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Remember that delightful 1995 film Babe about a sheepherding pig?
That was fiction but via The Guardian‘s Grrlscientist, I obtained this video of what seems to be a real-life rabbit named Champis who seems to have a knack for sheepherding.
Just when you thought this race could not get any weirder…
February 22, 2012 at 2:49 pm 
Mano Singham All those who are worried that Rick Santorum might win the presidency can relax. Donald Trump has announced that if Santorum gets the Republican nomination, he will “seriously, seriously” (this means he’s really, really serious) consider entering the race in order to thwart him because at this crucial time in the nation’s history “We need someone that’s really going to be great” and Santorum doesn’t cut it while The Donald of course does.
We can all sleep easier knowing that Trump will save the day.
Changing the seasons
February 22, 2012 at 12:15 pm Mano Singham In the northern hemisphere, the official seasons are as follows: winter goes from the winter solstice (December 21) to March 19 (the day before the spring equinox on March 20), spring from March 20 until June 19 (the day before the summer solstice on June 20), summer from June 20 until September 21 (the day before the fall equinox on September 22), and
Heartland Institute exposed as a propaganda outfit
February 22, 2012 at 9:08 am Mano Singham On February 14, news broke about a leak of documents from an organization known as the Heartland Institute that detailed how they are funded by the billionaire Charles Koch and other global warming opponents and
Unintended consequences
February 21, 2012 at 5:27 pm Mano Singham One of the many things I have been fighting against as an educator is the growing tendency to treat students as if they will only learn if they are subjected to a regime of carrots and sticks. Instead of trying to make learning enjoyable for its own sake, many have
Battle of the billionaires
February 21, 2012 at 2:53 pm Mano Singham Rachel Maddow talks about how our elections have become proxy battles for billionaire interests. A large segment, starting at around the 3:00 mark, deals with Mitt Romney’s secretive national finance co-chair Frank VanderSloot whom
Why the Republican party establishment does not want a culture war election
February 21, 2012 at 12:15 pm Mano Singham In an earlier post, I wrote about Rush Limbaugh lamenting the fact that the Republican party establishment wants to avoid fighting a culture war election, which he
Marilynne Robinson, fog machine
February 21, 2012 at 9:15 am Mano Singham I first encountered the name of Marilynne Robinson when I read her review of Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion for Harper’s Magazine in November 2006. I had heard about the book but hadn’t read it at that time and found her review annoying. It was not because she
Jane commits a religious faux pas
February 20, 2012 at 5:36 pm Mano Singham What happens when you are not clear what the discussion group is about. (Sorry about the jerky video.)
(Thanks to Marie.)
What is going on in Greece
February 20, 2012 at 4:15 pm Mano Singham It looks like Greece has been strong-armed into accepting the terms of the Eurozone bailout. It seems like this bailout is not a bailout of Greece but of all the banks that lent money to successive Greek governments with seemingly little caution. Much of the bailout money given to Greece will immediately go out again to repay the banks, and
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