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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/want-to-serve-in-the-senate-64-million-please/2012/06/21/gJQA9ZbLtV_blog.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost
Southern Baptists: Gay rights not same as civil rights
Source: Washington Host
NEW ORLEANS — A day after electing their first African-American president in a historic move that strives to erase its legacy of racism, Southern Baptists passed a resolution opposing the idea that same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.
Thousands of delegates at the denomination’s annual meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday were nearly unanimous in their support for the resolution that affirms their belief that marriage is “the exclusive union of one man and one woman” and that “all sexual behavior outside of marriage is sinful.”
The Rev. Fred Luter, Jr.: New face of the Southern Baptist Convention:?New Orleans pastor Fred Luter, Jr., became the first African American president of the 167-year-old Southern Baptist Convention, whose members are meeting this week in Luter’s city.
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination is attempting to broaden its appeal beyond its traditional white Southern base. At the same time, leaders said they feel it is important to take a public stand on their opposition to same-sex marriage.
The resolution acknowledges that gays and lesbians sometimes experience “unique struggles” but declares that they lack the “distinguishing features of classes entitled to special protections.”
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/southern-baptists-elect-1st-african-american-president-the-rev-fred-luter-jr/2012/06/20/gJQArEPkpV_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost
Nancy Pelosi Slams Contempt Vote: 'I Could Have Arrested Karl Rove ... But We Didn't'
WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is playing politics with its vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, an action she said that even she didn't seek as House Speaker when she thought someone was legitimately deserving of it.
"I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day," Pelosi said to laughter, during a sit-down with reporters. "I'm not kidding. There's a prison here in the Capitol ... If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him."
Rove was senior advisor and deputy chief of staff to former President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2007.
Asked on what grounds she could have arrested Rove, Pelosi replied, "Oh, any number. But there were some specific ones for his being in contempt of Congress. But we didn't."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/nancy-pelosi-contempt-darrell-issa_n_1613086.html?1340218706
Tinnitus Sufferers Hoping Serenade Sound Therapy Can Relieve Ear Ringing
Tinnitus, a condition that causes people to hear sounds such as ringing in the ears even when all is quiet, afflicts at least 10 percent of American adults. Although there’s nothing doctors can do to alleviate this discomfort permanently, new approaches to treating the problem are in the works. One of the latest is a sound-therapy device designed to produce unique tones that distract the wearer’s brain from more irritating sounds. The SoundCure Serenade Tinnitus Treatment System has received a hearty endorsement from the American Tinnitus Association (ATA), which invested $138,000 in the technology’s development and this weekend is hosting a fundraiser in Portland, Ore., to raise additional money for tinnitus research.
SoundCure, a Silicon Valley startup, made the Serenade system available this past March. It is a handheld device with headphones that produces low-frequency modulated sounds the company claims provide more relief than the standard treatment—unmodulated tones or high-pitch white noise. The tones are customized for each patient based on that person’s specific level of tinnitus, although the reprieve is temporary, experienced only when the Serenade is in use.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2012/06/15/tinnitus-sufferers-hoping-serenade-sound-therapy-can-relieve-ear-ringing/?WT_mc_id=SA_CAT_TECH_20120619
Man Catches Fire After Using Spray Sunscreen
(RTTNews) - Massachusetts resident Brett Sigworth is recovering this week after suffering second degree burns when the sun block on his skin caught fire. Vapors from the product spontaneously ignited as the man approached his grill.
"I went into complete panic mode and screamed," Sigworth said. "I've never experienced pain like that in my life."
Sigworth was using Banana Boat brand sunscreen at the time and while the label does explain the product is flammable, it does not indicate that it can catch fire after applied.
"We are unaware of any prior incidents similar to what Brett has described, but because nothing is more important to us than the safety of our consumers, we are taking this matter very seriously," the company wrote in an official statement.
http://www.rttnews.com/1900518/man-catches-fire-after-using-spray-sunscreen.aspx?type=hnr&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sitemap
Supplement Helps Teens Kick Pot Habit
Adolescents diagnosed with marijuana dependence were more than twice as likely to remain abstinent when they received N-acetylcysteine (NAC) versus placebo in addition to counseling, researchers said.
In an 8-week trial, about 44% of adolescents assigned to take 1,200 mg of NAC twice daily had negative urine test results for cannabinoids at the end of treatment, compared with 32% of those taking placebo, according to Kevin M. Gray, MD, of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, S.C., and colleagues.
After adjusting for years of cannabis use, baseline urine test results, and major depressive disorder, the odds ratio for negative urine tests during the study period was 2.35 (95% CI 1.05 to 5.24, P=0.029), the researchers reported online in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
The effect did not appear to be durable, though. Four weeks after the end of treatment, only 19% of the NAC group and 10% of those assigned to placebo still had negative urine test results.
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/33286?
War or Revolution Every 75 Years. It's Time Again.
When Charles Dickens wrote "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" to begin "A Tale of Two Cities," he compared the years of the French Revolution to his own "present period." Both were wracked with inequality. But he couldn't have known that 75 years later inequality would cause the Great Depression. Or that 75 years after that, in our own present period, extreme inequality would return for a fourth time, to impact a much greater number of people. He probably didn't know that the cycles of history seem to drag the developed world into desperate times about every 75 years, and then seek relief through war or revolution.
It's that time again.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us; we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way." -- CHARLES DICKENS
Three cycles (225 years) ago, in the years before the French Revolution, inequality was at one of its highest points ever. While it's estimated that the top 10% of the population took almost half the income, as they do today, the Gini Coefficient was between .52 and .59, higher than the current U.S. figure of .47. The French Revolution began a surge toward equality that lasted well into the 19th century.
Two cycles ago, in Dickens' day of the 1860s, European inequality was again at a nearly intolerable level. It took the second industrial revolution and the U.S. Civil War to start correcting the economic injustices.
One cycle ago was the Great Depression. The New Deal, World War 2, and the laborious process of war recovery put an end to this third period of extreme inequality.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/11-3
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When one (1) man can give 100 million dollars ($100,000,000.00) to buy a President, it is time for change......
Why Does Mitt Romney Like Firing People? Because He Made $20,000 On Every Laid-Off Worker
Mitt Romney would prefer for you to recall just one number regarding his record at Bain Capital. That would be 100,000 — the number of jobs that the Republican candidate claims he created during 15 years at the private equity firm.
But now there is a more interesting, plausible and relevant number: $20,000. That’s how much money Romney is estimated to have made from each worker laid off during Bain’s many corporate takeovers.
In fairness, Romney’s goal at Bain was never to create jobs but to reap the biggest returns for their valued investors. Judging by that metric, he did exceedingly well, as even Bill Clinton accidentally admitted when discussing Romney’s “sterling” business career. And of course, Romney’s fortune, estimated somewhere between $190 million and 250 million, attests to that assessment.
But over the course of the Romney’s years at Bain Capital, at least five of the companies he took over eventually went bankrupt, while still rewarding Bain investors handsomely:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/why-does-mitt-romney-like-firing-people-because-he-made-20000-on-every-laid-off-worker/
Obama's heckler is Neil Munro from Tucker Carlson's Daily Caller....
What a complete jerkoff....yeah he looks like an immigrant....from Mars.....
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The Sun-Earth Connection: Heliophysics Solar Storm and Space Weather - Frequently Asked Questions
What is a solar flare?
A solar flare is an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots. Flares are our solar system’s largest explosive events. They are seen as bright areas on the sun and they can last from minutes to hours. We typically see a solar flare by the photons (or light) it releases, at most every wavelength of the spectrum. The primary ways we monitor flares are in x-rays and optical light. Flares are also sites where particles (electrons, protons, and heavier particles) are accelerated.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/spaceweather/index.html#q2
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