He was VP when I was born and one of my earliest political memories is of him being the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee. I remember hoping he would win, not because I had real political views at age 6, but because that is the age we are taught to take turns and I figured Reagan had his turn. He and Jimmy Carter held the record for longest surviving ticket post-presidency at 40 years and three months. He died today at age 93. His other offices included AG of MN (1960-1964), US Senator from MN (1964-1976), and US Ambassador to Japan (1993-1996). He was the replacement nominee for Paul Wellstone for US Senate in 2002.
Your Blue Mass. Group: Handing it off, or shutting down
Well, it's come to this. I do apologize for my long absences this year. After 16+ years, I'm going to be either handing off the blog, or shutting it down. My grad program is taking up most of my time; I don't have the time to put into … [Read more...]
RIP Vice President Walter Mondale
He was VP when I was born and one of my earliest political memories is of him being the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee. I remember hoping he would win, not because I had real political views at age 6, but because that is the age we … [Read more...]
Kudos to President Biden for Ending the Forever War
Maureen Dowd has a must read op-ed praising President Biden for his decision to end the war in Afghanistan. It’s worth reading. Hindsight is 20/20, and while I haven’t gotten to that part of his book yet, I’m sure President Obama regrets … [Read more...]
How many crimes can a society endure before it collapses into utter chaos?
At America’s southern border there are thousands of refugees from societies that have collapsed into utter chaos. In America, we can see the same collapse occurring. Acts of violence, anger, lies, misrepresentation and plotting and plodding … [Read more...]
Building Soil for Earth Week
Pleistocene Park Discussion with Manager, Nikita Zimov Sunday, April 18, 9 - 10:30 AM ET (GMT-4) Zoom … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – April 9, 2021
BBC summary of the state of the art/business https://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/how-to-grow-food-in-a-concrete-jungle/ BBC TV Series: Follow the Food: Urban … [Read more...]
Kind people are suffering from cruelty sickness
First, I apologize to my BMG community friends for being AWOL as I've been immersed in my local Wakefield April 27 town election, consulting/volunteering/organizing for our progressive slate of four candidates for Council/School Committee … [Read more...]
Crickets?
The last comment I see is my own from six days ago. The last diary I see is from johntmay yesterday (7-Apr-2021) also with no comments. I also notice that the "Recommended Posts" pane says "No posts liked yet". I wonder if the site is … [Read more...]
Happy Wednesday, April 7th.
More than 57,000 kids applied to Harvard this year, competing for one of the 1,600 available seats for the Class of 2025. The application fee is $75. Over four million dollars was spent on this and one can only guess how many labor … [Read more...]
Geotherapy Not Geoengineering, Please
Geotherapy not geoengineering, please. "Geotherapy refers to the process of restoring the earth’s health by strengthening natural biogeochemical and physiological mechanisms that regulate the earth’s planetary life support systems and … [Read more...]
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