Thursday Show 7/24/14
New Jersey ends hunt
for possible 16-foot Anaconda in state lake
A 16-foot-long exotic
snake reportedly slithering around New Jersey's largest lake is
apparently a suburban legend. Or the snake just isn't hungry. The
state has stopped looking for the reptile after scientists failed to
find any evidence of it in Lake Hopatcong and traps baited with
chicken were left untouched.
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U.S. Navy admiral says
he’s open to idea of giving Chinese Navy tour of carrier
A top U.S. Navy
official said he is "receptive" to idea of letting his
Chinese crewmen tour a U.S. aircraft carrier based in Japan, but
experts warn such access could be a risky intelligence giveaway. Adm.
Jonathan W. Greenert, chief of naval operations, told The Wall Street
Journal that his Chinese counterpart mentioned the idea of a U.S.
carrier crew touring its lone Liaoning carrier and a Chinese crew
touring the USS George Washington.
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Veteran says he was
forgotten in VA clinic
A veteran of the U.S.
Marines says he was locked inside a central Florida community clinic
operated by the Veteran's Administration. Jeffrey Duck told WKMG he
arrived as a "walk in" patient at the clinic around 1 p.m.
Monday and sat in a consultation room for more than three hours
before realizing he was alone in the building.
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Feds Spending $10
Million to Build Robot Companions for Children
The National Science
Foundation has committed $10 million to build robots that will act as
“personal trainers” for children, in an effort to influence their
behavior and eating habits.
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Watchdog: $34M
taxpayer-backed soybean program not sprouting in Afghanistan
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture is forking over millions of dollars for a soybean program
in Afghanistan that's running into major problems, with Afghan
farmers slow to embrace a product that few Afghans ate before.
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How Government Uses
“Efficiency” as an Excuse to Steal
Scarcity makes
efficiency — getting the most value from given resources
—important. The more efficient individuals are, the more they
benefit from their actions. That’s why economists are always
talking about efficiency.
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A Brief History of
Progressivism
Progressives have a way
with words that is truly impressive. Perhaps it started when they
stole the word liberal from libertarians and since has snowballed out
of control. From “social justice” to “pro-choice” (except
with light bulbs) to various “isms” to describe their opponents,
progressives are experts at such linguistic feats.
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