Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

Happy Pi Day!

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Today is the day to gather a circle of friends (haha, get it?) and geek out. Who has memorized the world’s most famous fudge factor to the greatest number of decimal places? Winner gets the biggest piece of the, er, … Continue reading →

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Nothing is certain but death, part dos…

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Yep, that US healthcare system…truly the best in the world. Just ask Cuban immigrants: Birgilio Marin-Fuentes had driven to Portland Adventist Medical Center shortly after midnight Thursday, unable to sleep or stop coughing, then crashed his car into a pillar … Continue reading →

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Nothing is certain but death…

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

How’s that old saying go about death and taxes? Seems to me a bit more of the latter could have prevented the former, as in this sad case: A spokeswoman for University Hospital has confirmed a man who witnesses say … Continue reading →

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A terrible story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

At Sunday dinner today, my mom shared a story about a woman in the German farm village where she grew up. This woman and her family, like my mother’s, were ethnic German refugees from Yugoslavia, who came up around 1944, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Long live Lugo!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Because we haven’t heard that much from Paraguay lately, or from its gutsy president, I thought I’d bring you this piece of great news tonight: The president of Paraguay, Fernando Lugo, who returned to Asunción today after receiving more treatments … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Best birth control advice EVER.

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Teh Buttsecks: Not just for Teh Gheys. BTW, condoms would be a good idea, yes?

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Cuckoo! Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Somebody please inform this false “prophet”, Cindy Jacobs, that when same-sex marriage became legal for our armed forces here in Canada (we have never had a DADT policy), and two Canadian military men got hitched on an Air Force base, … Continue reading →

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Espionage Act: a muzzle for dissent, says Robert Meeropol

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in two parts; click through for the second.Democracy Now interviews Robert Meeropol, the younger of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s two sons, who criticizes the forthcoming prosecution of Julian Assange under the same 1917 Espionage Act that resulted in the … Continue reading →

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The last flight of Yuri Gagarin

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The first man in space was a Russian cosmonaut. He made history in 1961 with just under 90 minutes in orbit, in which he circled the Earth once, and consolidated the Soviet Union’s post-Sputnik position as leader in the Space … Continue reading →

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Unforgettable footage of a shuttle launch

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Different views from over 100 cameras tracking the launch of the space shuttle Discovery. The commentary explains exactly what’s going on; the detail of the footage is incredible. Beautiful lighting, courtesy of a flawless early-evening spring sky, makes the whole … Continue reading →

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