The Nazis invented them. And they're in 90% of US kitchens but are banned in Russia. There's a really good rundown here from Mercola on the hazards of using microwaves. Leaked radiation affects our hearts, causing changes in heart rate and in heart rate variability. And of course we're getting similar radiation from cell phone towers, which ( Read more... )

See photos of yoga instructor practicing in an amazing building.
Yogini: Ekaterina Karmanova
Photos: Ilya Oblakov

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Jen and Eugene were in the hotsprings when we got there yesterday, Suz and M and I drove down there, a goodly ways down I-5 to highway 22 east and out to a town called "Detroit". I drove Suzanne's vehicle, because M's car is small and she drives like a Californian. I'm not sure how long it took us to get to the trailhead, but it was something ( Read more... )

I had a pleasant weekend in good weather. Worked my hydro shift Saturday morning, then in the afternoon went up to Austin Hotsprings on the Clackamas River with M. The area of the springs has been recently rearranged by the owners using a bulldozer. The pools have all been filled with gravel and there are new concrete barriers blocking entry to ( Read more... )

Here's an astounding story about black squirrels in Russia who attacked, killed and ate a stray dog. The locals say that the squirrels are agitated because there is a pinecone shortage. My question is: why is there a pinecone shortage?http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/

Pelosi has told Shrub we should boycott the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in China to protest their poor human rights record. Merckel (Germany) and Sarcozy (France) are already planning to boycott.
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This is the chess master on Real Time with Bill Mayer, and he is....a genius. Not just about chess. I laughed hard, too, because he says things that are totally unPC in the US media, and gets away with it because....he's RIGHT.

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