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More Artic Methane Craters found

In the summer of 2013 Andrei Plekhanov, an archaeologist at the Scientific Centre of Arctic Studies in Salekhard, Russia. Plekhanov visited one of the craters and measured methane at 9.6%, normally at .000179%. A total of 7 large craters have been reported as well as many smaller craters, as many as 20-30.

The Caucus Cafe v1.3

Today’s special: Vegetarian Peanut Noodle Salad

Welcome to another edition of The Caucus Cafe, a weekly series featuring recipes, food discussions and a place to ask for help with your own “kitchen conundrum.” Everyone has to eat. More importantly food is a great way to bring people together and that’s always a wonderful thing. Today our menu highlights a vegetarian peanut noodle salad.

Chena's Corner: Gov Beshear's Lame Remarks Regarding 2014 Shellacking--Video

#4 -- Office Nook -- Chena's Corner -- nook3_0.jpgI apologize for the 'rush job.'

Hat Tip to TT for giving me the idea of posting this video [21:17 Minutes].

Sorry, but C-Span did not make the embed code available, so I had to Tweet the video in order to have a format that I could post here.

Tuesday Open Thread 02-24-15

Good morning 99percenters!

I love the zoo. If I visit a city that has one, there's a good chance I'm going to check it out. The animals are great, but the best part is hearing the questions little kids ask their parents about the animals.

"Dad, if those are lions why don't they have, um, fur all over?" (Child lifts hand and and pretends to outline their face.)

Yes, kids do say the darnest things.

Monday Open Thread 02-23-15

Good morning 99percenters!

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The ACA: A Gift That Keeps on Giving - Still

The Affordable Health Act is a Rube Goldberg contraption that keeps on giving. The Democrats missed a once in a generation opportunity to correct some of the problems associated with the administration of our health care system. They were tone deaf to public outcries for a single payer system and ignored suggestions that people be allowed to buy into Medicare. The final product was a complicated kludge with high co-pays, high deductibles and high premiums.

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