Friday, March 24, 2017

@15:15, 3/24/17

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Climate

Arctic’s Winter Sea Ice Drops to Its Lowest-Recorded Level

Much of the ice also appears to be thinner than normal — further signs of climate change’s effects on the region.

http://nsidc.org/data/search/#keywords=sea+ice/sortKeys=score,,desc/facetFilters=%257B%257D/pageNumber=1/itemsPerPage=25

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

2
U.S.

What Trump’s ‘Time’ Interview Shows About His Thinking

A look at several passages from the president’s interview with Time magazine, published on Thursday, and analysis on what they show about him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/us/politics/fact-check-trump-misleads-surveillance-wiretapping.html

Trump does not think.

3
Opinion

Yes, Senator, You Wouldn’t Want to Lose Your Mammograms — or Women Voters

Republicans struggle with some bad optics on gender.

Misogyny predominates in the Republican party.

4
U.S.

Washington Pizzeria Gunman Pleads Guilty to Weapons Charges

Edgar Maddison Welch admitted that he fired an assault rifle inside a restaurant as he investigated spurious claims that the pizzeria was at the center of a child sex-slave ring.

He will not be photographed entering psychiatric care.


Opinion

Arkansas’s Cruel and Unusual Killing Spree

Its batch of a lethal injection drug will soon expire, so the state is rushing to execute eight men.

There is always more rope.

6
U.S.

Lacking Evidence of Voter Fraud, Legislatures Target Its Specter

After failing to find widespread voter fraud, Republican state lawmakers are calling for tighter restrictions on voting based on perception of tainted ballots.

Ghosts do not exist.
Ghost stories exist.

7
Travel

Family Lodging for Part-Time Nature Seekers

New and improved family-friendly hotels and resorts in the United States and abroad offer access to adventures in wild places and milder alternatives, too.

Adventure carries a death penalty.
If the risk is not real the adventure is not real.


8
Well

Vitamin E and Selenium Fail to Prevent Alzheimer’s

A long-term trial found no evidence that vitamin E or selenium supplements helped to ward off dementia.

Walk more.

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U.S.

Democrats Willing to Filibuster to Thwart Gorsuch Nomination

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch appears to be short, at least for now, of the eight Senate votes he must earn from the Democratic caucus to reach the 60-vote threshold.

Gorsuch should not sit on the Sureme Court.

10
U.S.

Spicer Says Case of Undocumented Student Accused of Rape Shows Need for Crackdown

An episode at a suburban Washington high school becomes an issue in the debate over illegal immigration.

I cannot believe anything Sean Spicer says.

The AHCA is extinct. 









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