DN Speak: 8/4/13

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Lawrence Krauss: The Flavors of Nothing (YouTube Geek Week!)

5 essential tools that every iTunes user should have

5 essential tools that every iTunes user should have
MACWORLD | AUGUST 9, 2013
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If you use iTunes regularly, you probably have a litany of frustrations with the software, as well as a list of "I wish it ... Read more

This message was in front of a Alzheimer's patient's room at my dad's rehabilitation hospital. I thought this was a very moving message and one that can relate to those directly or in directly affected by Alzheimer's Disease.

This message was in front of a Alzheimer's patient's room at my dad's rehabilitation hospital. I thought this was a very moving message and one that can relate to those directly or in directly affected by Alzheimer's Disease.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 9, 2013
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60 Minutes -- Why glasses are so expensive.

60 Minutes -- Why glasses are so expensive...
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 9, 2013
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TIL that when you are on social security in Germany, the government has to pay for your internet connection, because it is seen as a basic human right

TIL that when you are on social security in Germany, the government has to pay for your internet connection, because it is seen as a basic human right
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 10, 2013
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Does the God of the Bible Exist -- Debate: Dan Barker vs. Kyle Butt

Debate/Interview:
Listen or download MP3: http://www.debategod.org/mp3/00000012.mp3

Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? (debate Dan Barker versus Mike Licona)

Debate/Interview:
Listen or download MP3: http://www.debategod.org/mp3/00000013.mp3

Licona vs. Barker (2003) from Mike Licona on Vimeo.

Does God Exist? (Frank Turek vs Christopher Hitchens) (repost)

To listen to or download the MP3 -- http://www.debategod.org/mp3/00000030.mp3

(Interview:)

The Scale of the Universe

Week In The News: Terror Threat, Summit Canceled, A-Rod’s Punishment (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/08/09/week-in-the-news-terror-threat-summit

Two years after the killing of Osama bin Laden, suddenly al Qaeda seems capable of hitting us again – enough that the Obama administration closed 20 embassies. now, a new threat in Pakistan. What’s happened? And what about that reset with Russia, now that the president canceled a planned September summit in Moscow

Here at home, members of Congress are back in their districts are trying to figure out what to do about the budget. And baseball suspends Alex Rodriguez – but lets him rejoin the Yankees lineup anyway.

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

Friday News Roundup - Domestic (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-09/friday-news-roundup-domestic

Americans reacted to increased security after a worldwide terror threat. President Barack Obama called for ending the mortgage-finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Bank of America. The White House announced proposed health care rules for congressional employees. The judge in the Fort Hood shooting trial said defense attorneys must assist the accused gunman. And Amazon’s chief executive Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post. Diane and a panel of journalists discuss the top national news stories of the week.

Friday News Roundup - International (Diane Rehm Show)

Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2013-08-09/friday-news-roundup-international

The Obama administration is stepping up drone strikes on Yemeni al-Qaida operatives. The White House warned some U.S. embassies could remain closed for another month as the al-Qaida terror threat escalates. President Barack Obama canceled a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin following tensions over NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham visited Egypt and urged its military to release opposition leaders. McCain called the ouster of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi a “coup,” a move that contradicts the White House. And Syrian President Bashar al-Assad escaped injury as rebels attacked his convoy. A panel of journalists join Diane for analysis of the week's top international news stories.

On the front lines at ALEC.

Why don't you want to the polluters to pay to clean up their own waste?

'Double Tap' Drone Strikes On First Responders Still In Use Overseas

Andrew Seidel :: How to Find a Job in Freethought

The Beginning of the end of Freedom of the Press?

Rep. Paul Broun Claims Immigration Reform Will Doom America

Daubenmire: "I'm Sick And Tired Of Being Sodomized By The Left"

I Can't Even: Geek week Special!

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: I Was Wrong About Weed

Why do atheists hate God?

The Massive Demand For Solar In Asia Shows Us Where The Industry Is Headed

The Massive Demand For Solar In Asia Shows Us Where The Industry Is Headed
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 9, 2013
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The massive boom in Asian demand for solar is just one sign of the energy source's coming renaissance.The post The Massive ... Read more

The Company With Lower Prices And Better Benefits Than Walmart

The Company With Lower Prices And Better Benefits Than Walmart
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 9, 2013
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The Walmart model isn't the only way to offer customers cheap goods.The post The Company With Lower Prices And Better Benefits ... Read more

EPA Confirms Coal Ash Contaminates Water Across The Country, House Republicans Try To Preempt Regulations

EPA Confirms Coal Ash Contaminates Water Across The Country, House Republicans Try To Preempt Regulations
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 9, 2013
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The EPA confirms 18 new sites where coal ash is contaminating local waters across the U.S. right after House Republicans pass a ... Read more

"My Dad is Asian" Ep. 5

Friday, August 9, 2013

debate: The Case for a Creator

http://www.debategod.org/index.php/rss-feed/29-jim-corbett-vs-phil-fernandes

Would We Be Better Off Without Religion? [2008]

Audio podcast at DebateGod.org

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Why I changed my mind on weed -- By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/health/gupta-changed-mind-marijuana/index.html

Watch Dr. Sanjay Gupta's groundbreaking documentary "WEED" at 8 p.m. ET August 11 on CNN.

A Biblical American History Lesson With Glenn Beck

"Just a Friend" (Cholo Version)

How Liberals will Infiltrate the ALEC Meeting

'Dark' Citizens United Secrets Could Be Revealed

'Dark' Citizens United Secrets Could Be Revealed
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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WASHINGTON -- The gridlocked Congress may be stalled in efforts to stem the flood of dark money into U.S. elections, but a new ... Read more

Grieving Mother Confronts Republican About Obamacare

Grieving Mother Confronts Republican About Obamacare
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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Several North Carolinians attended a town hall held by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) in Swannanoa to confront McHenry about ... Read more

Corporations Are The Ones Deciding Whether The Additives They Put In Your Food Are Safe

Corporations Are The Ones Deciding Whether The Additives They Put In Your Food Are Safe
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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Food companies promise the FDA that the things they're adding to their products are safe -- often by stacking panels of food ... Read more

Congressman: America’s Creditors Would Prefer For Us To Default On Our Debt

Congressman: America's Creditors Would Prefer For Us To Default On Our Debt
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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"I think the creditors that we owe money to around the world would say, 'you know what, they're getting their house in order,'" ... Read more

This Is Why We Fight

This Is Why We Fight
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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Things are getting hot for the GOP as Americans from the right and left vent over the party's handling of Obamacare.The post ... Read more

Coming Out as an Atheist :: Douglas Whaley

Fox News Host Refers To Muslims As ‘Uncorked Animals’

Fox News Host Refers To Muslims As 'Uncorked Animals'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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"And I know I'm likely to just get hammered for what I've just said," Huckabee concluded. "So be it." The post Fox News Host ... Read more

Sanjay Gupta Reverses On Marijuana: ‘We Have Been Terribly And Systematically Misled’

Sanjay Gupta Reverses On Marijuana: 'We Have Been Terribly And Systematically Misled'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reversed his position on marijuana's health benefits on Thursday and ... Read more

The Majority Of Fast Food Workers Are Not Teenagers, Report Finds

The Majority Of Fast Food Workers Are Not Teenagers, Report Finds
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 8, 2013
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They're older than you might think -- and getting paid a pittance. The post The Majority Of Fast Food Workers Are Not ... Read more

US Government War On Hackers Backfires: Now Top Hackers Won't Work With US Government

US Government War On Hackers Backfires: Now Top Hackers Won't Work With US Government
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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Catfight: GOP Continues Dumb Plan to Defund Obamacare

How Exactly is Obama 'Starting a Race War?'

Do Fox News Viewers Understand Basic Science At All?

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Study Finds Mexican-Born Workers Are Good For The Economy

Study Finds Mexican-Born Workers Are Good For The Economy
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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Mexican-born, low-skilled workers helped to stabilize the American, low-skilled job market during the Great Recession.The post ... Read more

Bridge Or Gangplank? Study Finds Methane Leakage From Gas Fields High Enough To Gut Climate Benefit

Bridge Or Gangplank? Study Finds Methane Leakage From Gas Fields High Enough To Gut Climate Benefit
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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The Uinta Basin produces one percent of U.S. natural gas, and researchers found that 12 percent or more is leaking away into ... Read more

Steve King: Belief In Climate Change Is A ‘Religion,’ ‘Not Science’

Steve King: Belief In Climate Change Is A 'Religion,' 'Not Science'
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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He also argued that an increase in carbon in the atmosphere might actually be a good thing.The post Steve King: Belief In ... Read more

These Six States Want To Allow Health Insurers To Deny Coverage To Sick People

These Six States Want To Allow Health Insurers To Deny Coverage To Sick People
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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Officials in six deeply red states won't lift a finger to make sure that insurers are complying with Obamacare's most important ... Read more

Giant Confederate Flag Going Up in Richmond - NAACP says it will make Richmond look like a 'backwater, trailer park, hick town'

http://www.newser.com/story/172181/confederate-groups-giant-flag-raises-tempers.html

Senators Take Action On Postal Service’s Congressionally Induced Woes

Senators Take Action On Postal Service's Congressionally Induced Woes
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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Congress inches closer to solving the problem that they created.The post Senators Take Action On Postal Service's ... Read more

After Airing Pro-Keystone XL Ads, NBC Station Rejects Ad Opposing The Pipeline

After Airing Pro-Keystone XL Ads, NBC Station Rejects Ad Opposing The Pipeline
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 7, 2013
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A climate group says it was notified at the last minute Tuesday night that a Washington, D.C. NBC station rejected its ... Read more

Al-Qaeda Can Make Clothes into Explosives, Says Report

Terror Threat Shows NSA Spying on U.S. Citizens is Pointless

Supreme Court's DOMA ruling spurs state marriage battle

Supreme Court's DOMA ruling spurs state marriage battle
FEEDS/TOPSTORIES | AUGUST 7, 2013
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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling in late June has encouraged gay couples to challenge bans on same-sex marriage in states across the country. ... Read more

Detroit area Fast Food Restaurant Proves Fair Wages Are Possible

NSA Director Tries To Smack Down Hackers and Privacy Advocates

Cenk Interviews Reza Aslan

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Introducing Evolution at the 9th grade level

[Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules] "locked up alone for 23 hours a day over an 11-month period...."

[Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules] "locked up alone for 23 hours a day over an 11-month period...."
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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Wil Wheaton rips Discovery Channel over fake megalodon documentary.

Wil Wheaton rips Discovery Channel over fake megalodon documentary.
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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More than 150 civil society organisations from around the globe are asking President Barack Obama to end the prosecution of Edward Snowden

More than 150 civil society organisations from around the globe are asking President Barack Obama to end the prosecution of Edward Snowden
REDDIT TOP NEWS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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WebMD Launches An Online Guide To Teach Americans About Obamacare

WebMD Launches An Online Guide To Teach Americans About Obamacare
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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GOP-led misinformation campaigns have left millions of Americans confused about health reform. The largest health website in ... Read more

Wind Energy Prices Hit Lowest Level In 8 Years As Industry Explodes

Wind Energy Prices Hit Lowest Level In 8 Years As Industry Explodes
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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In 2012 wind energy installations soared to 13.1 gigawatts and average long-term wind power prices fell to their lowest point ... Read more

The Right Never Rests

The Right Never Rests
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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The post The Right Never Rests appeared first on ThinkProgress. Read more

Gag Order on Kids? Wake Up, Fracking Industry - In settlement, family's young children ordered to keep silent

http://www.newser.com/story/172137/gag-order-on-kids-wake-up-fracking-industry.html

New Iranian President ‘Seriously Determined’ To Solve Nuclear Dispute

New Iranian President 'Seriously Determined' To Solve Nuclear Dispute
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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In a lengthy press conference, Hassan Rouhani made clear that he was willing to work with the United States -- so long as ... Read more

America Still Isn’t Rid Of The White Economic Supremacy That Drove The March On Washington

America Still Isn't Rid Of The White Economic Supremacy That Drove The March On Washington
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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The March on Washington was intended it to be a call for economic justice. But we haven't met the demands that the protesters ... Read more

How Aussie McDonald's Pays $15 an Hour - And what we can learn from it: Jordan Weissmann

http://www.newser.com/story/172110/how-aussie-mcdonalds-pays-15-an-hour.html

Why do we have to wear sunscreen? - Kevin P. Boyd

Beck: "All Of Western Society Comes From The Torah"

Raise the Wage

EVERYTHING You Do Online Is Recorded In XKeyscore

STUDY: Even When Abortion Inspires Mixed Emotions, Women Say It Was The Right Decision For Them

STUDY: Even When Abortion Inspires Mixed Emotions, Women Say It Was The Right Decision For Them
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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There's a widespread notion that having an abortion always hurts women's mental health. New research shows that's not actually ... Read more

How Minnesota Conservatives Are Manipulating Marriage Equality For Political Purposes

How Minnesota Conservatives Are Manipulating Marriage Equality For Political Purposes
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
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There's something conspicuously missing from conservatives' campaign to elect Minnesota lawmakers who oppose marriage ... Read more

GOP Operative’s Anti-Clinton Super PAC Encourages Users To ‘Slap Hillary’ In The Face

GOP Operative's Anti-Clinton Super PAC Encourages Users To 'Slap Hillary' In The Face
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 6, 2013
http://tinyurl.com/l4dzhhe

The Hillary Project, a super PAC that calls itself the "only thing standing between" Hillary Clinton and the White House, has ... Read more

How giving your child allowance can pay off

How giving your child allowance can pay off
FEEDS/TOPSTORIES | AUGUST 6, 2013
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School may be out for a few more weeks, but never fear -- there are plenty of teachable moments to be had when it comes to kids' financial literacy. ... Read more

Limbaugh Blames Republican Failures On... Too Much Compromise?

Conservative College President Calls Minorities 'Dark Ones'

Why Amazon CEO's Washington Post Buy Matters So Much - 'The iceberg just rescued the Titanic'

http://www.newser.com/story/172087/why-amazon-ceos-washington-post-buy-matters-so-much.html

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Walmart's 'Starvation Wages' Fuel 'Obscene' Wealth Disparity

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Walmart's 'Starvation Wages' Fuel 'Obscene' Wealth Disparity
BUSINESS NEWS ON HUFFINGTON POST | AUGUST 5, 2013
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The Walton family's enormous wealth is proof that Walmart can afford to pay its workers a living wage, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) argued on Saturday... Read more

Gingrich Reverses Course On Neocon Views

Gingrich Reverses Course On Neocon Views
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 4, 2013
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) is rethinking his neoconservative stance on U.S. military intervention in foreign ... Read more

Read This Before You Believe The Obamacare Premium Spike Hysteria

Read This Before You Believe The Obamacare Premium Spike Hysteria
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 5, 2013
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How you know if someone is lying to you about how much premiums will increase under Obamacare.The post Read This Before You ... Read more

Solar Could Provide One-Third Of The Western U.S.’s Power Needs By 2050

Solar Could Provide One-Third Of The Western U.S.'s Power Needs By 2050
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 5, 2013
http://pulse.me/s/oS6sZ

A new study finds that with a successful federal program to drop the cost of solar energy, the cost of cutting carbon emissions ... Read more

Young Children Who Have Just One Sugary Drink Each Day Are Far More Likely To Be Obese

Young Children Who Have Just One Sugary Drink Each Day Are Far More Likely To Be Obese
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 5, 2013
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Young children who drink sugary juices, sports drinks, or sodas on a daily basis are significantly more likely to be obese by ... Read more

Monday, August 5, 2013

Maher Disses 'Ape Sh*t' State

Maher Disses 'Ape Sh*t' State
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 3, 2013
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Bill Maher devoted his final "new rule" rant to the insanity going on in North Carolina, a state that had been ... Read more

Some Facts That Would Really Help Next Time Your Uncle Wants To Talk About Welfare Fraud

Some Facts That Would Really Help Next Time Your Uncle Wants To Talk About Welfare Fraud
UPWORTHY.COM
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Santorum Hints At Future Prospects

Santorum Hints At Future Prospects
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 4, 2013
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Former Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is open to running again in 2016, he said Sunday. "I'm open to ... Read more

Scarborough, Santorum Clash

Scarborough, Santorum Clash
THE HUFFINGTON POST - MAGHREB FEATURED NEWS | AUGUST 4, 2013
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough clashed with former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Sunday's "Meet ... Read more

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Fox Host Confronts House Republicans For Running A Do-Nothing Congress

Fox Host Confronts House Republicans For Running A Do-Nothing Congress
THINKPROGRESS | AUGUST 4, 2013
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"You have only passed four of 12 appropriations bills you are supposed to pass. We face a government shut down in the fall. Is ... Read more