Dr Wingnut

Category: Social/Environmental

  • Whoops

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    Missed my regular 74 bus this morning by about 30 seconds and had to wait for the next one twelve minutes later.  I think I will work harder to get to the 7:13 bus, as the later one was packed.  I have a meeting on University Avenue in the early evening, so I’m going to…

  • Riding the Bus

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    Monday’s ride to and from work was uneventful.Tuesday during the day I had to attend a retirement party for a guy that I worked with at MDE, so I drove to work.  I’m keeping a paper diary of my commutes which will summarize every month.

  • Are you “Going green”

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    Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.  The woman apologized and explained, “We didn’t have this ‘green thing’ back in my earlier days.”   The young clerk responded, “That’s our problem today. …

  • A change gonna come…

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    Without a rational relation to a legitimate governmental purpose, state-imposed inequality can find no refuge in our United States ConstitutionJudge Orlando L. Garcia of United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, in San Antonio, on striking down the Texas Ban on Same-Sex Marriage

  • Why laws for robots are doomed to fail

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    Governments have recognised that fully autonomous weapons raise serious legal and ethical concerns, and that urgent action is needed.Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch via Robots of death, robots of love: The reality of android soldiers and why laws for robots are doomed to failure at Tech Republic

  • Mission

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    Promote and maintain an environment where learning/academics take(s) place as students and staff are aware of our mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health.  We practice skills and routines that lead to balance.Seen on the whiteboard at Capitol Hill Magnet School, 2013-12-14

  • How wrong is this perception?

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    The other day, my 18-year-old son said to me: “When your generation [last of the baby boomers] grew up, you knew you had to work hard or end up without anything to eat or a place to live, but today people know the government will provide for them, so they don’t spend the time investing…