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• The Tulia Drug Bust Revisited

  

  My first reaction to the “garbage” headline was moral revulsion.  My second reaction was theological. Read more

  The 06 April 2021 by   Alanbean
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• Seems Plausible

  

  The BBC's headline is: Covid: UK vaccine rollout 'breaking link' between infections and death. Seems plausible to me. I took the stat's on new daily cases and... Read more

  The 09 April 2021 by   Markwadsworth
  

• Calculating the Marginal Corporation Tax Rate in Your Head Using 'rectangles'

  

  From the BBC: Mr Sunak... said a new small profits rate would maintain the 19% rate for firms with profits of £50,000 or less, meaning that about 70% of... Read more

  The 11 April 2021 by   Markwadsworth
  

• Responding to the Crisis in Jena, Louisiana

  

  This report was written in early 2007 after Friends of Justice had made three investigatory visits to Jena. Fifteen years later, someone downloads the document... Read more

  The 12 April 2021 by   Alanbean
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• An Orphanage in Brooklyn

  

  Brooklyn Orphan Asylum My wife's father, Bernard Joseph O'Brien, was a "half orphan." At age 7 his mother, Margaret, was forced to place Bernard and his older... Read more

  The 13 April 2021 by   Rvbadalam
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• Climatologists Are Flat Earthers

  

  Agreed facts: 1. If Earth had no atmosphere, then the average surface temperature would be about 255K (actually it would be higher because no atmosphere = no... Read more

  The 14 April 2021 by   Markwadsworth
  

• A New Endowment Established at Columbia Basin Colleg Celebrating Earth Day 2021

  

  Earth Day this year is April 22 To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and avoid catastrophic climate change we need to act with far greater urgency than w... Read more

  The 16 April 2021 by   Rvbadalam
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• There’s No Beauty in Stupidity: the Shaun Cooks Story Continues

  

  “I’m ashamed of the path I chose,” he says, “even if I feel forced on it.  There’s no beauty in stupidity and no victory in blame.” Read more

  The 23 April 2021 by   Alanbean
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• Acceleration ≈ Gravity

  

  The effects of acceleration and gravity aren't exactly the same of course, but we can generate 'artificial gravity' by spinning things round, like swinging a... Read more

  The 25 April 2021 by   Markwadsworth
  

• Defund the Police is Utopian, Misinformed, and Misguided

  

  I witnessed the police beating someone resisting arrest. It was about 4-6 police officers on one small, skinny person.https://ec.europa. Read more

  The 25 April 2021 by   Doggone
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