DN Speak

Thursday, February 19, 2015

All 6000 of Jordan’s mosques to run on solar energy

As global oil and gas prices continue to fluctuate, the Kingdom of Jordan has announced their intentions to use renewable energy alternatives to power the country. “Already a leader in the Arab world for utility-scale solar power production, Kingdom of Jordan announced that all of Jordan’s mosques will soon be run by solar power”
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Aerial Photos Show Just How Devastating An Oil Train Derailment Can Be

When an oil train carrying more than 3 million gallons of crude derailed in West Virginia earlier this week, it left behind a stretch of blackened riv... Read more

San Francisco Archbishop Tells Teachers To Abide By Anti-Gay Morality Clause

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday urged the archbishop of San Francisco to remove from a teachers' handbook morality clauses they s... Read more

D'Souza On Obama: 'You Can Take The Boy Out Of The Ghetto...'

Conservative activist and convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza on Wednesday raised the bar for his incomprehensible Twitter feed, tweeting a photo of President Obama with the message, "YOU CAN TAKE THE BOY OUT OF THE GHETTO."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dsouza-obama-boy-ghetto-tweet

Why Conservatives Suddenly Care About Rightwing Mail-Order Scams

Anyone who follows the conservative movement carefully could tell you that it's about 25 percent politics and 75 percent mail-order scam. For more tha... Read more

Anti-AP History GOPer Wanted To Teach Widely Disputed Document

When Oklahoma state Rep. Dan Fisher (R) first introduced his bill to eliminate funding for AP U.S. History in Oklahoma, he included the Mecklenburg De... Read more

How A Junior Official's ISIL Comments Sparked The Right's Latest Outragefest

Conservative politicians, pundits and bloggers have spent much of the last 48 hours railing against a junior State Department official they say made the U.S. look ridiculous when she argued that terrorism can’t be eliminated without increasing economic opportunities for young men in the Middle East.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/conservative-outrage-marie-harf-jobs-terrorists

Pinterest Deletes Fake Hillary Clinton Account Sent Out By Rand Paul

Pinterest has taken down a fake page on its site parodying former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, which was sent out by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on V... Read more

Catholics Around The World Will Fast For Climate Action During Lent

During their day-long fast, Catholics will be praying for climate action. The post Catholics Around The World Will Fast For ... Read more

Data: Oil Trains Spill More Often, But Pipelines Spill Bigger

In the aftermath of a huge rail disaster in West Virginia, people are asking which is safer: pipeline or rail? The post Data: ... Read more

Police Chief Warns That Cops In Schools Mean More Dropouts

One police chief agrees with skeptics, who feel that positioning police in schools does more harm than good. The post Police ... Read more

Jeb Bush’s Attack On Obama Over Iran Goes Horribly Wrong

"Managing" Iran's nuclear capabilities, as Bush puts it, isn't a position that originated in the Obama administration. The ... Read more

Catholic School Pamphlet Warns Elementary Students About Masturbation And Abortion

Parents were surprised when a Catholic school distributed pamphlets to elementary students that asked, "Did I perform impure ... Read more

The Same People Who Lied To You About Iraq Are Now In Charge Of Jeb Bush’s Foreign Policy

George W. Bush promised to restore America's military might, a campaign platform his brother Jeb -- and his foreign policy ... http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/02/18/3624114/people-lied-iraq-now-charge-jeb-bushs-foreign-policy/

As Voter ID Advances, Colorado Secretary of State Admits Voting Restrictions Block Eligible Voters

One of the thousands of ballots rejected in the past election belonged to the Secretary of State's 19-year-old daughter. The ... Read more

Interior Department Will Provide Millions To Help Native Americans Adapt To Climate Change

Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to climate change's impacts. The post Interior Department Will Provide Millions ... Read more

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

What Aborted Fetuses Have to Do With Vaccines

A small but growing number of parents who object to vaccinating their children on religious grounds say they do so because many common vaccines are the product of cells that once belonged to aborted fetuses.

There is a grain of truth to this statement. But even religious leaders, including a future pope, have said that shouldn't deter parents from vaccinating their children.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/aborted-fetuses-vaccines/story?id=29005539&google_editors_picks=true