Lone sailor, 73, rescued by QM2
From the Guardian, a nice sea story: Lone sailor, 73, rescued by Queen Mary 2 liner in north Atlantic storm QM2
THE PILOT RECOVERED.
Sonoma Democrat > 19 November 1857 THE PILOT RECOVERED. Truth is often stranger than fiction. The following thrilling incident, related with admirable spirit, is taken from the Newburyport Journal : The day of miracles is past — so it has, and let it go; but so long as Michael Stephens, Jr., shall live, we shall … [Read more…]
Frequently Beastly Drunk
Well, I’ll be dimmed, who’d have thought that things like this would be happening on the open sea? In my brief 5 years on the main, I swear things like this never happened! SONOMA DEMOCRAT 19 November 1857 The P.M.S.S. Company. Give it to ’em.— The following from the Morning Call, gives a rather deplorable … [Read more…]
Climate Denier’s Materials Package
In a heartbreaking article in the Washington Post about Secretary DeVos’ stand on climate change, the author, Valerie Strauss, adds a letter written by Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democratic Senator where the Senator writes of the efforts of the Heartland Institute, a climate denial “think tank” to promote a climate denial information packet sent to … [Read more…]
Us and Them
The history and basis for discrimination is highlighted in a Science News article about a new exhibit at the Musée de l’Homme in Paris.
Infrastructure under Trump?
In this NYT article about the risks of public and private infrastructure projects, this quote about Blackstone, which announced a $40 billion dollar infrastructure fund: Stephen A. Schwarzman, Blackstone’s chairman and chief executive, is leading a White House business advisory group, which lists infrastructure work as one of its topics for discussion. Conflict of interest … [Read more…]
The World That Trump and Ailes Built
Jill Lapore hits the nail on the head in her comment in the June 5, 2017 New Yorker “The Strategy of Truth.” Trump and Ailes
Bob Dylan’s Nobel Lecture
I revere the written word, but I’m bookmarking the audio of Dylan’s Nobel lecture because hearing it adds so much more than reading it ever would due to his incredible voice, the inflections and the music. The print version of the lecture is found here.
FTC Archives Rules of the Road
At THIS web page, our government has kept a “Rules of the Road” for advertisers online since December 2000. This is well aged advice, and seems to have stood the test of time, or has it?