An ex-convict who went on a deadly shooting spree in western Michigan targeted two ex-girlfriends, fatally shooting both of them and five members of their families, including his own 12-year-old daughter, police said Friday. (July 8)
Continue reading …Krauthammer Corrects ‘Inside Washington’ Host: David Brooks ‘Is Not A Conservative’
July 8, 2011 No Comment
Like so many members of the press, “Inside Washington” host Gordon Peterson wrongly thinks New York Times columnist David Brooks is a conservative. When Peterson depicted Brooks this way on Friday, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer marvelously corrected him with surprising support from Politico's Evan Thomas (video follows with transcript and commentary): GORDON PETERSON, HOST: Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader’s talking about conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks’ column on July 4th which he says the Republican Party is no longer a normal party. It’s been infected, Brooks says, by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical governing alternative. Its members, Charles, he says don’t accept the logic of compromise. What do you think of that? CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Well, forgive me, but I have to correct your copy again. Conservative columnist? He’s a great columnist, but he’s not a conservative. PETERSON: You don’t consider him a conservative? KRAUTHAMMER: No, I don’t. NINA TOTENBERG, NPR: (Laughing off-camera.) KRAUTHAMMER: I think he’s a moderate, and he straddles… TOTENBERG: (Off-camera) He’s a moderate conservative. EVAN THOMAS, POLITICO: (Off-camera) No, I think he’s a moderate. KRAUTHAMMER: No, he’s not a conservative. He’s a moderate. He’s open to all views. For the record, when I interviewed Brooks at the 2008 Republican National Convention, he confirmed that he was just slightly right of center and considered himself a moderate. Unfortunately, any opinion columnist that's not a liberal is considered a conservative these days. This, of course, is another one of the reasons the public isn't exposed to close the level of conservative opinion as they are liberal views: those brought on to give the conservative side are oftentimes moderates. Bravo, Charles. Bravo.
Continue reading …President Obama may be upbeat in public about the latest budget talks, but John Boehner? Not so much. No budget deal is “imminent,” the House speaker said today, and the parties still face “serious disagreements.” Boehner sounded a bit more optimistic only yesterday, telling House Republicans there was a 50-50…
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Kickass Cover of the Day: Anna from Indiana covers Lulu and the Lampshades’ minimalist bit o’ magic “ You’re Gonna Miss Me ” and now you’re off to try and master the rhythm section for yourself so see ya later. [ otmoth / thanks bhraal! ] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 07/07/2011 18:56 Number of articles : 4
Continue reading …Pew Analysis Finds Despite Recovery, Women Are Losing Jobs While Men Are Finding Them
July 8, 2011 No CommentSo it’s not your imagination: Women are losing jobs and men are finding them . Thank God we’re back to the Godly order of things, right? The sluggish recovery from the Great Recession has been better for men than for women. From the end of the recession in June 2009 through May 2011, men gained 768,000 jobs and lowered their unemployment rate by 1.1 percentage points to 9.5%.1 Women, by contrast, lost 218,000 jobs during the same period, and their unemployment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points to 8.5%, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. These post-recession employment trends are a sharp turnabout from the gender patterns that prevailed during the recession itself, when men lost more than twice as many jobs as women. Men accounted for 5.4 million, or 71%, of the 7.5 million jobs that disappeared from the U.S. economy from December 2007 through June 2009. Employment trends during the recovery have favored men over women in all but one of the 16 major sectors of the economy identified in this report. In five sectors, notably in retail trade, men have gained jobs while women have lost them. In five other sectors, including education and health services and professional and business services, men gained jobs at a faster rate than women. And in an additional five sectors, such as construction and local governments, men lost jobs at a slower rate than women. The sole exception to these patterns is state government , a sector of the economy in which women have added jobs during the recovery while men have lost them. But since we have so many Republican governors who are firing state workers, I’m sure we’ll get those numbers in line with the rest of them. Progress!
Continue reading …Word spread quickly through Yellowstone National Park about a fatal grizzly bear mauling—the park’s first in 25 years—but few visitors at the height of tourist season seemed inclined to change their vacations because of the news. Thousands of people streamed into the park yesterday, a day after 57-year-old…
Continue reading …Pakistan is furious today over US allegations that it tortured and killed journalist Saleem Shahzad. A few days ago, US military officials were reluctant to even anonymously confirm that the Pentagon suspected the ISI in the killing, but yesterday Admiral Mike Mullen himself said he believed Pakistan’s government had “sanctioned”…
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“Not that long ago, there were nights I went to sleep in strange places praying I wouldn’t wake up. After another night of bad decisions, I’d lie down with my heart speeding inside my chest like it was about to burst through my skin. My thinking was clouded, and my talent was one day closer
Continue reading …Space shuttle’s final voyage will include recycling urine into sports drink, crafting hilarious brand name
July 8, 2011 No Comment
Just because the space shuttle Atlantis is on its final mission , that doesn’t mean NASA’s run out of cool experiments . Its latest example? A shiny silver bag — consciously inspired by the “stillsuits” from Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic, Dune — that turns astronaut urine into potable drinking water. It’s been done, you say? Sure, but the earlier tech relied on electricity: a precious commodity aboard the International Space Station. The Forward Osmosis Bag requires no outside power source, relying on, you guessed it, forward osmosis to produce clean, filtered water. Not only that, but the resulting water mixes with a sugary solution to make a electrolyte-rich sports drink. On Earth this process takes four to six hours, but Atlantis astronauts will test its viability in space near the end of their mission. For an extensive on-planet demonstration, see the video after the break. Continue reading Space shuttle’s final voyage will include recycling urine into sports drink, crafting hilarious brand name Space shuttle’s final voyage will include recycling urine into sports drink, crafting hilarious brand name originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …In honor of Shuttle Atlantis’s final mission, NewsFeed has launched a list of space-related links. Hold onto your chair so that zero gravity doesn’t pull you away from your desk. Blast Off: Go behind the scenes with the crew of Atlantis as they prep for their final mission (TIME), and read about the future of
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