Monthly Archives: August 2025

How tiny we are

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pearl McE. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory  That bright speck isn’t a star – it’s Earth! And the dot above it is the Moon. #MissionToPsyche captured this image from 180 million miles away while calibrating its cameras. The spacecraft is … Continue reading →

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mRNA vaccines for HIV trigger strong immune response in people

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mike C. (who shares our concern of RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccine research and proven usefulness in so many illnesses). Results from early-stage trial show that 80% of participants who received one of two HIV vaccine candidates produced … Continue reading →

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Don’t they just love you!

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Janet M.

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St. James Cathedral’s youth choir camp performs at Skyline

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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North Vancouver’s newest affordable housing now open

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Jim deMaine

The first residents are moving into a long, long awaited affordable housing project in Delbrook. Hollyburn Community Housing Society’s Hollybrook apartment will house low-to-moderate-income residents in 86 subsidized one-, two- and three-bedroom units in a four-storey building on what was once the … Continue reading →

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Getting your attention

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pearl McE.

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Fascism and Narcissism go hand in hand

Posted on August 19, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson This morning, J.D. Wolf of Meidas News pulled together all of Trump’s self-congratulatory posts from Sunday morning, when the president evidently was boosting his ego after Friday’s disastrous meeting with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin in Alaska. Trump … Continue reading →

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Let’s focus on the real problem!

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P.

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Newsome as Trump’s doppelganger

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to John R.

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Reclaiming your territory?!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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A summit to nowhere for a photo op

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson on August 16th Yesterday, military personnel from the United States of America literally rolled out a red carpet for a dictator who invaded a sovereign country and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for … Continue reading →

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How I love to play!

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pearl McE.

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Should You Buy and Enjoy Books You May Never Read?

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Mary M. Ed Note: Sir Francis Bacon famously stated that “some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested”. This quote, found in his essay “Of Studies,” reflects his view … Continue reading →

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Gerrymandering possibility in California

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Commentary by Heather Cox Richardson Today, flanked by California’s Democratic elected officials and union leaders, California governor Gavin Newsom responded to Trump’s attempt to strongarm the Texas legislature into redistricting the state to give Trump the five additional congressional representatives … Continue reading →

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Rep. Schrier questions RFK Jr. in Congressional Hearing

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Jim deMaine
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Why did Senator Cassidy, a physician, believe RFK Jr.?

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Ed M. Answer: Could it possibly have anything to do with $en. Cassidy’s desire to be re-elected? SENATOR BILL CASSIDY: …If you are confirmed, do you commit that you will not work to impound, divert or otherwise reduce … Continue reading →

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If you can’t see the number

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pearl M.

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The least of these…

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Bob P.

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Thinking of Cal Raleigh?

Posted on August 14, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to John R.

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Trusting

Posted on August 13, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Pearl McE.

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Crime in D.C. (soars in the White House)

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to Janet M.

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Checking out

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Thanks to John R.

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We need a little more Twain in our politics

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Jim deMaine

Ed note: Ron Chernow’s new 1100 page biography is very entertaining if you like the cheerful often biting approach Twain uses to bring us all down to size–particularly politicians and preachers. I’m only 10% along in my reading, but highly … Continue reading →

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My Year of Living Blurrily

Posted on August 11, 2025 by Jim deMaine

by Dani Shapiro in the NYT The painting beckoned me from across the room. In a bright, high-ceilinged gallery of the Courtauld, a small museum in London known for its collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, I moved past van … Continue reading →

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Sunday thought: Working for the Good

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Jim deMaine

By Robert Reich (thanks to Pam P.) Friends, Over the past several weeks, Trump and his MAGA stooges in Congress have passed legislation to strip health care from 10 million people; cut food stamp benefits for 40 million Americans, half … Continue reading →

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