BartCop Entertainment Archives - Sunday, 8 April, 2018

Sunday

8 April, 2018

(Updated Daily)

[429 days in a row]



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Recommended Reading

from Bruce

Mark Coker: Deconstructing Word-of-Mouth Marketing (Publishers Weekly)
Many factors can lead to a book going viral-and many obstacles can prevent it from reaching the next reader.


Marc Dion: I Was Right About Trump's Wall (Creators Syndicate)
I remember my bartender father coming home with scraped knuckles. "I could tell when the guy walked in there was something wrong with him," Pop said as my mother poured Mercurochrome into the small abrasions, the results of breaking up a fight and having to hit the guy who looked like something was wrong with him. "Geez, I hate being right," Pop said as the Mercurochrome stung him. Everyone hates to be wrong, but there are times when it's not so good to be right, either.


Suzanne Moore: How will we cope when the last middle-class man slumps to the ground? (The Guardian)
To hear the likes of Niall Ferguson, he is part of an endangered species. A strange new phenomenon seems to have struck him and his media chums: victim-envy.


Froma Harrop: Boycott Ingraham's Advertisers? What About All of Fox News? (Creators Syndicate)
For Laura Ingraham, the decline came well before the fall. The Parkland teens' success in pressuring advertisers to flee her Fox News Channel show could cut her career down to tweet size. Ingraham made the mistake of mocking student leader David Hogg's reaction to being turned down by several colleges.


Hadley Freeman: Help! I think I'm turning into Ben Affleck (The Guardian)
I saw a photo of Ben Affleck at the beach, tattoo of a phoenix on his back, towel positioned to hide his belly in front, and I thought, oh Ben. I feel you, man.


Jeremy Dyson: "Beasts at the box office: why the horror anthology refuses to die" (The Guardian)
From Dead of the Night to The Field Guide to Evil, multi-story shockers are a cinema staple. The League of Gentlemen's Jeremy Dyson - co-writer of new anthology Ghost Stories - on why creepshow compendiums are immortal.



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Presenting

Michael Egan




#drmivhaelegan






The Tragedy of King Richard II Part One: Ascribed to William Shakespeare (The Tragedy of Richard II, Part One): Michael Egan



Editorial and Political Cartoons



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Trivia Question of the Day


English heavy metal band Iron Maiden plays what comedy song over the PA system at the end of every concert?


                                  



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Trivia Question from Yesterday


Prior to the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 1700s, only one country mined diamonds. What country had all the diamond mines?


       India                                                      Source


A diamond (from the Ancient Greek: adámas, meaning "unbreakable", "proper", or "unalterable") is one of the best-known and most sought-after gemstones. Diamonds have been used as decorative items since ancient times; some of the earliest references can be traced to India.

Prior to the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 1700s, India was the only place where diamonds were mined. Early references to diamonds in India come from Sanskrit texts. The Arthashastra of Kautilyamentions diamond trade in India. Buddhist works dating from the 4th century BC describe the diamond as a well-known and precious stone but don't mention the details of diamond cutting. Another Indian description written in the beginning of the 3rd century describes strength, regularity, brilliance, ability to scratch metals, and good refractive properties as the desirable qualities of a diamond. Golconda was an important trading center for diamonds in central India.        Source







Randall was first, and correct, with:
   India





Mark. wrote:
   India.



mj said:
   If I remember
  The Hope Diamond episode of Mysteries at the Museum, that would be India. The heat and pressure of the plate collision that's raising the Himalayas also produces diamonds.




Alan J answered:
   India.



zorch responded:
   India once had all the diamond mines.



Deborah replied:
   I don't know for sure so my WAG is South Africa.
  Steady rain all day yesterday, with very few gaps; more rain today; the wildflowers are going to go nuts when the sun comes out again.




David of Moon Valley said:
   my guess....only place i knew had diamond mines was South Africa...



Adam answered:
   India



Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
   Prior to the discovery of diamonds in Brazil in the 1700s, India was the only place where diamonds were mined.



John I from Hawai`i says,
   "South Africa."



Billy in Cypress responded:
   Billy in Cypress



Joe S     replied:
   That would be India. I don't care much for diamonds as jewelry, I think they are much more valuable as grinding wheels to finish grind carbide. You know that John Denver song, Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stones)? Where the good days are diamonds and the bad days are stones? In my mind the stones are the good days.



Gene took the day off.
  

Daniel in The City took the day off.
  

Harry M. took the day off.
  

Dave took the day off.
  

Stephen F took the day off.
  

Jon L took the day off.
  

Rosemary in Columbus took the day off.
  

Kevin K. of Washington, DC took the day off.
  

Michelle in AZ took the day off.
  

Dave in Tucson took the day off.
  

DJ Useo took the day off.
  

Ed K took the day off.
  

Paul of Seattle took the day off.
  

George M. took the day off.
  

Mac Mac took the day off.
  

Gary E.K. took the day off.
  

Dale of Diamond Springs took the day off.
  

Brian S. took the day off.
  

kennb took the day off.
  

Sandra in Maine took the day off.
  

BttbBob   has returned to semi-retired status.
  
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  April 8 Birthdays - Celebrities Born April 8 | Famous Birthdays




Sally has retired.
  



MAM     In memory.



  





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Middle Class Political Economist




Now a Blogger-Columnist at US News and World Reports "Economic Intelligence"


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Reader Suggestion

Michelle in AZ


From Circe to Clinton: why powerful women are cast as witches | Books | The Guardian



I went inside a rightwing safe space to find out the truth about universities | Cas Mudde | Opinion | The Guardian



'Real Time': Bill Maher Defies Himself to Come Out Swinging for Kids (and Striking Teachers) - SFGate



Homeland Security Media Monitoring Services. CBS.



Pennsylvania Diocese Releases Names Of 51 Clergy, Laypeople Accused Of Misconduct | HuffPost



This Sperm Whale Was Found Dead With 64 Pounds Of Trash In Its Digestive System | HuffPost



BBC - Culture - Why 2001: A Space Odyssey remains a mystery



Trump meets his match: Stormy Daniels' combative lawyer Michael Avenatti



Judge's Death Gives Trump a Chance to Remake a Vexing Court - The New York Times



Secret use of census info helped send Japanese Americans to internment camps in WWII - The Washington Post



When Robots Milk Cows, Farm Families Taste Freedom : The Salt : NPR



Google Maps flooded with 'digital billboards' critiquing the world's worst leaders-including Trump



Political Reality May Finally Be Catching Up To Trump



Opinion | America's Federally Financed Ghettos - The New York Times



A Harder Death for People With Intellectual Disabilities - The New York Times



The fundraising hauls are huge - but these Democrats are still long shots - The Washington Post



Republicans Are a No Show Across the Country for Town Halls on Gun Action - Mother Jones



Keeping America Safe? Man dies in fire in Trump Tower where there are no sprinklers on upper floors.



NRA Board Member Ted Nugent urges InfoWar listeners to shoot Liberals, Democrats, RINOs, the Press



Thanks, Michelle!


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Reader Comment

Current Events


Better not count on my vote

I would not have stayed to hear one word after he pulled out his penis substitute:

Republican Congressman Whips Out Gun in South Carolina Diner During Constituent Event | Alternet







Brian Williams starts each of his shows with the tally of how many Predator days we've endured. It was amusing at first, became strange, and now it's utterly depressing.



Linda   >^..^<
     We are all only temporarily able bodied.


Thanks, Linda!



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Bonus Links

Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp


Stormfront Users Say Site Is Collapsing Because Founder's Wife Stopped Paying for It - VICE



Ivanka Trump's clothing company will be spared from tariffs, thanks to her dad - ThinkProgress



The Teachers' Strikes Have Exposed the GOP's Achilles Heel | NY Mag



Trump Sanctions Putin's Son-in-Law, but Not Putin | The New Yorker



Trump's freak-out moment - Axios



Trump drives surge in protests, activism - Axios



Journalism school deans warn Sinclair over media bias promos | TheHill



Lobbyist couple had to change the locks on Pruitt - POLITICO



Scott Pruitt, fan of taxpayer-funded first class travel, flies coach when he has to pay for it - ThinkProgress



Trump administration planning to 'monitor' journalists and bloggers - ThinkProgress



Fox News Is Brazenly Ignoring Its Own Damning Interview With Scott Pruitt | Alternet



Exposing Trump's Border Lies: A Checklist | The Daily Beast



Cheech & Chong Can't Stand Marijuana-Hater Jeff Sessions: 'I Can't Sleep at Night, Man!' | The Daily Beast



How China Cut the U.S. Out of the Statue of Liberty Knicknack Racket | The Daily Beast



Megachurches Are Turning Into MAGA-churches | The Daily Beast



The Myth of Scott Pruitt's EPA Rollback - POLITICO Magazine



Ted Nugent Calls for Shooting "Half of Our Government" - Mother Jones



Ted Nugent likens Democrats to 'rabid coyotes' that should be shot on sight | TheHill



Congressman pulls out loaded gun at constituent meeting: "I'm not going to be a Gabby Giffords." | Slate



FCC won't release emails on Pai's 'Harlem Shake' video | TheHill



Russell Crowe's Leather Jock Strap Sells for $7,000 at ''Art of Divorce'' Auction | E! News





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from Marc Perkel

Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer

So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.

Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.

I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.

The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.

So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?

I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.

Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect

Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect



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Selected Readings

from that Mad Cat, JD


TRUMPOLINI.

THE RIGHT TO ARM BEARS!

'PUSSY LIPS' TRUMP CAN'T KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT!

"WE ARE THE LAND AND YOU ARE THE WATER"

"KEEP THEM IN THE GROUND."

'MORE MONET' FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS!

"IT'LL TEAR YOUR ARMS OUT."

WHAT A CHICKENSHIT.

"PROPAGANDA SCRIPTS".






Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music




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In The Chaos Household

Last Night

Field trip to Chinatown.



Tonight, Sunday:

CBS starts the night with '60 Minutes', followed by a FRESH 'Instinct', then a FRESH 'NCIS: The Expendable One', followed by a FRESH 'Madam Secretary'.



NBC opens the night with 'Dateline', followed by a FRESH 'Little Big Shots', then a FRESH 'Genius Junior', followed by a FRESH 'Timeless'.



ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'America's So-Called Funniest Home Videos', followed by a FRESH 'American Idol', then a FRESH 'Deception'.



The CW offers an old 'The Goldbergs, followed by another old 'The Goldbergs', then 2½ hours of what passes for local news and other fluffery.



Faux has a RERUN 'Bob's Burgers', followed by a FRESH 'Bob's Burgers', then a FRESH 'The Simpsons', followed by a FRESH 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine', then a FRESH 'Family Guy', followed by a FRESH 'The Last Man On Earth'.



MY has an old 'Anger Management', followed by another old 'Anger Management', then an old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by another old 'Big Bang Theory', then still another old 'Big Bang Theory', followed by yet another old 'Big Bang Theory'.



A&E has all old 'Storage Wars' all night.



AMC offers 'The Walking Dead', another 'The Walking Dead', followed by a FRESH 'The Walking Dead', then a FRESH 'Talking Dead'.



BBC  -   
 [6:30AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 9-Nisei
 [7:30AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 10-731
 [8:30AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 11-Revelations
 [9:30AM]    SCREAM (1996)
 [12:00PM]    SCREAM (1996)
 [2:30PM]    THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
 [5:00PM]    THE HUNGER GAMES (2012)
 [8:00PM]    KILLING EVE - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-Nice Face
 [9:03PM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 4-Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
 [11:01PM]    KILLING EVE - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-Nice Face
 [12:00AM]    KILLING EVE - SEASON 1 - EPISODE 1-Nice Face
 [1:00AM]    SNOWPIERCER (2014)
 [4:00AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 4-Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose
 [5:00AM]    THE X-FILES - SEASON 3 - EPISODE 17-Pusher     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Bravo has a FRESH 'Atlanta Social', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Atlanta', then a FRESH 'Your Husband Is Cheating On Us', followed by a FRESH 'Real Housewives Of Potomac', then a FRESH 'Watch What Happens Live'.



Comedy Central has the movie 'Horrible Bosses 2', followed by the movie 'Due Date'.



FX has the movie '22 Jump Street', followed by the movie 'Jurassic World, then a FRESH 'Trust'.



History has 'American Pickers', followed by a FRESH 'American Pickers: Bonus Buys', then a FRESH 'God Code'.



IFC  -   
 [6:00AM]    PORTLANDIA-A Song for Portland
 [6:30AM]    PORTLANDIA-Blackout
 [7:00AM]    TRANSPORTER 2
 [9:00AM]    SUPERBAD
 [11:30AM]    RUSH HOUR 3
 [1:30PM]    TRANSPORTER 2
 [3:30PM]    JUMPER
 [5:30PM]    THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
 [8:00PM]    THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
 [10:30PM]    INCEPTION
 [1:45AM]    JUMPER
 [3:45AM]    1408     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Sundance  -   
 [6:00am]    the rifleman
 [6:30am]    the rifleman
 [7:00am]    the rifleman
 [7:30am]    the rifleman
 [8:00am]    the rifleman
 [8:30am]    the rifleman
 [9:00am]    the rifleman
 [9:30am]    the rifleman
 [10:00am]    the rifleman
 [10:30am]    the rifleman
 [11:00am]    the rifleman
 [11:30am]    the rifleman
 [12:00pm]    3:10 to yuma
 [2:00pm]    how the west was won
 [5:30pm]    the quick and the dead
 [8:00pm]    the outlaw josey wales
 [11:00pm]    hang 'em high
 [1:30am]    the quick and the dead
 [4:00am]    3:10 to yuma    (ALL TIMES EDT)



SyFy has the movie 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park', followed by the movie 'Jurassic Park III'.



TCM:
 [6:00 AM]      The Little Princess (1939)
 [7:45 AM]      The Corn Is Green (1945)
 [10:00 AM]      Suddenly (1954)
 [11:45 AM]      Annie Hall (1977)
 [1:30 PM]      Lover Come Back (1961)
 [3:30 PM]      Dear Heart (1964)
 [5:45 PM]      The Black Stallion (1979)
 [8:00 PM]      Gidget (1959)
 [10:00 PM]      Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
 [12:00 AM]      Lady of the Night (1924)     SILENT 
 [1:15 AM]      Such Is Life (1924)     SILENT 
 [2:00 AM]      A Man Escaped (1956)
 [3:45 AM]      Down by Law (1986)     (ALL TIMES EDT)



Monday   -  04/09/18

TCM spends the night with William Holden
 [6:00 AM]      The Moonlighter (1953)
 [7:30 AM]      Fort Apache (1948)
 [9:45 AM]      A Guy Named Joe (1943)
 [12:00 PM]      Gypsy Colt (1954)
 [1:15 PM]      Operation Pacific (1951)
 [3:15 PM]      The Fugitive (1947)
 [5:00 PM]      The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
 [6:30 PM]      On Dangerous Ground (1952)
 [8:00 PM]      Sunset Boulevard (1950)
 [10:00 PM]      Stalag 17 (1953)
 [12:15 AM]      The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
 [3:15 AM]      Toward The Unknown (1956)
 [5:15 AM]      Force of Arms (1951)
    (ALL TIMES EDT)




Antenna TV - Johnny Carson (from Apr. 4, 1979) - Angie Dickinson, Henry Heimlich, Ethel Merman, and Richie Barathy.

Bounce TV

CHARGE!

Comet TV

Cozi TV

Decades TV Network

Escape

Heroes and Icons

Find Justice - Justice Network

Get TV

Grit - Television With Backbone - Grit

Laff - You Know You Want To. - Laff

Me-TV

MOVIES! TV Network

RTV - The Retro Television Network

the works

This TV





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With Musical Cryptography, Composers Can Hide Messages in Their Melodies - Atlas Obscura

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Sounds The Alarm On Fascism

Madeleine Albright

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright warns of the growing risk of worldwide fascism emboldened by Donald Trump's "scorn" for democracy in a scathing New York Times op-ed.

"Fascism - and the tendencies that lead toward fascism - pose a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II," Albright writes in the op-ed, titled " Will We Stop Trump Before It's Too Late? " She decries mounting nativist and extreme right-wing movements around the globe, along with the growing threat of despotism. A key enabler, she argues, is America's unleashed president.

"The possibility that fascism will be accorded a fresh chance to strut around the world stage is enhanced by the volatile presidency of Donald Trump," Albright warns.

"Instead of standing up for the values of a free society, Mr. Trump's oft-vented scorn for democracy's building blocks has strengthened the hands of dictators. No longer need they fear United States criticism regarding human rights or civil liberties. On the contrary, they can and do point to Mr. Trump's own words to justify their repressive actions," she adds.

Trump has "attacked the judiciary, ridiculed the media, defended torture, condoned police brutality, urged supporters to rough up hecklers and ... equated mere policy disagreements with treason," she writes. "He libels immigrants and the countries from which they come. His words are ... calculated to exacerbate religious, social and racial divisions."

Madeleine Albright

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Joking Aside, Rube Goldberg Got Tech Right | Collectors Weekly

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Student-Led Events

'Town Hall For Our Lives'

A flurry of town halls to address the country's gun violence epidemic are planned nationwide for Saturday, marking the next major action organized by March For Our Lives.

The forums with elected officials and their constituents are the result of a call to action issued March 25 by David Hogg, a 17-year-old survivor of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting and outspoken member of the #NeverAgain movement to end gun violence.

March For Our Lives partnered with Town Hall Project, a volunteer-based initiative that identifies and promotes congressional forums, to help students organize each event, known as a "Town Hall For Our Lives."

By Friday afternoon, there were more than 120 Town Hall For Our Lives events listed on Town Hall Project's website, with over 30 Democratic members of Congress having organized or accepted invitations to the forums.

But their Republican counterparts failed to accept a single invitation to a Town Hall For Our Lives, causing the bulk of the events to be planned as "empty chair" town halls, in which the invited lawmakers aren't expected to show up.

'Town Hall For Our Lives'

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Body-Shaming Girls

Band-Aids

After a weekend in Orlando, 17-year-old Lizzie Martinez decided to go easy on her sunburned shoulders. So she went to school, Braden River High in Bradenton, Fla., without a bra under her oversize, gray, long-sleeved T-shirt. Those straps can sting when they rub against a sunburn!

But during the day, Martinez says school dean Violeta Velazquez called Martinez into her office and told her a teacher heard a boy in her class laughing and telling his friends about her lack of bra.

"I never heard anybody," Martinez says. Velazquez had her put on an undershirt and then asked Martinez to stand up and move around, according to the teen. Not satisfied with the solution, Martinez says the dean asked the nurse to get her four Band-Aids and told her to go to the bathroom and "X-out her nipples."

"I got a text message from Lizzy that said, 'I feel completely sexualized and I'm so embarrassed,'" Martinez's mother, Kari Knop, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. Knop left work and picked her daughter up from school right away. "If this was a male dean, we would not even be having this discussion to try to justify the behavior."

Over the course of three conversations with school administrators, Knop says she heard different variations on the story - because her daughter hadn't violated any dress code rule, she wasn't in trouble, but they also said that she was a "distraction."

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The 15th Annual Smithsonian Photo Contest Winners Gallery «TwistedSifter

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Water Crisis Over

Flint, Michigan

The state of Michigan will no longer supply free bottled water to Flint, the city once plagued with lead-tainted drinking water in a crisis that drew national attention, officials said on Friday.

For nearly two years, tests have shown that Flint's water is the same or better than similar cities across the state, a statement from Michigan Governor Rick Snyder's office said. When the current supply of state-funded bottled water is depleted, the distribution centers will close and deliveries will end.

"The scientific data now proves the water system is stable and the need for bottled water has ended," the Republican governor said in the statement. "Since Flint's water is now well within the standards set by the federal government, we will now focus even more of our efforts on continuing with the health, education and economic development assistance needed to help move Flint forward."

Michigan State Representative Sheldon Neeley, a Democrat whose district includes most of Flint, a predominantly black city of about 100,000, denounced the decision to end free bottled water, calling it cruel.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), one of the parties that sued state and city officials to secure safe drinking water for residents, called the decision disappointing. "The people of Flint deserve better," NRDC health director Erik Olson said.

Flint, Michigan

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Digby's Hullabaloo


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Leak About Double Previous Estimate

Keystone Pipeline

The Keystone crude oil pipeline leak in November in rural South Dakota was nearly double the original estimate, making it one of the largest U.S. inland spills since 2010, a newspaper report on Saturday said.

Robynn Tysver, a spokeswoman for Calgary-based TransCanada Corp, which owns the pipeline, told the Aberdeen American News some 9,700 barrels of oil leaked in the Nov. 16 spill, the South Dakota paper reported. The original estimate was 5,000 barrels.

The spill gave further ammunition to environmental groups and other U.S. opponents of another pipeline the company has proposed, the long-delayed Keystone XL.

TransCanada had shut down the 590,000 barrel-per-day pipeline, one of Canada's main crude export routes linking Alberta's oil fields to U.S. refineries, immediately following the spill. Operations were restarted less than two weeks later.

Keystone has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than the company indicated to regulators in risk assessments before operations began in 2010, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.

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Lithuanian Makeup Artist Creates Wonderfully Disturbing Illusions Using Herself as a Canvas

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More Republican Family Values

Texas

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Oink) is resigning from Congress, he announced Friday in a statement and accompanying video.

Farenthold declared in December that he would not seek re-election in 2018 after reports emerged that he'd used taxpayer money to settle sexual harassment claims. A few of his GOP colleagues urged him to resign over the accusations, which Farenthold has repeatedly denied.

"While I planned on serving out the remainder of my term in Congress, I know in my heart it's time for me to move along and look for new ways to serve," he said in the statement.

In his video, flanked by an American flag and a Texas state flag, he added: "You know, I look forward to staying in touch with everyone. It's been an honor and a privilege to serve. Thank you so much. Please, stay in touch. I love y'all. God bless you, God bless Texas, God bless America."

Farenthold used $84,000 in taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit his former communications director, Lauren Greene, had filed in 2014, Politico reported in December. Greene accused Farenthold of telling her he had "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" about her, and then claimed she was fired after complaining to Farenthold.

Texas

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500 Lids: World' Largest Collection of Disposable Hot Beverage Covers | Urbanist

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Sirens

Pruitt

A security officer who tried to stop the US environment agency chief Scott Pruitt from using his vehicle's sirens frivolously to get through traffic is among a number of employees who were removed from their jobs and reassigned, according to US media reports.

Reports in CBS News, the New York Times and others paint a picture of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) where those who question Mr Pruitt find themselves sidelined.

Mr Pruitt, a key Trump appointee who has previously suggested climate change might actually be good for humans, is reportedly often late for meetings where he has to travel across Washington DC.

Yet when special agent Eric Weese told Mr Pruitt that his security detail's lights and sirens were only for emergencies, he was replaced as the man in charge of security detail by Pasquale Perotta, according to CBS.

Mr Weese had also unsuccessfully tried to convince his boss not to fly first class for short trips, according to The New York Times. The EPA administrator had justified it by saying flying in economy posed a security risk.

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52 Colorful, Fun and Disturbing Victorian Trade Cards - Flashbak

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Interior Department

Endangered Species

The Trump administration is proposing rolling back protections for close to 300 threatened animal and plant species.

A new proposal - "Removal of Blanket Section 4(d) Rule" - was posted Monday by the Department of the Interior on a government database and was spotted by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental nonprofit.

The proposal's title refers to a measure in the Endangered Species Act that extends protections to hundreds of threatened plant and animal species.

An endangered species is in danger of extinction, while a threatened species is likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Threatened species include such animals as manatees, sea otters, the Guadalupe fur seal, wood bison, the gray wolf, the grizzly and polar bear, the northern spotted owl and other species of birds, snakes, corals and lizards, among others.

Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity said the proposed rule change is an attempt to ease restrictions for companies that operate in wildlife habitats.

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Ted Nugent (R-Pantsshitter) compared multiple groups he opposes to "rabid coyotes" on Friday, adding that you "keep your gun handy" to shoot them on sight.

Nugent, a musician and National Rifle Association board member, made the remarks during a seemingly casual -- yet fiery -- interview with InfoWars host Alex Jones. During the interview, Jones -- a right-wing conspiracy theorist -- said he wanted to know why liberals hate America and "love communism."

"Don't ask why," Nugent said. "Just know that evil, dishonesty and scam artists have always been around and that right now they're liberal, they're Democrat, they're RINOs, they're Hollywood, they're fake news, they're media, they're academia, and they're half of our government, at least."

"So come to that realization," he continued. "There are rabid coyotes running around, you don't wait till you see one to go get your gun, keep your gun handy. And every time you see one, shoot one."

Nugent's comments come days after he called the Parkland, Florida, shooting survivors "liars" and "poor, mushy-brained children."

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