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I‘ve had an early start to my day and am getting a bit tired of being up before the rush hour even starts. ARGH! It is coming up on 4:30 AM and already have all of the papers read.
I get to go vote today and if you area is holding elections get yourself down to the polling station and place your vote too.
We will have an asteroid flyby on Saturday. No, it is not going to hit us but it will be close enough - if you have the right equipment - to see it. Read more about it here.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/main/index.html
I managed to get about 4 more inches of the Bamboo Scarf knit last night. Not bad since I was up and down the stairs all evening. I am using Knit Picks Andean Treasure yarn on this project and it is a joy to work with - so soft. Poor little Nuit was sleeping on my lap while I was knitting and every time I got up she would signal her displeasure by uttering a pitiful little kitty whine, followed by begrudgingly getting up and glaring at me as if she was saying, “Enough already, sit, knit!”
Of late, this little cat has become a cuddly feline. I do not take this as a “I love my human” type message. Instead, I think she is just getting chilly in the evenings and she prefers to crawl under the throw that is keeping me warm. LOL!
Bit & Pieces - ** recommended reading
**Jack Abramoff Gives Away the Corrupt Insider's Game in "Our" Congress on 60 Minutes
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/718959/jack_abramoff_gives_away_the_corrupt_insider%27s_game_in_%22our%22_congress_on_60_minutes/
**Only Politics Can Delay "an Energy Transformation, Driven by the Rapidly Falling Cost of Solar Power"
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/723306/krugman%3A_only_politics_can_delay_%22an_energy_transformation%2C_driven_by_the_rapidly_falling_cost_of_solar_power%22/
** You Don’t Know Mitt: Ninety-Nine Facts About Mitt Romney
http://www.truth-out.org/you-dont-know-mitt-99-facts-about-mitt-romney/1320680677
** Rachel Maddow: Herman Cain's Candidacy is Stolen - Bingo! I have been thinking for a long time just who the Koch will finally present as the real canidate
http://vodpod.com/watch/15652532-rachel-maddow-herman-cains-candidacy-is-an-art-project?u=buzzflash&c=buzzflash
**How Mississippi's Vote Today Could Put Pregnant Women Under State Control
http://www.alternet.org/story/153010/how_mississippi%27s_vote_today_could_put_pregnant_women_under_state_control?akid=7826.308485.13VgFF&rd=1&t=8
Exhibit A in 4th Amendment privacy cases: technology
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-search-seizure-20111107,0,1838488.story
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision to Be Investigated
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/earth/inquiry-into-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-process.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
Deadbeat Rep. Joe Walsh, Who Owes $100k In Child Support, Receives ‘Pro-Family’ Award From Family Research Council - the FMC is a christian organization promoting the “tradition family”. Scumbags.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/11/04/361149/joe-walsh-family-research-council/
Oklahoma Earthquakes: God or Fracking?
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/721875/oklahoma_earthquakes%3A_god_or_fracking/
This is too funny
http://mikethemadbiologist.com/2011/11/07/va-republican-fail-onward-comrade/
Harvard scientist on his hunt for alien life
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15619206
How do you assess a 14-year-old maths genius?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15574889
Fourth woman accusing Herman Cain of harassment - geez, the’re coming out of the woodwork!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15628860
Devil's face revealed in Giotto fresco in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15624767
India's Lepcha tribe may lose Kanchenjunga ritual
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15626993
Light 'promising' in cancer fight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15571711
'Unknown heroine' who caught invisible ink spy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15621443
Ancient horses' spotted history reflected in cave art
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15619885
Science, Skin and Ink
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/11/07/science/20111107-tattoos.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
For a Baby Okapi, Don’t Push Too Hard
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/birth-of-bronx-zoos-mbura-overcomes-okapi-odds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
Loggerhead turtles take 45 years to grow up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15625291
Will internet technology change the future of the past
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15631772
Colourful remembrances of lost birds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15454146
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, climate change, environment, politics, Repugs, oops!, art, health, asteroids, animals, technology, extinct
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how
I get to go vote today and if you area is holding elections get yourself down to the polling station and place your vote too.
We will have an asteroid flyby on Saturday. No, it is not going to hit us but it will be close enough - if you have the right equipment - to see it. Read more about it here.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/asteroids/main/index.html
I managed to get about 4 more inches of the Bamboo Scarf knit last night. Not bad since I was up and down the stairs all evening. I am using Knit Picks Andean Treasure yarn on this project and it is a joy to work with - so soft. Poor little Nuit was sleeping on my lap while I was knitting and every time I got up she would signal her displeasure by uttering a pitiful little kitty whine, followed by begrudgingly getting up and glaring at me as if she was saying, “Enough already, sit, knit!”
Of late, this little cat has become a cuddly feline. I do not take this as a “I love my human” type message. Instead, I think she is just getting chilly in the evenings and she prefers to crawl under the throw that is keeping me warm. LOL!
Bit & Pieces - ** recommended reading
**Jack Abramoff Gives Away the Corrupt Insider's Game in "Our" Congress on 60 Minutes
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/718959/jack_abramoff_gives_away_the_corrupt_insider%27s_game_in_%22our%22_congress_on_60_minutes/
**Only Politics Can Delay "an Energy Transformation, Driven by the Rapidly Falling Cost of Solar Power"
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/723306/krugman%3A_only_politics_can_delay_%22an_energy_transformation%2C_driven_by_the_rapidly_falling_cost_of_solar_power%22/
** You Don’t Know Mitt: Ninety-Nine Facts About Mitt Romney
http://www.truth-out.org/you-dont-know-mitt-99-facts-about-mitt-romney/1320680677
** Rachel Maddow: Herman Cain's Candidacy is Stolen - Bingo! I have been thinking for a long time just who the Koch will finally present as the real canidate
http://vodpod.com/watch/15652532-rachel-maddow-herman-cains-candidacy-is-an-art-project?u=buzzflash&c=buzzflash
**How Mississippi's Vote Today Could Put Pregnant Women Under State Control
http://www.alternet.org/story/153010/how_mississippi%27s_vote_today_could_put_pregnant_women_under_state_control?akid=7826.308485.13VgFF&rd=1&t=8
Exhibit A in 4th Amendment privacy cases: technology
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-search-seizure-20111107,0,1838488.story
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision to Be Investigated
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/earth/inquiry-into-keystone-xl-pipeline-permit-process.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23
Deadbeat Rep. Joe Walsh, Who Owes $100k In Child Support, Receives ‘Pro-Family’ Award From Family Research Council - the FMC is a christian organization promoting the “tradition family”. Scumbags.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/11/04/361149/joe-walsh-family-research-council/
Oklahoma Earthquakes: God or Fracking?
http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/721875/oklahoma_earthquakes%3A_god_or_fracking/
This is too funny
http://mikethemadbiologist.com/2011/11/07/va-republican-fail-onward-comrade/
Harvard scientist on his hunt for alien life
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15619206
How do you assess a 14-year-old maths genius?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15574889
Fourth woman accusing Herman Cain of harassment - geez, the’re coming out of the woodwork!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15628860
Devil's face revealed in Giotto fresco in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15624767
India's Lepcha tribe may lose Kanchenjunga ritual
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15626993
Light 'promising' in cancer fight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15571711
'Unknown heroine' who caught invisible ink spy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15621443
Ancient horses' spotted history reflected in cave art
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15619885
Science, Skin and Ink
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/11/07/science/20111107-tattoos.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=thab1
For a Baby Okapi, Don’t Push Too Hard
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/science/birth-of-bronx-zoos-mbura-overcomes-okapi-odds.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha210
Loggerhead turtles take 45 years to grow up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/15625291
Will internet technology change the future of the past
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15631772
Colourful remembrances of lost birds
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15454146
The non-existent tags
weather, knitting, global warming, climate change, environment, politics, Repugs, oops!, art, health, asteroids, animals, technology, extinct
Change the world one loan at a time - visit http://www.Kiva.org to find out how