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Reader A asks: How did we discover that the Earth is round?
Reader B: Probably fishermen who saw the top of masts coming first when approaching other nearby ships.
Me: An ancient Greek mathematician (Pythagoras? Euclid?) asked a friend who lived a few hundred miles south of him, a known distance, to drive a stake in the ground on a certain day and measure the angle the sun’s shadow made when the sun was at its zenith. He used the difference between that angle and the one he measured at home (Athens) to compute the Earth’s circumference to within a few percent of what we now know it to be.
Impressive, IMO.

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Is the World Laughing at America?

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Some people may be, but, to a person, the foreigners I’ve met are deeply saddened, and terrified of the consequences of the Trump regime.

Their feeling is simply that America re-elected a convicted felon, rapist, and traitor who attempted to overthrow the U.S. federal government.  If we’re willing to do that, we’re capable of anything, regardless of how depraved.

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Trump’s Supporters Eat Up His Lies

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I’ve never understood why those who compose total bullshit like this don’t go for the gusto.  Why 95% and not 99% or 100%?

Trump’s actual approval rating among Republicans is somewhere between 75% and 80%, as can be easily verified by anyone on Earth with a cell phone or computer. That number continues to dwindle, as he faces more pressure regarding the war, gas prices, child rape, etc.

Obviously, the president’s supporters are suckers for his lies, but isn’t this a bit over the top?

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The Future of Energy

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I get a call every week or so from someone working for a start-up in oil exploration, hoping that I’ll invest.  I guess my name and cell number got collected somehow from various online searches I’ve made.

I’m always quick to explain, “Oh, sorry, I don’t support wrecking the planet, even if I can profit from it.  Neither should you. Bye now.”

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