Thursday Show 3/20/14

Spring Equinox

MARCH 20TH is the first day of spring, or vernal equinox, as it's known to astronomers, vernal meaning "of or pertaining to spring," equinox meaning "equal night." As the angle of the earth's inclination toward the sun changes throughout the year, lengthening or shortening the days according to season and hemisphere, there are two times annually when day and night are of more or less equal length: the spring and autumnal equinoxes.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/errata/a/equinox_eggs.htm

Spring Equinox

When Julius Caesar established his calendar in 45 BC he set 25 March as the spring equinox. Because a Julian year (365.25 days) is slightly longer than an actual year the calendar drifted with respect to the equinox, such that the equinox was occurring on about 21 March in AD 300 and by AD 1500 it had reached 11 March.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox

Obama Authorizes Sanctions on Russia That 'Could Also Be Disruptive to the Global Economy' 

After After Russian officials laughed off the first round of sanctions imposed by the United States and amid fears that Russia may encroach further into Ukraine President Obama announced on Thursday that he is "now moving...to impose additional costs on Russia."

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/obama-authorizes-sanctions-russia-could-also-be-disruptive-global-economy#sthash.9KiqyyuG.dpuf

Budget Doesn’t Delay F-16 Life Extension Upgrades

The Air Force is surging ahead with work to extend the service life of its fleet of F-16 fighter jets despite recent budget cuts to programs aimed at upgrading the planes, service officials said.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2014/03/20/budget-doesnt-delay-f-16-life-extension-upgrades/

Show Notes 03/21/2013

Uncooperative Radio Show Notes: Thursday 03/21/2013

The Spring Equinox

The dawning of spring comes on different dates (from March 19-21) and different times each year for two reasons. First, the year is not an exact number of whole days; it takes the Earth about 365 and one-quarter days to orbit the sun (which is why we have a leap day every four years).

http://www.livescience.com/28072-earth-spring-equinox-image.html

Oregan homeowner shoots suspected intruder

Police say a homeowner in the coastal community of Hammond shot and wounded a suspected burglar. Warrenton Police Chief Matthew Workman says an officer heard the shot Friday night, a few minutes after dispatchers received a call from a neighbor saying the homeowner was holding an intruder at gunpoint.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/17/oregon-homeowner-shoots-wounds-suspected-intruder/?test=latestnews

California seizes guns as owners lose right to bear arms

Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for a gun owner who’d recently spent two days in a mental hospital.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-12/california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-bear-arms.html

Illegal Immigrants make commercial demanding free healthcare

A new ad campaign has been launched to extend medical coverage to illegal aliens in the state of California.The California Endowment, a private foundation that advocates for affordable healthcare, wants county-run Medicaid expansion programs called Low-Income Health Programs to be “retooled” to provide insurance for this population.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2013/03/unreal-illegal-immigrants-make-commercial-demanding-free-healthcare-video/

Americas first slave owner was a Black man

According to colonial records, the first slave owner in the United States was a black man. Prior to 1655 there were no legal slaves in the colonies, only indentured servants. All masters were required to free their servants after their time was up.

http://cofcc.org/2012/03/americas-first-slave-owner-was-a-black-man/

Who is Harrison J. Bounel

Who is Harrison J. Bounel? According to the 2009 tax return submitted by President Barack Obama, he’s the President of the United States. All nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices are scheduled to discuss this anomaly today.

www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2988968/posts

Schumer on Judicial appointees: We will change rules and fill DC Circuit

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will “fill up the DC circuit one way or another,” even it means changing the rules in the Senate to get nominees confirmed.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/schumer-judicial-appointees-we-will-change-rules-fill-dc-circuit

Google glass could one day let you control objects around you

You may eventually be able to operate your TV, refrigerator, or garage door through Google Glass.

Published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a Google patent application called "Wearable Computer with Superimposed Controls and Instructions for External Device" describes a technology in which a Google Glass wearer could control a real object via a virtual display.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57575596-93/google-glass-could-one-day-let-you-control-objects-around-you/