Category Archives: Fun

Greetings from the Philippines!

Hello Family! Andy, George (his dad) and I made it to the Philippines after about 30 hours of travel. Luckily, it was 2:00 AM, so we had nothing to do but sleep. We were driven to McDonalds for a treat … Continue reading

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Dawn on Back Creek, 11 January 2020, temp 51°

Beautiful! We’re opening a new IMAX movie at work called "Expedition Chesapeake". Documentary style look at the intersection of nature and human impacts through the watershed. Jeff Corwin narrates and "plays the part" of a guest researcher with various groups … Continue reading

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Dawn on Back Creek, 11 January 2020, temp 51°

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Significant Research: Min Wage Up, Suicide Down

From Wash Post 1/10/2020 — not online yet Note Sen. Mike Lee’s comment to the effect that facts aren’t facts if we don’t make them up. Bruce Potter443-454-9044

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Views on Same-Sex Marriage Illustrate Social Component of Partisan Divide

I often fall into the trap of believing that the class and political differences between Democrats and Republicans are driven primarily by economic self-interest, but these data from the Pew Research Center show the stark differences apparent on the relatively … Continue reading

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Ward Just Obituary

An early journalistic hero — obit on page C9 of the Sunday, 12/22/19, Washington Post, or at < https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ward-just-washington-post-reporter-and-acclaimed-political-novelist-dies-at-84/2019/12/20/803137a4-21b5-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html > Highlight: “… unsigned editorial on Maryland Gov. Spiro Agnew’s selection as Richard M. Nixon’s running mate in 1968. It was, … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Former White House officials think Trump’s false Ukraine theory came from Putin

This story from The Washington Post 20 December, is such a great example of the insane world that Trump and those sycophants around have created. Former White House officials think Trump’s false Ukraine theory came from Putin One former senior … Continue reading

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Too Good Not to Share

Bruce Potter443-454-9044

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How We Do Science

from the Annual Report of the United Kingdom Overseas Conservation Forum

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Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma — Same ol’, same ol’

Not, we all hope, a model for the reconstruction of the northern Bahamas after Dorian. from the on-line Antigua Newsroom, as linked for us by Kevel Lindsay <https://antiguanewsroom.com/barbuda-two-years-after-hurricane-irma/ > Barbuda Two Years After Hurricane Irma September 5, 2019 (PRESS RELEASE) … Continue reading

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