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Lunchtime Photo

3 years 3 months ago
This is the Fountain of Apollo in the gardens of Versailles. The top photo is the view from the palace side looking out toward the Grand Canal. The bottom photo is taken in the other direction, looking up from the fountain to the palace.
Kevin Drum

Republicans in Congress say they’d keep federal abortion funding in cases of rape, incest

3 years 3 months ago

WASHINGTON — A nearly 50-year-old federal law backed by Republicans allows the use of federal dollars for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save a patient’s life. That so-called Hyde Amendment, which is folded into spending bills, is less stringent than new or planned abortion bans in some GOP-led states, where governors and […]

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Jennifer Shutt

Elon Musk Remains Exactly Correct About Patents: They’re For The Weak

3 years 3 months ago
While we’ve been criticizing some of Elon Musk’s actions and statements lately, we still stand by what we’ve said for years: that his view on patents is entirely, unquestionably, correct. In 2014, he pledged to open up all of Tesla’s patents. And when some investors insisted he didn’t really mean it, he clarified that he […]
Mike Masnick

Eastern Ukraine votes overwhelmingly to show its love for Vladimir Putin

3 years 3 months ago
The votes are in! By early afternoon on Tuesday, Russia’s state news media had reported what it described as preliminary results showing gigantic levels of support for joining Russia. The RIA state news agency reported votes of 98.19 percent in favor in Zaporizhzhia and 96.97 percent in Kherson in the south, and 97.91 percent in ...continue reading "Eastern Ukraine votes overwhelmingly to show its love for Vladimir Putin"
Kevin Drum

Leaf Walk

3 years 3 months ago

In the months of September, October, and November we offer a two-hour walking tour of the cemetery and arboretum as the foliage transitions through the

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Patrick