Wednesday, May 21, 2014

In the news, Saturday, April 19, 2014


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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
from Associated Press
from BBC News (UK)

Everest avalanche: Search continues for missing guides
The search for three missing Sherpa guides on Mount Everest has resumed after 13 were killed by an avalanche.

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from BizPac Review

Michelle Obama ruining graduation day for families in Kansas

Pro-gun activists hijack Bloomberg’s new anti-gun Facebook page
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this week that he plans to spend $50 million of his vast wealth to create a “gun safety” group that he hopes will “outmuscle” the NRA, according to The New York Times. But the new group, “Everytown for Gun Safety,” was a little too slow on the draw when it came to getting control of the group name on Facebook, with pro-gun activists acquiring the name first.

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from Breitbart

2016 POLL: RAND PAUL LEADS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

CLINTON ADMIN FEARED INTERNET'S ABILITY TO DEMOCRATICIZE NEWS 3 YEARS BEFORE DRUDGE BOMBSHELL
Three years before Matt Drudge changed the world and how news would be consumed, President Bill Clinton's White House feared that the Internet was allowing average citizens, especially conservatives, to bypass legacy gatekeepers and access information that had previously been denied to them by the mainstream press. Drudge forever changed journalism in January of 1998 when he reported that Bill Clinton had a sexual relationship with a White House intern and that Newsweek killed the story to protect its ally in the White House.

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from Business Insider

Three Incredible Ways Google Glass Could Change The Future Of Medicine

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from CBC News (Canada)

MERS virus outbreak raising SARS-like concern
Confirmed cases hit 290, according to World Health Organization

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from Columbia Basin Herald

Reports of fraud up in Moses Lake
Moses Lake police have received an increased amount of fraud in recent months and Chief Dave Ruffin is urging residents to protect personal information.

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from The Daily Beast

Mark Twain, Writing Coach and Role Model
Young writers besotted by the image of a swaggering, confident Twain should take heart: Underneath that white suit lurked an author as insecure and neurotic as those who idolize him.

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from The Daily Caller

Bundy supporter OWNS Chris Hayes on MSNBC: ‘We will not allow governance by gunpoint, ever’

from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

Facebook Launches Feature to Help Users Find Nearby Friends
Mobile Facebook users will soon be able to find 'Nearby Friends' by using this new feature. The good news is that you must opt-in to use it, so your geolocation data won't be shared by default. If you choose to participate, you might want to be a little more selective on who you 'friend' on Facebook in the first place.

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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
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from The Heritage Foundation  (The Foundry)

3 Areas Where Government Needs to Get Out of the Way
America has a jobs problem. And we don’t need more economic “stimulus” packages or government solutions.

Chrysler Bankruptcy Still Affecting Economy
This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Chrysler bankruptcy. President Obama will doubtless mark the occasion by talking about how his intervention saved the auto company. More noteworthy, however, is how the lawlessness of that intervention created tremendous uncertainty, which still chills the economy today.

The Intolerance Wars
Every day, it seems, someone tries to silence someone else in the name of some higher cause. The forced resignation of Brendan Eich as CEO of the popular Web browser Mozilla Firefox is only the tip of the iceberg.

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from Huffington Post
from Independent Journal Review

A San Francisco Billionaire Just Bought Obama and Delayed the Keystone XL Pipeline

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Easter Week Bus Bombing
ICC Note: The attack, taking place the morning following Palm Sunday celebrations, killed more than 70 and wounded more than 100. Categorized by the insurgency's leader as retaliatory against the Nigerian state for its failure to protect Muslims, Christian rights groups continue to assert the attack specifically targeted Christians traveling for the upcoming Easter holiday.

Malatya Massacre: Seven Years Later Justice is Still Waiting
“We Won’t Forget, We Won’t Let It Be Forgotten”
Friday, April 18th marked the seventh anniversary of the brutal murders of three Christians at the Zirve Publishing house in Malatya, Turkey. On April 18, 2007, two Turkish men, Necati Aydin and Ugur Yuksel, and one German national, Tillman Geske, were brutally tortured and killed at the Christian publishing house in eastern Turkey. The five men responsible for their murders have not been convicted and are currently out of prison.

School Girls Continue to be Held by Radical Islamic Terrorists
ICC Note: More than 80 school girls abducted from a secondary school in Chibok, one of only a few predominately Christian towns in northern Nigeria, continue to be held by their captors, suspected Boko Haram militants. Meaning "western education is a sin," Boko Haram continues to destabilize Nigeria by murdering, pillaging, and abducting innocents, in many cases Christians. Designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. Department of State, the Islamic insurgency holds ties to Al-Qaeda and other known terrorist networks. ICC continues to call on the international community and Nigeria for peace and free practice of religion throughout Nigeria.

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You thought SpaceX's Grasshopper was impressive? Grasshopper was just the beginning. Behold, the first flight test of the company's Falcon 9 Reusable Launch Vehicle.

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from LiveScience

Animal Sex: How Elephants Do It
Despite some human-like characteristics, elephants' mating behaviors are very different from our own.

Keeping Time: Why 60 Minutes?
The use of 60 began with the Sumerians who used different number systems. While you and I write numbers using base 10, or “decimal” this civilization used base 12 ("duodecimal") and base 60 ("sexigesimal"). It is not known exactly why they chose these systems, but there are a few theories.

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from Los Angeles Times

Spotlighting a law that stripped U.S.-born women of citizenship
The Expatriation Act of 1907 required a woman who married a foreigner to 'take the nationality of her husband.' Daniel Swalm's grandmother was one such woman, and he's on a quest for justice.

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from National Geographic

Pictures: Climbing Everest Through History
The death of 13 Sherpas in an avalanche turns attention to the history of climbing the world's highest peak. See photos of the first expedition, the 1963 trek, and more.

The Aftermath of Everest's Deadly Avalanche
Sherpa communities and those set to climb Everest are grieving and "in shock" after the avalanche that killed 16 mountaineers.

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from National Post (Toronto)

It's remarkable that the world needed a 29-year-old movie star to state the obvious: This is modern anti-Semitism.

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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Monsanto’s RoundUp Poison 125 Times More Dangerous than Regulators AdmitRecent research has found that Monsanto's RoundUp is 125 times more toxic than glyphosate alone - the main toxic ingredient in Monsanto’s RoundUp herbicide.

Are Pesticides Lurking in Your Favorite Cup of Tea?A recent investigation has found that many tea brands contain concerning levels of pesticides - here are some teas to stay away from for your health.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Monster El Nino May Be Brewing, Experts Say

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from New York Times

Democrats Confront Vexing Politics Over the Health Care Law
When Franklin D. Roosevelt established Social Security, he created generations of loyal Democrats. When Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, he built on that legacy, particularly with older Americans. And when George W. Bush instituted a new prescription drug benefit for Medicare, it helped reclaim elderly voters for Republicans. But President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the $1.4 trillion effort to extend health insurance to all Americans, is challenging the traditional calculus about government benefits and political impact.

Republicans See Political Wedge in Common Core
A once little-known set of national educational standards introduced in 44 states and the District of Columbia with the overwhelming support of Republican governors, the Common Core has incited intense resistance on the right and prompted some in the party to reverse field and join colleagues who believe it will lead to a federal takeover of schools.

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from Press TV (Iran)
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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Shocking Proof That Conventional Education Is Failing Children Miserably - You Won't Believe The Math They're Teaching
The dumbing down of elementary school children has reached epidemic proportions. They can no longer make any informed decisions due to the quantity of misinformation, falsities and deliberate use of distraction, all while imposing academic standards not even fit for a primate.

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from RT (Russia Today)

​Pentagon mulls deployment as Poland asks for 10,000 troops
The Pentagon may deploy more ground troops in Poland, although the number may be much smaller than what the eastern European NATO member wants to see. Washington is seeking to reassure allies amid fears of a Russian aggression.

Spectacular fireball from space explodes over Russian city
A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded by citizens of the northern Russian city of Murmansk. Multiple drivers with dashcams out on the streets of the 300,000-people city at 2.10am on Saturday noticed a bright blue trail speed across the night sky, then explode while still in the air.

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from Salon
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Reaganomics killed America’s middle class
This country's fate was sealed when our government slashed taxes on the rich back in 1980

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from Skeptoid Podcast

Blackfish: Documentary or Propaganda?
There are many examples of crafted activism in psuedo-documentaries. Recently I came across a “documentary” called Blackfish. It is about the famous killer whale named Tilikum. Tilikum’s fame stems from a deadly attack on a trainer at Orlando SeaWorld February 24th 2010.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)


Boeing-Built Fighter Jets Could Launch US Military Satellites Into Space
A new concept awarded to Boeing in late March could slice the launch costs by up to 66% if all goes well.


Best Space Photos of the Week - April 19, 2014

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from The Telegraph (UK)

US approves 'Palcohol' - powdered alcohol is on the way
A new brand of powdered alcohol - designed to be mixed into a drink or sprinkled over food - has been signed off by the US government and will be available in autumn of this year.

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from The Weekly Standard

Can This Marriage Be Saved?
The Republican establishment needs the grassroots, and vice versa.

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from Yahoo News

Russian dashboard cameras capture bright blue fireball over city of Murmansk
Just over 14 months after a 20-ton asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russian dashboard cameras have apparently captured another fireball lighting up the night sky, this time in the northern city of Murmansk. According to RT.com and the dashcam time-stamp, the fireball burned through the sky at about 2:14 a.m., Moscow Time, on April 19, (or 6:14 p.m., Eastern Time, April 18).

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