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Drones pose some legitimate safety concerns in certain circumstances, something the FAA is diligently working to address. The Ambulance Drone is different, aiming to improve the quality of emergency medical treatment by deploying a defibrillator when needed. The drone was created by Technical University of Delft engineer Alex Momont, and with it potentially life-saving medical equipment can be transported to … Continue reading
Supreme Court justice and pop culture icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg left the hospital yesterday after having a heart stent implanted and expects to be back at work Monday. Despite various health issues over the years, Ginsburg insists that she is still of sound body at age 81 (her mind isn’t in question) and has no plans to retire before the end of President Obama’s term to ensure a Democratic replacement.
Thanksgiving is a time for family, feasting and food comas — that’s a fact. But it’s also time for funny tweets. If you can’t use Twitter as therapy for when your mom serves a blackened turkey, what is it really good for?
That’s why we couldn’t help but comb through some of our favorite celebs’ Twitter feeds. Kevin Roose entertained us with a beautiful picture of his “bae” (canned cranberry sauce, of course), Jimmy Fallon gave thanks for alcohol (we’re with ya, Jimmy) and Megan Amram showed us the sexiest “thigh gap” ever.
Scroll to see who had the best turkey tweets and — as always– Bon appeTWEET!
Thank you, Thanksgiving, for being a time for family. And thank you, football and alcohol, for making that tolerable. #ThankYouNotes
— jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) November 28, 2014
Still life of bae. pic.twitter.com/Aj45VJnAaO
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) November 27, 2014
My thigh gap is looking fresh as hell pic.twitter.com/LyCH5Sw1aO
— Megan Amram (@meganamram) November 28, 2014
(Said like the hunger game announcer) Let the passive aggressive games begin!!!! #ThanksgivingThrowdown
— Amy Schumer (@amyschumer) November 27, 2014
Can’t understand why thanksgiving dinner changes the time of regular, normal human being dinner time.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) November 27, 2014
Celebrate this Thanksgiving the way the pilgrims intended: by arguing with your family about Obamacare.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) November 27, 2014
I’m so stuffed I feel like a bunch of people in matching outfits should be parading me down Fifth Avenue.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) November 28, 2014
PLEASE remember not to ruin everyone’s Thanksgiving by being a dick and putting raisins or fruit in your stuffing
— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) November 26, 2014
This year I’m gonna sit down for Thanksgiving and say “Actually, I’m juicing” and see which of my relatives tells me to go fuck myself first
— Emmy Blotnick (@emmyblotnick) November 26, 2014
On a scale of 1-10 I’m bloated.
— andy lassner (@andylassner) November 28, 2014
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry is inviting hundreds of prominent Republican donors and policy experts to a series of gatherings next month that are intended to rebuild his damaged national brand and lay the foundation for a potential 2016 presidential campaign, fundraisers and organizers confirmed to POLITICO.
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First, some data. In the recent midterm elections, a study by the Public Religion Research Institute found that white working-class voters — defined as those lacking a college degree, and whose jobs paid an hourly wage — voted for the Republican over the Democrat for Congress by a whopping margin of 61 percent to 26 percent.
Got that? Good. Also, the “vast majority” of recipients of the Earned Income Tax Credit — and remember, that credit only goes to people who earn enough money that, without it, they’d be paying income taxes — are white, according to data collected by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Finally, the 2009 Obama stimulus package expanded the Child Tax Credit to make more working class families eligible. We don’t have exact data on the racial composition of those who benefited from the expansion, but given that about half of families in poverty are white, we can extrapolate that somewhere around half of beneficiaries are white.
Still with me? Okay. Now check this out, from a New York Times article about a deal in the works that centers around making corporate tax cuts permanent:
The emerging tax legislation would make permanent 10 provisions, including an expanded research and development tax credit, which businesses and the Obama administration have wanted to make permanent for years; a measure allowing small businesses to deduct virtually any investment; the deduction for state and local sales taxes; the American Opportunity Tax Credit for college costs; deductions for employer-provided mass transit; and four different breaks for corporate and charitable giving.
Smaller measures already passed by the Senate Finance Committee, from tax breaks for car-racing tracks to benefits for racehorse owners, would be extended for one year and retroactively renewed for the current tax year.
[snip] Left off were the two tax breaks valued most by liberal Democrats: a permanently expanded earned-income credit and a child tax credit for the working poor. Friday night, Republican negotiators announced they would exclude those measures as payback for the president’s executive order on immigration, saying a surge of newly legalized workers would claim the credit, tax aides from both parties said.
It’s worth noting that the deal would also mean the expiration, in 2017, of tax credits that support the development of wind power because, oh noes, the oil and gas industry thinks they are unfair. Doesn’t the oil and gas industry receive billions in tax breaks? Er, well, hey, look over there!
The absurd hypocrisy of that aside, think for a second about how Republicans understand payback. President Obama does something Republicans don’t like on immigration, and their idea of payback is to stick it to working-class Americans who have kids, most of whom — when we are talking about whites — just voted to make them the majority party in both the House and the Senate. At this point, the only thing standing in the way of the loss of those tax breaks for working Americans is President Obama. Oops.
I guess the lesson of the story is: be careful who you vote for. A better lesson of the story is: Republicans are boot-licking corporate sycophants who hate working families.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say corn was in the stomachs of two dozen crows and it was likely tainted, causing their deaths in downtown Portland this week.
The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/1CpZEbu ) that the birds were likely poisoned intentionally, although tests on the corn are not yet complete.
Passers-by began calling authorities on Wednesday morning to report dead or dying crows flopping on the ground and suffering from seizures.
Portland Audubon Society conservation director Bob Sallinger says the flocks of hundreds or thousands of crows draw attention downtown.
Sallinger says his suspicion is supported by the fact that corn is not usually found in an urban environment.
If a poisoning is confirmed, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will investigate.
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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
In an outpouring of love and respect for a comedic legend and Latin American icon, fans mourned the death of Roberto Gómez Bolaños on twitter.
Bolaños died of unspecified causes in Cancún on Friday. He was 85. In a matter of minutes, #Chespirito, as the comedian was known, became a worldwide trending topic.
Voto Latino co-founder Maria Teresa Kumar recalled the power that the actor had in uniting the Spanish-speaking world like little else in history.
Who United a people and gave us orgullo #Latino? #Chespirito. #EsoEsoEso gracias! @votolatino pic.twitter.com/lUMDfa4MRK
— María Teresa Kumar (@MariaTeresa1) November 29, 2014
Fans illustrated pictures of the Mexican actor as one of his most beloved character, El Chavo, and his friends from the show who had passed away already. Most notably actor Ramón Valdés who starred in the children’s show as Don Ramon.
Many were filled with sadness at the news and gave rise to tweets like the following, in which Don Ramon says his famous quote “Not yet, Chavito.”
#Chespirito im crying this isint real he cant be dead pic.twitter.com/M3Y4y0aoKU
— ❱❱❱❱ (@ziams_ahs) November 28, 2014
Sobs RT @Cory_Forever_: This made me cry, thanks for the amazing childhood. #Chespirito #DEPRobertoGomezBolanos pic.twitter.com/3UqbTBExvA
— Adrian Carrasquillo (@Carrasquillo) November 28, 2014
In one of these El Chavo is depicted with angel wings and the other his friends are waiting for him with a table full of his favorite snack: a ham sandwich.
_RIP )= #Chespirito
I Cry :'( pic.twitter.com/xQdyCsRb6s
— Yessika Y.Cieza (@YeCieza) November 28, 2014
#Chespirito makes me cry harder my heart hurts pic.twitter.com/twUc8BeUFz
— ❱❱❱❱ (@ziams_ahs) November 28, 2014
A huge legend was lost in the Latin American television community today. Que en Paz descanses #Chespirito pic.twitter.com/QPiNnnx5u9
— Rodriguez (@RRWWE) November 29, 2014
Others shared pictures and memes based on Bolaños’ other characters to honor the actor.
“Is it true that to die is to cease to exist?” Here’s our beloved #Chespirito ‘s response:http://t.co/2WskP4MZxx #RGB pic.twitter.com/ElpAtnvoW6
— Fr. Manuel Dorantes (@TweetingPriest) November 28, 2014
#Chespirito #RobertoGomezBolanos passed away today. Thank you for all the laughter and the joy. Siempre y gracias pic.twitter.com/49Fjj622ms
— Jay Torres (@MrJayTorres) November 28, 2014
Sad to hear #Chespirito, a Mexican legend, has passed: http://t.co/PlivlKBm8o One of the funniest ever. #chiripiorca pic.twitter.com/FHuxHSlspn
— DC (@costadaniel) November 29, 2014
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“We live in very exciting times,” said Togiak, Alaska, tribal administrator Clara Martin about Election 2014. She can be seen in slide 22 in the slideshow above; it was the night of November 4, and villagers were gathering for a post-election potluck celebration.
There was plenty to celebrate. Voter turnout shot up in Togiak and throughout Native Alaska this year, thanks to the increased availability of early voting, improved language assistance for traditional-language speakers and ballot measures Natives strongly supported.
Virtually everyone in Native villages like Togiak hunts, fishes and gathers to survive. Deeply concerned about defending this lifeway, Alaska Native voters came out in force. Some villages nearly doubled their numbers over the most recent presidential election, when turnout is typically highest. In a few villages, every registered voter went to the polls.
Native voters helped pass a referendum that will safeguard Bristol Bay from mining. The bay’s fisheries are, taken together, a huge employer, while the bay itself is the linchpin of subsistence activities. Natives also helped elect an Alaska Native to statewide office. Byron Mallot, of Tlingit heritage, will be the state’s next lieutenant governor.
“Alaska Natives protected their cultural and economic relationship to the environment,” said Alaska Democratic Party communications director Zack Fields. He called Mallot’s election “historic.”
“After this past election, our people are walking on air,” said Kim Reitmeier, who is Sugpiaq and president of ANCSA Regional Association, an organization for Native-corporation CEOs. “Native Alaska has momentum, and we’re going build on it.”
“We have been so remote and isolated,” said Martin. “Now, it feels like someone out there is listening.”
For more on Election 2014 in Native Alaska, see my post-election wrap-up for Indian Country Today Media Network:
Native Alaska Takes a Seat at the Table.
Here are four more stories I wrote during the election:
Getting Out the Alaska Native Vote–One Voter at a Time;
Making Voting Friendly, the Alaska Native Way;
Election Morning in an Alaska Native Village; and
Native Alaska Votes and Celebrates.
This reporting project received support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. Text and photographs c. Stephanie Woodard.
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