Thursday Show 8/21/14
$619 billion missed from federal transparency site
A government website intended to make federal spending more transparent was missing at least $619 billion from 302 federal programs, a government audit has found.
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Gov’t Spends $50K on Green Cooking Alternatives
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to develop stored solar stoves as a solution to the “global cooking problem.”
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JUDGE: JUSTICE DEPT MUST PROVIDE LIST OF DOCUMENTS
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to provide Congress with a list of documents that are at the center of a long-running battle over a failed law enforcement program called Operation Fast and Furious.
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DOD transferred over 43 billion worth of Military equipment to local police
The Department of Defense transferred over $4.3 billion worth of surplus military equipment--including 345 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs), 205 grenade launchers and over 12,000 bayonets--to more than 17,000 state and local law enforcement agencies across the nation since 1997.
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GAO: Defense Department ‘Violated’ Two Laws in Bergdahl
Prisoner SwapThe Government Accountability Office issued an opinion today that found the Obama Administration "violated" two laws when it ordered the transfer of five high profile Taliban commanders in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s release from captivity.
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US Army veteran, West Point grad killed fighting for Ukraine
A West Point graduate and former Army Ranger who honored his Ukrainian ancestry by defending the nation against Russian-backed separatists was killed in fighting near the border, according to reports.
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Still 'Drinkable': 200-Year-Old Booze Found in Shipwreck
A 200-year-old stoneware seltzer bottle that was recently recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea contains alcohol, according to the results of a preliminary analysis.
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Pet-friendly dating websites help animal lovers find romance by uncovering canine chemistry
Sites like PetsDating.com and YouMustLoveDogsDating.com have found a new niche as singles flock to computers and smartphones to find relationships, connecting dog owners to potential mates who enjoy long walks in the dog park and slobbery canine kisses as much as they do.
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Stop Testing 'Alternative' Treatments, Some Researchers Say
Some types of alternative medicine, such as homeopathy and Reiki, should not be tested in clinical trials anymore because the therapies are not grounded in science, and studying them is like testing whether magic works, some researchers argue.
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Sunday Show 5/4/14
Gold Hunters to dive legendary shipwreck
Treasure hunters are
returning to the wreck of a gold-laden ship that sank off the coast
of South Carolina nearly 160 years ago, reviving an effort begun in
1987 by a colorful salvage diver who recovered millions from the site
before stiffing partners and vanishing.
Pelosi says “whatever
his name is Issa something”
House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says a newly released White House email
listing Susan Rice's Benghazi talking points "didn't have any
additional information," and she's not bothered that the email
was released in response to a FOIA request instead of a congressional
subpoena.
California sisters
reunited after 78 years
It's been 78 years
since Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel were last together — in their
mother's womb. The twin sisters were reunited last week for the first
time since birth in Fullerton, California, thanks to a nudge from
their children and help from a psychology professor, the Orange
County Register reported Sunday.
Too big to audit- large
partnerships escape IRS scrutiny
GAO reports In 2011,
while the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was busy scrutinizing the
tax-exempt status of 100 percent of Tea Party groups and other
conservative non-profits, the tax agency did not audit a single
high-value electing large partnership (ELP) with more than $100
million in assets.
Ranchers and Empire in
the American West Part Two; From Mises Daily: by Ryan McMaken
The image of the
American West as a place of private property and blissful
independence from government control has long been a myth, and the
fact is that life in the West has involved the federal government
much more so than life in the East much of the time. This is because
the land and other natural resources in the West are controlled by a
vast socialist bureaucracy governing water, land, and minerals going
back to the late nineteenth century.
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