Tag: Easter Island
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Prof. Wert Explains Life (RR)
by Professor Wert, ©2021 (Apr. 17, 2021) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Due to my blockbuster play, ‘The Emperor Was A Fraud,’ ‘Pulse’ has asked me to guest-host. What am I supposed to do now? Answer the phone? This…
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Easter Island Myths and Realities
THE ISLAND’S DEMISE WAS A HUMAN AND LITTLE ICE AGE TRAGEDY, NOT “ECOLOGICAL SUICIDE” by Dennis Avery, ©2018 (Apr. 6, 2018) — In a recent New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof misleads us about the awful history of Easter Island (2,300 miles west of Chile), whose vegetation disappeared in the cold drought of the Little…
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The Dichotomy of the Human Psyche
“DESTRUCTION OVER REASON” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Jan. 19, 2015) — In the timeline of human existence, the current self-destructive trend manifested itself the instant the first human acted in an irresponsible and destructive manner. Welcome to “The Garden of Eden” or Easter Island; take your pick. Possibly the first evidence of the devastating results of clear-cutting…
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Gangrene Migration
WILL IT KILL AMERICA? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Nov. 24, 2013) — Everything migrates. Maybe “migrate” isn’t the best choice of words when speaking of icebergs, but, nevertheless, icebergs do move with the current that, in itself, is traveling from one location to another. Electrons speed around a nucleus that, in turn, is also changing position. From the…
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Grow Up
IS IT IN THE DNA? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Aug. 16, 2013) — I don’t like whiners, or complainers, or loud-mouths, or people who “get offended” or play some kind of “race card,” as if the earth is some giant Monopoly board and everyone has cards that they believe are somehow meaningful and everyone else has to…
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In Case We Forgot
WHAT DOES HISTORY TEACH US? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Feb. 8, 2013) — The underlying premise is the survival of the species. How this goal is accomplished depends on the foresight and plain old luck of the life forms involved. For instance, you’re a queen bee looking for a home and you happen to choose a school…