DN Speak: 2/24/13

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Indiana Farmer Takes Seed-Giant Monsanto To Supreme Court

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/20/bowman-monsanto

Indiana farmer Hugh Bowman had his day in court yesterday. In the US Supreme Court. Battling American ag science giant, Monsanto. Over soybeans. Farmer Bowman uses Monsanto’s genetically-engineered beans to plant his soybean crop. They’re fine with that. He pays plenty for Monsanto’s high tech beans. But farmer Bowman also planted beans he bought at the grain elevator and put in his field. Monsanto did not like that. Those are ours, they said. We own that life. Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard the case. This hour, On Point: Farmer Bowman versus Monsanto, and who owns life.

- Tom Ashbrook

What Would Lincoln Do?

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/21/lincoln-today

Abraham Lincoln is remarkably vivid, in the air, these days. In the weave of our rolling 150th anniversaries of the Civil War. In the references of a president who loves to nod to Lincoln. In the Oscar nominations of Steven Spielberg’s moving film, and Daniel Day-Lewis’s moving depiction of Lincoln in his White House and marriage and epic political and moral struggles.
A big new book by John Burt goes to the heart of Lincoln’s thinking about democracy and morality. And the sometimes tragic pragmatism required to marry those.
This hour, On Point: deep Lincoln.

-Tom Ashbrook

The President’s Call For A New Vocational Training

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/02/14/vocational-training

Jobs and education got a lot of attention in the President’s State of the Union address the other night. Education, starting pre-K. Jobs and education planted right in high school.
German-style, said the president. Schools and corporations working together to put high school grads on a track straight into a job. And not old-fashioned “vocational education” – wood shop, mechanics, hair dressing. The call here is for high tech
This hour, On Point: high schools, educating to a job. Plus we’ll look at the President’s “College Scorecard,” sizing up your “bang for the buck” in higher ed.

-Tom Ashbrook

Week In The News: Sequester, Pope Out, Aid To Syrian Rebels (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/03/01/week-in-the-news-sequester-pope-out-aid-to-syrian-rebels

Cue the Jaws music. It is sequester day. The week the cuts are cast in stone. Friday at midnight, barring a miracle. Ok, the world won’t fall apart tomorrow. But nobody calls this good government. And here we are.
In Rome, the Pope has left the building. Choppered out of the Vatican. There is no Pope. In the Supreme Court, conservative justices express skepticism over the need for the Voting Rights Act.
In Syria, new US funds will flow to rebels, to balance Islamic radical strength. Bradley Manning makes his plea.
This hour, On Point: our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

-Tom Ashbrook

Our obsession with sugar, salt and fat - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/health/salt-sugar-fat-moss-time/

States With The Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Lack Adequate Sex Ed Requirements

States With The Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Lack Adequate Sex Ed Requirements
THINKPROGRESS | MARCH 1, 2013
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Teen pregnancies have fallen to record lows. But according to a new report from Guttmacher Institute that breaks out data by ... Read more

Why are you an Atheist?

Why are you an Atheist?
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Under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution No U.S. Citizen Will Be Stopped from Voting Because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It is a RIGHT not a "Racial Entitlement"

Under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution No U.S. Citizen Will Be Stopped from Voting Because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." It is a RIGHT not a "Racial Entitlement"
REDDIT TOP NEWS | MARCH 1, 2013
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Figured you guys would get a smile out of this.

Figured you guys would get a smile out of this.
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Dilbert Creator Blasts Stock Market As Billionaire Conspiracy

Dilbert Creator Blasts Stock Market As Billionaire Conspiracy
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | MARCH 1, 2013
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Dilbert creator Scott Adams, best known for churning out decades of wall- calendar-ready workplace humor and an unusual endorsement of Mitt Romney, is... Read more

Things to do while there's no pope...

Things to do while there's no pope...
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Friday News Roundup - Domestic -- Diane Rehm Show

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-03-01/friday-news-roundup-domestic

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/2013-03-01/friday-news-roundup-international

Secretary of State Kerry announced a plan to provide the Free Syrian Army with food and medical supplies. The U.S. will also more than double humanitarian aid for rebel-controlled areas. But the administration's first public commitment of support for the armed opposition fell short of their request for weapons. Nuclear talks between six world powers and Iran ended with only an agreement to hold further meetings this spring. Pope Benedict officially entered retirement. And Italy's inconclusive election reignited fears about the European Union's debt crisis. A panel of journalists joins Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Sugar is toxic and causes obesity and diabetes.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/its-the-sugar-folks/?smid=tw-share

White House 'Threat' vs. Bob Woodward

It's the Sugar, Folks -- it is toxic - NYTimes.com

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/its-the-sugar-folks/?smid=tw-share

Fox News Mocks German Solar Power, But It’s Still A Winning Strategy

Fox News Mocks German Solar Power, But It's Still A Winning Strategy
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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John Farrell via ILSR Suddenly everyone knows about Germany's solar power dominance because Fox News made asses of themselves, ... Read more

Occupy Group Sues Government To Speed Up Rule Reining In Wall Street

Occupy Group Sues Government To Speed Up Rule Reining In Wall Street
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/j1kB0

The Volcker Rule — a part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law that is meant to rein in risky bank trading — is ... Read more

How Chuck Grassley Plans To Give The NRA Veto Power Over Judges

How Chuck Grassley Plans To Give The NRA Veto Power Over Judges
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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As soon as next week, the Senate is expected to consider Caitlin Halligan's nomination to the United States Court of ... Read more

Contrary To GOP Rhetoric, Low-Tax States Have Worse Economic Growth

Contrary To GOP Rhetoric, Low-Tax States Have Worse Economic Growth
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/j29jX

Republicans love to claim that low-tax states such as Texas enjoy a disproportionate amount of economic success, while ... Read more

You are not pro-life.

You are not pro-life.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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The problem I have with Christian facebookers

The problem I have with Christian facebookers
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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Dorothy Gale reality check

Dorothy Gale reality check
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 28, 2013
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He was creating a faithful Christian movement that's all.

He was creating a faithful Christian movement that's all.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Fascism in the Church: Ex-Priest On "The Pope's War," Clergy Abuse and Quelling Liberation Theology

Scalia: 'Racial Entitlement' in Voting Rights Act

Is Hannity The Worst Journalist Ever?

"Fact Free Freak Show" by Old Fart Rants

Beck: Obama 'Is Trying To Send Us Into Civil War'

Warren vs. Bernanke: Too Big to Fail?

Pat Robertson Makes You A Millionaire

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Let us study gun violence, physicians beg Congress

Let us study gun violence, physicians beg Congress
TOP NBCNEWS HEADLINES | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/iWEaY

> Dr. William Begg wiped away tears as he pleaded with Congress on Wednesday to help rescind laws that limit medical research into gun death... Read more

The New Abolitionists: Global Warming Is The Great Moral Crisis Of Our Time

The New Abolitionists: Global Warming Is The Great Moral Crisis Of Our Time
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/j0l4x

The UK Guardian has put me in a gallery of "climate change abolitionists, those engaging in an uphill battle to challenge ... Read more

GOP Senators: We’ll Hold Up Treasury Nominee Unless Obama Makes Medicare Cuts That He’s Already Made

GOP Senators: We'll Hold Up Treasury Nominee Unless Obama Makes Medicare Cuts That He's Already Made
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
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In a letter sent to the White House on Tuesday, 22 Republican senators are demanding that President Obama propose Medicare cuts ... Read more

What SNL’s ‘Djesus Uncrossed’ Skit Got Right About Violent Trends In Christianity

What SNL's 'Djesus Uncrossed' Skit Got Right About Violent Trends In Christianity
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/iYRSO

Jack Jenkins is a writer and researcher for the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress. ... Read more

Morality.

Morality.
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Fundamentalists of religion.

Fundamentalists of religion.
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Bill O'Reilly implied that President Obama is responsible for a 75 percent increase in federal spending over the past decade. But federal spending has increased only 18.8 percent under Obama -- and it increased 66 percent under President Bush

Bill O'Reilly implied that President Obama is responsible for a 75 percent increase in federal spending over the past decade. But federal spending has increased only 18.8 percent under Obama -- and it increased 66 percent under President Bush
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Gets Ben Bernanke to Admit Government Still Helps Big Banks Be Too Big to Fail

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Gets Ben Bernanke to Admit Government Still Helps Big Banks Be Too Big to Fail
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
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The sad truth: the sanctity of marriage

The sad truth
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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How Four Decades Of Congressional Inaction Left Americans Vulnerable To Faulty Medical Devices

How Four Decades Of Congressional Inaction Left Americans Vulnerable To Faulty Medical Devices
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 27, 2013
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Spurred by thousands of American women who were being injured due to faulty IUDs, President Gerald Ford signed the Medical ... Read more

U.S. Department of Labor site: Taking the Mystery Out of Retirement

http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/nearretirement.html

"A Well Regulated Militia" by Old Fart Rants

Fischer: "There Is No Right To Engage In Immoral Behavior"

Limbaugh vs. O'Reilly Left Has All the Power?

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

GOP Congressman Introduces Constitutional Amendment To Permanently Ban Obamacare

GOP Congressman Introduces Constitutional Amendment To Permanently Ban Obamacare
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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It was debated for an entire year. It overcame a GOP filibuster. It was signed into law. It survived at least 33 repeal ... Read more

Black Lawmaker Receives Death Threat Over Gun Bill: ‘There Will Be Blood! I’m Coming For You, N—–’

Black Lawmaker Receives Death Threat Over Gun Bill: 'There Will Be Blood! I'm Coming For You, N—–'
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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Late last week, police arrested a man for allegedly sending threatening messages to Colorado state Rep. Rhonda Fields (D), a ... Read more

A new take on Footprints in the Sand

A new take on Footprints in the Sand
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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I guess the horse meat scandal is getting worse.

I guess the horse meat scandal is getting worse.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly workers

Eric Cantor will propose Federal Law that Ends Overtime Pay for hourly workers
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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Science built this skyline. Religion destroyed it. So..

Science built this skyline. Religion destroyed it. So..
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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E-Mails Show Flaws in JPMorgan’s Mortgage Securities - NYTimes.com

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/e-mails-imply-jpmorgan-knew-some-mortgage-deals-were-bad/?ref=business

How American shows seem to the British

Banks Could Owe HOW MUCH For Housing Fraud?

Banks Could Owe HOW MUCH For Housing Fraud?
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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A verdict delivered earlier this month by a prominent federal judge heightens the prospect that the nation's largest financial institutions will be fo... Read more

Why Everything Republicans Are Saying About The Sequester Is Wrong

Why Everything Republicans Are Saying About The Sequester Is Wrong
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 26, 2013
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Barring a last minute Congressional compromise, $85 billion in automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect in the next ... Read more

Elois Zeanah: Obama Plans to Indoctrinate Children Through Common Core

Romney Advisor Admits Media Wasn't Unfair

Limbaugh Wails: Left Has Beaten Us!

Larry Pratt: Obama's Private Army May Lead Gun Confiscations

Gun Activists Warn Obama is Raising a Private Black Army to Massacre White Americans

Monday, February 25, 2013

CNN Host Schools Bobby Jindal For Spouting ‘Misleading’ Economic ‘Nonsense’

CNN Host Schools Bobby Jindal For Spouting 'Misleading' Economic 'Nonsense'
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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CNN business correspondent Ali Velshi slammed Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA) for likening the federal budget to family spending and ... Read more

Republicans Call For Government Study To Justify Their Efforts To Defund Planned Parenthood

Republicans Call For Government Study To Justify Their Efforts To Defund Planned Parenthood
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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Republicans have made Planned Parenthood into a top target in their ongoing War on Women, repeatedly attempting to strip ... Read more

Fracking Bubble? Report Warns Shale Gas And Oil Won’t Solve Energy Crunch

Fracking Bubble? Report Warns Shale Gas And Oil Won't Solve Energy Crunch
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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Conserving key to energy independence concludes geologist David Hughes By Andrew Nikiforuk via The Tyee Governments and ... Read more

Top Republican Senator Repeats Debunked Nonsense About Paid Sick Days

Top Republican Senator Repeats Debunked Nonsense About Paid Sick Days
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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Nearly three million Americans missed work last month, and many of them did so without having access to paid sick leave. About ... Read more

Federal Election Commission Republicans Block Enforcement Against GOP Donor

Federal Election Commission Republicans Block Enforcement Against GOP Donor
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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The Federal Election Commission deadlocked along party lines on whether to hold accountable a Republican contractor who ... Read more

Biofuels Policy Helping Destroy U.S. Grasslands At Fastest Rate Since 1930s, Boosting Threat of Dust-Bowlification

Biofuels Policy Helping Destroy U.S. Grasslands At Fastest Rate Since 1930s, Boosting Threat of Dust-Bowlification
THINKPROGRESS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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The ramp up in biofuel production has thus far been a major misfire in the fight against climate change. By driving up the ... Read more

Didn't I just save you?

Didn't I just save you?
REDDIT TOP NEWS | FEBRUARY 25, 2013
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One of Montana's leading Tea Party figures has posted a photo for a device she says can "kidnap the president": A watermelon inside a box. She is the leader of Montana's largest Tea Party faction. She's also the chair of the Republican party in Billings

One of Montana's leading Tea Party figures has posted a photo for a device she says can "kidnap the president": A watermelon inside a box. She is the leader of Montana's largest Tea Party faction. She's also the chair of the Republican party in Billings
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