Author: Antarctica Journal
Cartoon – Wrong Attitude
Chief Justice’s power over surveillance
Chief Justice John Roberts is even more powerful than you might think, said Ezra Klein. In addition to presiding over the Supreme Court, Roberts also has the “exclusive, unaccountable, lifetime power to shape the surveillance state.” It’s a little known fact that the chief justice appoints all 11 members of the secret court set up by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance […]
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Poem – GALILEO’S GHOST (By Ray Gallucci)
GALILEO’S GHOST With Earth at the Center, Ptolemy ruled. Mathematically sound, for centuries fooled Who then passed as scientists to proclaim, “We know all the Universe; don’t defame!” When Copernicus proved the Sun’s the Hub, Those of Catholic persuasion wouldn’t budge. “Since the Bible’s declared, ’The Earth is It,’ Therefore anything new must therein fit.” When […]
Read moreJohn Stuart Quote – Ask Yourself Whether You Are Happy
‘Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.” – John Stuart
Read moreCollapsing Bridges
The odds are 1 in 4 million that you’ll be on a bridge when it collapses at some time during your life.
Read moreTerri Guillemets Quotes – Some Colors Exist In Dreams
“Some colors exist in dreams that are not present in the waking spectrum.” – Terri Guillemets
Read moreThomas J. Merton Quote – Human Temptation
“The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.” – Thomas J. Merton
Read moreJohn A. Wheeler Quote – It Hasn’t Been Much Of A Day
“If you haven’t found something strange during the day, it hasn’t been much of a day.” – John A. Wheeler
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