DN Speak: 2/3/13

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Article: A Patient’s Guide: How To Stay Safe In a Hospital

A Patient's Guide: How To Stay Safe In a Hospital
http://www.propublica.org/article/a-patients-guide-how-to-stay-safe-in-a-hospital#62814

I'm an active duty Marine and this is an example of the stupid shit I have to deal with on a daily basis.

I'm an active duty Marine and this is an example of the stupid shit I have to deal with on a daily basis.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 9, 2013
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Traumatic.

Traumatic.
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Study asks 5000 people about fabricated political event. 50% remember the false event, 27% saw it on the news:

Study asks 5000 people about fabricated political event. 50% remember the false event, 27% saw it on the news:
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Al Gore: "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change"

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-01-31/al-gore-future-six-drivers-global-change

Al Gore believes we are at the dawn of a new future. The former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee claims we’re living in a time of revolutionary change unmatched in history. In a new book, he says we’re racing toward a future that is both complicated and different from anything we’ve seen before. The Nobel Peace Prize winner has identified what he believes are six forces remaking the world, from economic globalization to the digital revolution to -- no surprise here –- climate change. The self-identified “recovering politician” joins Diane to talk about the changes facing our world and his vision for the future.

Week In The News: Drones, John Brennan, Sequester Talk (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/08/week-in-the-news-231

“Drones, what drones?” was almost the tone on Capitol Hill this week as a nominee for CIA chief sat before Congress. John Brennan got some questions, but no direct hits.

As the Northeast braced for a blizzard, there has been gun talk and gunplay all over the country. The President in Minneapolis. A policeman gone bad in LA. A famous sniper, killed at a gun range.

We’ve got Republicans looking to rebrand. Boy Scouts struggling with gay rights. Chris Christie with his weight. Sequestration looms.

This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-08/friday-news-roundup-domestic

The White House agrees to give Congress classified drone documents. The Justice Department sues Standard and Poor’s. And the Post Office announces plans to end Saturday delivery. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-02-08/friday-news-roundup-international

Iran's supreme leader rejects direct talks with the U.S. Turmoil in Tunisia following the assassination of an opposition leader. And the remains of England's Richard III are found and identified. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Video: The Revisionaries | Watch Independent Lens Online | PBS Video

The battle in Texas to rewrite textbooks to reflect conservative Christian beliefs.

Available for online viewing through 2/27/2013:
http://m.video.pbs.org/video/2325563509/

In 2011, Fracking Was #2 In Causing Greenhouse Gas In US - Slashdot

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/09/0038200/in-2011-fracking-was-2-in-causing-greenhouse-gas-in-us

Texas school board searching for “another side” to theory of evolution | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/02/texas-school-board-searching-for-another-side-to-theory-of-evolution/

Texas, where science and history have become ideological battlegrounds | Ars Technica

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/01/texas-where-science-and-history-have-become-ideological-battlegrounds/

The Return of CISPA - Slashdot

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/08/2059241/the-return-of-cispa

New Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities Being Actively Exploited On Windows and OS X - Slashdot

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/02/08/1751237/new-adobe-flash-vulnerabilities-being-actively-exploited-on-windows-and-os-x

Fox News: US Solar Energy Investment Less Than Germany Because US Has Less Sun - Slashdot

http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/02/08/1314220/fox-news-us-solar-energy-investment-less-than-germany-because-us-has-less-sun

China's Radical New Space Drive - Slashdot

http://science.slashdot.org/story/13/02/08/0030240/chinas-radical-new-space-drive

Adobe Hopes Pop-up Warnings Will Stop Office-Borne Flash Attacks - Slashdot

http://it.slashdot.org/story/13/02/09/0036223/adobe-hopes-pop-up-warnings-will-stop-office-borne-flash-attacks

Jon Stewart: Banks Like A 'Spoiled Child'

Jon Stewart: Banks Like A 'Spoiled Child'
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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If you ask Jon Stewart, he'll tell you that big banks, with all their economy- wrecking abilities, are acting like total babies. "The people that hav... Read more

Bachmann Could Enter Showdown With Whom?

Bachmann Could Enter Showdown With Whom?
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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Politically, 2012 was not exactly a banner year for Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.... Read more

TRIVIAL PURSUIT

TRIVIAL PURSUIT
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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GOP strategist Karl Rove explained Thursday that his American Crossroads super PAC was intent on launching a sustained attack ... Read more

Amen Hitler.

Amen Hitler.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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Heaven or Hell?

Heaven or Hell?
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How The GOP Would Make Undocumented Immigrants America’s Next Permanent Underclass

How The GOP Would Make Undocumented Immigrants America's Next Permanent Underclass
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 8, 2013
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Conservatives in the House of Representatives are rejecting the growing bipartisan consensus for permitting undocumented ... Read more

Catholic Bishops on New Contraception Deal: Still No - But they take a more moderate tone on proffered compromise

http://www.newser.com/story/162470/catholic-bishops-on-new-contraception-deal-still-no.html

Friday, February 8, 2013

Fired Dick Morris Lies On CNN About Lies on Fox

Fox News Claims Solar Won't Work in America Because It's Not Sunny Like Germany

Fox News Claims Solar Won't Work in America Because It's Not Sunny Like Germany
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Clown- O'Reilly: NBC Didn't Cover Drone Memos!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

How The Civil War Between Karl Rove And The Tea Party Could Cost Republicans The Senate

How The Civil War Between Karl Rove And The Tea Party Could Cost Republicans The Senate
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
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Think of the brewing Republican civil war between establishment-types like Karl Rove and right-wing Tea Party activists as a ... Read more

How Investing In Pre-School Education Could Boost The Economy And Combat Income Inequality

How Investing In Pre-School Education Could Boost The Economy And Combat Income Inequality
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
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A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress is calling on lawmakers to help boost the American economy by investing ... Read more

House GOP Rejects Calls For Climate Hearings — But Democrats Will Keep Pressing

House GOP Rejects Calls For Climate Hearings — But Democrats Will Keep Pressing
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
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Between President Obama's surprisingly hawkish second inaugural address, and the confirmation of John Kerry as Secretary ... Read more

Scout's Honor

TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl's mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.

TIL in 2009, a 9yo girl suffered a life-threatening pregnancy as a result of being repeatedly raped by her Step-Father. After the pregnancy was terminated, the performing Doctor and the girl's mother were excommunicated by the Catholic Church. The Step-Father was not.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 7, 2013
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'Gun Crazy USA' by Vice - Shocking Legal Gun Deals

elephants

the threat

Conservative Media Bias - Who Has the Power?

We give god 0%... so you get 40%!

We give god 0%... so you get 40%!
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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Never thought of it that way. But true!

Never thought of it that way. But true!
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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Double standards!

Double standards!
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Our buggy moral code - Dan Ariely

Earth's mass extinction - Peter Ward

Frank Close; the golden age of physics & latest discoveries

Cahn: Lesson of 9/11 is to Ban Gay Marriage

Fischer: "Welcome To Obama's Fascist America," Matthew Yglesias

Pascal's Wager refuted by the great philosopher, Homer J. Simpson.

Pascal's Wager refuted by the great philosopher, Homer J. Simpson.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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We are witnessing the deliberate strangling of the USPS. It loses money mainly due to a 2006 GOP law which requires it to pre-fund retiree health benefits 100% ($5.5 billion/year) - no other agency has this requirement

We are witnessing the deliberate strangling of the USPS. It loses money mainly due to a 2006 GOP law which requires it to pre-fund retiree health benefits 100% ($5.5 billion/year) - no other agency has this requirement
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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GOP Senate Leader Endorses National Union-Busting Law

GOP Senate Leader Endorses National Union-Busting Law
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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Republicans across the country have pushed a variety of anti-union laws in the last two years, with the most heinous coming in ... Read more

Five Reasons Why Fewer People Trust Fox News Than Ever Before

Five Reasons Why Fewer People Trust Fox News Than Ever Before
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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A poll released Wednesday by Public Policy Polling shows that fewer people than ever trust Fox News as a source for accurate ... Read more

Michigan GOP Would Force Women To Undergo Invasive Ultrasounds Before Getting An Abortion

Michigan GOP Would Force Women To Undergo Invasive Ultrasounds Before Getting An Abortion
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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Michigan Republicans introduced a mandatory ultrasound bill this week with a carefully-worded clause that threatens to stir up ... Read more

Indiana Lawmaker Proposes Unconstitutional Bill To Take Away Voting Rights From Out-Of-State College Students

Indiana Lawmaker Proposes Unconstitutional Bill To Take Away Voting Rights From Out-Of-State College Students
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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In 1977, the Supreme Court upheld a decision holding that it is unconstitutional to treat college students any differently than ... Read more

Idaho Bill Would Force Kids to Read Atlas Shrugged - But lawmaker says it's symbolic gesture, won't push for passage

http://www.newser.com/story/162386/idaho-bill-would-force-kids-to-read-atlas-shrugged.html

How much has the Catholic church spent on cild abuse cases?

The molestation and rape of children by priests in America has resulted in more than $3.3 billion of settlements over the past 15 years, $1.3 billion of that in California. The total is likely to increase as more states follow California and Delaware in relaxing the statute of limitations on these crimes, most of which were reported long after they happened. For an organisation with revenues of $170 billion that might seem manageable. But settlements are made by individual dioceses and religious orders, whose pockets are less deep than those of the church as a whole.

Source -- http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/08/17/the-economist-estimates-the-catholic-church-spent-171600000000-in-2010/

Conservative group goes up with video attacking Ashley Judd

Conservative group goes up with video attacking Ashley Judd
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | FEBRUARY 6, 2013
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Ashley Judd's not even running yet, if she runs at all, for the Senate in Kentucky, but a powerful Republican outside group is already blasting her po... Read more

Dynamo Haunted Deck (Tutorial)

Cahn: Lesson of 9/11 is to Ban Gay Marriage

Don't Watch TV Sports? You're Still Paying For It

Lawrence Krauss: Teaching Creationism is Child Abuse

Republican Against Voter Fraud Arrested for Voter Fraud

Clown Senator: Video Games Bigger Problem Than Guns

Fraud- NRA's LaPierre Fights Background Checks

Welfare Cuts for Bad Students' Families?

Climate Change - The Story No One is Covering

NRA Lobbies Against Its Own Positions

Bendigo Barton

NRA's LaPierre Makes Fox News Look Reasonable

How Offshore Tax Dodging Is Busting State And Federal Budgets

How Offshore Tax Dodging Is Busting State And Federal Budgets
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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State and local governments lost $39.8 billion last year because corporations and the wealthy shifted profits to offshore tax ... Read more

How Obamacare Is Already Encouraging Cost-Saving Innovations In Health Care Payment And Delivery

How Obamacare Is Already Encouraging Cost-Saving Innovations In Health Care Payment And Delivery
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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Our guest blogger is Lindsay Rosenthal, Special Assistant for Health Policy and Women's Health and Rights at the Center for ... Read more

4 Things The New Congressional Budget Office Projections Show Us About The Economy

4 Things The New Congressional Budget Office Projections Show Us About The Economy
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest budget projections today, which show that the U.S. has made ... Read more

GOP Senators Obstructing The Consumer Protection Bureau Receive Loads Of Wall Street Donations

GOP Senators Obstructing The Consumer Protection Bureau Receive Loads Of Wall Street Donations
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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43 Republican senators signed a letter last week saying that they would obstruct any nominee to run the Consumer Financial ... Read more

Pennsylvania GOP Senator: Rigging The Presidential Election Is What The Framers Would Have Done

Pennsylvania GOP Senator: Rigging The Presidential Election Is What The Framers Would Have Done
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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Shortly after the Democratic presidential candidate won the White House last November, Pennsylvania state Senate Majority ... Read more

How scary is this Muslim girl???

How scary is this Muslim girl???
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 5, 2013
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The world’s top 100 billionaires now hold so much wealth, says a new Oxfam report, that just the increase in their net worth last year would be “enough to make extreme poverty history four times over.”

The world's top 100 billionaires now hold so much wealth, says a new Oxfam report, that just the increase in their net worth last year would be "enough to make extreme poverty history four times over."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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I wonder if it tastes better this way...

I wonder if it tastes better this way...
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Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration

Native American Confronts Protesters on Illegal Immigration
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Telecom Corporations Are Trying To Stop The Government From Offering Free 'Super WiFi'

Telecom Corporations Are Trying To Stop The Government From Offering Free 'Super WiFi'
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Senate GOP Is Neutering Our Consumer Watchdog - GOP wants to kill watchdog aimed at preventing another 2008: Krugman

http://www.newser.com/story/162203/senate-gop-is-neutering-our-consumer-watchdog.html

Catholic bishop whines marriage equality is selfish and won't someone please think of the children?

Catholic bishop whines marriage equality is selfish and won't someone please think of the children?
DAILY KOS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Apparently, this book is all about marriage and how it's just for opposite-sex couples because freedom. If there's one ... Read more

Is the Senate GOP instigating a constitutional crisis over the CFPB?

Is the Senate GOP instigating a constitutional crisis over the CFPB?
DAILY KOS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Mitch McConnell on a crash course to crisis. Republicans in the Senate have vowed to destroy the Consumer Financial ... Read more

Why Republicans Should Fear Clinton

Why Republicans Should Fear Clinton
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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Message to the Republican Party: Be afraid, be very afraid.... Read more

My 5-year-old came home with this assignment on Friday. Nearly stroked out trying to read it.

My 5-year-old came home with this assignment on Friday. Nearly stroked out trying to read it.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 4, 2013
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