Showing posts with label green energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green energy. Show all posts

Monday, July 17, 2017

Show Notes 07-16-17

Sunday show 7/16/17

Schools Spice Up Student Lunches with Restaurant-Quality International Dishes Designed to Boost Enrollment
On Wednesday, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue attended the School Nutrition Association’s (SNA) annual conference in Atlanta, promising to enable nutrition professionals to prepare meals for students that are more culturally-diverse, appealing and nutritious.
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Krispy Kreme cripples traffic for hours with promise of discounted doughnuts
How long would you wait for a discounted doughnut? To celebrate its 80th anniversary, Krispy Kreme is selling a dozen doughnuts for 80 cents once a customer buys the first dozen at regular price.
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Judicial Watch: VA Gov.’s Former Electric Car Company Will Cost Taxpayers Millions – Media Silent
The state auditor of Mississippi is demanding that Virginia Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe’s former company, GreenTech, repay nearly $6.4 million in public money since the electric vehicle company shut down and failed to deliver on its promises to create new jobs.
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Thousands sign up to clean sewage because they didn't read the small print
Do you read the terms and conditions? Probably not. No one does. And so, inevitably, 22,000 people have now found themselves legally bound to 1000 hours of community service, including, but not limited to, cleaning toilets at festivals, scraping chewing gum off the streets and “manually relieving sewer blockages”.
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US Accounts For Almost 60% of OAS Contributions; GAO Says Reform Efforts ‘Hindered’ by Venezuela
A U.S. effort to reduce the Organization of American States’ heavy dependence on U.S. funding is being hobbled by Venezuela – which owes  the OAS $6.9 million – according to a recent GAO report.
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AG Sessions Visits Gitmo, May Refill It With New Prisoners
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats went to visit the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on July 7 in order to “to have an up-to-date understanding of current operations.”
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New study names the 10 most post-Christian cities in the US
The Barna Group, an evangelical research firm headquartered in Ventura, California, has ranked the top 10 most “post-Christian” cities in the United States, and most of them are in the northeast.
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DOJ Going After Doctors and Others Who Feed Opioid Addictions
Working with the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Justice Department said it will charge 412 defendants, including 56 doctors, with health care fraud. He said collectively, they have defrauded taxpayers of $1.3 billion.
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 COURT: RELIGIOUS GROUPS PICK THEIR LEADERS, NOT THE STAT
A New York court has ruled that a Catholic school is legally permitted to choose a principal who shares and advances its faith, dismissing a plaintiff’s argument that promoting religion in school is indoctrination akin “to protecting jihadists.”
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Meet the hideous creature that will live to the end of the world
Humans, you've met your match. Unlike us, tardigrades — the world's most indestructible species — will survive until the sun dies, according to a new Oxford University study released Friday.
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Tiny Bird Fossil Solves Big Mystery About Life After Dinosaurs
A teeny-tiny fossilized bird skeleton is helping researchers understand the explosive rate at which birds diversified after the dinosaur age, new research shows.
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This $10,000 bikini is made of actual pizza
Why waste your time shopping for a regular boring bikini when you can get a custom-fitted pizza-kini, instead? That’s right. Pizza lovers will be thrilled to know they can now get a bikini made entirely of actual dough, cheese, sauce, pepperoni and all.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Show Notes 11-01-15

Sunday show 11-01-15

Greensboror Chronology
In the fall of 1959, four young men (Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr. and David Richmond) enrolled as freshmen at North Carolina A&T University.
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Pharmacy accidentally gave kids bipolar pills instead of candy
A worker at a Canadian pharmacy accidentally gave out out bipolar medication to trick-or-treaters instead of candy, according to a report. The mix-up unfolded after a woman unknowingly dropped her 17-year-old son’s prescription drugs while on her way out of a Beauport pharmacy.
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Ted Cruz rips GOP Senate leadership
In a speech Thursday on the Senate floor, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, sharply criticized the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, a budget deal between former House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama.
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Colorado teen grabs samurai sword and defends home from break in cops say
Police say a teenager grabbed a samurai sword and slashed a man who was trying to break into his eastern Connecticut home.
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Against all odds DC lottery retailers winning big
A man who sold himself a $1,000,000 winning D.C. Lottery ticket is just one of many retailers a WUSA9 investigation found winning the lottery at rates statisticians say border on impossible.
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Thousands of Muslim migrants disappear from camps
According to German press reports, keeping track of all the Muhammads and Alis pouring across borders is proving ever so tricky for European countries being flooded with people on the move from the Middle East and Africa.
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Taxpayer back solar plant actually carbon polluter
Even as the Obama administration announces another $120 million in grants to boost solar energy, new reports indicate a centerpiece of the administration's green-energy effort is actually a carbon polluter.
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'Come clean': Rep battles agency over subpoena for climate study records
The Republican head of the House science committee is fighting to obtain documents from the Obama administration on a controversial global warming study, as the agency that produced it locks down internal records despite a subpoena.
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U.N. planning court to judge U.S. for 'climate justice'
At the upcoming United Nations Climate Summit in Paris, participating nations have prepared a treaty that would create an “International Tribunal of Climate Justice” giving Third World countries the power to haul the U.S. into a global court with enforcement powers.
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Eight Things Your Support Team Should Never Say to Your Customers
At Desk.com we talk to a lot of customer service professionals. Ranging from merely cringe-worthy to enraging, here are eight things they recommend your team should never say to customers.
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Monday, June 29, 2015

Show notes 06-28-2015

Sunday show 06-28-15

Boy giving water bottles to police and other acts of kindness go viral amid chaos
In the wake of the wreckage that brought the city to its knees, some members of the community pitched in to clean up, assist law enforcement and rebuild. From a child handing water to police officers and a mom literally fighting to save her son to men shielding officers from angry mobs, these are the moments that brought hope to a damaged community.
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Boehner got 5 million, Ryan 2 million, McConnell 9 million, any doubt why TPA passed
The politicians like to keep the money trail brushed as clean of their footprints as possible, to make it less blatantly obvious that they are exchanging votes for “campaign” cash. Money talks in DC. In our current government it is the only language other than Orwellian double speak which is understood.
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What This New Study Just Revealed About The Impact Of Electric Cars Will Have Liberals Sobbing
Vehicles powered by electricity have quickly moved from occupying a fringe segment in the industry to commanding unparalleled attention and consumer interest. While much of this success has been due to the innovations introduced by Tesla and other companies, the federal government has sweetened the pot for potential buyers by offering a $7,500 subsidy on each electric car purchased in the U.S.
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If they are white kill-em all; flag desecrator issues murderous manifesto
A man who first made national news when a female veteran stopped his protest from stomping on an American flag is now threatening to kill police officers who try to arrest him. Eric Sheppard of Valdosta State University rose to infamy after video surfaced of Playboy playmate and Air Force veteran Michelle Manhart grabbing the flag from him and held it until she was arrested by police.
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Swat team raids family home and kills their dog over an unpaid utility bill
A SWAT team raided a family home and killed their dog because they were unable to pay their natural gas bill, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.
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Kids create salt black markets in cafeterias due to Michell Obamas lunch rules
Children are creating their own black markets to trade and sell salt due to First Lady Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules. During a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Todd Rokita (R., Ind.), a school administrator told Congress of the “unintended consequences” of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
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California school backtracks on Common Core opt out of punishment
A California high school where a majority of juniors opted out of Common Core testing has backed off of plans to ban the students from using the school's parking lot and from taking part in senior class activities after parents and education groups raised a fuss.
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City fixes failing grades for high school students
How do you fix a failing high school? Change the grades.
Under pressure to boost student achievement, the state-designated “out of time” Automotive HS in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has resorted to rigging Regents exam scores.
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2,666,000 Words: FDA Rules Issued Under Obama Twice the Length of Bible
Since President Barack Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 545 new final regulations, equaling 2,666 pages in the Federal Register and totaling approximately 2,666,000 words, according to a count of the regulations published in the Federal Register.
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USDA Expands $500 Million Summer Meals Programs to Sites Outside of School
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the expansion of its summer meal programs beyond the $500 million of taxpayer dollars used to pay for last year’s effort, with a goal of serving an unprecedented 200 million meals to “children” 18 or younger, not only on school campuses, but at other sites, including at home.
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Monday, May 04, 2015

Show notes 05-03-2015

Sunday show 05-03-15

Unrest in Baltimore means big business for Taser
Protesters on the street are demanding justice. Police are on TV pleading for peace. Taser is rolling in the dough. The Scottsdale, Ariz., company that makes stun guns and body cameras for law enforcement officers has long been ignored by Wall Street for its still-debated controversial solutions to otherwise potentially deadly clashes between police and civilians.
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“Avengers” does battle with blasphemy
“Marvel’s The Avengers,” the third-highest grossing movie of all time, now has its sequel, the certain megahit movie, “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” And like the previous Marvel comic book movies (notably “Thor”), “Age of Ultron” is not afraid to toy with major worldview and theological themes, but is nonetheless aiming to create a values-affirming, family-friendly (except for the rampant, comic book violence) film.
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US plans to fight terror with green energy projects
The Obama administration’s interest in stabilizing the Horn of Africa region continues to heighten in the wake of Somalia-based jihadist group al-Shabaab’s recent cross-border massacre of Christians at Kenya’s Garissa University College.
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Doctors keep mom's body functioning so baby could survive
Karla Perez, 22, died two days after the delivery, the Washington Post reported late Friday. Angel weighed just 2 pounds, 12.6 ounces at birth. The last time a brain-dead woman in the U.S. delivered a baby was 1999, the paper said. Baby Angel was delivered earlier this month at Methodist Health System in Omaha.
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Russia conducts nuclear bomber flight near Alaska
Two Russian nuclear-capable bombers intruded into the U.S. air defense zone near Alaska last week in the latest saber rattling by Moscow, defense officials said.
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Feminist Media Hail Satanists for Deeming Abortion a ‘Religious Belief
The pro-abortion media crowd is embracing new ally in their fight: Satanists.  “Mary” from Missouri is hoping to bypass her state’s 72-hour abortion waiting period by citing “sincerely held religious beliefs” – as a Satanist. The Friendly Atheist blog broke the story of how the Satanic Temple plans to aid a woman it calls Mary who believes in its “tenets.”
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Families score win in cable TV battle
Consumers are starting to see progress in their fight to stop paying for cable television channels they don’t want, and a leading advocate of family-friendly programming says the pressure will only grow from here and help drive trashy programming off the air.
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Madicon bans discrimination against Atheists and non-religious
While conservatives in Indiana and Arkansas were explaining last month why their new religious objections laws weren't invitations to discriminate against gays, the leaders of Wisconsin's capital city were busy protecting the rights of another group: atheists.
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NC mini-mart owner battles IRS over seizure
The owner of a rural North Carolina convenience store is fighting back after the IRS seized his bank account of more than $107,000 under civil forfeiture laws targeting drug lords and terrorists.
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FEC chair all but giving up hope to rein in money abuses
The chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission says she's largely given up hope of reining in abuses in raising and spending money in the 2016 presidential campaign and calls the agency she oversees "worse than dysfunctional."
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Pilot to fly solar plane across Pacific for 5 days, 5 nights
A pilot said Sunday that he is anxious but excited about flying a solar plane solo from China to Hawaii on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel.
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Tesla touts new battery technology, wants to change US power usage
On Thursday, Tesla rolled out a suite of batteries in an effort to wean the U.S. – and the world – off fossil fuels. And, of course, convince Americans to buy lots of its batteries.
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US Military's Self-Steering Bullets Can Hit Moving Targets
In what some might consider a terrifying development, the U.S. military has passed a key milestone in creating self-steering bullets.
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Show Notes 04-22-2015

Thursday show 04-22-15

Census: Record 51 million immigrants in 8 years, will account for 82% of U.S. growth
Legal and illegal immigrants will hit a record high of 51 million in just eight years and eventually account for an astounding 82 percent of all population growth in America, according to new U.S. Census figures.
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ACLU demands Catholic groups pay for illegal's abortions
The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a lawsuit against the federal government to force Catholic groups that take taxpayer dollars to provide birth control and abortions for illegal immigrants.
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European man sets up his own Libertarian nation
Czech man Vit Jedlicka has claimed a 7km2 stretch of land on the west bank of the Danube river as the Free Republic of Liberland, after disputes between Serbia and Croatia rendered it technically no man's land.
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Obama: 'I've Set Aside More Public Lands and Waters Than Any Administration in History'
In an Earth Day speech delivered today in the Florida Everglades, President Barack Obama boasted the he has set aside more "public land and waters" than any president in the history of the country.
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Cesar Chavez receives Navy honors 22 years after death
Hundreds gathered Thursday to see military honors rendered belatedly for Cesar Chavez, the legendary rights and labor leader but also a Navy veteran.
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Mass. Stuck With $113M Marine Terminal Built for Failed Offshore Wind Farm
Massachusetts taxpayers are stuck with a $113 million marine terminal started by former Gov. Deval Patrick as a construction staging area for a failed wind farm project that was supposed to provide clean energy and hundreds of jobs for the state's residents.
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'Certain variables' may cause Benghazi probe to last into 2016, Gowdy says
The chairman of the House select committee probing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's response to the Benghazi terror attacks signaled Wednesday that the release of a final report could slip to just months before the 2016 presidential election if the Obama administration delays producing documents and witnesses.
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Phoenix woman in arranged Muslim marriage allegedly raped and beaten by groom to be
A Muslim woman expected to enter an arranged marriage in Phoenix was raped, beaten and sexually assaulted by her groom-to-be after she refused to marry the man, Fox 10 News Phoenix reported on Wednesday.
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“Real” ripped by council on American Islamic relations
Daytime show “The Real” has been slammed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations for alleged discrimination against Muslim women.
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White House: American, Italian hostages killed in US strike
An American and an Italian held hostage by Al Qaeda were accidentally killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation earlier this year, the White House said Thursday, in a stunning and tragic admission.
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IG: 'Notable Security Deficiencies' Persist at U.S. Diplomatic Posts
"Protecting people who work in the department is our top priority," State Department Inspector General Steve Linick told Congress on Tuesday. Although his office has "stepped up" its security efforts after the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, "challenges still remain," he said.
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Show Notes: 08-19-2012

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Sunday 8/19/12

A Prayer

I arise to day, through God's strength to pilot me :
God's might to uphold me,God's wisdom to guide me.
God's eye to look before me,God's ear to hear me.
http://wwwfaithandworship.com/Sunday.htm

US Foreign Aide
Per your request, this memo includes a table depicting U.S. foreign assistance in FY2010, by sector, to countries holding more than $10.0 billion in U.S. treasury securities.
http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=8afef35c-cdd1-487c-9a30-5b83a16104e6

Senate nominee Mark Clayton disavowed by Tennessee Democratic Party

The party of Cordell Hull, Estes Kefauver and Al Gore Sr. and Jr. won’t have a standard-bearer or at least not one it can stomach in Tennessee’s next U.S. Senate race.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120803/NEWS02/308030124/Senate-nominee-Mark-Clayton-disavowed-by-Tennessee-Democratic-Party-?odyssey=nav|head&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

Minnesota firearms facility allows public to shoot Bin Laden in role-playing game

Usama bin Laden is not dead – in Minnesota, at least. A firearms training center in New Hope is offering Americans the chance to gun down the former Al Qaeda leader in a $325-per-person role-playing game, which runs three times per week.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/19/minnesota-firearms-facility-allows-public-to-hoot-bin-laden-in-roleplaying-game/#ixzz242aOJvII

Suspects in Deputy Killings Linked to Anarchist Movement
A sheriff says seven people arrested in a fatal shootout with Louisiana deputies have been linked to violent anarchists on the FBI's domestic terrorism watch lists.
http://www.newsmax.com/US/Deputies-Louisiana-killings-anarchist/2012/08/18/id/449014

Romney Turns Up Heat on Obama After Iran Calls Israel 'Insult to Humanity'

Presidential challenger Mitt Romney is leading a Republican charge to prompt the Obama administration to take decisive action against Iran following leader Mahmoud Ahmedinejad “
outrageous” claim that Israel is an “insult to humankind.”
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Romney-Iran-insult-humanity/2012/08/18/id/448995

Spanish company will count American votes overseas in November
When the Spanish online voting company SCYTL bought the largest vote processing corporation in the United States, it also acquired the means of manufacturing the outcome of the 2012 election.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/spanish-company-will-count-american-votes-overseas-in-november/

A tornado that saved a city and defeated the enemy

The capital of the United States, on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland was designed by Pierre L’Enfant and became the capital in 1800. In August 1814 during the War of 1812 the British captured and sacked Washington, burning most of the public buildings, including the Capitol and the White House. It is one of the few cities in the world planned expressly as a national capital.
http://www.afweather.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123042444

Costs and conflicts arise in Reid's push for green energy

Say this about U.S. Sen. Harry Reid: He really believes in renewable energy. Reid has beat up NV Energy pretty good in recent years. In the closing days of the George W. Bush administration, Reid blocked plans to build coal-fired power plants in Nevada.
http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/costs-conflicts-arise-in-reid-push-for-green-power-164858086.html