Wednesday Reads: Tired and In the Dark
Posted: March 20, 2013 Filed under: morning reads | Tags: evolution, HPV, internet, Nuclear Power, Space 24 Comments
Good Morning
This is going to be a pathetic morning round-up. Honestly, I am just too tired for anything other than a link dump, which is what I am giving you.
First this article about the HPV vaccine, you remember…the one that Michelle Bachmann declared makes little girls become crazed sex fiends. It is crazy not to get this series of shots…Why don’t teens get shots for HPV and other diseases?
My daughter and my son have gotten this vaccine, on recommendation of their pediatrician. At least they are both safe, from getting HPV and giving HPV which causes cancer.
More health news, well…if being unable to sleep straight through the night is a sign of Alzheimers, than this next link is also bad news. Lost Sleep Can Lead to Weight Gain
Hmm, that must be the reason my ass is sooooo huge. Lack of sleep and addiction to carbs. Go figure.
This next story is heartbreaking, and disgusting, and maddening all at the same time: Facing Protective Orders and Allowed to Keep Guns
You can probably tell from the article’s title that it involves violence against women.
Meanwhile:
In tech news: More addresses please—US hits a half-billion Internet devices
In nuke news: US orders nuclear sites to upgrade vents
Take a look at this, evolution going on right before our windshields. Study: Birds evolve shorter wings to survive highway traffic
And to end this link dump…a couple of space articles. One story that deals with the heavens during the light of day, and the other during the dark of night…
10 surprising space objects to see in the daytime sky: A rundown of space objects visible under the right conditions to the unaided human eye during the day.
Moon and Jupiter on March 17, 2013
A beautiful image of last night’s moon and planet Jupiter from EarthSky Facebook friend VegaStar Carpentier in Paris.
Via VegaStar Carpentier Photogrpahy. Thank you, VegaStar! View larger.
Treat this as an open thread, and have a wonderful day.
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Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Though I take no pleasure in saying so, I predicted that they would not vote to ban assault weapons no matter how sorrowful the tragedy in Sandy Hook effected the entire nation. We are in the grip of the most radical proponents of the Second Amendment and some members of congress would rather honor the NRA than to approve some measure of safety towards the public they claim to serve.
While Sarah Palin “mocks” Bloomberg for attempting to ban sugary drinks, this party is dedicated to the proposition that every man, woman and child not be denied the “right” to be armed with assault weapons and magazines that hold up to 30 bullets at a time.
The stranglehold that this party has on our society, either by way of guns, severe cuts for medical access, women’s right to control her own body, or turning this nation into a land of vouchers, the despair they bring with their policies is spreading.
As they keep chipping away at our right to vote which is leading this nation down a path of destruction.
Harry Reid consolidating all the proposals into one bill screwed the pooch and I’m not a bit surprised that he did it. Damn tool!
Thanks for the interesting links.
What a gorgeous photo of the Moon and Jupiter!
This is upsetting, but not surprising news: Spineless pols spit on the graves of Newtown victims by not pushing for assault weapons ban – NY Daily News
Damn. We need to reintroduce legislation again and again until assault weapons are GONE. Don’t give up or give in.
Harry Reid makes me sick!!
Hell yes!!
That’s what I told him this morning in my email…………….he couldn’t get the 50 votes, and he fucking couldn’t work it to get the votes……..why is that that women have to work twice as hard as men in politics…………..she’s been out their working for those babies killed in Newtown, and fucking Reid is walking away from it. He also wants to end the sequestration budgets cuts for the Defense Department, and fuck the Headstart programs and meals won wheels……..more important to get your big guns ready.
Oh hell, let’s get the big guns going now…………that’s all we need. The republicans think they are the party of power, and that’s where democrats needs to bring them down a knotch and fight with all their might. I’m with Diane Feinstein, let’s not lay down and play dead. This isn’t about a wish list, this is were we all become participants and get active, I don’t care how, what committee, what meeting, but we’ve go to step up and get in their face. If you don’t then I suggest you go out and buy yourself a dartboard………….
Just read where the head of the Colorado Prisons Tom Clements, was shot dead in his home, just hours before Gov. Hickenlooper was scheduled to sign into law gun control reforms. Mainly, background checks, and having consumers pay for that, and limiting the magazine capacity to 15 rounds………………and many sheriff’s departments in Colorado have stated that they would NOT enforce these measures……….
Add his name to the 2,899 individuals shot dead since Newtown.
We are living in a soulless society.
Here’s a story about it.
More than likely a “freedom lover” resentful of any impediment to his right to own multiple weapons of mass destruction. Colorado is a hotbed of militia groups (little boys playing soldiers) who have increased since Obama was sworn into office.
Someone focused on “protecting” the rights of gun owners much like those who have blown up or murdered abortion doctors in defense of the “unborn”. Lunatics.
Charles Pierce: The Anti-Paul Ryan Budget
The latest Gallup poll shows majority Republican support for the proposals in the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget, but it’s not even discussed let alone seriously considered. The same is true for most gun control measures.
The desires of the majority in this country have been completely swamped by corrosive big money and inside-the-beltway conventional wisdom. We’re screwed.
Ralph, even if Midas himself offered to pay off the deficit they will continue to say “no” until Obama caves.
Pat, it wouldn’t be so bad but even most of the Democrats won’t really consider doing the right thing, For example, just look at the Senate budget. All of them are stuck in the same bubble of stupid.
yes they are stuck in stupid, and it’s deadly.
Fannie, it’s deadly not only to some people but to our democracy itself.
Indeed Ralph, indeed.
Round Trips to Cyprus Paul Krugman explains why the most obvious move, converting large deposits into CDs, hasn’t been considered. The round-tripping business depends on unfettered cash movements.
TPM: French Police Raid Paris Home Of IMF Chief
Hmmmm
Good for Matt Yglesias!
Slate: David Brooks vs. the House Progressives
Fuck the Iraq chickenhawks! Every damned one of them.