Saturday, July 5, 2014

In the news, Friday, June 20, 2014


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from ABC News (& affiliates)

Search Ongoing for Outdoors Writer on Mt. Rainier
Friends of prominent outdoors writer Karen Sykes are anxious but hopeful that searchers will find her safely sheltered somewhere in Mount Rainier National Park. The well-known Seattle-based hiker was reported missing by a hiking partner late Wednesday while she researched a story. Search teams have had no luck so far, but park officials were resuming efforts Saturday morning.

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from About.com

10 Things to Stop Doing if You Want to Live Longer
1. Stop eating mainly processed foods; 2. Stop smoking; 3. Stop sitting still; 4. Stop holding a grudge; 5. Stop keeping to yourself; 6. Stop thinking that only big changes count; 7. Stop letting fear (or denial) keep you from being healthy; 8. Stop cheating your night's sleep; 9. Stop stressing; 10. Stop relying on -- or blaming -- your genes.

5 Ways to Get Your Student Loans Forgiven
Overview of Student Loan Forgiveness Programs

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)

from The Blaze

Rand Paul Tackles Nation’s ‘Spiritual Crisis’, Reveals What Will Make America ‘Thrive’ Again

Who is GOP Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy?

The Important Detail Scott Walker Says the Media Are Missing in the Story of Him Being Involved in Alleged ‘Criminal Scheme’
Friday, Walker said his opponents and the media are missing an important detail: two judges reviewed those charges and dropped the case against him.

Earlier This Year, Rush Limbaugh Made a Bold Prediction. This Week, It Came True.
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh apparently predicted on January 9, 2014, that the Obama administration would go after the Washington Redskins through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This week, that prediction came to fruition and the NFL organization was stripped of its trademark registrations, pending an appeal.

Shouting Match Erupts at Chris McDaniel Event After Democratic Voter Crashes It: ‘Answer Me, Sir!’

‘They Are Being Totally Intolerant’: Ben Carson Defends Biblical Definition of Marriage

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from Breitbart

TEXAS BORDER CRISIS TO BE COMPLICATED BY MILITIA

MS GOV. PHIL BRYANT MAKES BREAK FROM THAD COCHRAN'S COMMON CORE POSITION
Just one day after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) moved to exit his state from the controversial Common Core standards and their aligned PARCC assessments, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) announced Thursday that the nationalized standards are in jeopardy in his state, as well.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

CNN Anchor Don Lemon: 'Redskin' Is the New 'N-Word'
Polls have consistently shown that most people -- including Native Americans -- are happy with the team's name, except liberal Democrats and MSNBC anchors who are trying to stir up a controversy regarding the “R-word.”

Liberal Vox Claims Little Basis for Scott Walker Prosecution

Surprise! Liberal Media Bash ‘March for Marriage’

Jon Stewart Compares Redskins Fans, NRA to Defenders of Child Porn

Sharyl Attkisson To Lou Dobbs: Reporters Skip Scandals to Avoid Looking Like 'Right-Wing Nuts'

Krystal Ball Asks Abortion Movie Director If She Ever Feared For Her ‘Physical Safety’

Limbaugh Predicted Obama Would Go After Redskins' Trademark

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from Conciliar Post

Vivid memories are stored for numerous reasons – from shock or surprise, to excitement or pain. One such memory of mine is of a friend picking me up for a weekend adventure. Five minutes into our drive, she asked the question that made my hackles rise, “How long do you see yourself working in your current position?” Even now my heart rate increases and my blood pressure rises. I hear her underlying question, “When are you going to get a real job?” I could have retorted, in good Madeleine L’Engle fashion, “‘What is real?’ Is it that which our hands close around, which our eyes see? No! The things which are most real are unseen, according to St Paul. We ‘know’ not by sight, but by what something actually is. So what is a real job by your own definition?” I did not respond with a single inquiry, however.  It is difficult for me to articulate my position instantly, putting the question-asker on the defensive when they have clearly offended me. It is probably healthier for my friendships that I am slow on my feet when it comes to replies.

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from The Daily Caller

Pope Flies Helicopter Into Mafia Stronghold

Paul Ryan Goes Ballistic On IRS Commissioner Over Lost Emails: ‘I Don’t Believe You’

Jay Carney: ‘Oh, Did I Want To’ Tell White House Reporters To ‘Shut The F— Up’

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from EarthSky

Celebrate solstice sun by viewing this cool solargraph
The streaks in the photos are sun-trails – the sun moving in its shifting path across the sky from day to day, over a six-month period.

Watching solstices and equinoxes from space
How sunlight falls on Earth’s surface during the solstices and equinoxes, as seen from geosynchronous orbit.

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from East Oregonian

TEST TUBE TUBERS
Hermiston plant scientist works to raise vitamin content in potatoes

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from FactCheck.org

Did Obama Declare Terrorist Threat ‘Gone’?
In an interview on Fox News, former Vice President Dick Cheney went too far with his claim that President Obama “has stated repeatedly the terrorist threat is gone.” To be sure, Obama, at times, has declared al Qaeda to be “on the run,” “decimated” and “on their heels” — all phrases, not incidentally, used by Cheney or his former boss, President George W. Bush, to describe al Qaeda. But Obama and Bush typically followed up those declarations with warnings that terrorism remains a threat, not only from al Qaeda but its affiliates and other extremists.

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from The Heritage Foundation

Care About Religious Liberty? Meet the Most Important Law You’ve Never Heard Of
The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) was a response to the Supreme Court’s 1990 decision in Employment Division v. Smith, which narrowed protections for the free exercise of religion. Following that decision, Congress sought to restore the robust protection Americans enjoyed before the Smith decision.

EPA Administrator Denies New Regulations Are a ‘War on Coal’

Ted Cruz Urges Obama Administration to Let Texas Handle Its Border Security Crisis

Scott Walker on New Attacks: ‘I Will Not Back Down’

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from Hood River News (Oregon)

ANOTHER VOICE: ‘An exponential increase’: Hazards of train transport of fossil fuel bring mayor’s analytic protest

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from Huffington Post

John Kerry: Human Trafficking Is The Greatest 'Assault On Basic Freedom'

Michele Bachmann: Hillary Clinton Should Be Disqualified From The Presidency

Mapping Ebola's Deadly Spread
The Ebola outbreak that has killed hundreds of people in West Africa since it started in Guinea months ago has reached its second wave and is "totally out of control," said an official for Doctors Without Borders.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Ephrata man dies after confrontation with police
A 22-year-old man died after a confrontation with Ephrata police and Grant County sheriff’s deputies. His name has not been released.

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from The Independent (UK)

Could the Archbishop and the Pope really reunify the Church?
Something significant happened in Rome this week when the Archbishop of Canterbury met the Pope for the second time since the two men took office, within days of one another, just over a year ago.

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from International Christian Concern
(PERSECUTION.org)

Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push
The last decade has shown an increasing level of Christians fleeing Iraq to take refuge from the violence they receive. This past month has been no exception as the militant group, ISIS, storms through Iraq. The past 11 years has seen the Christian population diminish by almost 50%. Many are refusing to ever return to their homes.

Are We Witnessing The Last Days of the Iraqi Church?
Just over one week ago, the conflict in Syria spilled over into Iraq in dramatic fashion. The Islamic jihadist group the Islamic State in Iraq and Al-Shams (ISIS), moved in and quickly took hold of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. More than any other group in the Syrian conflict, ISIS has set about to establish an Islamic state in the lands it controls. For any non-Sunnis the results have been catastrophic. It has driven the already dwindling Iraqi Christian community to seek refuge in the Kurdish controlled regions of northern Iraq.

USA: Study Shows Putting Faith on Résumé Hurts Job Prospects
ICC Note: Despite the enthusiasm for extracurricular activities on a résumé, researchers are now saying that you should think twice before including religious activities. According to the University of Connecticut, CVs with religious mentions were 26 percent less likely to hear from a potential employer. This clearly indicates the American shift towards secularization and the edging out of religion as a whole from the public sphere.

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from LiveScience

Saturday Solstice Marks Official Start of Summer

Great White Sharks Are Making a Comeback off US Coasts

Underwater Cave Full of Ancient Bones to Be Mapped in 3D
The bones of ground sloths, saber-toothed cats and other creatures of the Ice Age have been discovered in a deep underwater cavern on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

Trophy Wife Myth Busted: People Choose Partners Like Themselves

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from Money Talks News

9 Wise Money Moves to Make With Your Bonus

Take 5: A Roundup of Reads From Around the Web
1. Why you Shouldn’t Retire Early – Even Though You Want To
2. Money-Saving Barbecue Menu Ideas
3. The Difference Between Real and Reported MPG
4. Landlord Security Deposit: How to Make Sure You Get Your Money Back
5. For Amazing, Affordable Vacations, Travel Slowly

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from Mother Nature Network

18 fun popsicle recipes for the hot days ahead
Make your own delicious popsicles at home using this creative list! There's something for everyone here.

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from myscienceacademy.org
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

STRIKING AD CAMPAIGNS ABOUT ENDANGERED SPECIES

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from National Journal

RAND PAUL: 'THE ENEMY IS TOO OFTEN US'
The senator's speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition oozes with disdain for Congress.

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from National Review

What Liberals Want 
Control, and more of it​

The Ten Dumbest Common Core Problems 
Sample questions guaranteed to make your brain hurt in all the wrong places.

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from NaturalNews.com
[Information from this site may be extremely unreliable.]
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from Natural Society
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from NPR (& affiliates)

How Rhythm Carries A Poem, From Head To Heart
Poetry, perhaps more than any other form of writing, delves deep into emotions. And rhythm, from the haunting repetitions of "Annabel Lee" to the taunting questions of "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," plays a big part in evoking those feelings.

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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Can you spy on a phone when it is turned off?
So the NSA can listen to your conversations and use your camera when you powered off your phone? Sounds crazy but it is possible — in a way.

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from Personal Liberty

Liberty News:

FISA Court Renews NSA Phone Snooping Authority

Obama Marks World Refugee Day And Growing Numbers Of Displaced

China Ratchets Up Pressure On Independent Media

Attack In Lebanon Reflects ISIS’s Resolve To Disrupt Wide Region

Paul Ryan Hammers IRS Chief Koskinen On Missing Lerner Emails: ‘Nobody Believes You’

Cuba Lifts Censorship On Critical Websites

Iraq Turmoil Affects Oil Industry; Higher Gas Prices Could Result

Border Agency’s Watchdog Under Investigation For Cover-Up

Negotiators Start Writing A Deal On Iran’s Nuclear Program

Ukraine’s President Declares One-Week Cease-Fire In Restive East

White House Plans More Detention Centers To Address Border Crisis

IRS Chief Refuses To Apologize For Lost Emails

Iraq’s Top Shiite Cleric Calls For Forming New Government Quickly

Senate Report Condemns Obama For Rushing Obamacare Rollout To Save Face

Senators Worry That Obama Administration Wants To Silence Whistle-Blowers

Mitt Romney Is The 2016 GOP Presidential Front-Runner?

New York Times Endorses Charlie Rangel’s Opponent In New York House Race

Conservative Politics:

The Greatest Scam Artist In History
The greatest scam artist in history has scammed America — again. A terrorist mastermind gets Miranda rights on American soil, while a U.S. Marine hero has no rights in Mexico. That’s par for the course in Barack Obama’s America.

The Gross Injustice Of Obamacare

New Meme: Liberty Movement More Dangerous Than Al-Qaida
Is the liberty movement more dangerous than al-Qaida? CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen thinks so.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from TBO.com (The Tampa Tribune)

Bill prompted by abortion pill case now law
Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, a new state law prompted by a Tampa case in which a man tricked his pregnant girlfriend into taking a pill that eventually caused a miscarriage.

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from USA Today
from The Washington Times (DC)

MINICK: The Hobby Lobby ruling is coming with religious freedom at stake
Broad exemption to HHS mandate in Obamacare must be facilitated

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from The Weekly Standard

Ad: 'Cochran Supported the Release of 5 Terrorists'

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from WIRED

Google Reveals How the Android Wear UI Will Work

One of F1′s Most Dangerous Tracks Is Back

Get to Know a Projection: The Space-Oblique Mercator

This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible

Like Facebook and Foursquare, Path Splits Its App in Two

Squirrel Alarm Calls Are Surprisingly Complex

Greater Force Does Not Mean Greater Speed

Volcano World Cup: Group D

The Amazing Micro-Engineered, Water-Repelling Surface That Lives Outside My Window

An Ingenious Museum Design That Turns Visitors Into Creators

GM Wants You to Creepily Text Drivers by Scanning Their Plates

This Tool Boosts Your Privacy by Opening Your Wi-Fi to Strangers

U.S. City Thinks Having Pedestrians Carry Flags Will Keep Them Safe

Absurd Creature of the Week: The Ferocious Bug That Sucks Prey Dry and Wears Their Corpses

Tech Time Warp of the Week: Watch IBM Warn Us About Glassholes 10 Years Ago

MIT Invents a Radical New Way to Heat Buildings: Spotlights That Follow You

Why We Need to Tame Our Algorithms Like Dogs

The Smart Home of the Future Will Be Realized by … Pandora?

Awesome Portraits and Landscapes, Shot With a Game Boy Camera

Fujifilm X-T1

AKG’s $2,000 Headphones Marry Sublime Sonics With Premium Materials

House Votes To Cut Key Pursestrings For NSA Surveillance

Quantum vs regular computer race ends in draw
[WIRED UK]

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from Yahoo News

Big Bang breakthrough team allows they may be wrong

Jon Stewart Suggests the One Way to Get Republicans to Believe in Climate Change
On Wednesday, four former Republican Environmental Protection Agency administrators testified before Congress in an attempt to convince current Congressional Republicans on the threat of climate change. On last night's episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart explained why that won't work. "People are always complaining that the Republican party ignores so-called climate change science, but there's a reason why they refuse to listen to alarmists," Stewart said. "Republicans aren't going to fall for liberal lies anymore, which is why [Wednesday] they finally got to hear the facts from some of their own."

Ebola 'out of control': Doctors Without Borders
 A senior official for Doctors Without Borders says the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is "totally out of control" and that the medical group is stretched to the limit in its capacity to respond.

Doctors Without Borders: Ebola 'out of control'
The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is "totally out of control," according to a senior official for Doctors Without Borders, who says the medical group is stretched to the limit in responding.

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from YouTube

Secret video of ISIS smuggled out of Iraq
From CNN: A man who fled from Mosul, Iraq, shows Arwa Damon video that provides a glimpse into how ISIS is winning over people.

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from 12Tribe Films Foundation

The Most Revealing Video About The Middle East You Will Ever See
Is Israel the Middle Eastern country with serious human rights issues? Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and especially Iran have been violating every possible international norm of human decency over the last few decades. Although graphic videos are difficult to watch, sometimes they are vital to watch in order to set the record straight.

Does this Explain the Major Disasters that Have Shocked our World?
Is there divine intervention when the world turns its back on Israel? There are some interesting “coincidences” in this video and it’s hard to remain detached when you see so many incidences that come together at once. Watch and decide for yourself.

The Greatest Hostage Rescue in History
Documentary on The Entebbe Raid, July 3-4, 1976

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from 100 Percent FED Up


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