For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions - The New York Times

For the Wealthiest, a Private Tax System That Saves Them Billions - The New York Times: "The hedge fund magnates Daniel S. Loeb, Louis Moore Bacon and Steven A. Cohen have much in common. They have managed billions of dollars in capital, earning vast fortunes. They have invested large sums in art — and millions more in political candidates.

Moreover, each has exploited an esoteric tax loophole that saved them millions in taxes. The trick? Route the money to Bermuda and back." 'via Blog this'

Iran Hands Over Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Russia - The New York Times

Iran Hands Over Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Russia - The New York Times: "For President Obama, the peaceful removal of the fuel from Iran is one of the biggest achievements in his foreign policy record, the culmination of a seven-year effort that at various times involved sanctions, cybersabotage of Iran’s main nuclear facility and repeated Israeli threats to bomb the country’s facilities." 'via Blog this'

Kasich tells people protesting Tamir Rice decision: ‘You need to be heard’

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a message for anyone protesting the decision not to press charges against the Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

"You need to be heard," he said after a campaign event here on Tuesday. "In America, we’re a place that was born in the area of protesting. Protesting is an American way of life."

Rick Santorum Says Ted Cruz Isn't A Real Social Conservative - BuzzFeed News

Rick Santorum Says Ted Cruz Isn't A Real Social Conservative - BuzzFeed News: "Rick Santorum on Monday accused his opponent Ted Cruz of not being a social conservative.
The former senator from Pennsylvania told NewsmaxTV’s Steve Malzberg Show that social conservative votes are going to Cruz and Republican front-runner Donald Trump, neither of which, he said, “are particularly strong social conservatives.”" 'via Blog this'

Police killings since Ferguson, in one map

Police killings since Ferguson, in one map: "Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, and Jessica Hernandez are just three of at least 1,687 people killed by police since August 9, 2014, the day of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri.

Fatal Encounters, a nonprofit, has tracked these killings by collecting reports from the media, public, and law enforcement and verifying them through news reports. Some of the data is incomplete, with details about a victim’s race, age, and other factors sometimes missing. It also includes killings that were potentially legally justified, and is likely missing some killings entirely.

Vox’s Soo Oh created an interactive map with data from Fatal Encounters. It shows some of the killings by law enforcement since the Brown shooting:" 'via Blog this'

Guns at Police Stations

An officer killed three of his colleagues in a shooting Monday at a police headquarters in Ponce, Puerto Rico, investigators said.

The suspect, identified as 50-year-old Officer Guarionex Candelario, is in custody, police said.

"There are no words to describe this tragedy where three colleagues have lost their lives. Our condolences for the families," Puerto Rico Police Deputy Superintendent Col. Juan Rodriguez Davila said on the Twitter page of Puerto Rico's police force.

Right wing Extremists.

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Unlawful Arrest

http://gawker.com/nypd-officer-charged-with-unlawful-arrest-illegal-sear-1749382181

Why many Americans don't trust police anymore, in 7 videos - Vox

Why many Americans don't trust police anymore, in 7 videos - Vox: "Behind this trend is one critical factor: video. The proliferation of video through smartphones, dashboard cameras, and body cameras — and social media's ability to send a video into viral overdrive — has played a major role in holding police accountable, especially this year. At the very least, video has helped weaken the infallibility that seemed to surround police — a sense that allowed officers' testimony to be viewed as more credible than those who lodged complaints against them." 'via Blog this'

​Police: Officer, another victim hurt in Wisconsin shooting - CBS News

​Police: Officer, another victim hurt in Wisconsin shooting - CBS News: "A police officer and another person were wounded in a shooting at a motorcycle shop in a Wisconsin town that prompted an evacuation.

CBS affiliate WFRV reported police received a call about multiple shots fired at Eagle Nation Cycles on Neenah's Main Street shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday.

Neenah Mayor Dean Kaufert said an estimated 30 shots were fired. He called the shooting "every community's nightmare.""  'via Blog this'

Why today's jobs report is a big deal for the economy - Vox

Why today's jobs report is a big deal for the economy - Vox: "Employers added 211,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, according to data released by the US Department of Labor Friday morning. Consensus expectations had been for 190,000 new jobs, so the report was a bit better than expected. That means the pace of job creation was good enough to make it all but certain that Janet Yellen and the Federal Reserve are done delaying and will raise interest rates at their December 17 meeting.

The Fed appears to have been eyeballing 100,000 new jobs as the minimum needed to make them comfortable proceeding with the rate hike, and this report easily clears that bar."

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‘Daily News’ Slams GOP on San Bernardino - The Daily Beast

‘Daily News’ Slams GOP on San Bernardino - The Daily Beast: "The New York Daily News came out swinging against Republican presidential candidates who suggested that people pray for the victims of the San Bernadino mass shooting, without actually taking any legislative action. The headline that will run with the story Thursday morning reads: "God Isn't Fixing This" and includes tweets from Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Lindsey Graham."  'via Blog this'

Donald Trump Finds His Shooting-Truther Prophet - The Daily Beast

Donald Trump Finds His Shooting-Truther Prophet - The Daily Beast: "Donald Trump’s campaign, an exercise in testing the limits of the American imagination, was inevitably going to find itself advertised beside Survival Shield X-2 super high quality nascent iodine droplets, now 30% off, and a cylindrical vault of Survival Seeds which promise a “robust and hearty garden, even in the toughest of times” for just $29.95. " 'via Blog this'

Video reportedly shows moments before officer-involved shooting in Bayview - The San Francisco Examiner : The San Francisco Examiner

Video reportedly shows moments before officer-involved shooting in Bayview - The San Francisco Examiner : The San Francisco Examiner: "n officer-involved shooting was reported shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday near the intersection of 3rd Street and Gilman Avenue in the Bayview, according to San Francisco police.

About 45 minutes after the shooting was reported, the Medical Examiner’s van arrived at the scene.

The shooting blocked traffic in both directions on 3rd Street. About 5:45 p.m. there were at least three 29-Sunset Muni buses blocked on Gilman Street and the T-Third line was blocked in both directions." 'via Blog this'

Spain issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over deadly 2010 flotilla raid

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/11/17/spanish-judge-issues-arrest-warrant-for-netanyahu-other-top-israeli-officials/#

Gone!!

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/world/100000004068238.app.html?_r=0

Blame President Obama

http://gawker.com/fox-news-commentator-blames-planned-parenthood-shooter-1744933478

Frequent Fox News contributor, former NYPD cop, and professional smear-man Bo Dietl was commenting on the then-active crisis unfolding in Colorado when he had what can best be described as incomprehensible, waking stroke:

5 Shot Near Jamar Clark Protest Site In Minneapolis

5 Shot Near Jamar Clark Protest Site In Minneapolis: "Police on Tuesday arrested two men suspected of shooting five Black Lives Matter demonstrators, while the family of a black man whose death inspired the protests called for an end to demonstrations that have gone on for days outside a Minneapolis police station.

No one suffered life-threatening wounds in Monday night's shooting, which took place about a block from the police department's 4th Precinct, where protesters have been demonstrating since the Nov. 15 death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark, who was shot by a police officer."
 'via Blog this'

Videos Show Masked Men Threatening Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Before Shooting

Videos Show Masked Men Threatening Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Before Shooting: "Two videos of masked men are generating new attention after five activists associated with the Black Lives Matter movement were shot on Monday night by assailants who reportedly fit a similar description as the men in the videos.

Minneapolis police on Tuesday arrested a white man and a Hispanic man who are suspected of being involved in the shooting. Authorities are still looking for additional suspects. "  'via Blog this'

Police Chief Shocks City: 'N*****s Gotta Learn How To Read'

Police Chief Shocks City: 'N*****s Gotta Learn How To Read': "Burke made a public apology on Monday for the racial slurs used in the e-mail.

"To everybody here, to everybody out there, my deepest -- I cannot tell you, from the bottom of my heart, I'm truly sorry. I apologize deeply," he said at a live conference."

 'via Blog this'

Chicago Releases 'Chilling' Video Of Cop Shooting Teen 16 Times

Chicago Releases 'Chilling' Video Of Cop Shooting Teen 16 Times: "Our investigation determined Officer Van Dyke was on the scene less than 30 seconds before shooting."  'via

 Blog this'

Veteran Jumps to His Death at V.A. Hospital - The Daily Beast

Veteran Jumps to His Death at V.A. Hospital - The Daily Beast: "A disabled veteran seeking psychiatric treatment walked out of a waiting room at the Veteran Affairs medical center in Philadelphia and jumped to his death from its parking garage Thursday morning.

Spokesperson Fern Billet would not confirm or deny a suicide, but said a death that occurred there this morning was still under investigation. Authorities on scene would only confirm that the subject was a 5’7” white male. The incident is being investigated by the VA police department because it occurred on federal property." 'via Blog this'

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Paris Attacks

Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Deadly Paris Attacks: "slamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed 127 people in Paris, saying it sent fighters strapped with suicide bombing belts and carrying machine guns to various locations in the heart of the capital.

The attacks were designed to show France would remain a top target for the jihadist group as long as the country continued its current policies, the group said in a statement.

Gunmen and bombers killed at least 127 people in Friday's attacks."  'via Blog this'

2016 elections: Donald Trump attacks Carson in Friday the 13th-themed video - POLITICO

2016 elections: Donald Trump attacks Carson in Friday the 13th-themed video - POLITICO: "Donald Trump is going all in with the Friday the 13th motif in attacking Ben Carson.

In a video posted to Instagram, spooky, suspenseful music plays as footage of Carson speaks about past claim of physical violence, one that he attributed to his "pathological temperament" in his book "Gifted Hands."" 'via Blog this'

UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian

UPDATE: Cotton balls scattered in front of MU's black culture center - Columbia Missourian: "Before the Civil War, many enslaved African-Americans were forced to work on cotton plantations.

Outside of the center Friday afternoon, MU senior Gerald McLemore said it is sad that things of this nature are still happening in the 21st century, especially during Black History Month."

'via Blog this'

UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times

UPDATED: Two Mizzou Students Arrested in Bizarre Hate Crime Involving Cotton Balls | News Blog | St. Louis News and Events | Riverfront Times: "Two University of Missouri undergrads were arrested last night for allegedly dropping cotton balls outside the school's African-American cultural center last Friday. "

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University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times

University of Missouri Protests Spur a Day of Change - The New York Times: " Months of student and faculty protests over racial tensions and other issues that all but paralyzed the University of Missouri campus culminated Monday in an extraordinary coup for the demonstrators, as the president of the university system resigned and the chancellor of the flagship campus here said he would step down to a less prominent role at the end of the year." 'via Blog this'

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business

The Next CEO of Exxon Will Inherit a Diminished Giant - Bloomberg Business: "A decade ago, when ExxonMobil Chief Executive Officer Lee Raymond was nearing retirement and looking for a successor, Rex Tillerson seemed the perfect candidate. A 53-year-old native Texan with an engineering degree and a commanding physical presence, Tillerson was an Exxon lifer who’d spent 30 years in the “upstream” side of the business, dedicated to finding and producing oil and gas. His résumé included stints in Yemen and Thailand. Tillerson’s chief rival for the job, Ed Galante, came from the “downstream” side—refining crude and natural gas into fuels and chemicals—important but not as much as the upstream division, which accounts for about 80 percent of Exxon’s profits. In January 2006, Tillerson became chairman and CEO. By the end of the month, Galante had retired." 'via Blog this'

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade

Prosecution Of U.S. Police For Killings Surges To Highest In Decade: "The number of U.S. police officers charged in fatal shootings has hit the highest level in a decade in 2015, new research shows, driven by greater scrutiny over use of deadly force.

Public outrage over the deaths of black men at the hands of police in New York, Missouri and elsewhere have spurred prosecutions. Police body cameras and bystanders' videos also have helped bring cases, but even with the upturn, only a small percentage of police killings result in charges, lawyers and analysts say." 'via Blog this'

The University of Missouri situation, explained

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast

Wait, his hands were up?

Louisiana Man Had Hands Up When Cops Shot Autistic Son - The Daily Beast: "A police body camera on one of the Louisiana police officers who shot and killed a 6-year-old autistic boy allegedly shows that the boy's father had his hands up when the law enforcement officials fired on his vehicle. The two officers in question were held on $1 million bonds for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, respectively. Louisiania's state police chief said on Friday that the video is "the most

disturbing thing I've seen."" 'via Blog this'

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times

2 Louisiana Officers Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Killing of Boy, 6 - The New York Times: "Two police officers have been arrested on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy during a pursuit of his father in a sport utility vehicle in central Louisiana, the state police said Friday.

The officers, Norris Greenhouse Jr. and Lt. Derrick Stafford, who were placed on administrative leave after the chase on Tuesday, also face charges of attempted second-degree murder, Col. Michael Edmonson, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, said during a news conference on Friday.

The father, Chris Few, who was driving, was critically injured in the shooting. Mr. Few’s son, Jeremy Mardis, was killed after the police opened fire on the S.U.V." 'via Blog this'

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times

First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan - The New York Times: "Mr. Bush’s assertion in a new biography that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld undercut George W. Bush’s presidency rattled the extended Bush political world, and forced the second Bush son now seeking the presidency, Jeb, to straddle an awkward line between family and politics.

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Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by AidesNOV. 4, 2015
At 91 and in the twilight of a long and storied public life, the first President Bush evidently felt free to express views he had long suppressed in the interest of family harmony. Mr. Cheney, he said, was “very hard-line” and too eager to “use force to get our way”; Mr. Rumsfeld was an “arrogant fellow” full of “swagger.” He used the same phrase, “iron-ass,” to describe both men."

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Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times

Officer’s Death Stuns Illinois Town a Second Time - The New York Times: "But on Wednesday, more than two months after Lieutenant Gliniewicz was found dead in Fox Lake, a small town northwest of Chicago, law enforcement officials said the truth was something very different: He took his own life." 'via Blog this'

Why focusing on private prisons won't end mass incarceration - Vox

Why focusing on private prisons won't end mass incarceration - Vox: "Hillary Clinton has announced that, under pressure from both immigration and racial-justice activists, she's no longer accepting direct donations from private prison companies. The money she's already gotten from them — $133,000 — is a drop in the bucket of a campaign that's raised $28 million in the past three months alone. But in the Democratic primary, the private prison industry has emerged, by consensus, as the villain of the mass-incarceration story." 'via Blog this'

President Bush on Ted Cruz - "I just don't like the guy"

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/jeb-bush-george-bush-donors-ted-cruz-214933

Fox News analyst arrested on charges of lying about working for CIA - Business Insider

Fox News analyst arrested on charges of lying about working for CIA - Business Insider: "A Fox News guest terrorism analyst was arrested on Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on charges of falsely claiming to have been a CIA agent for decades, U.S. prosecutors said."

'via Blog this'

S.E.C. Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse - NYTimes.com

S.E.C. Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse - NYTimes.com: "The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street’s largest investment banks had contributed to the global financial crisis, and he abruptly shut the program down."

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SEC Chairman Christopher Cox Finally Realizes The Problem With Deregulation | ThinkProgress

SEC Chairman Christopher Cox Finally Realizes The Problem With Deregulation | ThinkProgress: "Yesterday, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout plan. During the hearing, Christopher Cox, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), testified that deregulation was a cause of the current financial crisis, including a “regulatory hole” in the credit swap market:
There is another similar regulatory hole that must be immediately addressed to avoid similar consequences. The $58 trillion national market in credit default swaps — double the amount outstanding in 2006 — is regulated by no one. Neither the SEC nor any regulator has authority over the CDS market, even to require minimal disclosure to the market."

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Guns - SNL

The Northern Arizona University shooting shows why more guns lead to more gun deaths - Vox

The Northern Arizona University shooting shows why more guns lead to more gun deaths - Vox: "What we know about the Northern Arizona University shooting is tragic — but it's also an object lesson in how more guns leads to more shootings.

According to campus police, two groups of students were in a confrontation before 1:20 am at the parking lot of a residence hall in Northern Arizona University. At some point, 18-year-old freshman Steven Jones allegedly pulled out a gun and shot four of his peers. One is dead. Three are still being treated at the Flagstaff Medical Center, with at least some of them shot multiple times."

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Congressman Whose Amendment Ended Federal Gun Research: 'I Have Regrets'

Congressman Whose Amendment Ended Federal Gun Research: 'I Have Regrets': "In 1996, Rep. Jay Dickey (R-AR) spearheaded a piece of legislation that effectively put an end to government-funded research of gun violence. Now 75, the retired congressman admitted in a Huffington Post interview, “I have regrets.”

Dickey said his mind was changed after years of watching people lose their lives in mass shootings, like the massacre at Umpqua Community College last week that left 10 people dead.

“I wish we had started the proper research and kept it going all this time,” Dickey said.

His namesake amendment eliminated the $2.6 million that the Center for Disease Control spent on researching the effects of firearms ownership on public health. " 'via Blog this'

Rep. Tom Cole says food stamp spending doubled under Bush, doubled again under Obama | PolitiFact

Rep. Tom Cole says food stamp spending doubled under Bush, doubled again under Obama | PolitiFact: "He compared total costs of the program from the start of Bush’s term in 2000 to the end of his second term in 2008, then growth from 2008 to the most recent fiscal year available, 2012. Costs had more than doubled under Bush, from $17 billion to $38 billion, then doubled again under Obama, to $78 billion."

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Food stamp growth started before Obama took office - The Washington Post

Food stamp growth started before Obama took office - The Washington Post: "Although the food stamp program hit an all-time high this summer of 46.7 million individuals in June, DeHaven says the trajectory can be traced back to the 2002 farm bill passed by a Republican-controlled House and signed by President George W. Bush."

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The unemployment rate is falling, but the share of Americans working keeps falling too - Vox

Dang, it was 58.5% in 1965!!

The unemployment rate is falling, but the share of Americans working keeps falling too - Vox: "If you judge by the unemployment rate, America's labor market seems pretty healthy. Today the Labor Department released new statistics showing that just 5.1 percent of Americans are unemployed. That's unchanged from the previous month and down from more than 10 percent in the depths of the last recession.

But the unemployment rate tells an incomplete story about the state of the labor market. It counts the number of people who are out actively looking for work and not finding it. But it does not include people who — for whatever reason — are not looking for work at all.

But another statistic, the labor force participation rate, gives a comprehensive sense for how many people are working. It shows the fraction of the population over age 16 that is working. And today we learned that this statistic fell to 62.4 percent — the lowest level since 1977."

'via Blog this'

If you oppose Black Lives Matter, you would've abhorred Martin Luther King

If you oppose Black Lives Matter, you would've abhorred Martin Luther King:
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Delaware officials investigating fatal police shooting of man in wheelchair | US news | The Guardian

Delaware officials investigating fatal police shooting of man in wheelchair | US news | The Guardian: "State investigators in Delaware are looking into the fatal shooting by police of a man in a wheelchair, which was captured in cellphone video footage.

The death of Jeremy McDole is being investigated by officials from the Delaware Department of Justice’s Office of Civil Rights and Public Trust. The department reviews every incident in which a police shooting results in injury or death."
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Father of Marysville school shooter convicted of 6 gun charges | The Seattle Times

Father of Marysville school shooter convicted of 6 gun charges | The Seattle Times: "The father of the teen who killed four classmates at Marysville-Pilchuck High School last fall was convicted Tuesday of illegally possessing a half-dozen firearms, including the one his son used in the shooting.

Raymond Lee Fryberg Jr. was convicted of six counts of unlawful possession of a firearm. One of the firearms, a .40-caliber Beretta pistol, was used by 15-year-old Jaylen Fryberg to kill four classmates and wound a fifth. Jaylen then killed himself with the same handgun."

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Volkswagen Test Rigging Follows a Long Auto Industry Pattern - The New York Times

Volkswagen Test Rigging Follows a Long Auto Industry Pattern - The New York Times: "Long before Volkswagen admitted to cheating on emissions tests for millions of cars worldwide, the automobile industry, Volkswagen included, had a well-known record of sidestepping regulation and even duping regulators.

For decades, car companies found ways to rig mileage and emissions testing data. In Europe, some automakers have taped up test cars’ doors and grilles to bolster the aerodynamics. Others have used “superlubricants” to reduce friction in the car’s engine to a degree that would be impossible in real-world driving conditions."

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Let's Talk About Reagan For A Second

Donald Trump gets a birther question - Business Insider

Donald Trump gets a birther question - Business Insider: "Donald Trump is catching fire for not correcting a man who claimed that President Barack Obama was a Muslim and not American.

The man also asked when Donald Trump would get rid of them if he were elected. "
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Inside These Hedge Funds, Special Money Managers for the Boss - Bloomberg Business

Inside These Hedge Funds, Special Money Managers for the Boss - Bloomberg Business: "From the same Manhattan skyscraper as Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management, Table handles the personal finances of one client: the boss.
Ackman’s setup might seem unusual in the hedge fund business, where managers stake their fortunes on the funds they oversee for clients."
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Ultra vers - ¡Todos!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D-nfueovttc

¡Buenos!

Israel's 300 Days of Sun No Help as Offshore Gas Eclipses Solar - Bloomberg Business

Israel's 300 Days of Sun No Help as Offshore Gas Eclipses Solar - Bloomberg Business: "After struggling to grow citrus trees on a stretch of parched desert, Israel’s Kibbutz Ketura instead devoted the land to harvesting the country’s most abundant resource: sunshine. Yet as the kibbutzniks seek to expand their solar installations, the government is proving almost as formidable an obstacle as the scorched soil ever was.
“Israel has the technology and plenty of sunshine, but the government is completely ignoring the renewables industry,” said Yosef Abramowitz, a solar energy advocate who helped found Arava Power Co., the developer of the Ketura field."

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Survey of Consumer Expectations inflation August 2015 - Business Insider

Survey of Consumer Expectations inflation August 2015 - Business Insider: "In his speech at the Jackson Hole conference of central bankers in late August, Fed vice chairman Stanley Fischer argued that over the long term, inflation expectations have been rather stable: 

"One striking feature of the economic environment is that longer-term inflation expectations in the United States appear to have remained generally stable since the late 1990s. The source of that stability is open to debate, but the fact that the Fed has kept inflation relatively low and stable for three decades must be an important part of the explanation.""

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Trey

http://www.ijreview.com/2015/08/401143-recover-cocaine-congressman-trey-radel/

The Key To Being A Hero: Don’t Think About It | Here & Now

The Key To Being A Hero: Don’t Think About It | Here & Now: "Four men – three Americans and a Briton – received the French Legion of Honor today, days after they thwarted an armed gunman on a train to Paris. Two of the men are credited with tackling 26-year-old Moroccan Ayoub El-Khazzani; the other two helped subdue El-Khazzani, who witnesses say had an assault rifle strapped to his bare chest."  'via Blog this'

Donald Trump says the 'real' unemployment rate is 42%. He's really, really wrong. - Vox

Donald Trump says the 'real' unemployment rate is 42%. He's really, really wrong. - Vox: ""We have a real unemployment rate that’s probably 21%," Trump told TIME magazine this week. "Our real unemployment rate — in fact, I saw a chart the other day, our real unemployment — because you have ninety million people that aren’t working. Ninety-three million to be exact. If you start adding it up, our real unemployment rate is 42%.""

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Rallies In Support Of Confederate Flag Continue | Here & Now

Rallies In Support Of Confederate Flag Continue | Here & Now: "The Southern Poverty Law Center has been tracking these rallies and found tens of thousands of people have joined nearly 180 pro-flag events since mid-June. Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson is joined by Heidi Beirich, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s intelligence project director, to discuss the Confederate flag backlash across the nation."  'via Blog this'

Colorado workers sue Chipotle, part of national trend | Marketplace.org

Colorado workers sue Chipotle, part of national trend | Marketplace.org: "Chipotle recently extended paid sick leave, vacation and tuition reimbursement to its hourly workers.

Still, tens of thousands of employees at Chipotle Mexican Grills around the country are not happy with the Denver-based fast casual poster child over how they are paid. Earlier this month, a court in Los Angeles approved a $2 million settlement with over 38,000 plaintiffs for allegations of unpaid overtime, rest breaks and minimum wage. These Chipotle employees and others in more lawsuits across the country have joined a national workplace trend: filing class-action lawsuits against their employer claiming unfair pay."  'via Blog this'

CUBA Libre - Kerry Strikes Delicate Balance in Havana Trip for Embassy Flag-Raising

Kerry Strikes Delicate Balance in Havana Trip for Embassy Flag-Raising - The New York Times: "HAVANA, Cuba — Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cuba on Friday morning to attend a flag-raising ceremony at the American Embassy and to give a lift to the effort to rebuild ties after more than half a century of hostility.

But Mr. Kerry’s visit — the first by a secretary of state since Edward R. Stettinius Jr. made a short trip to Havana in 1945 — also reflects the balance that the Obama administration is trying to strike between working with an authoritarian government and supporting Cuba’s beleaguered dissidents."
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No Video Of A Police Shooting? That's Because Many Cops Still Don't Have Body Cameras.

No Video Of A Police Shooting? That's Because Many Cops Still Don't Have Body Cameras.: " Americans overwhelmingly support equipping police officers with body cameras. Police reform advocates and law enforcement officials say such cameras can deter cops from using unnecessary force and protect them from false abuse complaints. But in most major cities, you're still not likely to run into a cop wearing a body cam.

The Huffington Post analyzed police departments in 27 large U.S. cities and found that only two -- Albuquerque and New Orleans -- have finished equipping their officers with body cameras. Most are waiting for funding, comparing different devices or testing the use of cameras with a small portion of their officers."

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Ben Carson Once Did Research On 17-Week Aborted Fetal Tissue

Ben Carson Once Did Research On 17-Week Aborted Fetal Tissue: "amed neurosurgeon Ben Carson says that most medical research can be conducted without using fetal tissue, which has been in the news recently after a series of secretly taped but edited videos showed Planned Parenthood officials discussing how to legally provide aborted tissue to researchers. He has called the benefits of such research "over promised," and has said the videos have made him wonder "how far we have drifted in terms of our humanity.""

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Who are Ferguson's 'Oath Keepers,' and why are they patrolling the city with guns?

Who are Ferguson's 'Oath Keepers,' and why are they patrolling the city with guns?: "On the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's shooting death by police, tensions are once again simmering in Ferguson, Missouri. And the arrival of a militia group, known as the "Oath Keepers," threatens to add fuel to the fire in the St. Louis suburb." 

Oath Keepers return to Ferguson, fueling racial tension 'via Blog this'

FIRED - Texas police officer is fired after shooting black student dead

FIRED!!!

Texas police officer is fired after shooting black student dead: "A rookie police officer who shot and killed a Texas college football player inside a car dealership in suburban Dallas has been fired.
Chief Will Johnson of the Arlington police said the officer, Brad Miller (49) had been fired for the “inappropriate judgment” in the fatal shooting of Christian Taylor (19). Johnson said Miller had entered the building without his partner, leading to an “an environment of cascading consequences”."
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Christian Taylor’s father feels for fired cop: ‘There isn’t a winner in this … We are both losers’ - The Washington Post

Christian Taylor’s father feels for fired cop: ‘There isn’t a winner in this … We are both losers’ - The Washington Post: "“Relieved wouldn’t be the word,” Adrian Taylor told The Washington Post in a telephone interview. “We are all human and make mistakes and there isn’t a winner in this. You know what I mean? We are both losers.”

Adrian’s 19-year-old son, Christian, was fatally shot on Friday by Arlington police officer Brad Miller during a suspected burglary."
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Police Release Ferguson Shooting Video - The Daily Beast

Police Release Ferguson Shooting Video - The Daily Beast: "Ferguson authorities released new surveillance footage on Tuesday purporting to show a teenager pulling a gun from his wasitband just before he was shot and critically injured by plainclothes officers. The St. Louis County Police Department identified the person in the footage as 18-year-old Tyrone Harris Jr.,"
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Road rage shooting death, one man kills another in Beverly Hills, Florida - CBS News

Road rage shooting death, one man kills another in Beverly Hills, Florida - CBS News: " In 911 calls during an apparent road rage incident that ended in death, a north Florida man tells a dispatcher he has his gun "cocked and loaded" because "some maniac" was trying to run him off the road.

A woman in the other car also called 911 Thursday night as her husband, Candelario Gonzalez, 44, followed Robert Eric Doyle, 51, through the streets of Beverly Hills, about 80 miles northwest of Orlando."

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Erick Erickson Disinvites Trump From Red State Gathering Over Megyn Kelly Insults | The Daily Caller

Erick Erickson Disinvites Trump From Red State Gathering Over Megyn Kelly Insults | The Daily Caller: " Red State’s Erick Erickson dis-invited GOP presidential candidate and businessman Donald Trump after he insulted Fox News anchor and Thursday night’s debate moderator Megyn Kelly during a CNN interview Friday night."

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Donald Trumps Vine account - Business Insider

Donald Trumps Vine account - Business Insider: "We unearthed Donald Trump's Vine account from 2013. He wasn't active for very long, but in his short stint on the social account he addressed Obama, Miley Cyrus, and ripped Anthony Weiner. "  'via Blog this'

Ferguson’s Racist Clerk Re-Hired Nearby - The Daily Beast

Ferguson’s Racist Clerk Re-Hired Nearby - The Daily Beast: " In November 2008, she sent an email stating that President Obama's first term would not last because “what black man holds a steady job for four years.” In June 2011 she described a man attempting to get on “welfare” for his dogs because they are “mixed in color, unemployed, lazy, can’t speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are.” "

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Reuters photographer shows Klu Klux Klan - Business Insider

Reuters photographer shows Klu Klux Klan - Business Insider: "Freelance photographer Johnny Milano recently encamped with members of the Ku Klux Klan in rural Tennessee and took a series of photos for Reuters capturing Klan members at their most candid moments."

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We are a nation of Laws

Appellate Panel Says Texas ID Law Broke U.S. Voting Rights Act http://nyti.ms/1M5IvXg

Israel ex-security chiefs urge Netanyahu to accept Iran deal - Yahoo News

Israel ex-security chiefs urge Netanyahu to accept Iran deal - Yahoo News: "Many Israeli ex-generals and former security chiefs have signed a petition urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran, which he strongly opposes."

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Florida man killed in alleged road rage incident - CNN.com

Florida man killed in alleged road rage incident - CNN.com: "A Florida man was shot to death in front of his family in an apparent road rage incident captured on 911 recordings.

Robert Doyle was driving his truck on Thursday in Citrus County when he apparently called 911 to say another driver was "trying to run me off the road.""



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From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think

From wealth to well-being? Money matters, but less than people think Lara B. Aknina*, Michael I. Nortonb and Elizabeth W. Dunna
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Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; b
Marketing Unit,
Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA
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Explosions that rocked two New Mexico churches may be linked - The Washington Post

Explosions that rocked two New Mexico churches may be linked - The Washington Post: "“It’s unlikely for us to have two incidents like this on the same day 20 minutes apart and have them not be connected,” he told The Washington Post in a phone interview.

The first explosion, set off by a device planted in a mailbox, went off around 8:20 a.m. just as congregants at Calvary Baptist Church in southern Las Cruces were beginning to gather for the morning’s services. Twenty minutes later a second device exploded inside a trash can outside the Holy Cross Catholic Church just a short drive away, shattering the building’s glass front and startling worshipers in the midst of their morning Mass."

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Toddler killed

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What The Video Shows Vs. What The Officer Claims About Sam Dubose's Killing (UPDATED)

What The Video Shows Vs. What The Officer Claims About Sam Dubose's Killing (UPDATED): "In the police report describing the incident, University of Cincinnati officer Eric Weibel, who arrived to provide Tensing with backup, says Tensing told him he was dragged by Dubose's moving car once Dubose started the vehicle and attempted to drive away.
Tensing also reportedly told Weibel he thought he'd be run over by DuBose and fired his weapon to prevent that from happening.
It is true that in the body cam video, Tensing tells the other cops who arrive at the scene that his left arm got caught, possibly in the steering wheel of DuBose's car, as The New York Times notes. This backs up Weibel's account.
But Deters said Wednesday that the video doesn't support that telling of events.
Rather than being dragged by the moving car, Deters said, Tensing "fell backward after he shot [DuBose] in the head."
The video does appear to support Deters' account that Tensing fell backwards after firing the shot." 'via Blog this'

Huckleberry Finn Charged With Sexual Assault

Huckleberry Finn Charged With Sexual Assault: "Police in New Hampshire say a man named Huckleberry Finn followed a woman into her home and sexually assaulted her.

Police in Keene stressed that the 36-year-old man's real name is the same as the fictional protagonist in Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.""

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