Fewer Marshes + More Man-made Ponds = Increased Wetlands
In the bog of the federal regulatory code, a wetland is defined as a marshy area of saturated soils and plants whose roots spend part of their lives immersed in water. In the Interior Department's periodic national surveys, a wetland is defined, more or less, as wet.
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Fewer Marshes + More Man-made Ponds = Increased Wetlands ?
Posted in Environment-General, Environment-wildlife, Humor, News, Society & Culture on March 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
More Americans now call themselves Democrats
Posted in Environment-Energy, Politics, Science, Society & Culture on March 30, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Gallup: In Shift, More Americans Now Call Themselves Democrats
In a (perhaps) historic shift, more Americans now consider themselves Democrats than Republicans, the Gallup organization revealed today.
Historic? It seems like in past surveys at least a slim majority of Americans have always self identified as Democrats. I know that for the last forty years right-wing extremists [...]
Ancient Counterfeiters, I’m Tired Of All The BUSHIT gets ticket, winger fakes picture
Posted in News, Politics, Society & Culture, Uncategorized on March 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Great fakers scammed ancient Italy
An ingenious counterfeit-coin scam has been rumbled by scientists in Italy. But no one is going to jail, because the forgers lived more than 2,000 years ago.
Giuseppe Giovannelli of the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' and his colleagues took a close look at what seemed to be a silver coin minted [...]
Top Ten George W. Bush Solutions For Global Warming
Posted in Environment-General, Environment-wildlife, News, Politics, Science, economics on March 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Top Ten George W. Bush Solutions For Global Warming courtesy of Late Night
10. NASA mission to turn down the sun's thermostat
9. Federal subsidies to boost production of Cool Ranch Doritos
8. Fast track Rumsfeld's "Colonize Neptune" proposal
7. Convene blue-ribbon committee to explore innovative ways of ignoring the problem
6. Let Hillary worry about it when she takes [...]
The News is NowPublic – news, photos and video social bookmarking
Posted in New Media, News, Science, Society & Culture on March 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The News is NowPublic – news, photos and video social bookmarking
Change the news when you read the news. The PublicView button lets you point others to news you think is interesting. When you see something others should look at, click the button and make it public.
Once something is in the PublicView anyone can post related [...]
