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Defense firms cash in on an ‘unprecedented’ wave of classified spending

Nasty capitalist pigs, those defense companies. We’ll have to get rid of them. Imagine, classifying certain projects. No excuse for that, Defense researchers should follow the example of those tax payer subsidized medical researchers at Harvard and Moffet. Get money … Continue reading

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Defense firms cash in on an ‘unprecedented’ wave of classified spending

I thought you might like this story from The Washington Post. I’d tell you more, but then . . . well, you know . . . . Defense firms cash in on an ‘unprecedented’ wave of classified spending Secret projects … Continue reading

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Ecobot App Raises $1M To Save Wetlands And Time

Thank you for the information, technology for protection and science through phones is a great way to get more information faster. Done are the days of slugging large instruments and equipment through the marsh and woods. Diana L. Muller, Executive … Continue reading

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Ecobot App Raises $1M To Save Wetlands And Time

This is the kind of resource planning tool that we’ve been waiting to see for many years. Moving the operation of the analytical and display issues directly to the resource policy managers. From Forbes <https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2019/12/17/ecobot-app-raises-1m-to-save-wetlands-and-time/#64d011b74ad2 > (See the website for … Continue reading

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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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