Friday, March 7, 2014

In the news, Monday, February 10, 2014


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Some links to some sources may require subscription.

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from ABC News (& affiliates)
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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

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from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens

from The Atlantic

Delaying Parts of Obamacare: 'Blatantly Illegal' or Routine Adjustment?
[from 17 Jul 2013] The GOP says Obama's decision to postpone implementing the "employer mandate" stomps all over the Constitution. It doesn't, and here's why.

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from The Blaze
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from Breitbart
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from CBS News (& affiliates)

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from CNSNews.com (& NewsBusters)

S.E. Cupp Rips Into Obama Adviser After ABC's Karl Says He Has the 'Far More Nuanced' Obamacare Truth

'Ragin' Cajun' James Carville Joins Fox News Channel as Liberal Commentator

NBC Glorifies Russia's Soviet Past as 'One of Modern History's Pivotal Experiments'

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from Columbia Basin Herald

Unclaimed people honored during special service

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from Conservative Outfitters

OBAMA: 'I Can Do Whatever I Want'... Gym members forced to pay new tax... Rewrites Obamacare... 'Avalanche' of Regs Still to Come... MAKING IT UP AS HE GOES ALONG

Gun control activist busted with gun in school
Gun control activist swears he forgot he was carrying gun while visiting school.
see also from The Buffalo News: Associates defend man who had gun in school

THE HILLARY PAPERS: RUTHLESS FIRST LADY

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from Crosscut

SPD is marrying mug shots with high tech
The ACLU gives a nod of approval for a policy that would let cops compare images of suspects to a database of booking photos.

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from The Daily Caller

NAACP requires marchers protesting North Carolina voter ID law TO SHOW PHOTO ID

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from Daily Mail (UK)

Three-second memory myth: Fish show they can remember things for up to five months
[from 7 Jan 2009]

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from EarthSky

Winter Circle: Brightest winter stars
The Winter Circle is a big circle of brilliant stars on the dark dome of a winter night. Follow the links in this post to learn more about this easy-to-find star pattern.

The oldest known star in the universe
The ancient star, about 6,000 light years from Earth, formed 13.7 billion years ago, shortly after the Big Bang. It’s the oldest star yet found.

Savannah’s rubber fire and migrating birds
Dramatic photo showing a towering cloud of black smoke from the rubber fire in Savannah, as migrating birds move over the U.S. South.

What killed the woolly mammoth? New clues.
Ten thousand years ago, large mammals of the Arctic, like the woolly mammoth, went extinct. What caused it? Climate change? Disease? Over-hunting by humans?

Catch-and-release fishing creates too much trauma for some sharks
When a shark swims away after being caught by a catch-and-release sport fisherman, that doesn’t mean the shark will survive the encounter.

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from East Oregonian

Accused murderer Kelly caught in Hood River

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from Facecrooks
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from The Farmacy (& Strawbale City)
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Note: This is by Dr. Joseph Mercola.  See also from Slate, below.

Why Do You Keep Refrigerating Your Eggs?
[from 15 Dec 2013]

Straw Bale Gardening: Start to Finish
[from 25 Apr 2013]

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from The Federalist

Obamacare Is Just Another Word For Laws We Ignore Together
Don't worry, it's going to be a good thing. You'll see.

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)
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from The Heritage Foundation  (The Foundry)

IRS-Targeted Scandal Victims Will Not Be Silenced

Jordan at Policy Summit: Let’s Encourage Work
When government policies “disincentivize work,” Jordan said, “we are robbing people of skills, lessons, and principles.”

Cruz: Energy Renaissance Key to Economic Growth, Without ‘Government Getting in the Way’

Labrador: Americans Shouldn't Lose Tax Benefits Over Religious Views on Marriage

Physician Lawmakers: We Have Plenty of Ideas for Reforming America’s Health Care Sector

#WhatWomenNeed Hashtag Pushes Abortion for Valentine’s Day

Stuck in Congressional "Groundhog Day"

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from Huffington Post
[Information from this site may be unreliable.]

I Traveled to Palestine-Israel And Discovered There is no 'Palestinian-Israeli Conflict'
[This article is a prime example of why Huffington Post has a disclaimer appended.]

13 Things Not To Say To Someone With A Migraine

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from Money Talks News
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from Mother Nature Network

The Shelf of Life of Foods [Infographic]
This chart lets you know how long common foods like produce, meats and leftovers will last on the counter, in the refrigerator, and in the freezer.
see also: How to Freeze Eggs [from about.com]
see also: Charts: Food Safety at a Glance [from foodsafety.gov]

Sochi Olympics: Which winter sports burn the most calories?
Excited spectators will burn about 60 calories in 10 minutes just watching cross-country skiers burn 260 calories in the same time frame.

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from National Geographic

A New, More Humane Way to Euthanize Stranded Whales
Marine mammal stranding groups must make hard choices when faced with beached whales that can't be saved.

Mystery of Florence's Cathedral Dome May Be Solved
Architect Massimo Ricci's theories are explored this week in a NOVA/National Geographic special.

Brunelleschi’s Dome
How did a hot-tempered goldsmith with no formal architectural training create the most miraculous edifice of the Renaissance?

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from National Journal

Why I'm Getting Sick of Defending Obamacare
Incompetence, politics, and delays frustrate advocates of health care reform.

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from National Review

The Hypocrisy of the Liberal War on Voter ID

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

Voluntary Instead of Mandated GMO Food Labeling: The Industry’s Latest Ploy

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from Newsmax

Dr. Ben Carson Blasts 'Gestapo' IRS Tactics

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from New York Times

Comparing Obamacare to Its Alternative
by Ezekiel J. Emanuel [from 28 Jan 2014]

Suicide Bomb Trainer in Iraq Accidentally Blows Up His Class

SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW
Without a Trace
‘The Sixth Extinction,’ by Elizabeth Kolbert

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from Northwest Watchdog

Obama admin announces another employer mandate delay

Sallie Mae: How feds fuel student-loan fiasco

WA taxpayers supporting anti-worker freedom push
The Washington State Labor Education and Research Center, which receives roughly $164,000 a year in state funds, partnered with the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, to hold 11 workshops aimed at fighting any right-to-work initiatives that could come to the Evergreen state.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Everett attorney spray paints a message to county leaders

Fire burns Tacoma church for second time in year

Dumb Starbucks in L.A. shut down
A parody of Starbucks called Dumb Starbucks gave away free coffee this weekend in Los Angeles. The store is very similar to Starbucks except it has the word "dumb" in front of it.

Woman arrested at PDX after cocaine balloons in stomach rupture

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from PJ Media

An Immigration Morality Tale

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from PoliticusUSA

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews Both Beat Fox News Last Week

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from Popular Science

People Think You're Good At Art If You're A Weirdo
If people don't get what you're doing, it's as simple a fix as cutting off your ear. (Please do not do this.)

Should NASA's Dryden Flight Research Centre Be Renamed For Neil Armstrong?
When Hugh Dryden was 12, he wrote an essay called "The Advantages of an Airship over an Aeroplane.” His teacher gave it an F.

There's More Than One Way To Cure Diseases With Genes
A recent roundup in The Economist looks at a few new ideas for gene therapy.

Human Brains Now Understand Smiley Emoticon Like A Real Face

Found: The Oldest Known Star In The Universe
Astronomers announced yesterday that they've spotted a child of the very first stars.

Quantum Microscope Uses Spooky Entangled Photons To See Better

This 'Fish Car' Lets A Goldfish Drive Around
Drinking and driving is frowned upon. But swimming and driving is okay.

Are You Game?
The latest game to come out is called “Play to Cure: Genes in Space.” Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to collect a substance called “Element Alpha,” where the Alpha is actually genetic cancer data.

Meet Taranis, The UK's Shiny New Stealth Drone
The future of warfare is another smooth, gray, v-shaped flying robot.

Engineering The Ideal Olympian: The Games Of Risk
A chart of injury rates during the 2010 Winter Games.

Watch A Crow Solve A Complex Puzzle
How smart are crows? They are so smart!

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from PreventDisease.com
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Parents Voice: Children's Adverse Outcomes Following Vaccination

Researchers Find Hemp Seed Oil A Valuable Source of Bioactive Compounds For The Food and Cosmetic Industry

Kale and Red Cabbage Salad
[from 2013] This salad is a fresh, tasty, healthy and keeps beautifully! The best part is that it has so much going on, it easily makes a satisfying meal. Full of nutrient dense kale and cabbage, pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries, you can really sink your teeth into this one.

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from Slate

Does Fluoride Make Your Kids Dumb?
Don’t trust the influential doctor who says yes.
[from 11 Feb 2013]

Do animals commit suicide?
[from 16 Nov 2011]

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from ThatsNonsense.com

Man Responsible For Olympic Ring Mishap Found Dead In Sochi Rumour - Internet/Facebook Rumour
Rumours about a man committing suicide as a result of a technical glitch in the Winter Olympic opening ceremony are false.

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from Think Progress

The Five Worst Things About The New Republican Proposal To Replace Obamacare
[from 27 Jan]

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from The Wall Street Journal

The FCC Wades Into the Newsroom
Why is the agency studying 'perceived station bias' and asking about coverage choices?

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from The Washington Policy Center (State)

from The Washington Post (DC)

Ted Cruz: GOP needs to ‘think bigger than Keystone’
President Obama should allow the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, but Republicans need to start coming up with other ideas to boost the nation's energy output, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) plans to argue Monday.

White House delays health insurance mandate for medium-sized employers until 2016

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from The Weekly Standard

Obama: 'I Can Do Whatever I Want'
President Obama "quipped" today during a visit to Monticello with the French president, "That's the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want."

A Winning Alternative to Obamacare

Chuck Schumer: No Urgency on Immigration

‘Kelo’ Revisited
Properties were seized and a neighborhood razed in the name of ‘economic development’ that never came

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