Friday, April 21, 2017

Neil Gorsuch’s first Supreme Court vote clears the way for Arkansas to begin its lethal injection spree - Salon.com

Order of the Death's Head.



Neil Gorsuch’s first Supreme Court vote clears the way for Arkansas to begin its lethal injection spree - Salon.com

Mean Streaks: The Political Problem of Needless Cruelty is Getting Worse :: Politics :: Features :: Discourse :: Paste

Republicanism is a cancer on America.



Mean Streaks: The Political Problem of Needless Cruelty is Getting Worse :: Politics :: Features :: Discourse :: Paste

Why House Republicans Seem Fine Risking Humiliation Again In Pursuit Of An Obamacare Repeal | The Huffington Post

Pathetic.  The Republicans should pass this monstrosity for their voters.  Telling their voters that this is what they voted for- a nation that let's its people die and suffer needlessly on their alter of "free market" ideology.  Their voters will bear the brunt of the Republican AHCA 2.0 passage into law.  The Republican motto:  Let Them Suffer.



Why House Republicans Seem Fine Risking Humiliation Again In Pursuit Of An Obamacare Repeal | The Huffington Post

Carol Soundtrack - Carter Burwell (OST) (2015)

Carter Burwell - Plus que ma propre vie

Bella's Lullaby - Carter Burwell

Blues in A minor Backing Track

Delta & Louisiana Blues - 35 great tracks of Delta Blues, over one hour ...

Symbiotic connections of plants and fungi | Cosmos

Symbiotic connections of plants and fungi | Cosmos

Onward! Opportunity Rover on Mars Embarks on New Journey

Onward! Opportunity Rover on Mars Embarks on New Journey

Thursday, April 20, 2017

As Reports of Assange Arrest Warrant Emerge, Who Will Defend WikiLeaks? | Common Dreams

As Reports of Assange Arrest Warrant Emerge, Who Will Defend WikiLeaks? | Common Dreams

Trump Tax Plan To Rely On Future U.S. Growth To Fund Cuts: Officials | The Huffington Post

Ha!  Gov. Brownback did the same argument for huge tax cuts in Kansas.  Guess what?  It doesn't work.  Kansas tax cuts left the state's finances so bad that Moody's down graded the credit outlook to "unstable".  The financial games that Republicans have done in Congress with the budget shows that Republicans, including Trump, have no interest in keeping America on sound finances.  For them it is always cutting taxes.  But government needs money in the form of taxes to function effectively.  It's just like a NASCAR racing operation.  If the racing car operation needs ten million dollars to field a consistent winning two car team then how well will that car operation run on only five million dollars?  Republicans have no financial acumen rather they are grifters.



Trump Tax Plan To Rely On Future U.S. Growth To Fund Cuts: Officials | The Huffington Post

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria - The Atlantic

Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria - The Atlantic

Two Teens Charged with 'Hate Crime' for Vandalizing Trump Sign, Letter and Spirit of the Law Be Damned | Alternet

Trumplander cops!



Two Teens Charged with 'Hate Crime' for Vandalizing Trump Sign, Letter and Spirit of the Law Be Damned | Alternet

DCCC launches ad to counter Republican attacks on Jon Ossoff

Of course the DCCC has to spend money on a negative ad buy.  Why not do the opposite and spend money on a POSITIVE mass media buy?  This is a losing campaign because people are sick of negative ads on mass media.  People are TURNED OFF by the candidate that only runs negative ads.



But the DCCC media consultants have a long history of raking in the money on losing campaigns.  If the media gurus look at the negative cyber media campaign of Trump's might find a few items of interest to play upon.  E.g., what kinds of media stories were fed to the Bernie Bros that caused them not to vote the top line name on the ballot?



Just sayin'.



DCCC launches ad to counter Republican attacks on Jon Ossoff

Dances in the Canebrakes: III. Silk hat and Walking cane

Dances in the Canebrakes: I. Nimble feet

Trumpcare 2.0 would make premiums spike for people with pre-existing conditions

Dumb (Ryan) and Dumberer (Trump) for trying to pass AHCA POS just to get even with President Obama.  Remember- a black guy is helping Americans to have healthcare but a bunch a white guys want to take away your healthcare.



Trumpcare 2.0 would make premiums spike for people with pre-existing conditions

Goldman Is Wondering If Anyone Else Is Getting Weird Vibes From This Trump Guy | Dealbreaker

The emperor has no clothes Wall Street begins to notice.



Goldman Is Wondering If Anyone Else Is Getting Weird Vibes From This Trump Guy | Dealbreaker

Blood from human babies makes brains of elderly mice young again | New Scientist

Blood from human babies makes brains of elderly mice young again | New Scientist

AP Exclusive: Pesticide Maker Tries to Kill Risk Study - The New York Times

In order to make profit Dow Chemical wants to kill life on planet Earth.



AP Exclusive: Pesticide Maker Tries to Kill Risk Study - The New York Times

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Antarctic Scientists Go Chasing Waterfalls - The Atlantic

Antarctic Scientists Go Chasing Waterfalls - The Atlantic

Supreme Court Shows Soft Spot For Church Denied Public Funding For Playground | The Huffington Post

I wonder if Christian denominations would have been so eager to file friend of the court briefs if the plaintiff had been a Islamic mosque?



Supreme Court Shows Soft Spot For Church Denied Public Funding For Playground | The Huffington Post

13 Questions That Scare Charter School Advocates | Alternet

13 Questions That Scare Charter School Advocates | Alternet

The Continuing Fallout from Trump and Nunes’s Fake Scandal - The New Yorker

Republicans in Congress continue to cover for Trump and his administration over Russian contacts and cyber interference in the 2016 election.  Chaffetz may not be running for re election in 2018 but that only means other Republicans who place party before Constitution will continue to obstruct the Congressional investigations.



The Continuing Fallout from Trump and Nunes’s Fake Scandal - The New Yorker

On The Last Word, Advertiser Expert Explains Fox's O'Reilly Scrambling: Advertisers Gearing Up To Drop All Of Fox News

How many lives were damaged by the sexual hostility culture at Fox News for how many years before justice finally catches up to Ailes and O'Reilly?



On The Last Word, Advertiser Expert Explains Fox's O'Reilly Scrambling: Advertisers Gearing Up To Drop All Of Fox News

Monday, April 17, 2017

What Our Grandchildren Will Do When the Jobs Are Gone

What Our Grandchildren Will Do When the Jobs Are Gone

Gorsuch Full of Questions on First U.S. Supreme Court Day - Bloomberg

Radical conservatism is to ignore judicial precedent of established court cases over a particular law.  Gorsuch in hearing his first case indicated by his questions that he is comfortable to just that.



Gorsuch Full of Questions on First U.S. Supreme Court Day - Bloomberg

Preemptive Strike?

South Korea's neighbors more afraid of Trump.  Says it all.



Preemptive Strike?

CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

Trump invites industry to pick and choose which environmental, health, safety rules to drop

How many more people must be injured or needlessly die in the name of corporate profit?  Trump only cares about profit to the exclusion of all that makes America America!  Privatize our National Park system- sure!  Make sure that government is not paid fairly for Big Oil and Coal to extract oil and gas on public lands for merely pennies per barrel and per ton, sure.  The long haul drivers should work as long as they want because their employers only pay a pittance.  Why not privatize our roads so that we have to pay tolls every single time we use a road.



This is the insanity of Trumplanders who think the nation is a better place if corporations and the 1% can have maximum profit to the exclusion of all else.



Trump invites industry to pick and choose which environmental, health, safety rules to drop

Hurdles on the path to a solar-powered world | Cosmos

Technological progress will not be halted if the US fails to lead change.  Other nations will lead and create new industries while America will become a second class power that will have to import technologies.  There will be further negative consequences if the US does not lead in facing the next great extinction event which is a existential threat to humanity and all life on Earth.



Trump's abdication of having America lead in meeting Paris Accords for carbon reduction means that we will not be at the forefront of creating technologies that a). reduce carbon emissions in order to meet the 2 degree C. temperature limit and b). developing the necessary economics that foster job creation.  Extremely short sighted and dangerous.



Other nations will see what America under Trump is doing and there will be international consequences in the years to come.



Hurdles on the path to a solar-powered world | Cosmos

Maine tried allowing the sale of health insurance from other states. It didn’t work. | BDN Maine

Selling insurance across state lines has been tried and it doesn't work.



Maine tried allowing the sale of health insurance from other states. It didn’t work. | BDN Maine

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Friday, April 7, 2017

Syria: A show of force—or simply farce

FARCE!



Syria: A show of force—or simply farce

Syrian jets take off from air base hit by US - ABC News

Syrian jets take off from air base hit by US - ABC News

Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's chaotic presidency continues with abrupt change in Syria policy

Actions speak louder then words.  A show of force without forethought as to the consequences.  He talks about kids and babies being gassed but the world knows of his plan to ban all Syrian refugees from our nation.  So in reality he is all for bombing Assad but he wants the people of Syria to stay in Syria.  A nation that is shattered by six years of warfare.



Abbreviated pundit roundup: Trump's chaotic presidency continues with abrupt change in Syria policy

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

The CFPB Protects Us From Bad Banks; Republicans Want To Kill It | Crooks and Liars

The CFPB Protects Us From Bad Banks; Republicans Want To Kill It | Crooks and Liars

Bullish on Renewable Energy: Investors Argue Trump Can’t Stop the Revolution | InsideClimate News

Bullish on Renewable Energy: Investors Argue Trump Can’t Stop the Revolution | InsideClimate News

Bullish on Renewable Energy: Investors Argue Trump Can’t Stop the Revolution | InsideClimate News

Bullish on Renewable Energy: Investors Argue Trump Can’t Stop the Revolution | InsideClimate News

Global Gag Rule: The result is life or death (opinion) - CNN.com

Trump's hatred of womenkind.



Global Gag Rule: The result is life or death (opinion) - CNN.com

Trump Casually Accuses Susan Rice Of Committing A Crime, Offers No Evidence | The Huffington Post

Trump Casually Accuses Susan Rice Of Committing A Crime, Offers No Evidence | The Huffington Post

'No Is Not Enough': Naomi Klein Writing Anti-Trump Blueprint for 'Shock Resistance' | Common Dreams

'No Is Not Enough': Naomi Klein Writing Anti-Trump Blueprint for 'Shock Resistance' | Common Dreams

Neil Gorsuch's mother Anne tried to dismantle the EPA.

Neil Gorsuch's mother Anne tried to dismantle the EPA.

Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superhero

Iron Man-Style Exosuit Turns Inventor into Real-Life Superhero

Belief builds among House Democrats on Russia probe: People are going to jail

Belief builds among House Democrats on Russia probe: People are going to jail

Indiana House passes bill to scrap solar incentives | PV-Tech

Indiana House passes bill to scrap solar incentives | PV-Tech

Become a co-signer of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Social Security Expansion Act

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Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time? | WIRED

Have We Been Interpreting Quantum Mechanics Wrong This Whole Time? | WIRED

The Susan Rice Unmasking Story Is A Perfect Case Study Of The New Pro-Trump Propaganda Ecosystem

The Susan Rice Unmasking Story Is A Perfect Case Study Of The New Pro-Trump Propaganda Ecosystem

These Are Bill O’Reilly’s Advertisers

These Are Bill O’Reilly’s Advertisers

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Scamming the world: Trump has turned foreign policy into a profit center

Scamming the world: Trump has turned foreign policy into a profit center

Thanks to Twitter, 'Ghost in the Shell' Never Stood a Ghost of a Chance | WIRED

Thanks to Twitter, 'Ghost in the Shell' Never Stood a Ghost of a Chance | WIRED

“100% White Male Card Game” Ignoring Speeches By Women Of Color At MN Legislature, Says DFL House Leader | The UpTake

“100% White Male Card Game” Ignoring Speeches By Women Of Color At MN Legislature, Says DFL House Leader | The UpTake

Congress raises alarm over US confrontation with Yemen's Houthis

Congress raises alarm over US confrontation with Yemen's Houthis

Mylan EpiPen Device Recall To Expand In U.S. And Abroad | The Huffington Post

Mylan EpiPen Device Recall To Expand In U.S. And Abroad | The Huffington Post

Carbon Dioxide Could Reach Levels Unseen in 50 Million Years

Carbon Dioxide Could Reach Levels Unseen in 50 Million Years

We knew Trump wanted to gut the EPA. A leaked plan shows how it would be done. - Vox

Death over life in the Trumplander's mind because profit is the end all and be all for human life on this world.



We knew Trump wanted to gut the EPA. A leaked plan shows how it would be done. - Vox

The Supreme Court Nuclear Option Blame Game Has Begun

Let the cloud of uncertainty of Russia and Trumplanders clear first.



The Supreme Court Nuclear Option Blame Game Has Begun

Saturday, April 1, 2017

Trump Russia dossier key claim 'verified' - BBC News

Trump Russia dossier key claim 'verified' - BBC News

Why old-fashioned highway rest stops are disappearing | 9news.com

Why old-fashioned highway rest stops are disappearing | 9news.com

Cacti, Foxes, Solar Panels, and Other Bids to Unmake Trump's Wall | Mother Jones

Cacti, Foxes, Solar Panels, and Other Bids to Unmake Trump's Wall | Mother Jones

Greenland's Coastal Ice Passed a Climate Tipping Point 20 Years Ago, Study Says | InsideClimate News

Greenland's Coastal Ice Passed a Climate Tipping Point 20 Years Ago, Study Says | InsideClimate News

Step Inside a Saudi Rehab Prison for Jihadists | WIRED

Step Inside a Saudi Rehab Prison for Jihadists | WIRED

Yup, Rockets Need Insurance, Too. But Way More Than the Feds Think | WIRED

Yup, Rockets Need Insurance, Too. But Way More Than the Feds Think | WIRED

Daily Bucket: natural history collection told to get out or be destroyed

Why is this guy a university vice president?



Daily Bucket: natural history collection told to get out or be destroyed

'Critical' NASA Climate Missions Targeted in Budget Cuts

'Critical' NASA Climate Missions Targeted in Budget Cuts

Are You Arguing About Healthcare With A Sockpuppet? | Crooks and Liars

Are You Arguing About Healthcare With A Sockpuppet? | Crooks and Liars

Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang: Networks’ Lack Of Climate Coverage Is “Bad News For Science” And A Disservice To Viewers

Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang: Networks’ Lack Of Climate Coverage Is “Bad News For Science” And A Disservice To Viewers