Saturday, July 5, 2014

In the news, Tuesday, June 17, 2014


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JUN 16      INDEX      JUN 18
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Information from some sites may not be reliable, or may not be vetted.
Some sources may require subscription.

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from ACLJ (American Center for Law and Justice)
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from BBC News (UK)
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from BizPac Review

Catholic League strikes back at Pelosi’s ‘unmitigated arrogance’ trying to bully archbishop
“Rep. Nancy Pelosi does not simply reject the Catholic Church’s teachings on marriage, abortion, and contraception—she is a rabid foe of the Church’s positions,” league President Bill Donovan wrote in a Facebook posting. “Now she has gone beyond her usual stance by lecturing her archbishop on the folly of marriage, properly understood.”

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from The Blaze

What’s Happening to Iraq’s Christians as Islamists Tear Across the Country?
As jihadists with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant capture wide swaths of territory in northern Iraq, seizing military equipment and massacring Iraqi soldiers as they proceed, Christians are particularly alarmed and have fled in droves, not knowing if they will ever see their homes again.

‘You’re Not Answering’: Pay Attention to How State Dept. Official Responds to Reporter’s Simple Benghazi Question

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from Breitbart

HOLDER BEGS COURT TO STOP DOCUMENT RELEASE ON FAST AND FURIOUS

WASHINGTON POST LETS COLUMNIST DANA MILBANK LIE ABOUT HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Writing for a Washington Post that apparently decided his column was too good to check, columnist Dana Milbank attacked the conservative Heritage Foundation for bullying a female Muslim woman who expressed concern about Muslim stereotyping during a panel Monday night. The only problem with Milbank's charge is that it's a smear -- it never happened. And of all places, it is video from the left-wing Media Matters that debunks Milbank's entire column.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Hillary's Laughing Defense of Child Rapist: Not a Front-Page WashPost Story Like Romney's Alleged Teen Haircut

Sneering MSNBCers: Tea Party Wants to Go Back to '1860' and Hates Those Who 'Don't Look Like Them'
In a desperate effort to tout the collapse of the Republican Party, guest host of The Last Word, Ari Melber was joined by Howard Dean and David Frum on Monday evening to discuss the lack of serious ideas coming from the right.

Mexican Embassy To Protestors: Illegal Border Crossing 'Not Committing a Crime'
MRCTV's Dan Joseph talks to protestors calling for the release of Andrew Tahmooressi outside the Mexican Embassy. A spokesperson for the Mexican Embassy informs them on the case and tells them Illegal Border Crossing 'Not Committing a Crime'

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from Columbia Basin Herald
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from Daily Kos
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Greg Abbot and Texas GOP plan to bankrupt every Texas city, town and village.

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from The Diplomat Magazine

Asia’s Cult of Intelligence
With its ‘cult of ignorance and anti-intellectualism’ the U.S. risks falling behind rivals in Asia.

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from EarthSky

Star of the week: Is Zubeneschamali a green star?

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from Facecrooks (& Bitdefender)

Florida Woman Loses Thousands of Dollars in ‘Advance Fee’ Facebook Scam
Advance Fee Scams are hugely popular on Facebook and for good reason. While most would not fall for such outrageous scams, the naive and vulnerable sometimes take the bait. Please warn those who might not be as savvy as you. This victim is now homeless.

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from The Farmacy (REALfarmacy.com)

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from Fox News (& affiliates)
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from Freedom Foundation (WA)

Union Seeks to Intimidate State Lobbyists in Hotel Organizing Dispute
The dispute in Seattle highlights a fascinating mix of modern labor issues.

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

Senate Panel Rips Dr. Oz a New One for Lying to Your Fat Face

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from The Heritage Foundation
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from The Hill

Obama jokes Michelle is a 'bad example' on equal pay
First lady Michelle Obama is "kind of a bad example" for the need for pay equality, President Obama joked Tuesday. "I will say, the first lady's kind of a bad example because the first lady doesn't get paid. And she works pretty hard," the president said at a roundtable discussion on manufacturing in Pittsburgh.

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from Huffington Post

GOP Congressman Says House 'Probably' Has Votes To Impeach Obama

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: Obamacare Is A 'Net Positive'

The Fermi Paradox
As many stars as there are in our galaxy (100 - 400 billion), there are roughly an equal number of galaxies in the observable universe -- so for every star in the colossal Milky Way, there's a whole galaxy out there. All together, that comes out to the typically quoted range of between 10²² and 10² total stars, which means that for every grain of sand on Earth, there are 10,000 stars out there.

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from iFIBER ONE News (WA)

Quincy man charged with threatening girlfriend in her home
A Quincy man is accused of threatening his girlfriend and her daughter after breaking into their home. Prosecutors charged Guadalupe P. Vivas, a 38-year-old Quincy man, in Grant County Superior Court with residential burglary, harassment and malicious mischief in the third degree.

Soap Lakes raises rates to avoid debt for garbage collection

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from LiveScience

World Cup: What Is That Foaming Spray Used by Refs?

Pay for Coffee Using Only the Palm of Your Hand
A new startup uses vein recognition technology as a way for customers to make purchases using only the palms of their hands.

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from Money Talks News

Stop Paying for Your Food!
Some of the country’s top chefs forage for ingredients for their five-star meals. So can you, using databases of where to gather food from the wild or from someone's garden.

Washington repeats as the best state for all-round employment conditions, and it held the No. 2 spot in the two years before that.

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from Mother Nature Network

8 ways to make your mornings more pleasant (and productive)
The first couple hours of the day can have a significant impact on the rest; take the time to improve them and it will pay off.

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from National Geographic

Several Nations Announce Massive Marine Reserves in the Pacific
By the close of a two-day conference in Washington on the world's oceans, five nations had pledged to extend marine protections to cover more than a million square miles. The United States, Palau, the Cook Islands, and the Bahamas unveiled their plans on Tuesday, following Kiribati's announcement Monday that commercial fishing would end in the vast marine reserves in its Pacific Ocean territory by the end of the year.

Q&A: Stop Wasting Food in the West and Feed the World?
National Geographic Emerging Explorer Tristram Stuart explains why the world wastes at least a third of its food and what we can do about it.

Can Parasitic Wasps Help Save America's Citrus?
Scientists are trying to spare California from a disease that devastated Florida’s citrus crop.

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from National Review

IRS Has Lost More E-mails
It’s not just Lois Lerner’s e-mails. The Internal Revenue Service says it can’t produce e-mails from six more employees involved in the targeting of conservative groups, according to two Republicans investigating the scandal.

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

6 Ingredients Sold in the U.S. But Banned in Other Countries
[originally posted 27 Jun 2013, updated]

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from NBC News (& affiliates)
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from NWCN (ID-OR-WA)

Washington:

Transportation official: 'Road-usage charge' gaining momentum

Witness describes car, man shot by troopers on I-5

King County property values skyrocketing

Boeing's new Duwamish chapter
Boeing made history on a one-mile stretch of the Duwamish River, twice.  First, during World War II, it defied the odds by churning out 12,000 B-17 Bombers. Today it celebrated the largest restoration project in the history of the lower Duwamish River.

Motivational speaker back to work after losing half his tongue

Seattle’s streetcar system moving through Capitol Hill

Amanda Knox appeals murder conviction ... again

Company offers to build commercial airport terminal in Everett

More workers say Hanford vapors made them ill

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Brother of SPU shooting victim plans charity for mentally ill

Portland among Top 10 'most walkable' cities

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*from Personal Liberty

Liberty News:

House Budget Slashes IRS Funding (Good Luck With That In The Senate)

Official: Armed Mexican Military, Police Breached U.S. Border 500 Times Over Decade

Federal Government Seeks Younger Workers To Offset Coming Wave Of Retirements

Housing Starts, Building Permits Sink In May

Tomorrow’s Retirees Expect To Work More Than Today’s, Survey Finds

GM CEO Barra To Testify On Ignition Switch Crisis As Recalls Spread

Iran Maneuvers To Win Blame Game If Nuclear Talks Collapse

Inflation Jumps 0.4% As Costs Rise For Food, Energy, Other Items

Suspect In Benghazi Attacks, Snatched By U.S. Military, To Be Tried In Civilian Court

Feinstein Wants Full Military Response In Iraq

Tuesday Morning News Roundup 6-17-2014

Lawmaker Calls On President To Mobilize National Guard In Response To Youth Immigration Nightmare

U.S. Ignored ISIS Threat, Homeland Could Be In Danger

Conservative Politics:

The Taxman Lieth

President Golf

Energy Markets Are On The Brink Of Crisis

Now Government’s Harassing Americans Who Signed Up For Obamacare

When The Elite Showed Its Hand

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from PolitiFact

Rick Scott took the 5th Amendment 75 times, Democratic party ad says
We have two quibbles with the ad: the Democrats don't specify that the deposition was from a civil business case -- not the federal government’s criminal fraud investigation into Columbia/HCA. However, Scott used the Fifth Amendment due to that federal investigation. Also, the ad refers to multiple lawsuits -- Scott was deposed in separate lawsuits, but he took the Fifth Amendment 75 times in only one of them. We rate this claim Mostly True.

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from Popular Science

What Will We Eat In 2050?

Is This A Model Of China's Next Aircraft Carrier?

Dr. Oz Defends His Pseudoscientific Claims As Harmless 'Flowery Language'
The celebrity doctor appeared before a U.S. Senate subcommittee today, which blamed his "miracle" claims for fueling a predatory industry of supplement sellers.

In New Movie, Birds Are The Cinematographers

Q&A: To Solve The Water Problem, We Need To Solve Energy
Answers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Michael Knotekon on the "water-energy nexus"

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from The Right Scoop

Father who lost son in Iraq calls into Mark Levin Show, very frustrated with Obama and state of Iraq
from ScienceDaily

Family violence leaves genetic imprint on children
Children in homes affected by violence, suicide, or the incarceration of a family member have significantly shorter telomeres -— a cellular marker of aging -- than those in stable households. The study suggests that the home environment is an important intervention target to reduce the biological impacts of adversity in the lives of young children.

Single dose of century-old drug approved for sleeping sickness reverses autism-like symptoms in mice
In a further test of a novel theory that suggests autism is the consequence of abnormal cell communication, researchers report that an almost century-old drug approved for treating sleeping sickness also restores normal cellular signaling in a mouse model of autism, reversing symptoms of the neurological disorder in animals that were the human biological age equivalent of 30 years old.

Move over, silicon, there's a new circuit in town
When it comes to electronics, silicon will now have to share the spotlight. Scientists have now overcome a major issue in carbon nanotube technology by developing a flexible, energy-efficient hybrid circuit combining carbon nanotube thin film transistors with other thin film transistors. This hybrid could take the place of silicon as the traditional transistor material used in electronic chips, since carbon nanotubes are more transparent, flexible, and can be processed at a lower cost.

Livestock gut microbes contributing to greenhouse gas emissions
One-fifth of methane emissions has been attributed by researchers to livestock such as cattle, sheep and other ruminants, but the amount of methane produced varies substantially among animals in the same species. Researchers aimed to explore role the microbes living in the rumen play in this process.

Solar photons drive water off the moon
New research indicates that ultraviolet photons emitted by the sun likely cause water molecules on the lunar surface to either quickly desorb or break apart. The fragments of water may remain on the lunar surface, but the presence of useful amounts of water on the sunward side is not likely.

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from Slate

Thirsty West: Why Californians Will Soon Be Drinking Their Own Pee  It’s a much better option than desalination.

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from Snopes.com

Claim:   Giving your dog ice or ice water on a hot day is likely to cause it to die from bloating and spasms.  FALSE

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

NASA's Futuristic Spacesuits Made for Mars Walkers

Just One Type of Blazar? How Jet-Spewing Galaxies Evolve Over Time

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Talking Points Memo

WATCH: Muslim Student Gets Mocked At Heritage Benghazi Panel
Media Matters has posted video of an ugly exchange that took place Monday at a Heritage Foundation panel when a Muslim law student took the microphone to ask a question. The exchange was described in a column published Monday by The Washington Post's Dana Milbank.

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from The Washington Post (DC)
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from The Week

Stop calling Hobby Lobby a Christian business
The craft store is exalted by the conservative faithful. But it conducts business in a way that flouts Christian values. If Hobby Lobby was concerned with religious freedoms — not just those of conservative American Christians — it would quit doing business in China.

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from WorldTruth.TV
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]


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from 12Tribe Films Foundation

This is How You Know That Obama Has Completely Lost His Mind
Kerry: U.S. could partner with Iran. This headline is just staggering. Using Iran to deal strategically with Iraq? Says senator Linsdsay Graham, “Why did we deal with Stalin? Because he was not as bad as Hitler.” According to this report the US and Iran would need to develop “shared objectives and rules of the road”. Judging from Iran’s track record, can the US collaborate with Israel? And now for the cliff-hanger – what happens if it backfires? Has anyone thought about that?

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