Modern humans may have ended the Neanderthals’ 300,000-year dominance of Europe through sheer numbers instead of brain power, a new study claims. The researchers say the “human invasion” 40,000 years ago left the Neanderthals outnumbered 10 to 1 by the newcomers and forced them into fierce competition for…
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‘Jeopardy!’ host injured while chasing burglar; Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband puts up 25th anniversary billboard; Lady Gaga to release book of photographs. (July 29)
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The fact that the sordid details about Operation Fast & Furious (short edition: the federal government allowed guns to be illegally resold to Mexican narco-terrorists, who then proceeded to murder people with the,) are all breaking during the debt ceiling situation is either the absolute best or the absolute worst luck for the Obama administration. On the one hand, the administration is not getting… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Red State Discovery Date : 27/07/2011 20:00 Number of articles : 3
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The Senate Democratic leader, Harry Reid, says he will move forward on his debt-limit bill while the House GOP measure remains stalled. (July 29)
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Poland’s defense minister has resigned following a report into the plane crash last year that killed the president. The report also found errors by Russian air traffic controllers. (July 29)
Continue reading …So John Boehner couldn’t manage to whip 216 votes for his compromise bill, and Nancy Pelosi held the Democratic caucus in line, and the morning dawns with Capitol Hill in a tizzy, which is exactly what the Tea Party has hoped for: Speaking on conservative radio host Laura Ingraham’s show this morning, Boehner agreed that failing to raise the limit before the deadline would be devastating, and said the “chaos” plan won’t work when asked by Ingraham what’s motivating the recalcitrant Republicans: BOEHNER: Well, first they want more. And my goodness, I want more too. And secondly, a lot of them believe that if we get past August the second and we have enough chaos, we could force the Senate and the White House to accept a balanced budget amendment . I’m not sure that that — I don’t think that that strategy works. Because I think the closer we get to August the second, frankly, the less leverage we have vis a vis our colleagues in the Senate and the White House. It would really be nice if someone would quit thinking about strategy and agendas and start thinking about what’s good for the country. Chaos? Really? Yes, really. This is the lunacy that is the Tea Party. Courtesy of Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation, a few select quotes: The real problem with Boehner and all of these soft, squishy big government Republicans is they see compromise as the goal. No. Earth to John Boehner. Victory is the goal. Compromise is a tool that gets you to the goal. If you do not have victory as your goal, you will never win. If compromise is the goal, it really does not matter what agreement you reach. As long as the compromise is reached, no matter how bad it is, you have done your job. In the last day, since I wrote Boehner must go, I have received a number of emails from people who say, “You are splitting the Republican party.” “You are fracturing the conservative movement.” “You are damaging our cause.” No, I am not. John Boehner is. John Boehner will not stand up for conservative beliefs or anything else, except possibly his afternoon cigarette. I am tired of Republicans who make up the surrender lobby. I am tired of Republicans who claim they believe in our cause yet will not stand and fight. Judson Phillips frames it perfectly. There is no room for any thinking but their thinking, there is no room for anyone to co-exist or compromise alongside them. Because they think their way is the only way. Phillips closed with this: When I got involved in the Tea Party two and a half years ago, I didn’t do it because I was bored. I didn’t do it because I had nothing better to do. I didn’t do it because I said it would be cool to be involved in a grassroots movement. I did it because I believe we should win. I did it because I believe conservatism is the best course to guarantee freedom in this Country. Welcome our new American Taliban overlords. No room for anything but their One True Truth.
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Talk about a day brightener. Last month, the San Diego Zoo uploaded this short video of Adhama, a seven-month-old baby hippo who has moves like you’ve never seen. Adhama’s care supervisor Matt Akel told the Daily Mail that the burgeoning dancer was born in January weighing 100 pounds. ‘It’s interesting that Adhama’s personality has definitely blossomed,” he said. “He’s playing around with his mum and mouthing his mum. You see her push him around, but she’s just playing. You see him stand up on the rock to take a breath, spin sideways and tumble in the water.” According to The Sun, the name Adhama means “honor” or “glory” in Swahili, and he is the fourth calf born to his mother, Funani. WATCH:
Continue reading …Scarborough Rips Krugman: ‘Blind Ideologue’ Only Bloggers ‘Still Living’ in ‘Mom’s Basement’ Care About
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Friday took some well-deserved shots at New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. After Mika Brzezinski read bits of Krugman's most recent rant against “Republican extremism” on “Morning Joe,” her co-host responded, “If you’re a blogger, and you’re still living in your mom’s basement, and you got Cheetos all over the keyboard, you type in your underwear…you look at Paul Krugman and you think, 'He is my hero'” (video follows with transcript and commentary): MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Alright, “ The Centrist Cop-out ,” Paul Krugman, New York Times: Many pundits view taking a position in the middle of the political spectrum as a virtue in itself. I don't. Wisdom doesn't necessarily reside in the middle of the road, and I want leaders who do the right thing, not the centrist thing…[M] aking nebulous calls for centrism, like writing news reports that always place equal blame on both parties, is a big cop-out — a cop-out that only encourages more bad behavior. The problem with American politics right now is Republican extremism, and if you're not willing to say that, you're helping make that problem worse. JOE SCARBOROUGH: What a shock. I am shocked… BRZEZINSKI: It’s exactly right. Seriously. SCARBOROUGH: …Paul Krugman would write that editorial. BRZEZINSKI: Alright, instead of going there. STEVEN RATTNER: In this case, there is a scintilla of truth to that. SCARBOROUGH: Well… BRZEZINSKI: Come on now. SCARBOROUGH: …you write the same column for a decade… RATTNER: A stopped clock is right, I’ve heard that. BRZEZINSKI: Joe, this is not about Paul. SCARBOROUGH: If you write the same column for a decade and blame everything including earthquakes halfway across the world on Republican extremism, at some point, somebody could look at an op-ed and go, “Eh. Perhaps there’s a seed of truth to that.” BRZEZINSKI: Okay. Alright. Make it, it was anonymous. Now just the words. Don’t you agree? SCARBOROUGH: Eh. It’s Paul Krugman. [Laughter] SCARBOROUGH: No, he really, he has, he’s a very – we talked about this before – he’s a very smart man, Mike Barnicle… BRZEZINSKI: Of course. SCARBOROUGH: …but… MIKE BARNICLE: Faculty lounge. SCARBOROUGH: …but he’s… BRZEZINSKI: Oh, you boys are… BARNICLE: It’s faculty lounge. SCARBOROUGH: He’s written the same column for a decade. BARNICLE: He’s extremely smart. He’s extremely influential, and he knows far more about economics than I will ever know. Faculty lounge! SCARBOROUGH: Let me just say, he is influential because if you’re a blogger, and you’re still living in your mom’s basement, and you got Cheetos all over the keyboard, you type in your underwear, unlike Alex Trebek, then yes… BRZEZINSKI: No underwear for Alex. SCARBOROUGH: …you look at Paul Krugman and you think, “He is my hero,” because he is like a lot of bloggers on the left and the right a blind ideologue. Interesting that even the perilously liberal Mike Barnicle thinks Krugman's tripe is the kind of stuff one would hear in a school's faculty lounge. Which raises the question: why is this man taken seriously by anyone other than bloggers typing in their underwear in mom's basement?
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