October 24, 2016

Faux Climate change causing China seas of desert sand to grow

creating thousands of climate refugees

Deserts in China have expanded by 21,000 square miles since 1975. Our reporters visited the remote Tengger Desert to examine how climate change is uprooting the lives of the villagers there. Read their story and see the dramatic aerial images.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/10/24/world/asia/living-in-chinas-expanding-deserts.html?emc=edit_ta_20161024&nlid=50533710&ref=cta&_r=0

October 24, 2016

Guns don't kill people, toddlers do

In a brutal video meant to highlight the glut of gun in the U.S., it is recommended that toddlers who get a hold of guns and accidentally shoot their siblings or parents be incarcerated or deported.

The video is the creation of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The video – called “Guns Don’t Kill People, Toddlers Do,” – features an assortment of small children handling guns while the narrator ominously warns that toddlers can’t be trusted and should be sent away.

“We need to lock them up,” the narrator explains. “Not the guns – that’s just un-American. Round them up. Deport them. Get them out of our country. And keep them away from guns.”

The idea behind the video is the common refrain from the NRA that “guns don’t kill people, people do.”

Want more proof?

One Day: Ten Kids, Ten Guns, Ten Deaths
Selecting one fall day in 2013, reporter Gary Younge exposes the toll of gun violence in the U.S. by focusing on the lives of 10 children across the country who were shot to death.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/24/one-day-ten-kids-ten-guns-ten-deaths.html

October 23, 2016

The New York Times backs Patrick Murphy for U.S. Senate

http://floridapolitics.com/archives/225261-new-york-times-backs-patrick-murphy-u-s-senate

New poll shows Patrick Murphy, Marco Rubio tied after Democrat’s post-debate surge
http://floridapolitics.com/archives/225215-patrick-murphy-marco-rubio-tied-post-debate-surge

fingers crossed!

October 23, 2016

Hillary, the killing machine

‘Coach’ Dave Daubenmire, "Hillary Will Murder Me if Elected"

Professional paranoiac Roger Stone" "If I Die, Hillary Killed Me"

James O'Keefe" "Hillary May Kill Me Too"

Gordon Klingenschmitt: "If I Suddenly Die, Hillary Clinton Probably Did It"

Larry Klayman: "Hillary Clinton Will Carry Out A ‘Holocaust’ As President"



The roaches are scattering

October 23, 2016

Eight Alabama Counties Refusing to Issue ANY Marriage Licenses

Probate judges in at least eight Alabama counties continued to refuse to issue any marriage licenses as of Tuesday, nearly 16 months after the U.S. Supreme Court found that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.

More than a dozen Alabama probate judges stopped issuing marriage licenses to both gay and straight couples at various points after a federal judge struck down Alabama's gay marriage ban on Jan. 23, 2015, and in the wake of the June 26, 2015, Supreme Court ruling.

On Tuesday, AL.com spoke with representatives of 14 of 15 county probate courts that gay marriage advocates identified as having indicated in recent months that they would not grant marriage licenses. Calls seeking comment from Geneva County Probate Judge Greg Hamic's office were not immediately returned.

Six of the judges said Tuesday that they are now issuing the licenses, but employees of Autauga, Choctaw, Clarke, Cleburne, Covington, Elmore, Pike and Washington counties confirmed that their probate judges are not currently granting any marriage licenses.

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/10/at_least_8_alabama_counties_st.html

What's the saying again..............cutting off one's nose to spite one's face?! TOO FUNNY

October 22, 2016

Anything is acceptable in the name of religion

Killing 50,000+ chickens, goats, and Jesus in the name of forgiveness

What do chickens, goats, and Jesus all have in common? If they are killed in the right way, your sins can be forgiven.

Kapparot, the ritual slaughter of chickens, coincides with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, October 11-12 this year. Participants and PETA estimate that 50,000 chickens will be slaughtered in Brooklyn alone. The bird carcasses are supposedly donated to the poor, though they are often thrown in the trash. [WARNING: There is video evidence of the birds being thrown away, but it is disturbing. It shows bloody, dying birds on the ground, and trash bags full of dead chickens being thrown in a dumpster. It also shows the actual killing of the birds.]

For the ritual, Hasidic Jews grab a chicken by the wings and swing it around their heads three times to transfer their sins to the bird. According to the Jewish Encyclopedia, while swinging the birds, the soon-to-be-redeemed supplicants chant, “This be my substitute, my vicarious offering, my atonement. This cock [or hen] shall meet death, but I shall find a long and pleasant life of peace!” If you know religion, you should know what comes next. The bird is ritually slaughtered. The slaughterer is vicariously redeemed—cleansed of all sins.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/killing-50000-chickens-goats-and-jesus-in-the-name-of-forgiveness/

October 22, 2016

A Walkthrough and Review of the Ark Encounter

https://ncse.com/library-resource/kentucky-gets-ark-shaped-second-creation-museum

October 20, 2016

What would happen if Trump Refuses to Accept Election Results

After Wednesday night’s debate, the pundits and various media personalities are now focused entirely on Donald Trump‘s apparent admission that he won’t commit to accepting the election results. Well, precisely, he told Fox moderator Chris Wallace, “I will look at it at the time. I will keep you in suspense.”

The reaction has been intense. The Associated Press opened their article about the debate by saying that Trump threatened “to upend a basic pillar of American democracy.’ CNN’s David Gregory said his comments, “undermine our democracy, it’s way outside the tradition of our democracy and presidential races.” University of California-Irvine election law professor Rick Hasen said, “Trump’s gambit may be planned or, more likely, he’s just making it up as he goes along. It is no joke. Our democracy is a fragile thing which depends upon accepting the rules of the game.” Clearly, this is serious stuff. And Trump’s unwillingness to commit to respecting the election results is pretty unprecedented.

But from a purely legal standpoint, http://lawnewz.com/uncategorized/what-actually-happens-if-donald-trump-doesnt-accept-election-results/



https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-Donald-Trump-lost-and-refused-to-concede-the-election

October 20, 2016

I’m Praying For God To Bring Hillary Clinton Down And Confuse Her Mind

Another worthless prayer IGNORED

Yesterday on “Trunews,” Rick Wiles said that he has been praying for Donald Trump before each debate to ask God to protect him and guard him against demonic attacks from witches.

Before the third debate, Wiles decided that he will also be “praying that confusion would cloud Hillary Clinton’s mind and that fear would come upon her.”

“I’m praying that Hillary Clinton will fall in this debate in whatever manner God chooses to bring her down,” he said. “If the witches can pray against Donald Trump, the Christians can pray that Hillary Clinton will fall.”

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/rick-wiles-im-praying-for-god-to-bring-hillary-clinton-down-and-confuse-her-mind/

October 20, 2016

Florida sees surge in new voters after weeklong registration extension

Source: Tampa Bay Times

TALLAHASSEE — The extra week of voter registration in Florida has produced nearly 37,000 new voters, and the surge will continue in the coming days as the state sets an all-time record for the total number of voters.

Gov. Rick Scott's chief elections officer, Secretary of State Ken Detzner, said 36,823 voter registration forms have been verified from people who registered from Oct. 11 to Tuesday, and 26,773 more applicants are being verified.

That's a potential bounty of 63,596 more voters. Scott won re-election as governor two years ago by 64,145 votes.

The voter roll will get even larger as an unknown number of additional voter forms are still in the mail and will be valid if they were postmarked by Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/florida-nets-64000-new-voters-with-extra-week-of-registration/2299165

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Kinda disproves Scott's refusal to extend registration dates in view of the hurricane. Let's hope most are Democrats.

"Along the I-4 corridor in Central Florida, Hispanic outreach groups have been particularly active in recent weeks registering new voters. As those new voters join the rolls, Florida Democrats have largely eliminated the Republicans' long-standing advantage in returned mail ballots."