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May 5, 2015
Anasazi Honey: No Sweets for the Ancients?
Imagine my surprise when, at a recent outing to the zoo with my elderly father, I saw a poster that claimed there was no honey in the New World until the introduction of European honeybees. Were the Anasazi, and other Native Americans, without honey?
April 27, 2015
This is a Third test post
This is my third test post in my testing of RSS-to-email feeds. It appears the first 55 or so words show up as the description, no matter what else I do. That’s fine, I just need to know how to control that. Is it exactly 55 words? Or some other measure, such as character count? I […]
April 24, 2015
This is a test post
This is a test post. Were it a real post, there would be valuable content here. But as it is, there’s just this junk I’m typing. So if you happen to stumble upon this, please ignore it. Ashley’s cute, ain’t she? I’m not sure what gets pulled into the RSS feed. So I’m kind of […]
March 2, 2015
Spirit Worlds, Anasazi and Ancient
New quantum theory may support spirit worlds Parallel spirit worlds exist and interact with our world, say physicists, on Mother Nature Network, Bryan Nelson reports on a new quantum theory that may explain ghosts and spirits. Highlights: There’s a new … Continue reading →
February 20, 2015
Ford Motor Corporate Welfare
By the ranking of GoodJobsFirst.org (opens a PDF), Ford Motor corporate welfare ranks #5 out of the top 100 corporate welfare-receiving corporations in the US. $2,522,304,454 in state and local tax subsidies (corporate welfare) This doesn’t even count federal subsidies. … Continue reading →
February 16, 2015
How To Skin a Bear (and Tan the Hide) Anasazi Style
How to skin a bear Anasazi style. How might they have done it? We will never truly know, of course, but here’s a little research to inform us how they might have done it. Note: This post is a little … Continue reading →
February 13, 2015
General Motors Corporate Welfare
By the ranking of GoodJobsFirst.org (opens a PDF), General Motors corporate welfare ranks #4 out of the top 100 corporate welfare-receiving corporations in the US. $3,494,237,703 in state and local tax subsidies (corporate welfare) This doesn’t even count federal subsidies. … Continue reading →
February 9, 2015
White Spirit Bears and Albino Grizzlies
Black spirit bears that are white and not albino? Seems there’s a whole small gene pool swimming with white in a sea of black. From a 2011 article by Bruce Barcott for National Geographic, titled Kermode Bear Neither albino nor polar … Continue reading →
February 6, 2015
Intel Corporate Welfare
The graphic says it all for 2014 and years leading up to it (for calculation purposes). By the ranking of GoodJobsFirst.org (opens a PDF), Intel corporate welfare ranks #3 out of the top 100 corporate welfare-receiving corporations in the US. … Continue reading →
January 30, 2015
Alcoa Corporate Welfare
The graphic says it all for 2014 and years leading up to it (for calculation purposes). By the ranking of GoodJobsFirst.org (opens a PDF), Alcoa corporate welfare ranks #2 out of the top 100 corporate welfare-receiving corporations in the US. … Continue reading →
