Cartoon – Golfing Noob
Author: Antarctica Journal
Poem – A Bit of News Not Fake (By Donal Mahoney)
A Bit of News Not Fake An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level in New York have written to their lawmakers and governor asking to have their taxes raised. They want to support schools, build roads and bridges, and help the poor […]
Read moreCartoon – The Scenic Route
André Gide Quote – Everything Must Be Said Again
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – André Gide
Read moreSeparated at birth
Bao Lulin was always being mistaken for someone else. People would approach her at the restaurant where she worked in Guizho, China, asking why she didn’t recognize them. This October she discovered why: Lulin had an identical twin sister from whom she’d been separated at birth; she was living hundreds of miles away. Each had been adopted and raised with no […]
Read morePoem – Twenty Signs (By Rony Nair)
“You swirl and take the strait past You swing those hips of yours Your eyes they hardly break a glimpse As you kiss with all you’ve got. You turn around to go one away Your hands they’re still on mine Your eyes look away with that glazed holdout Your hands are still on mine. You tell me never […]
Read morePoem – At Last (By Michael H. Brownstein)
AT LAST The simple lies so easy not to tell, One hell of ice. A Hall of Fame for those not nice, The predator of life. One cannot hold a flame bare in their hands, But one can help blisters grow And lick their bloody scabs raw. I know. On the table near the thumbs and eyes, Fresh pressed buttons, […]
Read moreAntarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to carbon dioxide than expected
Results from a new climate reconstruction of how Antarctica’s ice sheets responded during the last period when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reached levels like those expected to occur in about 30 years, plus sediment core findings reported in a companion paper, suggest that the ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising atmospheric CO2 than previously thought. Details appear in two […]
Read moreTEEN SUICIDES IN AMERICA
There has been a rise in teen suicides in the US. Researchers have found that the suicide rate goes up by a significant amount during the school year. They believe that school is taking its toll on the kids and making them think of ending it all. The age range of the highest numbers of suicide is from 12 to […]
Read moreVirgil Quote – Overcome By Endurance
“Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.” – Virgil
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