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• Big Hawk Moth in Miami

    Found this guy squashed in a parking lot as I was walking to my truck. This is by far the largest moth I have ever come across, dead or alive. I had some change in my pocket, placed there for scale. A bit of searching suggests this is a [...]
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• The Night Before Christmas and all Through The US House…

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• FWC confirms Florida Panther killed in Orange County

  The large cat that was struck and killed in Orange County two Sunday is ago is a Florida panther, according to the results of a necropsy performed Tuesday. “There is no reason to believe the animal is anything but a Florida panther,” said Dr. Mark Cunningham, Florida Fish and Wildlife [...]
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• Miami is unique

  Besides being a town where you can get a bullet casing embedded in your tire, I doubt there is another city in the USA where the “roach coach” is a purveyor of Peruvian Ceviche. [...]
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• Schizophrenia, kids & guns

  If we are going to talk about mental health as it relates to gun violence, we need to acknowledge the facts. Boys tend to develop schizophrenia in their teens and early twenties, girs a few years later. There really is no arguing this point. Gun-owning parents who have even the slightest [...]
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• Public school violence deterrent safety program

  So the NRA has offered to make some “meaningful contributions” to the national discussion on gun violence and control. Well it’s about time, I think we as a nation must take the NRA up on their selfless, generous offer. After all, it’s for the good of the children… The NRA [...]
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• The Sky is Not Falling 12/21/12

  “Just go outside and look!” [...]
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• Frank & Willie

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• Myth of American Talent Shortage

  Unlike certain political leaders, I can still remember high school economics. The Labor Market is a market just like the stock market or the grocery store, they taught me. If you want something, you better be prepared to pay market rates. If I want to buy a share of Apple [...]
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• How many global warming warnings do we need?

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  During the last few weeks, the Central Intelligence Agency, the International Energy Agency and the World Bank have all released reports warning about the impact of global warming. These follow similar reports from the United States Military Defense Science Board, the United Nations and Brookings Institution. Read it and weep. All [...]
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