February 24th
We’ve had some nasty weather over the last few weeks. As an example I awoke to -6F this morning, looked at the temp again an hour later and it was -8F. ? It is now mid-afternoon and it has only climbed to 7F and the sun is shining. Frankly, I am getting very tired of it. It is time for spring.
I took a couple of progress pictures of the bottom border of the hex quilt this morning. It is getting there
Some music for your enjoyment from James Bay
I saw an old photo of Anton Chekhov and it looked like the actor Edward Norton.
During the week Congressmen Fred Upton & Greg Walden introduced legislation to block Net Neutrality. Wanna guess who was Upton’s biggest campaign donor? Oh, and let’s not forget Walden’s 2nd biggest donor…Comcast, buying your Congressmen’s vote. Apparently, it only takes $44,500 to Upton and $47,250 to Walden to get a pro-comcast piece of legislation. That is just $91,750 dollars to own two Congresspeople who should be taking care of their own constituents instead of Comcast.
Have a good one!
Recommended Reading
This Very Bad Deal Will Make Wall Street Richer and Bust the Rest of America
http://www.alternet.org/robert-reich-very-bad-deal-will-make-wall-street-richer-and-bust-rest-america?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=12
28 Reasons I’m DONE Talking To Most Of My Conservative Friends And Family Members
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/02/11/28-reasons-im-done-talking-to-most-of-my-conservative-friends-and-family-members/
Police Shoot and Kill 74-year-old Vet They Were Checking On
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/police-shoot-and-kill-74-year-old-vet-they-were-checking?akid=12775.204376.KNcQBt&rd=1&src=newsletter1031605&t=16
John Oliver Eviscerates the Stunningly Corrupt Practices of Big Pharma
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/video-john-oliver-eviscerates-stunningly-corrupt-practices-big-pharma?akid=12775.204376.KNcQBt&rd=1&src=newsletter1031605&t=7
Heart of Earth's inner core revealed
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31322817
Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV - Invasion of privacy?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31296188
Video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31324892
Nasa reveals far side of the Moon - little Pink Floyd music inserted here
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31297370
List of Oil and Gas Wastewater Wells Dumping into Aquifers Grows - how stupid can CA officials get?
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/The-List-of-Oil-and-Gas-Wastewater-Wells-Dumping-into-Aquifers-Grows--290997161.html
The Hard Right in Congress Has a Dangerous Plan to Strip American 'Terrorists' of Their Citizenship - think long term here folks…when you environmental group gets designated as a terrorist organization, there goes your citizenship.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hard-right-congress-has-dangerous-plan-strip-american-terrorists-their-citizenship?akid=12776.204376.f7RRrg&rd=1&src=newsletter1031630&t=4
5 Amazing New Discoveries About the Potential of Marijuana That You Won't Hear in the Corporate Media
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/latest-cannabis-science-need-know?akid=12776.204376.f7RRrg&rd=1&src=newsletter1031630&t=11
Jon Stewart Mocks Brian Williams, Points to B.S. Media Pushed on Iraq War
http://www.alternet.org/jon-stewart-mocks-brian-williams-points-bs-media-pushed-iraq-war?akid=12777.204376.dIakht&rd=1&src=newsletter1031653&t=6
Owl attacks joggers and steals their hats
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-attacks-joggers-and-steals-their-hats
Code cracked for infections by major group of viruses including common cold and polio - still it is early days
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150204075224.htm
No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning
http://phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/hear-the-worlds-oldest-instrument-the-neanderthal-flute.html
Exposing the Republican Party's Sleazy Playbook to Destroy Social Security
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/exposing-republican-partys-sleazy-playbook-destroy-social-security?akid=12779.204376.KGL8LC&rd=1&src=newsletter1031685&t=5
No Pardon - Young Woman To Serve 30 Years For Miscarriage - this is so wrong
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/19/1358721/-Young-Woman-Serving-30-Years-For-A-Miscarriage-Receives-No-Pardon?detail=email
10 Rush Limbaugh Sponsors To Boycott
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/28/1353710/-10-Rush-Limbaugh-Sponsors-Every-Liberal-Should-Boycott?detail=email
Jeb Bush dumps emails on the 'net; reveals names, addresses, SS #s
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363611/-Jeb-Bush-dumps-emails-on-the-net-reveals-names-addresses-SS-s?detail=email
Jeb Bush was the key player in the Terry Schiavo fiasco. Michael Schiavo hasn't forgiven him.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363601/-Jeb-Bush-was-the-key-player-in-the-Terry-Schiavo-fiasco-Michael-Schiavo-hasn-t-forgiven-him?detail=email
Almost 1 billion monarch butterflies have vanished
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363564/-Almost-1-billion-monarch-butterflies-have-vanished?detail=email
Dwarf planet Ceres gets bigger in Dawn's viewfinder
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31156589
The Best of BBC One's Walk On The Wild Side - this gets me laughing every time
Alabama Police Assault Indian Grandfather Walking On Sidewalk, Leave Him Partly Paralyzed
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/alabama-police-assault-indian-grandfather-walking-sidewalk-leave-him-partly?akid=12785.204376.GMyuFL&rd=1&src=newsletter1031733&t=23
Jon Stewart Roasts Right for Wishing Obama Would Act More Like a Muslim King
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/watch-jon-stewart-roasts-right-wishing-obama-would-act-more-muslim-king?akid=12785.204376.GMyuFL&rd=1&src=newsletter1031733&t=21
The Problem Is Much Bigger Than Brian Williams: Corporate News Is Not Trustworthy
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/us-has-become-a-nation-where-tv-news-celebrities-are-more-important-than-the-news
FBI really doesn’t want anyone to know about “stingray” use by local cops
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/fbi-really-doesnt-want-anyone-to-know-about-stingray-use-by-local-cops/
Hottest Year Ever
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29014-hottest-year-ever#
American Kids Get Grossed Out by Breakfasts From Around the World
http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/02/11/american-kids-eat-breakfasts-around-world?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-11
What the World’s Cities Would Look Like If Every Glacier Melted
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/10/drowned-world-maps?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-11
This Anti-vaxxer children’s book is getting destroyed in Amazon troll campaign - good!
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/06/this_anti_vaxxer_childrens_book_is_getting_destroyed_in_amazon_troll_campaign/
Missouri cities, including Ferguson, sued over 'grotesque' jail conditions - in 2015?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-lawsuit-20150209-story.html#page=1
Fire Cops Who Kicked Boy and Sexually Assaulted His Mother
http://forcechange.com/138573/expel-cops-who-kicked-boy-and-sexually-assaulted-his-mother/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=331630c6f9-498NL2_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600a6911b9-331630c6f9-270625861
Fox Village in Japan
http://www.boredpanda.com/zao-fox-village-japan/
Homeless Man Throwing Rocks Killed by Hail of Police Bullets
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/shocking-video-homeless-man-throwing-rocks-killed-hail-police-bullets?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=15
Jon Stewart Skewers Right-Wing Officials for Their Astonishingly Backward Take on Gay Marriage
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/jon-stewart-skewers-right-wing-officials-their-astonishingly-backward-take-gay?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=9
Facebook Blocks Native American Users for Having 'Fake' Names - well, I guess it is not only authors with pseudonyms that have the problem with Facebook
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/facebook-blocks-native-american-users-having-fake-names?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=21
US 'at risk of mega-drought future’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31434030
Apple just invested $848,000,000 in solar power
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/11/1363891/-Apple-just-invested-848-000-000-in-solar-power?detail=email
Don't lose sight of the real story in the alliance between Netanyahu and the GOP
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363571/-What-digby-said-Don-t-lose-sight-of-the-real-story-in-the-alliance-between-Netanyahu-and-the-GOP?detail=email
Pride, Prejudice, Prostitutes and Pickles: Scholars Unearth Two Letters Relating to Jane Austen
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/pride-prejudice-prostitutes-and-pickles-scholars-identify-two-new-letters-relating-to-jane-austen/?_r=2
South Korean woman's hair 'eaten' by robot vacuum cleaner as she slept
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/south-korean-womans-hair-eaten-by-robot-vacuum-cleaner-as-she-slept?CMP=fb_gu
Time-lapse Nasa footage shows the Sun over five years
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31465122
Is Brian a bad name for a horse?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31468463
Pacific Dying
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/14/1364514/-Pacific-Dying
Nebraska judge temporarily blocks TransCanada's ability to use eminent domain for Keystone XL - good
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/12/1364134/-Nebraska-judge-temporarily-blocks-TransCanada-s-ability-to-use-eminent-domain-for-Keystone-XL?detail=email
Louis Jourdan, French actor and star of Gigi, dies aged 93 - sad
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31483113
Cricket World Cup - What is cricket? - yep, it is that time again
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31445856
South Carolina Republican: Women are 'a lesser cut of meat’
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364254/-South-Carolina-Republican-Women-are-a-lesser-cut-of-meat
Hard to Believe: Police are Treating Protest Movements Like They are Terrorists
http://www.alternet.org/activism/hard-believe-police-are-treating-protest-movements-they-are-terrorists?akid=12795.204376.JR-6KO&rd=1&src=newsletter1031899&t=13
The Grand Canyon: Natural Wonder or Next Great American Mall?
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/10/grand-canyon-natural-wonder-american-mall?cmpid=tpenviro-eml-2015-02-14-glaciers
Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues Band W/Sam Andrew - Live At Fillmore East - 1969 - (RIP: Sam Andrew: 1941-2015) - Past Daily Backstage Weekend: Tribute edition
http://pastdaily.com/2015/02/14/janis-joplins-kozmic-blues-band-wsam-andrew-live-fillmore-east-1969-rip-sam-andrew-1941-2015-past-daily-backstage-weekend-tribute-edition/
Lesley Gore, It's My Party singer, dies aged 68
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31500422
and:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31500180
Fiery train crash forces W Virginia towns to evacuate - and another one derails leaking crude into a river.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31492659
How to create a virtual black hole
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31489459
Smokey the cliff-top dog rescued in California
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31499704
One GIF Shows the Coming Megadrought
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/15/nasa-drought-gif?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
The New App to Download Before Your Next Trip to the Supermarket - good idea
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/14/open-label-product-app?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
Hello, World! Baby Orca Surfaces, Joining Endangered Pod - ah
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/14/orca-killer-whale-new-baby?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
NYC Developers Are Looking to Build the Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere -- with Non-Union Labor - I wouldn’t live in this building
http://www.alternet.org/labor/new-york-city-developers-look-construct-tallest-nonunion-building-ever?akid=12798.204376.q4r_Zi&rd=1&src=newsletter1031986&t=25
The Christian Right Is Quite Scary, But the GOP's Economic Agenda Is America's Big Nightmare
http://www.alternet.org/economy/christian-right-quite-scary-gops-economic-agenda-americas-big-nightmare?akid=12798.204376.q4r_Zi&rd=1&src=newsletter1031986&t=4
Like a Bad Neighbor, Chevron Is There: How the Oil Company Undermines Community Safety
http://www.alternet.org/environment/bad-neighbor-chevron-there-how-oil-company-undermines-community-safety
Did you know the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that it's legal to execute an innocent person? - WTF?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1364924/-Did-you-know-the-Supreme-Court-ruled-6-3-that-it-s-legal-to-execute-an-innocent-person?detail=email
St. Louis police and mayor do not want you to see this video of police brutality
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/16/1364713/-St-Louis-Police-Mayor-did-everything-they-could-for-you-to-not-see-this-video-of-police-brutality?detail=email
10 Truly Bizarre Tea Party Bills: From Nipples to Militias to Religious Zealotry
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-truly-bizarre-tea-party-bills-nipples-militias-religious-zealotry?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=6
NSA's Massive Cyber-Spying Efforts Called “Superhuman"
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/nsas-superhuman-cybersurveillance-network-exposed?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=10
Pink Fairy Armadillo Crawls Out of the Desert and Into Your Heart
http://www.wired.com/2014/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-pink-fairy-armadillo-crawls-out-of-the-desert-and-into-our-hearts/
Medieval Chess Pieces from Angel Street
http://www.medievalhistories.com/medieval-chess-pieces-from-angel-street/
Limpet teeth set new strength record
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31500883
Alien star system buzzed the Sun
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31519875
Creating Cold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02b44e78-2da1-4a27-bcc5-dd0de5f38b20
Israeli divers chance upon 'priceless' treasure on seabed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31517433
Knitting club gets £250k Lotto fund
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31515875
Solar power 'could become world's biggest source of electricity’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31516673
Trains Hauling Crude Oil Across North America Just Keep Exploding
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/02/train-derailment-crude-oil-explosion-west-virginia
The Real Problem With Bread (It's Probably Not Gluten)
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/02/bread-gluten-rising-yeast-health-problem
The Pharma Drug That Is Bankrupting America - a true sickness
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/pharma-drug-bankrupting-america?akid=12803.204376.r4Pbq_&rd=1&src=newsletter1032048&t=7
Meet the Family With a Megaphone in U.S. & Israeli Politics - another kind of terroist, so think twice about buying their products.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/meet-family-megaphone-us-israeli-politics?akid=12803.308485.fHVt10&rd=1&src=newsletter1032048&t=27
Is The NSA Hiding Spy Software In Your Computer?
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/02/17/3623500/nsa-allegedly-planted-surveillance-software-hard-drives-worldwide/?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=9a000b0ec4-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-9a000b0ec4-391758205
Forgotten fossil found to be new species of ichthyosaur
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31521719
Even Insured Consumers Get Hit With Unexpectedly Large Medical Bills
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/even-insured-consumers-get-hit-with-unexpectedly-large-medical-bills/
Oklahoma Wants to Ban A.P. U.S. History, and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/18/oklahomas-banning-ap-us-history-and-theres-nothing-you-can-do-about-it?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-18
Rare Amur tigers video shows positive signs for population
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31530128
Huge 'ice fountain' forms in US park
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31548523
The technology behind facial recognition
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31510485
US and UK accused of hacking Sim card firm to steal codes
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31545050
Lip-synching goes viral: the rise of Dubsmash
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30971013
Canadian MP blames tight underwear for parliament exit
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31552579
Ancient Egyptian bronze cat salvaged from bin
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31543713
Timelapse shows spectacular Northern Lights show
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31533912
Icy US weather continues to cause disruption
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31546019
More Not-Good News About CREs
http://mikethemadbiologist.com/2015/02/19/more-not-good-news-about-cres/
Federal jury in SPLC case awards $14 million to Indian guest workers victimized in labor trafficking scheme by Signal International and its agents
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/federal-jury-in-splc-case-awards-14-million-to-indian-guest-workers-victimized-in-
Google Calls FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power a 'Monumental' Constitutional Threat
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/google-calls-fbi-s-plan-to-expand-hacking-power-a-monumental-constitutional-threat-20150218?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=c1e8012103-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-c1e8012103-391758205
Meet Ruby, the First New Species of Seadragon Found in 150 Years
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/18/new-species-seadragon-discovered?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-19
5 Valiant GOP Efforts to Make Americans As Dumb As Possible
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/5-valiant-gop-efforts-make-americans-dumb-possible?akid=12811.308485.M7ziXg&rd=1&src=newsletter1032159&t=6
Spies Can Track You Just by Watching Your Phone’s Power Use
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/powerspy-phone-tracking/?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=7f61575816-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-7f61575816-391758205
Black hole's blast stunts birth of stars
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31556326
Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31564442
Mom Blasts Clothing Line That Claims Laundry Is Women’s Work
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/20/mom-blasts-clothing-line-that-claims-laundry-womens-work?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-20
Beekeeping Just Got Easier With On-Tap Honey Flowing Straight From the Hive - yes, it works but the bees also need the honey they produce
http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/02/18/beekeeping-just-got-easier-hive-jar-honey-tap?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-20
NATURE ON A 3-D PRINTER
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-1-january-february/green-life/nature-3-d-printer?suppress=true&src=1image&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
The Tough-as-Hell Antarctic Fish With Antifreeze for Blood
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-notothenioids/
Indiana Republican: ‘No One Has the Guts’ to Let the Poor ‘Wither and Die’ - despicable
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/indiana-republican-one-guts-let-poor-wither-die/
North Carolina Lobbyists Can Officially Screw Politicians Legally
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/18/north-carolina-lobbyists-can-officially-screw-politicians-legally.html
Mother Earth weeps as Arctic Circle ice cap slides into the sea.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365572/-Mother-Earth-weeps-as-Arctic-Circle-Ice-Cap-slides-into-the-Sea?detail=email
From I where Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. Though not Austfonna, we get the idea of what is happening to our glaciers worldwide. This took 75 minutes and was the size of lower Manhattan!
Hilarious Full-Page Ad in NYT Skewers Boehner
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365592/-Hilarious-Full-Page-Ad-in-NYT-Skewers-Boehner?detail=email
Canadian 'freezeway' could let residents skate to work - well, it works in other Canadian cities why not Edmonton?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31581592
The first paper photographs on display at Tate Britain
http://www.bbc.com/news/31606442
Jackie Chan rescues stolen Chinese zodiac heads
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31596977
The biggest wedding party ever?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31594551
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http://www.Kiva.org
I took a couple of progress pictures of the bottom border of the hex quilt this morning. It is getting there
Some music for your enjoyment from James Bay
Click to viewI saw an old photo of Anton Chekhov and it looked like the actor Edward Norton.
During the week Congressmen Fred Upton & Greg Walden introduced legislation to block Net Neutrality. Wanna guess who was Upton’s biggest campaign donor? Oh, and let’s not forget Walden’s 2nd biggest donor…Comcast, buying your Congressmen’s vote. Apparently, it only takes $44,500 to Upton and $47,250 to Walden to get a pro-comcast piece of legislation. That is just $91,750 dollars to own two Congresspeople who should be taking care of their own constituents instead of Comcast.
Have a good one!
Recommended Reading
This Very Bad Deal Will Make Wall Street Richer and Bust the Rest of America
http://www.alternet.org/robert-reich-very-bad-deal-will-make-wall-street-richer-and-bust-rest-america?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=12
28 Reasons I’m DONE Talking To Most Of My Conservative Friends And Family Members
http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/02/11/28-reasons-im-done-talking-to-most-of-my-conservative-friends-and-family-members/
Police Shoot and Kill 74-year-old Vet They Were Checking On
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/police-shoot-and-kill-74-year-old-vet-they-were-checking?akid=12775.204376.KNcQBt&rd=1&src=newsletter1031605&t=16
John Oliver Eviscerates the Stunningly Corrupt Practices of Big Pharma
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/video-john-oliver-eviscerates-stunningly-corrupt-practices-big-pharma?akid=12775.204376.KNcQBt&rd=1&src=newsletter1031605&t=7
Heart of Earth's inner core revealed
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31322817
Not in front of the telly: Warning over 'listening' TV - Invasion of privacy?
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31296188
Video:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31324892
Nasa reveals far side of the Moon - little Pink Floyd music inserted here
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31297370
List of Oil and Gas Wastewater Wells Dumping into Aquifers Grows - how stupid can CA officials get?
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/The-List-of-Oil-and-Gas-Wastewater-Wells-Dumping-into-Aquifers-Grows--290997161.html
The Hard Right in Congress Has a Dangerous Plan to Strip American 'Terrorists' of Their Citizenship - think long term here folks…when you environmental group gets designated as a terrorist organization, there goes your citizenship.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/hard-right-congress-has-dangerous-plan-strip-american-terrorists-their-citizenship?akid=12776.204376.f7RRrg&rd=1&src=newsletter1031630&t=4
5 Amazing New Discoveries About the Potential of Marijuana That You Won't Hear in the Corporate Media
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/latest-cannabis-science-need-know?akid=12776.204376.f7RRrg&rd=1&src=newsletter1031630&t=11
Jon Stewart Mocks Brian Williams, Points to B.S. Media Pushed on Iraq War
http://www.alternet.org/jon-stewart-mocks-brian-williams-points-bs-media-pushed-iraq-war?akid=12777.204376.dIakht&rd=1&src=newsletter1031653&t=6
Owl attacks joggers and steals their hats
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/06/owl-attacks-joggers-and-steals-their-hats
Code cracked for infections by major group of viruses including common cold and polio - still it is early days
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150204075224.htm
No Big Bang? Quantum equation predicts universe has no beginning
http://phys.org/news/2015-02-big-quantum-equation-universe.html
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
http://www.openculture.com/2015/02/hear-the-worlds-oldest-instrument-the-neanderthal-flute.html
Exposing the Republican Party's Sleazy Playbook to Destroy Social Security
http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/exposing-republican-partys-sleazy-playbook-destroy-social-security?akid=12779.204376.KGL8LC&rd=1&src=newsletter1031685&t=5
No Pardon - Young Woman To Serve 30 Years For Miscarriage - this is so wrong
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/19/1358721/-Young-Woman-Serving-30-Years-For-A-Miscarriage-Receives-No-Pardon?detail=email
10 Rush Limbaugh Sponsors To Boycott
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/12/28/1353710/-10-Rush-Limbaugh-Sponsors-Every-Liberal-Should-Boycott?detail=email
Jeb Bush dumps emails on the 'net; reveals names, addresses, SS #s
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363611/-Jeb-Bush-dumps-emails-on-the-net-reveals-names-addresses-SS-s?detail=email
Jeb Bush was the key player in the Terry Schiavo fiasco. Michael Schiavo hasn't forgiven him.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363601/-Jeb-Bush-was-the-key-player-in-the-Terry-Schiavo-fiasco-Michael-Schiavo-hasn-t-forgiven-him?detail=email
Almost 1 billion monarch butterflies have vanished
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363564/-Almost-1-billion-monarch-butterflies-have-vanished?detail=email
Dwarf planet Ceres gets bigger in Dawn's viewfinder
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31156589
The Best of BBC One's Walk On The Wild Side - this gets me laughing every time
Alabama Police Assault Indian Grandfather Walking On Sidewalk, Leave Him Partly Paralyzed
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/alabama-police-assault-indian-grandfather-walking-sidewalk-leave-him-partly?akid=12785.204376.GMyuFL&rd=1&src=newsletter1031733&t=23
Jon Stewart Roasts Right for Wishing Obama Would Act More Like a Muslim King
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/watch-jon-stewart-roasts-right-wishing-obama-would-act-more-muslim-king?akid=12785.204376.GMyuFL&rd=1&src=newsletter1031733&t=21
The Problem Is Much Bigger Than Brian Williams: Corporate News Is Not Trustworthy
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/us-has-become-a-nation-where-tv-news-celebrities-are-more-important-than-the-news
FBI really doesn’t want anyone to know about “stingray” use by local cops
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/02/fbi-really-doesnt-want-anyone-to-know-about-stingray-use-by-local-cops/
Hottest Year Ever
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29014-hottest-year-ever#
American Kids Get Grossed Out by Breakfasts From Around the World
http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/02/11/american-kids-eat-breakfasts-around-world?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-11
What the World’s Cities Would Look Like If Every Glacier Melted
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/10/drowned-world-maps?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-11
This Anti-vaxxer children’s book is getting destroyed in Amazon troll campaign - good!
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/06/this_anti_vaxxer_childrens_book_is_getting_destroyed_in_amazon_troll_campaign/
Missouri cities, including Ferguson, sued over 'grotesque' jail conditions - in 2015?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ferguson-lawsuit-20150209-story.html#page=1
Fire Cops Who Kicked Boy and Sexually Assaulted His Mother
http://forcechange.com/138573/expel-cops-who-kicked-boy-and-sexually-assaulted-his-mother/?utm_source=ForceChange+Newsletter&utm_campaign=331630c6f9-498NL2_12_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_600a6911b9-331630c6f9-270625861
Fox Village in Japan
http://www.boredpanda.com/zao-fox-village-japan/
Homeless Man Throwing Rocks Killed by Hail of Police Bullets
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/shocking-video-homeless-man-throwing-rocks-killed-hail-police-bullets?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=15
Jon Stewart Skewers Right-Wing Officials for Their Astonishingly Backward Take on Gay Marriage
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/jon-stewart-skewers-right-wing-officials-their-astonishingly-backward-take-gay?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=9
Facebook Blocks Native American Users for Having 'Fake' Names - well, I guess it is not only authors with pseudonyms that have the problem with Facebook
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/facebook-blocks-native-american-users-having-fake-names?akid=12789.204376.46mpY_&rd=1&src=newsletter1031793&t=21
US 'at risk of mega-drought future’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31434030
Apple just invested $848,000,000 in solar power
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/11/1363891/-Apple-just-invested-848-000-000-in-solar-power?detail=email
Don't lose sight of the real story in the alliance between Netanyahu and the GOP
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/10/1363571/-What-digby-said-Don-t-lose-sight-of-the-real-story-in-the-alliance-between-Netanyahu-and-the-GOP?detail=email
Pride, Prejudice, Prostitutes and Pickles: Scholars Unearth Two Letters Relating to Jane Austen
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/pride-prejudice-prostitutes-and-pickles-scholars-identify-two-new-letters-relating-to-jane-austen/?_r=2
South Korean woman's hair 'eaten' by robot vacuum cleaner as she slept
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/09/south-korean-womans-hair-eaten-by-robot-vacuum-cleaner-as-she-slept?CMP=fb_gu
Time-lapse Nasa footage shows the Sun over five years
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31465122
Is Brian a bad name for a horse?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31468463
Pacific Dying
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/14/1364514/-Pacific-Dying
Nebraska judge temporarily blocks TransCanada's ability to use eminent domain for Keystone XL - good
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/12/1364134/-Nebraska-judge-temporarily-blocks-TransCanada-s-ability-to-use-eminent-domain-for-Keystone-XL?detail=email
Louis Jourdan, French actor and star of Gigi, dies aged 93 - sad
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31483113
Cricket World Cup - What is cricket? - yep, it is that time again
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31445856
South Carolina Republican: Women are 'a lesser cut of meat’
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/13/1364254/-South-Carolina-Republican-Women-are-a-lesser-cut-of-meat
Hard to Believe: Police are Treating Protest Movements Like They are Terrorists
http://www.alternet.org/activism/hard-believe-police-are-treating-protest-movements-they-are-terrorists?akid=12795.204376.JR-6KO&rd=1&src=newsletter1031899&t=13
The Grand Canyon: Natural Wonder or Next Great American Mall?
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/10/grand-canyon-natural-wonder-american-mall?cmpid=tpenviro-eml-2015-02-14-glaciers
Janis Joplin’s Kozmic Blues Band W/Sam Andrew - Live At Fillmore East - 1969 - (RIP: Sam Andrew: 1941-2015) - Past Daily Backstage Weekend: Tribute edition
http://pastdaily.com/2015/02/14/janis-joplins-kozmic-blues-band-wsam-andrew-live-fillmore-east-1969-rip-sam-andrew-1941-2015-past-daily-backstage-weekend-tribute-edition/
Lesley Gore, It's My Party singer, dies aged 68
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31500422
and:
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31500180
Fiery train crash forces W Virginia towns to evacuate - and another one derails leaking crude into a river.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31492659
How to create a virtual black hole
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31489459
Smokey the cliff-top dog rescued in California
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31499704
One GIF Shows the Coming Megadrought
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/15/nasa-drought-gif?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
The New App to Download Before Your Next Trip to the Supermarket - good idea
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/14/open-label-product-app?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
Hello, World! Baby Orca Surfaces, Joining Endangered Pod - ah
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/14/orca-killer-whale-new-baby?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-16
NYC Developers Are Looking to Build the Tallest Residential Building in the Western Hemisphere -- with Non-Union Labor - I wouldn’t live in this building
http://www.alternet.org/labor/new-york-city-developers-look-construct-tallest-nonunion-building-ever?akid=12798.204376.q4r_Zi&rd=1&src=newsletter1031986&t=25
The Christian Right Is Quite Scary, But the GOP's Economic Agenda Is America's Big Nightmare
http://www.alternet.org/economy/christian-right-quite-scary-gops-economic-agenda-americas-big-nightmare?akid=12798.204376.q4r_Zi&rd=1&src=newsletter1031986&t=4
Like a Bad Neighbor, Chevron Is There: How the Oil Company Undermines Community Safety
http://www.alternet.org/environment/bad-neighbor-chevron-there-how-oil-company-undermines-community-safety
Did you know the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that it's legal to execute an innocent person? - WTF?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/17/1364924/-Did-you-know-the-Supreme-Court-ruled-6-3-that-it-s-legal-to-execute-an-innocent-person?detail=email
St. Louis police and mayor do not want you to see this video of police brutality
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/16/1364713/-St-Louis-Police-Mayor-did-everything-they-could-for-you-to-not-see-this-video-of-police-brutality?detail=email
10 Truly Bizarre Tea Party Bills: From Nipples to Militias to Religious Zealotry
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/10-truly-bizarre-tea-party-bills-nipples-militias-religious-zealotry?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=6
NSA's Massive Cyber-Spying Efforts Called “Superhuman"
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/nsas-superhuman-cybersurveillance-network-exposed?akid=12801.204376.hx9L_A&rd=1&src=newsletter1032029&t=10
Pink Fairy Armadillo Crawls Out of the Desert and Into Your Heart
http://www.wired.com/2014/01/absurd-creature-of-the-week-pink-fairy-armadillo-crawls-out-of-the-desert-and-into-our-hearts/
Medieval Chess Pieces from Angel Street
http://www.medievalhistories.com/medieval-chess-pieces-from-angel-street/
Limpet teeth set new strength record
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31500883
Alien star system buzzed the Sun
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31519875
Creating Cold
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-02b44e78-2da1-4a27-bcc5-dd0de5f38b20
Israeli divers chance upon 'priceless' treasure on seabed
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-31517433
Knitting club gets £250k Lotto fund
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31515875
Solar power 'could become world's biggest source of electricity’
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31516673
Trains Hauling Crude Oil Across North America Just Keep Exploding
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/02/train-derailment-crude-oil-explosion-west-virginia
The Real Problem With Bread (It's Probably Not Gluten)
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/02/bread-gluten-rising-yeast-health-problem
The Pharma Drug That Is Bankrupting America - a true sickness
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/pharma-drug-bankrupting-america?akid=12803.204376.r4Pbq_&rd=1&src=newsletter1032048&t=7
Meet the Family With a Megaphone in U.S. & Israeli Politics - another kind of terroist, so think twice about buying their products.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/meet-family-megaphone-us-israeli-politics?akid=12803.308485.fHVt10&rd=1&src=newsletter1032048&t=27
Is The NSA Hiding Spy Software In Your Computer?
http://thinkprogress.org/world/2015/02/17/3623500/nsa-allegedly-planted-surveillance-software-hard-drives-worldwide/?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=9a000b0ec4-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-9a000b0ec4-391758205
Forgotten fossil found to be new species of ichthyosaur
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31521719
Even Insured Consumers Get Hit With Unexpectedly Large Medical Bills
http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/even-insured-consumers-get-hit-with-unexpectedly-large-medical-bills/
Oklahoma Wants to Ban A.P. U.S. History, and There’s Nothing You Can Do About It
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/18/oklahomas-banning-ap-us-history-and-theres-nothing-you-can-do-about-it?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-18
Rare Amur tigers video shows positive signs for population
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31530128
Huge 'ice fountain' forms in US park
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31548523
The technology behind facial recognition
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31510485
US and UK accused of hacking Sim card firm to steal codes
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-31545050
Lip-synching goes viral: the rise of Dubsmash
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30971013
Canadian MP blames tight underwear for parliament exit
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31552579
Ancient Egyptian bronze cat salvaged from bin
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31543713
Timelapse shows spectacular Northern Lights show
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31533912
Icy US weather continues to cause disruption
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-31546019
More Not-Good News About CREs
http://mikethemadbiologist.com/2015/02/19/more-not-good-news-about-cres/
Federal jury in SPLC case awards $14 million to Indian guest workers victimized in labor trafficking scheme by Signal International and its agents
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/news/federal-jury-in-splc-case-awards-14-million-to-indian-guest-workers-victimized-in-
Google Calls FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power a 'Monumental' Constitutional Threat
http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/google-calls-fbi-s-plan-to-expand-hacking-power-a-monumental-constitutional-threat-20150218?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=c1e8012103-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-c1e8012103-391758205
Meet Ruby, the First New Species of Seadragon Found in 150 Years
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/18/new-species-seadragon-discovered?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-19
5 Valiant GOP Efforts to Make Americans As Dumb As Possible
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/5-valiant-gop-efforts-make-americans-dumb-possible?akid=12811.308485.M7ziXg&rd=1&src=newsletter1032159&t=6
Spies Can Track You Just by Watching Your Phone’s Power Use
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/powerspy-phone-tracking/?utm_source=NSHR+Rapid+Response&utm_campaign=7f61575816-NSHR_Alerts_News_October_9&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a915757be-7f61575816-391758205
Black hole's blast stunts birth of stars
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31556326
Lost Sherlock Holmes story discovered
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31564442
Mom Blasts Clothing Line That Claims Laundry Is Women’s Work
http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/02/20/mom-blasts-clothing-line-that-claims-laundry-womens-work?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-20
Beekeeping Just Got Easier With On-Tap Honey Flowing Straight From the Hive - yes, it works but the bees also need the honey they produce
http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/02/18/beekeeping-just-got-easier-hive-jar-honey-tap?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2015-02-20
NATURE ON A 3-D PRINTER
http://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2015-1-january-february/green-life/nature-3-d-printer?suppress=true&src=1image&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
The Tough-as-Hell Antarctic Fish With Antifreeze for Blood
http://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-notothenioids/
Indiana Republican: ‘No One Has the Guts’ to Let the Poor ‘Wither and Die’ - despicable
http://www.forwardprogressives.com/indiana-republican-one-guts-let-poor-wither-die/
North Carolina Lobbyists Can Officially Screw Politicians Legally
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/18/north-carolina-lobbyists-can-officially-screw-politicians-legally.html
Mother Earth weeps as Arctic Circle ice cap slides into the sea.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365572/-Mother-Earth-weeps-as-Arctic-Circle-Ice-Cap-slides-into-the-Sea?detail=email
From I where Adam LeWinter and Director Jeff Orlowski filmed a historic breakup at the Ilulissat Glacier in Western Greenland. Though not Austfonna, we get the idea of what is happening to our glaciers worldwide. This took 75 minutes and was the size of lower Manhattan!
Hilarious Full-Page Ad in NYT Skewers Boehner
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365592/-Hilarious-Full-Page-Ad-in-NYT-Skewers-Boehner?detail=email
Canadian 'freezeway' could let residents skate to work - well, it works in other Canadian cities why not Edmonton?
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31581592
The first paper photographs on display at Tate Britain
http://www.bbc.com/news/31606442
Jackie Chan rescues stolen Chinese zodiac heads
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31596977
The biggest wedding party ever?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31594551
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