oldephartte(in training): 14 Feb

Sunday, February 14, 2016

14 Feb - Disqus Recommends

On the CBC's Endorsement of Clinton

Content Note: Racism.] The Congressional Black Caucus will formally endorse Hillary Clinton today. Already, I'm seeing all kinds of pushback, calling the CBC sellouts, opportunists, fools. Some of the criticism coming from white Sanders supporters has more than a tinge of racist overtones. And, to be blunt, that's what I'm addressing here.

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Open Thread

Shakesville is run as a safe space. First-time commenters: Please read Shakesville's Commenting Policy and Feminism 101 Section before commenting. We also do lots of in-thread moderation, so we ask that everyone read the entirety of any thread b…

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NOPE

Content Note: Racism; misogyny.] Bernie Sanders once again suggests he's going to be a magical president, and again slams President Obama for failing to overcome Republican obstructionism: Bernie Sanders says the aim of his political revolution…

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Democratic Debate Wrap-Up

So, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders met in Milwaukee last night for another debate. I watched and live-tweeted it; for anyone who would like to see those tweets, I've collected them in a Storify. The Washington Post has a complete transcript of the debate. My primary takeaways: 1.

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How Daters Move Towards and Away From Marriage

The University of Illinois has released news regarding research into how dating partners move towards or away from marriage. The research describes 4 types of couples and which of these types of relationships is more or less likely to move to…

NGC 1977: Running Man Nebula.

http://www.adamblockphotos.com... NGC 1973/5/7 is a reflection nebula 1/2 degree northeast of the Orion Nebula. The three NGC objects are divided by darker regions. It is also called The Running Man Nebula and Sharpless Catalog 279. This object w…

Shadow

We all know about shadow but why is shadow black? Why it's not another colour? First how is shadow formed?don't say what is taught in school 'a object block light shadow forms' tell in physics how its formed. This is every nerd question . https://u…

Glorious Video of the Sun for an Entire Year

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/... NASA released the latest timelapse from the Solar Dynamics Observatory today (2/12/2016). The SDO, launched on February 11, 2010 orbits the Earth, but always watches the Sun. This video records the Sun's activity…

Einstein was right all along

http://www.reuters.com/article... WHAT IS SO SUPRISING ABOUT THIS IDEA? BECAUSE IT IS ONLY LOGICAL TO Albert Einstein’s, theory of special relativity ( E=mc2 ) which speaks to the fact that mass density determines it’s gravitational va…

Humanoid World

Imagine if you will a world where no one is completely human. Everyone has some animal part on them. Whether they are serpentine or otherwise humanoids are part animal. Any humanoid can speak their language like English and the animal they were born as, like of serpentoid they can talk to snakes.