Nina Leopold Bradley, R.I.P.

She's dead.http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/122658879.html  Ms. Bradely made Wisco great, along with many others.  The little men, &, sadly women, who currently rule Wisco, if they could read, should take what she & her father have said.  I hold almost no hope that this will occur.

Nina Leopold Bradley continued the legacy of her famous father - renowned environmentalist Aldo Leopold - but in every sense of the word made it her own.

A lifelong naturalist and researcher, she returned in 1976 to the family land where Leopold recorded his observations of nature in the 1930s and 1940s, published as the seminal "A Sand County Almanac" after his death in 1948. Bradley continued those observations, finding clear evidence of how plants and animals were responding to climate changes since her father walked the same land.

Her work was published in 1999 by the National Academy of Sciences, "in one of the first published studies that species were responding differently to climate change," said Buddy Huffaker, executive director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation.

Good For Judge Sumi

Eat it, FitzWalkerstan.  I hope you enjoy it.

Perblueeye? Muscatuna? Maswordacudda?

I wonder if this is the kind of free market Sean Duffy supports?  You know, the kind of free market that just screws the consumers knowingly?  I'll bet Sean just loves this kind of free market.  I would suggest that you go catch your own fish, grill it, eat it. & bee happy.  You can also apply lots of lime juice or lemon or any citrus juice & "cook" the fish & eat it'  Anyway, here's the story.

A Bit Of Good News

Democrat wins in a highly conservative New York district.  Let's see, bite me, ReThugs.  I can only hope these morons hold fast to Ryan's plan to destroy Medicare.

Two Happy Birthdays

First, The Darling Daughter.  I'm lucky, she's a wonderful daughter.  Happy birthday, Kid.  You can see what she's up to here.

&, of course, it's also Bob Dylan's birthday.  & no, we didn't force the pregnancy to end on this day.  I hope he has a great day, a great 70th birthday.  I find this so difficult to believe.  So here's to the Darling Daughter.

There is a great slideshow here. Go & enjoy.

News From FitzWalkerstan

Scott Walker, a college drop-out, can now veto administrative rules promulgated by college graduates & experts in their area of public policy.  Yay, let's be like Alabama & allow one whitetail deer a day for a season that lasts, oh, let's see, all year, yeah, that's the ticket.  This is one more example of how Walker & his ReThug minions are destroying a once great state. While the proposed rules were under the legislature's oversight, a good thing in that it is the legislature that makes the laws & they would have a much better appreciation & ability of how to make sure the rules supported the law.  Walker just wants everything to himself & what about those agencies that have constitutionally elected heads?  Will the Dept. of Education kowtow to Walker?  The Department of Justice?  I sure hope not. Walker is just a fucking worm. an invasive fuxking worm.

Yes, Dear Loyal Five (Yes, 5!) Readers, This Is A Post About The Wonder & Value Of SCIENCE!

Owls.

Owls are also highly evolved hunters and killers. They have the best hearing in the bird world — some owls, like the great gray, can hear a mouse moving under a foot of snow or more and swoop down and capture it without ever seeing it. In owls with a facial disc, the ears are hidden behind it, and are asymmetrical — one is higher than the other. That allows the birds to locate prey both horizontally and vertically for more accurate detection. The round face functions as a kind of satellite dish, funneling the sound to the ears, so the owl can make in-flight course corrections based solely on sound.

Their exquisite hearing does not mean that their powers of sight are diminished. Owls have many more rods in their eyes than humans, which bring in much more light, akin to natural night-vision goggles. Like humans, owls have binocular vision, which means they see in three dimensions. They can also rotate their heads 270 degrees. “In two turns,” Mr. Holt said, “they can see all around them.”

Their wings stand out as a marvel of evolutionary engineering. There is a comblike serrated feather on the leading edge of the wing, velourlike feathers on top and a trailing edge of feathers on the rear of the wing. “These three things combine to reduce aerodynamic flight noise,” so they can surprise their prey, Mr. Holt said. Being rigged for silent flying means they can also hear their prey better.

The owl also has the lowest wing-loading ratio of any bird, which means the wings are much larger than its body mass and provide a great deal of loft. “That gives them great aerial agility,” Mr. Holt said. “They can fly really slow, just above stalling speed. It also gives them the ability to gain lift easily with prey.”

My emphases.

It's About Time The SCOTUS Did Something That's Good For America

We, the USA, have more people in jail than any other country.  Why, because the ReThugs have created such fear in the American public, that they approve the locking up of just about anyone.  It's time for this stupidity to stop & this ruling may be a beginning. 

 

When Will The Bigots Just Move To Somalia?

 Come on, Gophers, stop the idiocy & do the right thing. 

I Guess We Won Or Something, Eh?

Maybe not.

Explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded 74 in the Baghdad area on Sunday, including a suicide bombing targeting Iraqi soldiers north of the capital, security officials said.

Bullshit

Just Roman Catholic bullshit.  I hate these guys.

Still Think You Live In A Free Country?

I don't.  I'd suggest patchouli oil on the doorknob.  The mush brains on the SCOTUS are continuing to hurt freedom & the country.  

Light Posting? Light Posting? Don't Talk About Light Posting

I'm hoping to be posting, but may not, but I might, who knows?  Anyway, I'm leaving town this afternoon for MN & the funeral of my Aunt Kate.  Hopefully I have some pictures to post here & at my other blog.  I'll be  traveling along the Mississippi River south of The Cities so maybe I'll get lucky & get some eagles & stuff.  later, gators.

Vivian Myerson, R.I.P.

She's dead.

After World War II, they moved to Los Angeles, where Vivian worked as a stenographer for Southern Pacific Railroad and Seymour was a Hollywood set designer until he was blacklisted for union activity. Both were committed leftists: He was active in the labor and civil rights movements, while she was an officer of the Los Angeles Peace Crusade and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

I'm Not Sure I Give A Shit Anymore

With all due respect, what exactly did Sen. Kohl stand for anyway?  On the plus side, maybe Russ can figure out a way to win this election.  I'm also sure that the Koch-head brothers will elect whomever they want.