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V.25 No.16 | 04/21/2016

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The Daily Word in space menses, Vietnamese brides and the moon of Makemake

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Ever pondered space menses?

Hillary Clinton is setting up offices in ABQ.

A local high school baseball team is cheering up a sick teen for her birthday.

This article will bridge the gap in your knowledge of bridges.

There is a massive and awful market in China for Vietnamese brides.

A moon has been discovered that orbits the dwarf planet Makemake.

For all those adults who don't have a squad, here's how to get one.

Curious about demonology?

Don't feel bad, plankton get drunk too.

This is the most polluted city.

V.25 No.5 | 02/04/2016

The Daily Word in Johnny Cash Spiders, Fresh Air Sales and Fake Simpsons

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A newly discovered tarantula has been named Aphonopelma johnnycashi, due to its thick black coat, it's proximity to Folsom prison (seriously) and after its admission that it killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.

If you plan on hiring hitmen to kill your wife, you'd better make sure they do the job. Otherwise, she might do what this Australian woman did and crash her own funeral.

4 new species of flatworm that fit on the head of a dime discovered. They have no brains or organs, just a sack for a stomach and a mouth that eats and poops.

A fire that started last night in Isleta Pueblo is still keeping firefighters busy today.

Fat, dumb, yellow dad. Beehive-sporting mom. Little girl in a red dress and pearls. That's right! It's everyone's favorite cartoon fam from the nation of Georgia: The Samsonadzes. And if that sounds too familiar to you, check out the opening credits sequence. Sheesh.

According to neurobiologist Douglas Fields, the same group of neurons that help you react quickly in times of danger are the same ones that make people "just snap."

DWI penalties became a whole lot stiffer last week, even though we had the lowest number of drunk-driving-related deaths in over 20 years during 2015. So, of course, a new study suggests that harsher punishments aren't likely to deter drunk driving.

God bless the free market! A British man is selling £80 jars of fresh air to the Chinese. And they're buying it.

Here's an amazing collection of photos taken during the Vietnam war by the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong.

V.23 No.31 |

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The Daily Word in methane craters, an officer-involved shooting and the Central Avenue underpass flood problem

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A BernCo sheriff's deputy shot a man who rammed his patrol car and trapped the deputy inside.

A city councilman introduced a controversial proposal that would substantially reduce marijuana possession penalties.

The remains of a missing hiker were recovered from the Santa Fe forest.

The city may finally do something about the lake that forms in the Central Avenue underpass when it rains heavily.

An Afghan soldier killed an American General, the highest ranking US service member to die in conflict since Vietnam.

There's intense fighting in Ukraine.

Guardians of the Galaxy's James Gunn once made some funny porn spoofs.

Media giant Gannett is splitting its newspaper and broadcast/digital divisions in order to make the lackluster print portion debt-free. And then, presumably, they'll throw it into a black hole so that it remains debt-free. Forever.

Huge methane gas releases caused by global warming appear to be causing the mysterious Siberian craters.

Here are some of the scant details on the Ebola "cure" administered to two American aid workers.

Check out the Disobedient Objects in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

V.22 No.28 | 7/11/2013
Handmade buttons made by the Women's Button Cooperative of Sefrou, Morocco
courtesy of the artist

Art Preview

Marketplace of Ideas

Women win at International Folk Art Market

Over 190 artists from 60 countries converge on Santa Fe this weekend—and their good work has international implications.
View in Alibi calendar calendar
V.21 No.22 | 5/31/2012
Chuck Hosking prepares to ride to Kirtland Air Force Base.
Rebecca Belletto

From the Foxhole

Preach the Gospel Always

If necessary, use words

Chuck Hosking is an American marvel, as close to a homegrown prophet as you’re likely to come across.
V.21 No.14 | 4/5/2012
Deryle Perryman (left) and Moisés González
Moisés González

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Soldiers planting seeds

In this week’s From the Foxhole column, Iraq War veteran Alex Limkin writes of his surprise in learning that older vets are returning to Vietnam to right wrongs: They’re replanting the jungle, disarming bombs, and building houses along the Mekong.

“Soldiers are always trying to make peace with themselves, with their conscience,” Limkin writes. Over the course of the Vietnam War, about 13 percent of the country’s population was killed.

Local filmmakers Moisés González and Deryle Perryman would like to document the efforts of the Vietnam veterans. They’re using Kickstarter to gather the funding. They’ve attained more than $18,000 of their $25,000 goal. If they don’t pull in the full amount over the next four days, they’ll get none of the cash, because that’s how Kickstarter works. Donate here.

“We find ourselves today embroiled in a constant state of war,” González writes on the Kickstarter page. “It's easy to talk about these matters in academic terms, to spout opinions, make political points, but the reality is manifested in young men (and now young women) who carry the war with them for the rest of their lives.”

Deryle Perryman (left) and Moisés González
Moisés González

From the Foxhole

Same Same, But Different

Returning to Vietnam

Veterans return to Vietnam to right wrongs and find peace.
V.19 No.37 | 9/16/2010

Bear With Me

I Left My Wallet in Ad Duluiyah

My brother did one tour in the land of the two rivers. He came back with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and a brain injury, all in the name of ... nothing.

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V.19 No.17 |

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The Daily Word 04.30.10: Vietnam War, Arizona, Frau Blucher

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Giant oil slick has reached the Gulf Coast. No more offshore drilling for now.

The latest in lawsuits and boycotts directed at Arizona's pinche immigration law.

It's the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, they're marking it. Not so much in U.S., and that's a shame. Here are some images from the conflict.

Here's what the crazy wind did yesterday.

It's No Phone Day. Don't drive and mess around with your phone, jerks.

British stage play about Enron, called Enron, features raptors, Star Wars, song.

Fire in Boston subway.

This is how restaurants get you to leave.

Signs of Ireland's burst bubble: one in five homes is unoccupied.

It's Cloris Leachman's birthday! Yes!