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Offshore Wind Could Finally Start to Catch on in the US
Via: bob-nelson
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Alternative Energy
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5 years ago
There’s a huge amount of energy blowing in the wind right offshore, but America has been slow to take advantage of it, with just one small offshore wind farm in U.S. waters. But that may soon...
House GOP plan would cut Medicare, Social Security to balance budget
Via: pj
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74 Comments
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5 years ago
House Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would balance the budget in nine years — but only by making large cuts to entitlement programs, including Medicare and Social Security, that...
Parents demand change after trans girls win high school track meet
Via: silent-hysteria
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5 years ago
A Connecticut high school sophomore dominated in last week's track and field competition - but the transgender teen's big win has some people outraged and wondering if it's fair she was allowed to...
Afghanistan Eid car bomb, claimed by Islamic State, kills 26
Via: krishna
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5 years ago
A car bomb killed at least 26 people at a gathering of Taliban and Afghan armed forces in the eastern city of Nangarhar on Saturday, an official said, as soldiers and militants celebrated...
The final nail in the ACLU's coffin (Op/Ed)
Via: buzz-of-the-orient
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5 years ago
The final nail in the ACLU's coffin (Op/Ed) BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, The Hill, 06/11/18 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL...
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Electric Scooters
Via: bob-nelson
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5 years ago
Glenn Harvey I wanted to hate the scooters. I really did. Before going to the Los Angeles region last week for work, I had heard about the area’s invasion by dockless, rent-by-the-minute...
WV Supreme Court Justice Loughry named in 32-count judicial complaint
Via: sandy-2021492
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5 years ago
In no uncertain terms, the West Virginia Judicial Investigative Commission on Wednesday alleged that the man who wrote the book on political corruption in West Virginia had perpetuated his own...
Solving the Mystery of the “Lost” Eighth 1969 Pontiac Trans Am Convertible
Via: spikegary
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5 years ago
Growing up in the Motor City, the mere mention of the name "Trans Am" brought excitement to a young boy's heart. My father used to take me down to our local dealership, Woody Pontiac in Hamtramck,...
Fox News ripped for misleading photos of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling
Via: pat-wilson
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5 years ago
Fox News apologized Tuesday after receiving a torrent of criticism over the network's use of photos of various players for the Philadelphia Eagles kneeling in prayer, creating the misleading...
2019 Jaguar I-Pace Review: From London to Berlin in an All-Electric Jag
Via: bob-nelson
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5 years ago
Icons and Electrons Jabbeke was the making of the Jaguar XK120. On May 30, 1949, a prototype of the iconic English sports car was timed at 132.6 mph along a closed section of freeway just...
Trump’s Lawyers, in Confidential Memo, Argue to Head Off a Historic Subpoena
Via: jbb
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5 years ago
Trump’s Lawyers, in Confidential Memo, Argue to Head Off a Historic Subpoena The New York Times - By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MAGGIE HABERMAN, CHARLIE SAVAGE and MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON — President...
8 signs pointing to a counterintelligence operation deployed against Trump’s campaign
Via: vic-eldred
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5 years ago
The Hill, by Sharyl Attkisson, May 23, 2018: It may be true that President Trump illegally conspired with Russia and was so good at covering it up he’s managed to outwit our best...
Korea, 5 November 1950 - In honor of those that fought in the ''Forgotten War''...
Via: kavika
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5 years ago
With Memorial Day just a few days away and Korea in the news again, I thought that it was time to pay some homage to the men that fought and died there over 60 years ago. Many of you will not...
Washington DC Government Agencies to be 100% Powered by Wind Energy
Via: shub-orinuj
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6 years ago
Washington D.C. has just announced a huge step forward in its quest to become Americas greenest city . TheDistrict of Columbia Department of General Services (DGS) has signed a one-year...
'Star in a Jar’ Fusion Reactor Works and Promises Infinite Energy
Via: sixpick
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7 Comments
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6 years ago
New tests verify that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields. For several decades now , scientists from around the world have...
Facing the Prospect of Walking Away from My Little Mountain Cabin
Via: community
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7 years ago
As I have mentioned in passing a number of times, a proposal by a foreign company to place 40, 525' tall wind turbines on the ridge near my house in the Pocono Mountains, may ultimately...
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