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Media is already handicapping the Presidential election. As you may expect, I really like this article. Now that Feingold is out of the race, Edwards is the leftest candidate (since Gore said he's not running).
Here is another first in the world of blog carnivals - a fusion! Billy is hosting the Tar Heel Tavern (NC blogging) and the Ringing Of The Bards (poetry) all together. It is a virtual visit of blogging poets to North Carolina. Enjoy!
What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North
You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you…
Here are some blogs with titles that start with the letter C. Am I missing a good one? Yours? Let me know in the comments.
Also check (now updated) blogs that start with:
Number/Symbol
A
B
Calamus
Canadian Cynic
The Cape Fear Mercury
Captivated by Mandie
Carbon-based Curiosities
Caridina…
Kogepon (yup, I know her real name) is coming to the 2007 North Carolina Science Blogging Conference. Are you?
Technorati Tag: sciencebloggingconference
...is not going to run for President in 2008. A fine man. I am sure he will keep fighting in the Senate for what is good and what is right for the American people.
What do you think about David Brin's ideas:
OKAY, SO NOW WHAT?
What can the House of Representatives do, all by itself? - Step#1
What can the House of Representatives do, all by itself? - Step#2
What can the House of Representatives do, all by itself? - Step#3
Here are some blogs that start with B:
B92 Blogs
B and B
Back To The Woom
Backreaction
Bad Astronomy Blog
Badscience
Badtux the snarky penguin
Balancing life
Balkan Baby
Balkan Brother
Balkanismus
Balkanology Blog
Balkan Express
Balkan Outlooks
Balkinization
Barbados Butterfly
Bark Bark Woof Woof…
I agree with Publius' final assessment of the election. Read it.
I spit my coffee (tea, actually) through the nose when I read this today:
"Sadly, it seems that the Party of Reagan has been hijacked by the neocons, the big government crowd and the pragmatists."
PRAGMATISTS? Heellllooo?
As…
Microbes Compete With Animals For Food By Making It Stink:
Microbes may compete with large animal scavengers by producing repugnant chemicals that deter higher species from consuming valuable food resources, a new study suggests. Ecologists have long recognized microbes as decomposers and pathogens…
Some ideas from two years ago (August 26, 2004):
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I posted this on www.jregrassroots.org and on the One America Committee blog (formerly JRE campaign blog) on March 06, 2004:
Primaries: Most small parties do not have primaries. They decide…
Welcome to the fifth international carnival of pozitivities, blog carnival about HIV and AIDS founded and managed by my friend and neighbor (and great blogger) Ron Hudson.
I have to say that preparing this carnival has been quite an eye-opener for me and that I have learned so much. I feel it…
If you have not received the e-mail from the Center for American Progress, it is here, under the fold:
MEMO
To: Interested Parties
From: John D. Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Date: November 9, 2006
Re: The End of the Grand Conservative Experiment
There is a…
Just check the Wikipedia for the information on Senate seats up for (re)election in 2008. Democrats should really make a killing then.
You can also check their pages about House races, gubernatorial races and the Presidential election.
Politicians Sweep Midterm Elections
Rumsfeld: 'My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done'
Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats
Write-In Candidate Thought He Had Enough Friends To Win
Voter Turnout Reaches All-Time Low Of 17
Two Nerve Cells In Direct Contact:
For the first time, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology in Martinsried near Munich have been able to show how two nerve cells communicate with each other from different hemispheres in the visual center. This astoundingly simple circuit diagram…
Carnival of the Liberals #25 - the Metapolitical edition - is up on Philosophy, Etc. and Richard has picked some fantastic winners for this week's carnival.
Cell transplant for eyes?
In the current study, the scientists looked at these photoreceptors' development -- from the embryonic stages to those in the newborn. They found that the cells that worked best came from animals between the first and fifth days of life. "Photoreceptors are just being born…
Second lecture notes from my BIO101 class (originally from May 08, 2006). As always, in this post and the others in the series, I need comments - is everything kosher? Any suggestions for improvement?
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BIO 101 - Bora Zivkovic - Lecture 1 - Part 2…
