I agree...now just explain that to the 'greens' who think poor people in insect ridden huts who lose one third of their kids to disease and live an average of 50 years might not be living in paradise.
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I'm happy Naomi Wolf's surgery has helped her...but neurologically it doesn't make sense: the syndrome she describes is Cauda Equina syndrome, and the nerve she claims the doctors had to fix also would have affected other orifices. So did she have to wear pampers before her surgery?
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The most worrisome blogpost of the day: when the Anchoress finds her ordinary suburban neighbors are becoming survivalists.
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from Atlas Obscura
While the best-known intaglios in the world are the Nazca Lines in Peru, there are over 300 intaglios in the American Southwest and adjacent regions of Mexico. The best known of the American intaglios are the Blythe Intaglios, located west of the Colorado River about 15 miles north of Blythe, California, and situated on two low mesas or terraces. The figures are believed to have been made by the Mohave and Quechan Indians, are somewhere between 450 and 2,000 years old, and represent Mastamho, the creator of life. The palette of these "drawings" is the earth itself; the artists scraped the dark rock of the desert ground to expose the lighter soil underneath.
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I remember some of my Okie oil worker patients coming home from Venezuela when Chavez started messing with the oil industry...
So now there is a big refinery fire, and even the UKGuardian says it was not a big surprise.
This accident and a large oil spill in the eastern state of Monagas have revived allegations from industry professionals that safety protocols and standard maintenance practices were neglected after a general strike by the company's employees in 2002 led to the firing of more than 20,000 people.------------------------------------------------------
According to Gente del Petroleo, an organisation of retired oil executives, since 2003 there have been 79 accidents in the Paraguana refining complex, where 19 workers have died and 67 have been gravely injured.
A summary of OFW's: All over the world.
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The Good News: Isaac is not going to ruin the Republican convention
The bad news: It's headed to NOLA, the Gulf coast, and the off shore oil rigs.
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First the floods, but now the Leptospirosis epidemic...700 plus cases reported so far
Leptospirosis article here.
Folks were advised to buy the cheap generic doxycycline and treat themselves if they suspected they were getting the infection, so the number of infections might be underestimated.
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and the really important headline of the day:
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