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The wails of wingnut rage sound like sweet music this Inauguration morning!
What he said…
By Dennis G. January 21st, 2013
I think this tweet from Van Jones captures a lot of my feelings this morning:
The wails of wingnut rage sound like sweet music as they continue their war against reality. Yes, they are dangerous and they will continue to do great damage, but today I am filled with hope. Hope that these losers are on a fast track to the dustbin of history.
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/01/21/what-he-said-16/
Updated, because I just found this beautiful pic:
A Beautiful Day In America
Updated to add MORE inspiration:
MLK removing a burnt cross from his lawn.
If only MLK could see THIS picture from this a.m.!
http://www.politico.com/playbook/
Joe Scarborough: Republicans Won House Of Representatives Majority Because Of Gerrymandering
Joe Scarborough: Republicans Won House Of Representatives Majority Because Of Gerrymandering
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Then he said,
the rest (plus video):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/20/joe-scarborough-republicans-gerrymandering_n_2516281.html
let me just say WOW!
what an amazing couple, don't you think?
The American Dream at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
No matter your politics, our country has moved major steps forward from when we were founded.
We are a more perfect union.
We’ve still got a long way to go.
http://www.taylormarsh.com/blog/2013/01/the-american-dream-at-1600-pennsylvania-avenue/
Scientist Seeks 'Adventurous Human Woman' For Neanderthal Baby
'Adventurous’ Woman Needed as Surrogate for Neanderthal BabyAre you an adventurous human woman? Adventurous enough to be a surrogate mother for the first Neanderthal baby to be born in 30,000 years?
Harvard geneticist George Church recently told Der Spiegel he's close to developing the necessary technology to clone a Neanderthal, at which point all he'd need is an "adventurous human woman" — einen abenteuerlustigen weiblichen Menschen — to act as a surrogate mother.
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What would that entail? According to a 2008 study of a Neanderthal infant skeleton (from which the above image is taken), "the head of the Neanderthal newborn was somewhat longer than that of a human newborn because of its relatively robust face," and Neanderthal women generally had a wider birth canal than human women. Neanderthal birth was simpler than human birth, because Neanderthal infants didn't have to rotate to get to the birth canal, but otherwise the processes were very similar. (Even so, I imagine all but the most adventurous of human women would opt for a C-section in this case.)
Once the baby's out, though, you're in good shape — Neanderthal babies are thought to have grown much more quickly than their human counterparts. And Church seems to think that there'll be a Neanderthal craze, as he told Bloomberg Businessweek last year:
"We have lots of Neanderthal parts around the lab. We are creating Neanderthal cells. Let's say someone has a healthy, normal Neanderthal baby. Well, then, everyone will want to have a Neanderthal kid. Were they superstrong or supersmart? Who knows? But there's one way to find out."
MORE:
http://gawker.com/5977130/could-you-be-the-adventurous-woman-scientists-need-to-give-birth-to-the-first-neanderthal-baby-in-30000-years
guns...
Charges could be forthcoming against a Henry County mother and her 14-year-old son after the teen accidentally shot and killed his 15-year-old brother, police said.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/police-henry-county-teen-accidentally-shot-and-kil/nT3CG/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty (100 richest earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty)
Source: Aljazeera
Oxfam says world's rich could end poverty
UK-based charity says the world's 100 richest people earned enough in 2012 to end global poverty four times over.
The world's 100 richest people earned enough money last year to end world extreme poverty four times over, according to a new report released by international rights group and charity Oxfam.
The $240 billion net income of the world's 100 richest billionaires would have ended poverty four times over, according to the London-based group's report released on Saturday.
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The group says that the world's richest one percent have seen their income increase by 60 percent in the last 20 years, with the latest world financial crisis only serving to hasten, rather than hinder, the process.
"We sometimes talk about the 'have-nots' and the 'haves' - well, we're talking about the 'have-lots'. [...] We're anti-poverty agency. We focus on poverty, we work with the poorest people around the world. You don't normally hear us talking about wealth. But it's gotten so out of control between rich and poor that one of the obstacles to solving extreme poverty is now extreme wealth," Ben Phillips, a campaign director at Oxfam, told Al Jazeera.
Read more: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/01/201312061337695543.html
http://www.oxfam.org/sites/www.oxfam.org/files/cost-of-inequality-oxfam-mb180113.pdf
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