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aidbo's JournalIf Senator Sanders wants more coverage by the network news,
He should call all millionaires rapists and murderers.
Call for the tracking and surveillance of billionaire hedge fund managers who make all their money off of carried interest and pay 15 % income tax rate.
Call for the expulsion from the US of CEOs of corporations who pretend to be foreign companies to avoid paying taxes in the US.
Accuse climate change deniers of killing babies and selling the parts.
As Jon Stewart learned from Colbert on The Late Show, if you want to get the media to notice your message, you've got to TRUMP IT UP!
Start calling for the poor to rise up and fight for their rights, see how quickly he gets coverage.
Einstein's theory of general relativity is turning 100 years old.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/inside-einsteins-mind.htmlEinstein's General Theory of Relativity is our best guess at the nature of space and time and it is turning 100 years old today. (To be precise, this is the 100th anniversary of its publication)
Disgusting appearance from Trump superPAC Leader on CNN.
This Animal Has a Suit of Armor With Hundreds of Built-In Eyes
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/this-animal-has-armor-with-hundreds-of-eyes-and-lenses-made-of-rock/416523/Because it contains eyes. Hundreds of eyes.
With lenses made from rock, that erode as the animals age and have to be continuously replaced.
Chitons are mollusks, related to snails, clams, and octopuses. Their oval bodies are covered by a hard shell consisting of eight overlapping plates, which makes them look a bit like a woodlouse with a skirt, or perhaps like the forehead of a Klingon. In many species, these plates are dotted with hundreds of tiny beads, each less than a tenth of a millimeter across. These are eyes. Each contains a lens, a light-sensitive retina, and a layer of black pigment.
There's also an article on WaPo with a close up image of the 'eyes'. (trypophobia warning)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/11/20/how-one-animal-covers-its-body-armor-in-stoney-eyes/
(Audio Clip) Chicken Or Egg? Media Pull Versus Push. - On The Media interview Nate Silver
http://www.onthemedia.org/series/chicken-or-egg-collaboration-media-five-thirty-eig/To find the answer to the question, On the Media and FiveThirtyEight are working together this election season to track the push and pull between polling, media coverage, and public interest in 2016 candidates.
Watch this space for our series of data-driven conversations and commentary.
In this short (~9 minute) audio clip, On The Media host Brooke Gladstone talks with Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com. They discuss the Media's influence on Polls and Polls' influence on the Media.
They spend a bit of time on Republican candidates, but also talk about Sanders and Clinton.
Could provide some thought-gristle to chew on.
Just heard a new neologism on the radio.
Wasn't sure where else to put this, so I put it here.
The term was blazenly, and in the context of what he was saying I think it was a combo of blatantly and brazenly.
I don't think the speaker necessarily meant to create it, but I found it interesting.
Carry on
(Yes I know 'new neologism' is sort of redundant, but I don't care)
Bernie needs some helicopter parent outreach..
..to get their kids up & at that polling booth.
Warm birthday wishes for president Carter.
If you're interested, The Takeaway is doing a what-if think piece on a Jimmy Carter 2nd term.
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/what-life-would-be-if-jimmy-carter-won-second-term/
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