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Saturday, September 07, 2024

Coastal flooding from high tides is getting more common in most parts of the United States, as climate change causes sea levels to rise. read more


A new panic alarm system is credited with saving lives during a school shooting at Apalachee High School, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. read more


A man bought a $100 gift card and ended up with a worthless dummy card. read more


Friday, September 06, 2024

There is a contentious fight in Mexico right now over constitutional reforms that would remake the judiciary. read more


Nobody knows what sleeping mushrooms dream of when their vast mycelial networks flicker and pulse with electrochemical responses akin to those of our own brain cells.


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High tide flooding will become increasingly common due to sea level rise (2022)
www.wusf.org

... According to a new report, high tide flooding " often referred to as "king tides" or "nuisance" flooding -- is becoming increasingly common due to years of sea level rise.


@#52 ... Ultimately the source is Media Research Center which is a biased outfit ...

Evidence thereof?


Got any?

Here is what I see when I visit their site...

Media Research Center is America's Premiere Media Watchdog.
www.mrc.org

... MRC has played a crucial role in countering left-wing bias in news media and popular culture, revealing the left's agenda to undermine traditional values, restrict individual liberty, and stifle private enterprise. ...

What else yer got?


@#15 ... Trump is MIGA ...

Yeah, for starters, maybe stop with the obscure acronyms.

World Bank Group Guarantees simplify access to financial guarantees for development projects in emerging markets.
www.miga.org

... the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), and the World Bank -- for efficiency, simplicity, and speed. ...

What else yer got?


@#7 ... Not a chance. Liz disagrees with almost every single Democratic position outside of national defense. ...

At this point, I would not go so far as "not a chance."

VP Harris says appointing a Republican to her Cabinet would "benefit" Americans
www.axios.com


So, for now, I'll avoid the definite assertions.


Interesting essay (OpEd?)

Diversity in Presidential Cabinets
whorulesamerica.ucsc.edu

... How diverse is President Joe Biden's cabinet?

For more than 25 years, in three editions of Diversity in the Power Elite (1998, 2006, 2018), Bill Domhoff and I have been tracking diversity in the corporate, political, and military elites. This has included systematic looks at the extent to which presidential cabinets have changed, from the all-white and almost all-male cabinets of most of the first 75 years of the twentieth century, to the cabinets of the last 45 years -- which have included more women, some Blacks, some Latinx, and some Asian Americans.

Trump's cabinet was the least diverse in thirty years.

The 15 men and women in Biden's initial cabinet are much more diverse, of course, than the 21 men and three women Trump appointed to his cabinet during his four years in office. But how does Biden's cabinet compare to previous cabinets?

Note that cabinet positions have changed over time.

I have used the ones that were designated officially as cabinet positions when each President was in office. The current 15 cabinet positions are: Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services (HHS), Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs. I have not included the various cabinet-level positions (such as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) or the representative to the United Nations), even though some Presidents have included them in cabinet meetings, and over the years some people have lobbied for certain of these to be designated as full cabinet positions. When relevant, however, I have mentioned appointments to cabinet-level positions. ...






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