By Professor Dove on January 14, 2010
In an earthquake, the release of energy in the Earth’s crust creates seismic waves, or waves of force, that spread out from the energy release center, or epicenter. As a wave passes an object on the ground, the ground and object move with the wave a short distance and then spring back, only to be hit by another wave, and another, and another. This massive shifting of the ground puts great lateral stress on objects such as buildings. As the stress on the structures that make up the building accumulates, the building eventually fails in numerous locations. For a small-scale example, glue a cardboard house to another piece of cardboard and then shake it back and forth. The weakest part of the house (probably the glue in this example) will fail and the house will fall over. When Earthquakes are powerful enough, they create massive damage to cities such as what happened in Haiti. Read more... (356 words, 3 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on January 4, 2010
Overall economic growth doesn’t translate to a better world. We all still need art and music – or so I’ve heard. But – can we all agree that overall economic shrinkage does equate to a worse world – since people will be starving to death and without homes and stuff? Read more... (1246 words, 5 images, estimated 4:59 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on January 2, 2010
I get so irritated by noisy dove, because he has become a wind bag. It’s a bunch of emotion-laden ideas that “make sense” and are “logical,” but are backed up by little actual substance (i.e. facts). It reminds me earily of Limbaugh and Beck. Read more... (1876 words, 5 images, estimated 7:30 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on December 30, 2009
Well then, stop using characterizations. I’d like to think I have something to learn from Liberal thinkers, but all they do, as you’ve done today, is state general needs and characterizations along with the ever present Bush bash: Read more... (505 words, 4 images, estimated 2:01 mins reading time)
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By Dr. Dove on December 29, 2009
Here’s some more Noisy Dove ranting for you. Since calling my honest conclusions a Noisy Dove rant seems to make you feel superior – or less threatened perhaps
Hey now. There’s no need to get offensive. You were ranting. You love ranting. Read more... (353 words, 3 images, estimated 1:25 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on December 28, 2009
If the housing act – whatever the name of that was – the thing that make Fannie and Freddie – such overregulation
– the world wouldn’t be in this mess… Read more... (568 words, 4 images, estimated 2:16 mins reading time)
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By Dr. Dove on December 27, 2009
For Noisy Dove: Ok, that was a beautiful Noisy Dove political rant, but you’re missing my point. I’ll try to explain. Read more... (268 words, 1 image, estimated 1:04 mins reading time)
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By Noisy Dove on December 26, 2009
? The war in Iraq was a success. Maybe you were too little to remember Dr. Dove, but it was the lack of an immediate victory strategy that got us into trouble. No one predicted Iraq would fold up like a paper bag and we had ‘control’ of the place before we were ready – which allowed the insurgency and made for hasty arrogant decisions. Read more... (983 words, 5 images, estimated 3:56 mins reading time)
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By Dr. Dove on December 24, 2009
OK, so I’ve finally gotten a free minute to think about something other than cancer. I’m back in the conversation. Read more... (527 words, 5 images, estimated 2:06 mins reading time)
Posted in Politics, Religion | Tagged americans, bush, care, city, clothing, compassion, democrat, economic, education, forces, fox, government, homelessness, hope, increase, inner, invade, iraq, logic, military, millionaires, money, motivations, obama, occupy, oil, people, political, poor, power, protect, Reagan, reason, rich, sheep, socialist, strengthen, support, uneducated, urban, WMD
By Noisy Dove on December 21, 2009
We hear it all the time, “Socialism doesn’t work because there isn’t incentive.” That’s what I learned in 7th grade. We learned about the transition after the Russian revolution. We learned how farmers produced less and less because, well, it just didn’t matter. Specifically I remember my text book describing how Russian men often became alcoholics and drank Kerosene when they ran out of Vodka. Read more... (575 words, 3 images, estimated 2:18 mins reading time)
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In an earthquake, the release of energy in the Earth’s crust creates seismic waves, or waves of force, that spread out from the energy release center, or epicenter. As a wave passes an object on the ground, the ground and object move with the wave a short distance and then spring back, only to be hit by another wave, and another, and another. This massive shifting of the ground puts great lateral stress on objects such as buildings. As the stress on the structures that make up the building accumulates, the building eventually fails in numerous locations. For a small-scale example, glue a cardboard house to another piece of cardboard and then shake it back and forth. The weakest part of the house (probably the glue in this example) will fail and the house will fall over. When Earthquakes are powerful enough, they create massive damage to cities such as what happened in Haiti. 
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