Town Rejects Solar Farms After Complaints That They Would “Suck Up All the Energy from the Sun”

[Jane Mann] is concerned that photosynthesis, which depends upon sunlight, would not happen and would keep the plants from growing. She said she has observed areas near solar panels where the plants are brown and dead because they did not get enough sunlight.
She also questioned the high number of cancer deaths in the area, saying no one could tell her that solar panels didn’t cause cancer.
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Bobby Mann said he watched communities dry up when I-95 came along and warned that would happen to Woodland because of the solar farms.
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He said the solar farms would suck up all the energy from the sun and businesses would not come to Woodland...
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/12/13/town-rejects-solar-farms-after-complaints-that-they-would-suck-up-all-the-energy-from-the-sun/

Can Central Banks Print Prosperity? (Intelligence Squared U.S.)

Central banks all around the world have been printing money. This policy, known as quantitative easing in banker jargon, has driven up the price of stocks and bonds. But will it lead to real and sustainable increases in global growth, or is it sowing the seeds of future inflation?
Interview:
http://intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/upcoming-debates/item/1405-central-banks-can-print-prosperity

15 ways America is less than great

"...even though America is the greatest nation on earth, we are still a country with many problems, although several of these might not be part of Mr. Trump's campaign program..."
http://www.businessinsider.com/america-is-not-great-charts-2015-11

Sam Harris Brilliantly Decimates A Muslim Apologist

https://youtu.be/9Wei-027IP4

Anti-Choice Pastor Refuses to Follow Crisis Pregnancy Center Regulations

...The NARAL report described a CPC employee who mistook an investigator’s intrauterine device for a fetus during an ultrasound, telling the investigator that it was “her baby.” CPC employees told undercover investigators that going through with an induced abortion is unnecessary, because the chance of a spontaneous abortion, or miscarriage, is 30 to 50 percent...
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/12/09/anti-choice-pastor-refuses-follow-crisis-pregnancy-center-regulations

Bronx priest stole more than $1M from two NYC churches, used the cash on wild S&M romance with beefy boyfriend: lawsuit

...The Rev. Peter Miqueli reportedly paid $1,000 per rough sex session with his hunky lover, who demanded the priest address him as “Master” ...the lawsuit said...
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx-priest-sued-allegedly-stealing-1m-churches-article-1.2462101

US pushes against legally binding emission targets in climate talks (Al Jazeera America)

Statements the latest sign Obama may bypass Congress with new climate agreement...
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/4/us-pushes-against-legally-binding-emissions-deal-in-climate-negotiations.html

China’s Coal Cuts Are Driving A Plateau In Global Carbon Emissions

Rapid growth in global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry ceased in the past two years, despite continued economic growth. Decreased coal use in China was largely responsible, coupled with slower global growth in petroleum and faster growth in renewables.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/12/07/3728973/stunner-global-co2-emissions-plateau-driven-china-coal-cuts/

Chain email: A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.

The video and the chain email it's based off of are highly misleading and ignores important realities of the U.S. immigration and welfare system in an attempt to drum up anti-Muslim sentiment...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/07/chain-email/youtube-video-says-michigan-muslims-can-list-multi/

Ford software update puts a Siri button in millions of cars (Macworld)

Ford Sync vehicles from 2011 onward can access Siri Eyes-Free through existing voice control buttons.
http://www.macworld.com/article/3011596/car-tech/ford-software-update-puts-a-siri-button-in-millions-of-cars.html#tk.rss_all

Trump: Clinton Has Killed 'Hundreds Of Thousands Of People With Her Stupidity'

"She is the one that caused all this problem with her stupid policies," Trump said. "She talks about me being dangerous. She's killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity."...
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-clinton-killed-people-stupidity

Marco Rubio says the states have always defined marriage | PolitiFact

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., doesn’t like the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage, but he said he won’t work to overturn it if he becomes president. Instead, Rubio told NBC’s Chuck Todd, he would appoint Supreme Court justices who "will interpret the Constitution as originally constructed."...
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/dec/13/marco-rubio/marco-rubio-says-states-have-always-defined-marria/

Out in the desert in western Namibia [1920×1280] Photographed by Jean-Paul Mission

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5753/20091750824_1be544ac91_o.jpg

Tennessee woman charged with attempted murder in failed abortion | abc13.com

According to a Murfreesboro Police Department report, in September Yocca, 31, filled a bathtub with water and attempted to self-abort with a coat hanger. She began bleeding and became worried about her safety...
http://abc13.com/news/woman-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-failed-abortion/1120235/

Rooftop Solar Power To Be Mandatory In Dubai By 2030 | CleanTechnica

Some might say, however, it’s the goal of solar generating 75% of the city’s energy by 2050 that is more remarkable. On the way to achieving this goal is the requirement that 25% is generated by solar by 2030...
https://cleantechnica.com/2015/12/10/rooftop-solar-power-to-be-mandatory-in-dubai-by-2030/

Damascus, Syria, before and after - Imgur

https://imgur.com/a/rt6bo

Rubio Pledges To Appoint Supreme Court Justices Who Will Overturn Marriage Equality

Rubio’s pronouncement is significant because under the principle of stare decisis, justices traditionally respect the judgement of their predecessors even if they disagree. There are very conservative justices who disagree with the Obergefell decision but would vote to uphold it for that reason. Rubio is saying that he will appoint new justices who do not intend to respect the Obergefell decision...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/12/13/3731312/rubio-pledges-to-appoint-supreme-court-justices-who-will-overturn-marriage-equality/

RWW News: Theodore Shoebat Says We Need 'An American Inquisition'

Theodore Shoebat hails Andrew Jackson's brutal oppression of Native Americans and says we need an "American Inquisition" to rid the nation of pagans.
https://youtu.be/w7v6RPocOmI

New Evidence of Bush & Blair's WMD Lies

...new evidence that George W. Bush and Tony Blair knew even more than we thought about the absence of weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq...
https://youtu.be/zVm8iDOlA5Q

Karl Rove: Fighting climate change is useless because 'we'll all be dead'

https://youtu.be/0bfz8889XSk