Would Mark Twain recognize the US today? I think he would....

Said almost one hundred and fifty years ago but still applicable: Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, and over these ideals they dispute and cannot unite -- but they all worship money.    Mark Twain

Larry Wilmore Had the Best 2 Minutes on the Confederate Flag You'll See  And some people can't understand what the word slavery actually means.

Is fracking killing babies in Vernal, Utah?

Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

Anti-intellectualism is killing the US.

Alaska is going up in smoke.

Why rape victims often don't fight or scream.

Delayed drowning involving children.  This can happen after the child seems ok after choking in the pool and pulled to safety.

*Gasp* A woman scientist who agrees with Tim Hunt....

A little late but a nicely drawn comic explaining the TPP and  how trade works.

Lost and found

A lost Sherlock Holmes story is found in an attic.

Kepler 186f... an earth we can move to when we eff this one up.

Speaking of which... the Amazon trees are dying and not dealing with as much carbon as they used to.  Didn't we call the Amazon forest the lungs of the world?  Maybe France will save us from ourselves.

Paul Krugman and his threateningly dangerous statements of truth about Republicans.

Women are scary things and shouldn't be given too much power.

Do it yourself health insurance.

Blog sprinkles

I always KNEW they were trashy rodents!

• Amazon explorers uncover signs of a real El Dorado

• Phila of Bouphonia's Friday Hope Blog.

• Great Britain in winter!

• Sunk Australia WWII hospital ship Centaur: first images

It's what you scream as you see it sail past? PHAaaaa!!! There are currently 1091 known Potentially Hazardous Asteroids.

• Power Your Cellphone Off Coca-Cola

• You say El Nino, I say La Nina, let's call the whole thing off ... El Nino, La Nina

You always take a swimming organist on expeditions

Into the jungle:

LONDON, March 12 A team of British scientists preparing for an expedition into the Amazon rainforest in Bolivia is seeking a church organist to assist with the mission.

The team, led by accomplished adventurer John Blashford-Snell, plan to deliver a pedal organ to the isolated Ojaki community as a means of persuading the natives to help them reach a remote site where a meteorite landed, The Times of London reported Monday.

The organist should be fit enough to catch a bus and it would be very nice if he or she could swim, Blashford-Snell said. The organist will also share in paying the costs for the trip, nearly $4,000. The team said the locals asked for an organ to be installed in their newly built church in exchange for their assistance, The Times said. The team will also install a clean water supply and offer medical services to the locals.

The research team hopes to recover a portion of the meteorite, which is thought to have landed 5,000 to 30,000 years ago.

The organist might want to consider he could be part of the trade

for a very expensive rock....