon at current tv. How drunk do you […]
What i’ve noticed (not much this week)
This incredible bug, via Seeds Aside This beautiful violin over at No seeds, no fruits, no flowers: no problem. How badly the US treats brown people. Pearl Cornioley: another reason women not being allowed to serve in the special forces is stupid, via Majikthise. In May 1944, she assumed control of 1,500 Resistance members and […]
Democracy and religious fundamentalism in India
We should be paying attention to this: While Americans have focused on President Bush’s “war on terror,” Iraq, and the Middle East, democracy has been under siege in another part of the world. India — the most populous of all democracies, and a country whose Constitution protects human rights even more comprehensively than our own […]
articles worth reading
Cleaning up Yet emissions keep on rising. If greenhouse-gas concentrations are to be stabilised, then the carbon price or the support mechanisms for clean energy, or both, will have to rise or be adopted worldwide, or both. And if that happens, the returns on clean-energy investments will increase even further and the companies that have […]