Tornado Alley (PROG)

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Mia Love: Haitian-American GOP Rep. wants Trump's apology

AM Joy
1/14/18

Republican Rep. Mia Love, the first Haitian-American in Congress, demands that Donald Trump apologize for ‘s***hole’ comments. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the president’s divisive language on immigration. Duration: 17:20

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mia-love-haitian-american-gop-rep-wants-trump-s-apology-1136947779885


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Maxine Waters Trump: Waters skipping Trump State of the Union

AM Joy
1/14/18

Rep. Maxine Waters on why she is not going to Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, pledging to ‘help this country move to the point where we’re going to get rid of this president,’ speaking with Joy Reid. Duration: 7:30

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/maxine-waters-trump-waters-skipping-trump-state-of-the-union-1136955971961 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXYLOCovlUA [with comments]


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MLK Day 2018: Trump era hurting race relations?

AM Joy
1/14/18

Donald Trump’s controversial immigration language running up to Martin Luther King Day 2018 is a reminder of the importance of Dr. King’s legacy. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 10:35

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/mlk-day-2018-trump-era-hurting-race-relations-1136962627924 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQKeYuA8pog [with comments]


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Trump racist: media calls out president

AM Joy
1/14/18

Donald Trump is being called racist by many mainstream media outlets after the ‘s***hole’ controversy, while some remain reluctant to use the term. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 15:44

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-racist-media-calls-out-president-1136969283704 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZzBOlYi_o [with comments]


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Hawaii: False missile alert reveals poor protocols

AM Joy
1/14/18

The false Hawaii missile alert text message may have frightened millions, but it also revealed issues via the Trump administration’s response to the alarm mistake. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Duration: 12:07

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/hawaii-false-missile-alert-revealed-poor-protocols-1136985667579


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Trump physical results: Doc says president in ‘excellent health’

AM Joy
1/14/18

Donald Trump’s physical results raise many questions for Dr. Corey Hébert, a.k.a. Dr. Common Sense. He and Joy Reid also discuss the possible fallout of Medicaid work requirements. Duration: 7:02

©2017 NBCNews.com

http://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/trump-physical-results-doctor-says-president-in-excellent-health-1136997443634 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kng4D13dQZw [with comments]


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Is Science a Social Construct?

Published on Jan 14, 2018 by King Crocoduck [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiQ2pjcoPI-Jpo1GER7-iUA / https://www.youtube.com/user/KingCrocoduck , https://www.youtube.com/user/KingCrocoduck/videos ]

The New Lysenkoists

Published on Oct 16, 2016 by King Crocoduck
I finally went there.
Here I offer my two cents on what I perceive to be the source of many of our woes. I tried to refrain from being political, but I’m probably going to end up pissing off a bunch of people anyway.
Before you ask, the 3rd Quantum video is on its way, I haven’t forgotten. Then after the 3rd there’ll be a 4th, a 5th, maybe even a 6th (hopefully not- I’m trying to keep it at 5 parts.) It’ll get here, just be patient- I’m in graduate school right now and it’s every bit as gruelling (and exciting!) as I’d expected. But I’ll make time for you all, don’t you worry.
In fact, if you like, I can produce a weekly show where I go over some of these crazy peer-reviewed articles from the sophists and the Luddites, and it’ll be off the cuff so I won’t have to overextend myself, and I’ll still be able to give you all attention. Only if you want though, I’m just throwing the idea out there.
Also, just wanted to clarify something that maybe wasn’t clear from the video- Lysenkoism wasn’t the source of the famines that I mentioned in the video, but did exacerbate them at a time when genuine scientific solutions were needed. I don’t want to give the impression that Lysenko’s ineptitude was the sole cause of these millions of death (though it absolutely did contribute significantly!)
These references will be updated as the day goes on, but here are the preliminaries:
Original video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14 [with (over 11,000) comments]
Richard Dawkins dissing poststructuralists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1pJ8vYxL3Q [with comments]
Sandra Harding's "rape manual" comment in her book, "The Science Question in Feminism"
https://books.google.com/books?id=27TrCuk4LRgC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=rape%20manual&f=false
The auto-ethnographic basketball article:
https://www.humankinetics.com/AcuCustom/Sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/03_SHR%2044-1%20McParland-ej.pdf
MacKinnon quote
https://books.google.com/books?id=rxE8FQzjpYMC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=%E2%80%9CIf+feminism+is+a+critique+of+the+objective+standpoint+as+male,+then+we+also+disavow+standard+scientific+norms+as+the+adequacy+criteria+for+our+theory,+because+the+objective+standpoint+we+criticize+is+the+posture+of+science.+In+other+words,+our+critique+of+the+objective+standpoint+as+male+is+a+critique+of+science+as+a+specifically+male+approach+to+knowledge.+With+it,+we+reject+male+criteria+for+verification.%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=wgBL7hd_2N&sig=5-mdZeSdq0cqLXAdnI98gCss_HM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjs7p7olt7PAhXGy1QKHYHUAaMQ6AEIJjAC#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CIf%20feminism%20is%20a%20critique%20of%20the%20objective%20standpoint%20as%20male%2C%20then%20we%20also%20disavow%20standard%20scientific%20norms%20as%20the%20adequacy%20criteria%20for%20our%20theory%2C%20because%20the%20objective%20standpoint%20we%20criticize%20is%20the%20posture%20of%20science.%20In%20other%20words%2C%20our%20critique%20of%20the%20objective%20standpoint%20as%20male%20is%20a%20critique%20of%20science%20as%20a%20specifically%20male%20approach%20to%20knowledge.%20With%20it%2C%20we%20reject%20male%20criteria%20for%20verification.%E2%80%9D&f=false
Shinobi Yaka’s channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuK58_8EFT4ztv5gPyRf1A/videos
Many of the articles presented here are courtesy of an excellent Twitter account comprised of academics who find and expose these Lysenkoist articles. They have my full endorsement:
https://twitter.com/RealPeerReview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k-kEhVBdnY [with comments]

The Science Wars:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL969utfM58zhc8Xzo2byAjZkWlTQWUTYc

In this video, we’ll be reviewing, in some detail, what it is that social constructionists believe about science, and why you should be skeptical of their claims. Along the way, we’ll learn a bit about the philosophy of science and how it all works.

All networks were generated with MATLAB and were subsequently altered in MS Paint.

This was an extraordinarily difficult video to make, having been released a full two months after I’d intended to finish it. So please show some love and pass this around far and wide. It also wouldn’t hurt if you’d @neildegrassetyson about this video on Twitter ;)

[Note 1] This is why I disagree with the notion of incommensurability; it implies that old paradigms are incomprehensible in terms of the new ones, which I disagree with. Were that the case, however, one could reasonably argue (as some, like Feyerabend, did) that there is no such thing as scientific progress; we don’t really discover anything, but only find new ways to describe things.

Needless to say, I think that this is nonsense, and the superior predictive power of new paradigms, coupled to their ability to explain everything that the old paradigms could explain, is very strong evidence that scientific progress is NOT an illusion and (slightly more controversially) that scientific constructs do indeed represent something external to our minds.

In any event, here are a couple of links which demonstrate the derivations alluded to in the video:

From Einstein’s Field Equation to Poisson’s Equation for Gravity:
https://www.zweigmedia.com/diff_geom/Sec14.html

From the Schrodinger Equation to Newton’s 2nd Law:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofg4tDmyVvM [with comments]

[Note 2] There is no dispute over whether social values have some influence over which sciences are pursued, and to what extent they are funded. The dispute is over whether there exist values and/or interests that are unique to particular demographics, which then play a role in theory selection and/or construction. That scientific theories are constructed is not what is presently under dispute; the question is whether they are constructed from facts in order to maximize their predictive power, or whether they are SOCIALLY constructed from both facts AND socially-specific values for the purpose of legitimating the social perspectives associated with those values.

[Note 3] This is called a Motte and Bailey. It’s a specific type of bait-and-switch style of argumentation that is endemic to social constructionists. I advise you to familiarize yourself with it:
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Motte_and_bailey

[Note 4] “Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”
-Karl Marx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theses_on_Feuerbach

[Note 5] This webpage abuses the work of Kuhn in the exact same manner that social constructionists do; reading through it shall no doubt prove illuminating.
http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1160

FURTHER READING:
http://sociology.iresearchnet.com/sociology-of-science/social-construction-of-science/

ERRATA:
1) Footnote [51] is accidentally listed twice. The second one corresponds to footnote [52] in the bibliography.
2) Bruno Latour is mispronounced here as "Bruno Latoy." It is actually pronounced "Bruno Latuw."
3) (to be updated once another error is discovered)

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

[1] The SJWiki entry on “Neurosexism” [read: “bourgeouis science”]
http://sjwiki.org/wiki/Neurosexism

[2] The Stanford Online Encyclopedia’s entry on feminist epistemology
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminism-epistemology/

[3] “Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science- Chapter 1”
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/knowinghome/chapter/chapter-1/

[4] UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Sexual Culture: “QUEERING AGRICULTURE: FOOD SECURITY IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL AND THE CRISES OF REPRODUCTIVE AMERICAN FAMILISM”
http://cssc.berkeley.edu/events/event/queering-agriculture-food-security-in-the-nations-capital-and-the-crises-of-reproductive-american-familism/

[5] Harding, Sandra G. Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?. Ithaca: Cornell U, 1991. Print. pg 10

[6] UC Davis Majors: Science and Technology Studies
https://www.ucdavis.edu/majors/science-and-technology-studies/

[7] Hayles, Katherine. "Gender encoding in fluid mechanics: masculine channels and feminine flows". Differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies (1992). 4 (2), 16 - 44.

[8] Longino Helen E. "Can There Be A Feminist Science?". (1987). Hypatia 2 (3): pg 51

[9] Giordano, Sara. "Those who can’t, teach: critical science literacy as a queer science of failure". Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience (2017). v. 3, n. 1.

[10] National Review: “New High-School Physics Curriculum Includes Lessons on White Privilege”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/398709/new-high-school-physics-curriculum-includes-lessons-white-privilege-katherine-timpf

[11] Indigenous Science Declaration, page 3
http://www.esf.edu/indigenous-science-letter/Indigenous_Science_Declaration.pdf

[12] Longino Helen E. "Can There Be A Feminist Science?" (1987). Hypatia 2 (3), pg 58

[13] Dyson, Freeman. The Sun, the Genome, and the Internet: Tools of Scientific Revolutions. Oxford University Press, 1999. pg 144

[14] Richmond, Campbell. Illusions of Paradox: a Feminist Epistemology Naturalized. Politics, Law, and Society, 1998.

[15] Koertge, Noretta et. al. A House Built on Sand: Postmodernist Myths about Science. Oxford University Press, 2000.

[16] Gross, Paul; Levitt, Norman. Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science. John Hopkins University Press, 1994.

[17] Gross, Paul; Levitt, Norman; Lewis, Martin. The Flight from Science and Reason. New York Academy of Sciences, 1996.

[18] Sokal, Alan; Bricmont, Jean. Fashionable Nonsense (Intellectual Impostures in the French version). New York: Picador, 1998.

[19] Almeder, Robert F et. al. Scrutinizing Feminist Epistemology: An Examination of Gender in Science. Rutgers University Press, 2003.

[20] Weinberg, Steven. Facing Up: Science and its Cultural Adversaries. Harvard University Press, 2003.

[21] Macksey, Richard; Eugenio, Donato. The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man: The Structuralist Controversy. John Hopkins University Press, 1970. pg 267

[22] Latour, Bruno. A Relativistic Account of Einstein’s Relativity. Social Studies of Science (1988). 18:1

[23] Harding, Sandra G. Whose Science? Whose Knowledge?. Ithaca: Cornell U, 1991. Print. pg 80

[24] Irigaray, Luce. "Sujet de la science, sujet sexué?". Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (1987). pg 110

[25] Hunter, Marcus A. “Racial physics or a theory of everything that happened.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 40:8 (2017) pg 1173

[26] Hunter, Marcus A. “Racial physics or a theory of everything that happened.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 40:8 (2017) pg 1182

[27] Rossner, Sue. Teaching the Majority: Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering. Teachers College Press, 1995. Chapter 6

[28] Indigenous Science Declaration, page 3
http://www.esf.edu/indigenous-science-letter/Indigenous_Science_Declaration.pdf

[29] Carey, Mark et. al. “Glaciers, gender, and science: A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental change research.” Progress in Human Geography 40:6 pg 770-793 (2016)

[30] Scientific American: “Point of View Affects how Science is Done”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/point-of-view-affects-how-science-is-done/

[31] Eric Hovind’s “Beginnings” Seminar: Session 5

[32] Bill Nye vs Ken Ham debate at the Creation Museum (24 Feb. 2014)

[33] NBC News: “From Darwin to Damore, How Modern Science has Failed Women”
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/darwin-damore-how-modern-science-failed-women-ncna801586

[34] University of Wisconsin-Madison News: “First in the Nation: UW establishes first post-doc for feminist biology”
https://news.wisc.edu/first-in-the-nation-uw-madison-establishes-post-doc-in-feminist-biology/

[35] Biologos: “Are Scientists biased by their worldview?”
https://biologos.org/blogs/deborah-haarsma-the-presidents-notebook/are-scientists-biased-by-their-worldviews

[36] Baringer, Philip S. After the Science Wars. New York: Routlege, 2001. pg 2

[37] The Guardian: “Science has always been a bit post-truth”
https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2016/dec/15/science-has-always-been-a-bit-post-truth

[38] Kuhn, Thomas S. The Road since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970 - 1993. University of Chicago Press, 2000.

[39] Fuller, Steve. Kuhn VS Popper. Columbia University Press, 2003.

[40] Kitzmiller VS Dover transcripts- Day 15am
https://ncse.com/files/pub/legal/kitzmiller/trial_transcripts/2005_1024_day15_am.pdf

[41] Fuller, Steve. Science VS Religion? Intelligent Design and the Problem of Evolution. Polity Press, 2007.

[42] Fuller, Steve. Dissent over Descent. Icon, 2007.

[43] Vaahtera, Touko. “We Swam before we breathed and walked.” Disability & Society 31:5 (2016)

[44] Ah-King Malin. “Sexual Selection Revisited- Towards a gender neutral theory and practice.” 14:4 (2007)

[45] Creation.com: “Evolution is inherently racist”
http://creation.com/evolution-is-inherently-racist

[46] Everyday Feminism: “The History Reveals that Science isn’t Nearly as Objective as You Think”
https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/11/scientific-objectivity-myth/

[47] Latour, Bruno. (2004) "Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters of Concern". Critical Inquiry, Vol. 30, No. 2, Winter 2004, pp. 225-248

[48] Investor’s Business Daily Editorial: “U.N.'s Global Warming Fraudsters Are More Interested In Climate Cash Than Climate Change”
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/u-n-s-global-warming-fraudsters-are-more-interested-in-climate-cash-than-climate-change/

[49] Slate: “Stop Equating Science with Truth”
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/08/evolutionary_psychology_is_the_most_obvious_example_of_how_science_is_flawed.html

[50] The Federalist: “Feminist PhD Candidate: Science is Sexist Because it’s Not Subjective”
http://thefederalist.com/2016/09/29/feminist-phd-candidate-science-sexist-not-subjective/

[51] Parson, Laura. “Are STEM Syllabi Gendered? A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis”. The Qualitative Report (2016) 21:1; Article 9

[52] Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness Center’s FAQ: “Why is intelligent design theory often controversial?” http://www.ideacenter.org/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/1160?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxdBRKmPhe4 [with comments]


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Full Show - Hawaiians Believe Fake Alert Was An Attack On Trump - 01/14/2018

Published on Jan 14, 2018 by Ron Gibson [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , https://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]

Sunday, Jan. 14th 2018 [, with an appearance by Laura Loomer]: Missile False Alarm Rattles Hawaii - An emergency alert broadcasted to Hawaii residents turned out to be a false alarm, but now the American people want answers. President Trump declared DACA ‘probably dead’ due to Democrat unwillingness to negotiate a deal. Meanwhile, the corporate media continues to melt down over Trump’s alleged 's—thole' comments. On today’s show, we’ll discuss the real inside baseball behind the Hawaii false alarm, and how it relates to the Deep State’s effort to destabilize America.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p1gvtP7QXI [with comments] [the edited official Alex Jones upload at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4A6VI_qOaI (title and text adapted from; with comments)]


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How Peaceful Religion Kills | Religion as a Placebo

Published on Jan 14, 2018 by Genetically Modified Skeptic [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1uayRlzz3ahT8ISRdyw7Q , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1uayRlzz3ahT8ISRdyw7Q/videos ]

Faith healing proves that even peaceful religion can kill. Children dying in Christian Science and Followers of Christ is a regular occurrence. Reliance on placebo rather than on science based medicine is dangerous, and it’s easy to see why.

Whether it’s cancer treatment, mental health care, or a time of crisis, you’re better off trusting science, because prayer doesn’t work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwJV4eWxi_c [with comments]


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President Trump Delivers a Statement

Published on Jan 14, 2018 by The White House [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxRlFDqcWM4y7FfpiAN3KQ / https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse , https://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse/videos ]

West Palm Beach, Florida

Remarks by President Trump Before Dinner with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy | Palm Beach, FL
Trump International Golf Club
Palm Beach, Florida
January 14, 2018
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-dinner-house-majority-leader-kevin-mccarthy-palm-beach-fl/ [official transcript]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiRoG8qCns [with comments]


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Bad Analogies Don't Prove God (Guest Video)

Published on Jan 14, 2018 by Godless Cranium [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewUkuIHNuwuMNWMa96q9ZQ , https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCewUkuIHNuwuMNWMa96q9ZQ/videos ]

Cosmological tackles a video by WOOJONG, who claims he has scientific evidence for god.

Cosmological’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnOCSC5dYDKSYjBkPdUn1KQ

Original video:

How to Know God is Real

Published on Jan 2, 2018 by WOOJONG [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW0DgEhnXLpbVpb7Daph5Ew / https://www.youtube.com/user/famousamos , https://www.youtube.com/user/famousamos/videos ]
I love hiking to see breathtaking scenery, reading non-fiction books, fitness in any form, and the los angeles rams. One day, I would like to get into woodworking & make furniture as a hobby.
INSTAGRAM | http://instagram.com/WoojongYi
Also, if you are generous enough to support me, here is my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/woojong
PayPal: [e-mail]
"Why Should I Support Woojong?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4LxDt5FiAU
Why do I have such low views? I don't create viral content. I create videos people deserve and need.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRN7OClnUtQ [with comments]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx0M0BQ1vRM [with comments]


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stashed January 14, 2018:

Hopes for immigration deal fade as lawmakers trade barbs and Trump declares dreamer program ‘probably dead’ - DACA
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/hopes-for-immigration-deal-fade-as-lawmakers-trade-barbs-and-trump-declares-dreamer-program-probably-dead/2018/01/14/247bd8ee-f8ac-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dr2XYgdWWH829vM7BaoiEmIgQOMFM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Vulgarity used by president projected onto Trump hotel in D.C. - "This place is a shithole" - with poop emoji
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/twitter-shows-shithole-projected-on-trump-hotel-here/2018/01/13/9f73fb3a-f8d4-11e7-a9e3-ab18ce41436a_story.html

Trump Gets “Shithole” Thrown Back in His Face: Vulgarity Projected Onto His D.C. Hotel
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/trump-gets-shithole-thrown-back-in-his-face-vulgarity-projected-onto-his-d-c-hotel.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dhaKXn8wggadfuMHknk0dFs5dLOJM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

I’ve Been Blessed to Spend Most of My Life in 'Shitholes'
Dealing with racism is exhausting – and the fact that it comes from the leader of our country in such tired, simplistic narratives makes it doubly so
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/ive-been-blessed-to-spend-most-of-my-life-in-shitholes-w515427

Republicans often point to Rep. Mia Love as proof of their inclusivity. But she thinks Trump’s comments are racist.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/14/republicans-often-point-to-rep-mia-love-as-proof-of-their-inclusivity-but-she-thinks-trumps-comments-are-racist/

DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Is Offended People Think Donald Trump Is Racist
“I would certainly say undoubtedly the president will use - continue to use - strong language when it comes to this issue.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kirstjen-nielsen-donald-trump-racist_us_5a5b68e5e4b04f3c55a36b45

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d1x6I_NVNF2WdyMoQ_v38u7dA3xZM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Joy Reid Epically Smacks Down Pastor For Using The Bible To Defend Trump’s ‘S**thole’ Remarks
There is not a holy book on the face of the planet – certainly not the Bible – that can justify Trump's words or deeds.
http://www.politicususa.com/2018/01/13/joy-reid-immediately-shuts-trump-supporting-pastor.html

Pastor Mark Burns Responds to Joy Reid After On-Air Clash: Why Doesn’t She Move to Haiti?
https://www.mediaite.com/online/pastor-mark-burns-responds-to-joy-reid-after-on-air-clash-why-doesnt-she-move-to-haiti/

CNN panel erupts after black televangelist Pastor Mark Burns gives biblical defense for Trump
https://thegrio.com/2018/01/13/cnn-panel-erupts-black-televangelist-gives-biblical-defense-trump/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dEEDM6pqm0DOWPMl7XVrdG7MOOjQM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

'Racist' Texts About Meghan Markle Spell Crisis for British Far-Right Party UKIP
http://www.newsweek.com/meghan-markle-racist-texts-spell-crisis-british-far-right-party-780964

UKIP suspends leader's girlfriend after Meghan Markle texts [ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5266657/Ukip-leaders-girlfriends-racist-Meghan-Markle-messages.html ]
UKIP has suspended the girlfriend of party leader Henry Bolton after she apparently made racist remarks about Prince Harry's fiancee Meghan Markle.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-42679187

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dU8Fcki35LiQMjMS-rc_RyxtGY_wM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Burning Iranian oil tanker sinks after January 6 accident: Chinese state TV
https://in.reuters.com/article/china-shipping-accident-japan/burning-iranian-oil-tanker-sinks-after-january-6-accident-chinese-state-tv-idINKBN1F309X

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dYDlFRw0kw4br3MvTSCcAx56PTbyM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

U.S.-led coalition helps to build new Syrian force, angering Turkey
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-sdf/u-s-led-coalition-helps-to-build-new-syrian-force-angering-turkey-idUSKBN1F30OA

Turkey vows imminent assault on Kurdish enclave in Syria - AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/turkey-vows-to-attack-kurdish-enclave-in-syria-within-days/2018/01/14/1821efee-f923-11e7-9b5d-bbf0da31214d_story.html
original https://www.apnews.com/59c7523bffd14cb4afda0162e475813b/Turkey-vows-imminent-assault-on-Kurdish-enclave-in-Syria

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d70J6gH76Y4aIvMW2JafxGQBMMUTM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Peru quake: Magnitude 7.1 sea tremor topples buildings
A huge earthquake off south-western Peru's Pacific coast has killed at least one person and injured at least 65, as buildings collapsed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42682496

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dF7qeXHKJwVg6NMIhMBah7-jxyymM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Instead of Work Requirements, Why Not a Jobs Guarantee? - Medicaid
Paying people to work would be a more direct—and less expensive—way to lift them out of poverty.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/medicaid-work-requirements-jobs-guarantee/550301/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djunZEHvSUkt-YMghMBuHw8BUH61M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Facebook invites you to live in a bubble where you are always right
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/14/facebook-invites-you-to-live-in-a-bubble-where-you-are-always-right/

Facebook’s startling new ambition is to shrink
A wild reversal comes to the News Feed
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/14/16885314/facebook-news-feed-changes-meaningful-interactions

Facebook goes back to basics: People
The company has realized how hard it is to keep people both happy and informed.
https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/13/facebook-news-feed-people/

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dAo65FjFnEfebCM1b7Yf2nwtYzRvM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

False Ballistic Missile Alert Sends Hawaii Into ‘Complete Panic’
“THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” the alert read.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ballistic-missile-emergency-alert-mistakenly-sent-to-people-in-hawaii_us_5a5a4e73e4b03c41896616a1

Donald Trump Stayed On The Golf Course As Hawaii Panicked
He didn’t even tweet about the false missile alarm as soon as he put away his golf clubs.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-golf-hawaii-missile-alarm_us_5a5a9201e4b04f3c55a32242

LAPD Launches Sexual Assault Investigation Against Steven Seagal
The 65-year-old actor has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steven-seagal-lapd-sexual-assault-investigation_us_5a5b4860e4b03c4189665f61

Protesters Try To Arrest London’s Mayor For Disrespecting Donald Trump
More “stable geniuses,” quips Mayor Sadiq Khan.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/protesters-tryto-arrest-sadiqkahn_us_5a5ad4f0e4b03c4189664b45

Trump News Conference Spliced With ‘Cruel Intentions’ Absolutely Fits - Funny or Die ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_-b5zA1SKU )
This is why editing technology exists.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-news-conference-spliced-with-cruel-intentions-absolutely-fits_us_5a5a4431e4b03c41896613af

Chelsea Manning To Run For U.S. Senate In Maryland - as a Democrat [ https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/chelsea-manning-files-to-run-for-us-senate-in-maryland/2018/01/13/6439f0d0-f88c-11e7-beb6-c8d48830c54d_story.html ]
The whistleblower was released from prison last year.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chelsea-manning-to-run-for-us-senate-in-maryland_us_5a5a53e3e4b04f3c55a306c3

Texas Man Charged With Capital Murder In Adopted Daughter’s Death
The charge means Sherin Mathews’ father could face the death penalty or life in prison if found guilty.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/capital-murder-charge-for-adopted-girls-dad_us_5a5b6474e4b0fcbc3a10f33c

What does someone with mental illness look like? A museum tries to answer that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/what-does-someone-with-mental-illness-look-like-a-museum-tries-to-answer-that/2018/01/12/d6d36698-f56d-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/djLpiowbAlIN8WMwG2b4HL8Hgs3eM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Life in the Solar System [outside Earth] Likely Exists and is More Common Than We Think
http://www.newsweek.com/life-solar-system-likely-exists-and-more-common-we-think-780229

study:
Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystals
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/1/eaao3521

Ingredients for life found in meteorites that crashed to Earth
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/37259236/ingredients-for-life-found-in-meteorites-that-crashed-to-earth

[separate] New Study Suggests That Meteorites Were Not Building Blocks Of Planets
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/26573/20150114/new-study-suggests-that-meteorites-were-not-building-blocks-of-planets.htm

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/d9tI3rBJpRCqXPMnkBhuKHnQ-gd9M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en


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