Show Notes 01-05-2017

Friday Show Notes 01-05-17

Bill Nye: Blue States Will ‘Impose Economic Sanctions’ Against Climate Change-Denying States
MSNBC, climate activist Bill Nye warned conservatives to “watch out,” saying progressive blue states will “address climate change” on their own.
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Men Resist Green Behavior as Unmanly
Women have long surpassed men in the arena of environmental action; across age groups and countries, females tend to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. Compared to men, women litter less, recycle more, and leave a smaller carbon footprint.
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13 Scientific studies suggest ‘Litte Ice Age’ looming
Global-warming diehards who converted their cause to “climate change” when the warming ceased a few years back are being dealt another blow as scientific forecasts of global cooling are about to take over.
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Planned Parenthood Unveils Pro-Abortion License Plates: “My Body, My Choice”
The Planned Parenthood abortion business has been on a mission to defend and promote abortion. In the latest effort to brag about abortions, Planned Parenthood is now unveiling a new pro-abortion license plate.
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Planned Parenthood enters transgender-hormone market as abortions decline, clinics close
As dozens of its clinics closed amid a dwindling U.S. abortion rate, Planned Parenthood has moved to diversify its business model by getting into transgender hormone therapy.
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Planned Parenthood: We Did 321,384 Abortions; Got $543.7 Million in Tax Dollars
Planned Parenthood says its affiliates did 321,384 abortions in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, 2016, according to its newly released 2016-2017 annual report.
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California's cannabis market is expected to soar to $5.1 billion — and it's going to be bigger than beer
Recreational cannabis sales are set to begin in California on January 1 — and the market is expected to haul in billions in revenue next year as dispensaries roll out across the state.
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Pelosi Defends Limited Government and ‘States’ Rights’—On Legalized Marijuana
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) issued a statement today attacking what she characterized as an over-reach by the federal government and defending what she described as "states’ rights" when it comes to the legalization of marijuana.
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McConnell Boasts of $4.99M Federal Grant ‘to Support Conservation of Private Lands’ in Kentucky
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put out a press release on the Friday before Christmas touting of his efforts to secure a $4.99 million federal grant from the Natural Resources Conservation Service to The Nature Conservancy “to support the conservative of private lands” in Kentucky.
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Interior Department repeals never-used regulations on hydraulic fracturing
The Obama administration’s 2015 fracking rule was never actually implemented, thanks to an ongoing court battle, and it apparently never will be.
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Democrats, environmentalists blast Trump offshore drilling plan
Overturning 33 years of energy policy, the Trump administration Thursday proposed opening as much as 90 percent of the U.S. coast to oil and gas development.
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The secret to George Washington Carver’s success
George Washington Carver was born a slave during the Civil War, possibly in 1865, but there are no records. Within a few weeks, his father, who belonged to the next farm over, was killed in a log hauling accident.
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Show Notes 01-14-2014

Thursday show 01-14-16

Carter says ‘navigation error’ – not mechanical problem – put US boats in Iranian waters
The Pentagon has backed off claims that a mechanical failure contributed to U.S. sailors drifting into Iranian waters and touching off a diplomatic incident earlier this week, with Defense Secretary Ash Carter now saying a “navigation error” was to blame.
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Scientists say humans have basically canceled the next ice age
At a time of intense planetary warming, it’s odd to even contemplate a counterfactual world in which we might instead be in or heading into a glacial period, sometimes more popularly called an “ice age.”
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OREGON FOLK SINGER TO SERENADE ISIS WITH 'PEACE CONCERT'
Oregon folk singer and self-styled “Peace Troubadour” James Twyman wants you to know he’s no hero, but “hero” is probably not the word that came to most people’s minds when he announced his planned concert for peace in ISIS-controlled Syria.
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Flying turkey ruffles feathers about 'emotional support' animals on planes
If you think that air travel has gone to the birds, it has -literally. We're talkin' turkey, as in that big Thanksgiving bird, one of which recently was spotted aboard a Delta flight acting as a "support animal," and that's causing a flap over how passengers are using, and abusing, comfort animal rules.
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Farmer cut off his right hand in failed ploy for insurance money
A Spanish court sent a farmer to prison after he cut off his hand and faked a car wreck for insurance money, local media reported Wednesday. Investigators said the farmer had run short on cash in 2007 when he concocted the plan. He started by hacking off his right hand and quickly applying a tourniquet to stop the bleeding, according to The Local.
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10 Yemeni detainees sent from Gitmo to Oman, in 'troubling' transfer
The Obama administration on Thursday quietly transferred 10 Yemeni detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay to neighboring Oman – so quietly, in fact, that the news was first reported by state-run Middle East news agencies. And once the news got to Capitol Hill, it set off alarm bells given the host country’s proximity to Al Qaeda’s most active branch.
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Herb from plant may aid in cold, flu prevention
The Ache: Cold and flu season is here, and with it, a healthy dose of misery.
The Claim: Echinacea, a herbal remedy made from a flowering plant, can prevent respiratory infections—or even help treat them once they begin.
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Things to know about the flu shot: Lots of options this year
Give flu vaccine another chance: This year's version got a recipe change that should make it more effective after last winter's misery from a nasty surprise strain of virus.
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Show Notes 07-23-2015

Thursday show 07-23-15

11 strange facts you didn't know about the first Moon landing

You would expect that when NASA asks you to be the first man to walk on the Moon that they would consider the possibility of things going wrong. Well for Neil Armstrong he couldn’t afford the life insurance policy for an astronaut. However, along with Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin he wasn’t alone.

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Summer is so bad here that cops 'arrest' weathermen

Fed-up police in the Canada's Newfoundland and Labrador have become so desperate about the lack of good weather in recent weeks that they have issued a plea to locate the missing season.

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Ancient Amazon Rain forest Was Once Used for Agriculture

The Amazon rainforest, often thought to have been pristine wilderness before the modern era, was once domesticated, and was reclaimed by the wild only in recent centuries, research increasingly suggests.

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Uber has hilarious comeback to NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio

In reaction to a NYC bill, Uber has done something to push back in a way that is both unique and hilarious. The bill seeks to limit the amount of new drivers transportation companies can hire and, thus, severely limit the growth of alternative transport businesses such as Uber.

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Residents sue Seattle saying new trash rules violate privacy
Environmental goals about garbage in this and other like-minded cities increasingly come down to three words: Throw less away. So Seattle residents are given different bins to put out on the curb — one for yard and food waste, another for recycling — and are encouraged to use ever-tinier cans for the stuff that really is trash.
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Hoyer: 'I Reject Any Premise that Planned Parenthood is Harvesting Fetal Organs, or Body Parts'

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said he rejected the “premise that Planned Parenthood is harvesting fetal organs” at his weekly pen-and-pad meeting with reporters on Tuesday.
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Quiz: Who signed all 4 founding-documents?

He was the only person to sign all four of America’s founding documents:

Articles of Association – 1774

Declaration of Independence – 1776

Articles of Confederation – 1777

U.S. Constitution – 1787

Who was he? Roger Sherman.

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Obama admin looks to ban some Social Security recipients from owning guns

Obama looks to ban Social Security recipients from owning guns

The Obama administration wants to keep people collecting Social Security benefits from owning guns if it is determined they are unable to manage their own affairs, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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The Cooling World

"There are ominous signs that the earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production."

This is an excerpt from an Newsweek article. Not from 2015 but from 1975! Hat tip to a12iggymom
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