Monday, March 17, 2014

In the news, Wednesday, February 26, 2014


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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

It’s Time for the Truth – Lois Lerner Recalled to Testify About IRS Targeting Scandal
from AMAC - The Association of Mature American Citizens

from The Atlantic

American Aqueduct: The Great California Water Saga
A $25 billion plan, a small town, and a half-century of wrangling over the most important resource in the biggest state

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from BBC News (UK)

Remembering Japan's kamikaze pilots
Japan hopes to immortalise its kamikaze pilots - a squad of young men who crashed their aircraft into Allied ships in World War Two - by seeking Unesco World Heritage status for a collection of their letters. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes meets the former pilot who built the collection, in honour of his fallen comrades.

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from Breitbart

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from CBS News (& affiliates)
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from CNSNews.com (& NewsBusters)

Planned Parenthood Produces Video Promoting Bondage and Sadomasochism to Teens

Column: Give America a Raise by Flushing Out Low-Wage Illegal Immigrant Labor

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from Columbia Basin Herald
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from Commonweal Magazine

Religion and Sex
By G. K. Chesterton  From the Nov. 12, 1924, Issue
e do not in the least believe in the greater happiness promised to mankind by the dissolution of lifelong loyalties; we do not feel the slightest respect for the crude and sentimental rhetoric in which it is recommended to us. But the practical result of our convictions and our confidence is this; that when people say to us "Your system is quite unsuited to the modern world," we answer—"If that is so things look rather rotten for the poor old modern world." When they say—"Your ideal of marriage may be an ideal, but it cannot be a reality," we say—“It is an ideal in a diseased society; it is a reality in a healthy society. For where it is real it makes society healthy." We do not say perfectly healthy, for we believe in other things besides marriage; as, for instance, in the Fall of Man.  But the point is that what we want is practical in the sense that we want to make something, to create Christian families. But they only want what is practicable, in the sense of what is easiest at the moment. So much for the general theory of marriage that passion is purified by its own fruitfulness, when that fruitfulness is its dignified and decent end. It might be put shortly by saying that we would substitute, for the half-truth of love for love's sake, the larger truth of love for life's sake. Love is subject to law because it is subject to life. It is true, not merely in a metaphorical, not even merely in a mystical, but also in a material sense, that it is come that we may have life and that we may have it more abundantly. Of course this does not mean that the love has not its own spiritual value, where honorable accident prevents it from being fruitful. But it does mean that, in a general sense, we may judge the loves of men by another metaphor which is also a material fact--and by their fruits we shall know them.

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from Conservative Infidel
from The Federalist

Conservatives Will Embrace Libertarians When Libertarians Stop Embracing Government
Libertarians need to stop fighting religious liberty.

The Original Sin of Global Warming
The first rule of science is to follow the evidence wherever it leads, regardless of one’s wishes or preconceptions.

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from Freedom Foundation (WA)

from The Heritage Foundation  (The Foundry)

Tax Reform at Last?
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R) of Michigan jumpstarts the tax reform debate. The tax code stables in Washington haven’t been cleaned out since 1986. Since then, year after year, the tax code gets engrafted with more special interest loopholes, credits, and carve-outs. Not only is this unfair to those without lobbyists, it makes the tax code mindlessly complex—a job security program for tax lawyers and accountants.

Kirsten Powers Demagogues on Religious Liberty, Again

Hagel’s Budget and the Real Threat to National Security

Debate: Does Every Bakery Have to Bake Cakes for Every Wedding? 

First Big Gulp, Now Bottomless Bloody Marys: New York Bans Boozy Brunches
[posted without sufficient fact checking]

Four Businesses Whose Owners Were Penalized for Their Religious Beliefs

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from Huffington Post

from Money Talks News

from Mother Nature Network

20 moth species more beautiful than butterflies
Butterflies get all the glory in the bug world. But moths are far from being the ugly step-sisters.

London's Garden Bridge to bring tranquility, foot traffic to the Thames
Joanna Lumley, best known for portraying one of the most morally bankrupt characters in television history, is behind an urban garden/footbridge project in London that's brilliant, bold and well, absolutely fabulous.

Book review: 'Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too'
[from 27 Feb 2013]  The small steps in eliminating plastics from your life are the most important, Beth Terry argues in her book.

Infographic: Home gardening in the U.S.
[from 6 Jun 2011]  As more and more Americans grow their own fruits and vegetables, MNN digs up some dirt on this DIY food revolution.

The 3 most important questions to help you live smaller
It all begins with a simple question: Do I really need this? Once you start down that road, you'll want to keep going.

World's largest manta ray sanctuary opens in Indonesia
Manta rays, huge winged fish that glide like kites through the sea, are now finding a safe zone to call their own. Indonesia discovered that rays are worth nearly 2,000 times more if kept alive for tourism than killed for the fish market.

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from National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA

NASA's Kepler Mission Announces a Planet Bonanza, 715 New Worlds

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from National Geographic

"Motherlode" of Alien Worlds Unveiled by Space Telescope
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has nearly doubled the number of alien worlds known to humanity.

New Space Station Photos Show North Korea at Night, Cloaked in Darkness
North Korea's isolation is visible in new satellite photos that show the energy-bankrupt country at night.

Brian Skerry: Swimming With Giants
This month National Geographic magazine features an article on bluefin tuna—a super creature being relentlessly overfished—written by Kenneth Brower with photographs by Brian Skerry. Here, Skerry tells of his experience swimming with Atlantic bluefin tuna, and the power of being underwater with these “thoroughbreds of the sea.”

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from National Journal

NSA Wants to Expand Phone Database—Because of Privacy Suits
The government says it needs to keep the phone data as evidence.

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from National Review

Farrow, After Three Days on the Air, Receives Cronkite Award

from NBC News (& affiliates)

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from NPR (& affiliates)

'Planet Bonanza' Indeed: NASA Unveils 715 New Worlds
The job of NASA's Kepler mission is to peek at the far reaches of space in the hopes of finding potentially habitable planets. The space agency announced a stunning success, saying that Kepler had identified 715 new planets that orbit 305 stars. The discovery boosts the number of verified planets by around 70 percent.

North Korea's Still In The Dark, As Photos From Space Show

Fat Tuesday: The Many Different Doughnuts Of Mardi Gras

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Study: Images of death could curb texting and driving

Family reacts to loved ones killed by CO poisoning

Lawmakers want out-of-state prisoners brought home
Several Idaho lawmakers want out-of-state prisoners brought home. Currently, 234 inmates are held at a Corrections Corporation of America facility in Colorado.

Wash. girl, 11, shoots cougar following brother
An 11-year-old girl shot a cougar that was following her 14-year-old brother to their home at Twisp, in north central Washington.

Alaska Airlines CEO urges veto of Arizona rights bill

Blue Angels return for Seattle Seafair

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from PJ Media

In Defense of the Elastic Clause of the ConstitutionCiting the Elastic Clause could indeed justify a wide range of administration actions, except for one problem – it doesn’t exist.

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from POLITICO

Chuck Hagel turns up heat about U.S. POW

Harry Reid tempers Koch criticism

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from Popular Science

The World's Most Advanced Building Material Is... Wood
In the mid-1990s, the Austrian government funded a joint industry-academic research program to develop new, stronger forms of “engineered” wood to soak up the country’s oversupply of timber. The result was CLT (cross-laminated timber) — a lightweight, extremely robust material that could be prefabricated and custom cut.

This Wall Comes Alive When You Touch It
Hexi is an interactive display that ripples like a pond in response to movement.

Could Cooked Meat Hold A Risk Factor For Dementia And Diabetes?
If the results hold up, they could point the way toward new treatments.

Robot Suits Could Make An MMA League Blood-Free
Which, you know, good.

FYI: Can Drinking Moonshine Really Make Me Go Blind?
[from 11 Jun 2012]

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

New Autism Definition Will Decrease Diagnosis By One-Third

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from The Right Scoop

Mark Levin: We owe Richard Nixon and his family an APOLOGY…

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from Right Wing News

Wounded war hero’s powerful open letter calls President Obama an ‘elitist rich thug’
For a warrior’s view of the Iraq war, it would be tough to beat the perspective of Brian Kolfage – a retired Air Force senior airman who lost three limbs in a rocket attack.

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from ScienceDaily

Causal link found between vitamin D, serotonin synthesis and autism in new study
Serotonin and vitamin D have been proposed to play a role in autism, however, no causal mechanism has been established. Now, researchers show that serotonin, oxytocin, and vasopressin, three brain hormones that affect social behavior related to autism, are all activated by vitamin D hormone. Supplementation with vitamin D and tryptophan would be a practical and affordable solution to help prevent autism and possibly ameliorate some symptoms of the disorder.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Spacesuit Leak That Nearly Drowned Astronaut Could Have Been Avoided

Giant Black Holes May Stall Star Birth in 'Red and Dead' Galaxies

Population of Known Alien Planets Nearly Doubles as NASA Discovers 715 New Worlds

Dead Pigeons and the Universe's Birth: 5 Weird Facts About Big Bang Theory

Meteorite Fragments from Russian Fireball on Display 1 Year After Space Rock Explosion

Astronaut Watches Stunning Moonset from Orbit

'People's map of Mars': Name a Red Planet crater for $5

Lights Out for North Korea: Space Photo Reveals Country's Isolation

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from The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)

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from The Star (Grand Coulee, WA)

Key medical staffer resigns from hospital
Dawn Lovelace, a nurse practitioner and nurse midwife who has delivered about half the babies at the hospital for two decades, tendered her letter of resignation Monday.

If CEO cares, he'll step down
Whether he believes he’s making all the right decisions as a manager or not, Coulee Medical Center’s CEO should resign if he cares at all for the community asset he’s tried to lead since 2009.

New school taking shape
The new K-12 school facility in Coulee Dam is beginning to show its colors.

Number of students now trends upward
At one point, the Grand Coulee Dam School District was worried about a declining student population; now it is worried that it could end up with too many students.

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from ThatsNonsense.com

Tips to Stay Safe on Facebook
Check out our tips on our new Facebook HQ page about staying safe on Facebook as well as archiving all the latest rumours and threats on one handy page.

Inside the minds of internet trolls
Interesting article on Internet trolls from our friends over at Sophos Naked Security.

KFC use Genetically Manipulated Organisms Warning - Internet/Facebook Rumour
[from 12 Mar 2013]

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from Think Progress

Rand Paul Blocks Surgeon General Nominee For Saying Gun Violence Is A Public Health Threat

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from Tri-City Herald

Judge says no to Center Parkway extension
Plans by the cities of Richland and Kennewick to extend Center Parkway across two rail tracks north to Tapteal Drive have hit a roadblock.

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from Viral Nova

This House Is Super Cool On The Inside. Which Is Why The Outside Shocked Me So Much.
Shipping containers aren’t just for shipping anymore (contrary to what one may believe). A company called Modulus found a way to use the metal containers that is both functional and incredibly stylish.

Yes, This Tiny Home Is Very Cool. But There’s Something That Makes It Completely Brilliant.
The designers at I-Beam Design created the Pallet House Project because they were inspired by one simple, but unbelievable, fact: 84% of the world’s refugees could be housed with a year’s supply of recycled American pallets. Just based off of a year and a half year of pallet production in the US alone, 33 million refugees could live in a Pallet House.

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Weekly Standard

Top Law Professors: Arizona Religious Freedom Bill Has Been 'Egregiously Misrepresented'
A bipartisan group of law professors, including both supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage, has sent Arizona governor Jan Brewer a letter explaining the religious freedom bill now sitting on her desk has been "egregiously misrepresented" by its critics.

Harry Reid Denies All Obamacare 'Horror Stories'; 'All Are Untrue'

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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism)

Steven Seagal: If The Truth Came Out, Obama Would Be Impeached
Actor Steven Seagal appeared at the Western Conservative Conference in Phoenix on February 22, 2014, where he called for the impeachment of President Obama.

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