Saturday, September 05, 2020

5 September - iGoogle Portal - Tab 6 - MSM


  The Hayride



  • As Americans approach Labor Day, with roughly 10.2 percent unemployed, a new survey conducted by WalletHub found that one in three Americans worry about job security. In its nationally...
  • The California State Assembly this week voted to revise the state’s penal code that regulates the registration of sex offenders by passing SB-145. The revision of the bill would...

    • Cooper was ranked the poorest town in Texas in a 24/7 Wall St. analysis examining small, lower-income communities where households earn much less than the nation’s median...

  • A, a Keurig K-Cup coffee maker, discounted Mario games, a Dyson V7 Origin cordless vacuum, Urban Decay All Nighter long-lasting makeup setting spray, and JACHS NY men’s short sleeve...
  • Like many children, I went through a dinosaur phase. The idea that instead of people, these giant lizard monsters roamed the earth both terrified and intrigued me. So when my teacher...

    • Each year, tens of thousands of people descend upon Nevada’s Black Rock Desert the week leading up to Labor Day to take part in Burning Man. Since 1986, like-minded Burners have gathered...

    Pesticide Action Network



  • The phrase “food is political” pops up all the time in the food and farm movement world, and has particular weight right now as we head toward the finish line of this incredibly fraught...
  • A massive derecho rampaged through Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana on August 10 with devastating results. Learn more Slideshow Category: Flex Slider...

    • One of the more exciting days on the farm is the one where we get a call just after 6 AM from the local post office telling us our hen chicks have arrived.  After a short drive to pick up these...

  • The president rounds on a journalist who quoted him as saying dead US soldiers were "losers".
  • In Melbourne, the centre of the outbreak, 300 people marched in defiance of tough restrictions.



  • Jessica Krug admitted in a blog post that she was a white Jewish woman from Kansas City.


      memeorandum




  • ABC News: Which states will have Kanye West on the ballot now that access deadlines have passed?  —  West will be on the ballot in at least 11 states.  —  It's becoming clearer...
  • Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark: Cory Gardner and the Toxic Republican Party  —  This is what “Party Over Country” looks like.  —  1. Cory Gardner  —  Very quickly...

    • Caitlin Dickson / Yahoo News: ‘The Gotaway’: Online video produced and posted by the Border Patrol spreads fear of migrants  —  A video produced by U.S. Border Patrol agents...


  • Hardware tinkerer makes odd finds, including an unusual on/off switch A hacker has uncovered a fancy digital pregnancy stick that is just a glorified analogue paper test strip with...
  • Tiny tilt from the probe's seisometer could map Phobos' orbit and help boffins predict when it'll crash into Mars The seismometer and magnetometer on NASA’s Martian InSight probe...

    • Disabled by default at the end of 2020, but it will linger on like a bad smell Microsoft confirmed that it plans to end support for Adobe Flash Player in its three browser variants at the...


  • Will it be "third time lucky" for Samsung as it reveals its latest attempt at a folding smartphone?
  • Researchers take apart a digital pregnancy testing kit and find a standard paper strip inside.

    • Facebook has warned that Apple's privacy plans could render some of its tools useless.


      Further




  • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
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    • Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer


  • MSNBC host Joy Reid owes a serious apology to the Muslim community after equating being Muslim with being violent on TV. This kind of casual Islamophobia cannot be allowed to continue...
  • Minks allegedly living in their own feces were forced to drag their injured bodies over mesh wire to find water. Demand whoever is responsible for farming these animals be charged...

    • President Trump has enacted vicious personal sanctions against international prosecutors responsible for rooting out corruption, violence, and crime no matter where they took...


      Unexplained Mysteries




  • SETI has been searching for evidence of alien signals for decades, but what if we're using the wrong technology ? The question of whether we are alone...
  • As work on Elon Musk's prototype 'Starship' continues, the SpaceX CEO has highlighted the dangers of going to Mars. This week, Starship SN6 - a protot...

    • Footage has emerged showing an unidentifiable 'shadow creature' scurrying across the road in the dark. The eerie clip was uploaded by Maine-based non-...



      All Things Considered : NPR





  • Athletic associations in more than 30 states allow high school football to be played during the coronavirus pandemic. Parents, boosters and fans say it's needed. But is playing safe?...
  • NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bob James, better known as godfather of hip-hop and smooth jazz, about an album of his early work. Once Upon a Time was recorded in 1965 but just released...

    • NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Ernie Gates, ombudsman at the Stars and Stripes newspaper, about the military ordering the publication to shut down.



      Ireland: BreakingNews.ie





  • The Minister for Justice also reflected on the death in June this year of Detective Garda Colm Horkan
  • HSE chief executive Paul Reid said more people are being referred for testing by their GPs

    • The figure is the highest number of new infections registered in the country since May



  • Portal origin URL: With DUST-2 Launch, NASA’s Sounding Rocket Program is Back on the RangePortal origin nid: 464182Published: Friday, September 4, 2020 - 10:00Featured...
  • Portal origin URL: NASA's Chandra Opens Treasure Trove of Cosmic DelightsPortal origin nid: 464148Published: Thursday, September 3, 2020 - 15:15Featured (stick to top...

    • Portal origin URL: NASA Funds Eight New Projects Exploring Connections Between the Environment and COVID-19Portal origin nid: 464150Published: Thursday, September 3...



      How to of the Day





  • Chanterelle mushrooms are popular and yummy wild mushrooms. They can be found in the wilds of Eurasia, North and Central America, and Africa. Unfortunately, freshly picked chanterelle...
  • How to Cite a Webinar

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  • Webinars often provide a lot of useful information in a format that's easy to understand. You can even use a webinar as a source for a research paper or article — the question is how...

    • Most of the time when cooking spaghetti, it's tempting to just eyeball a serving size rather than measure out carefully. But sometimes getting exact amounts of servings is important...



  • Upon the death of acclaimed anthropologist and anarchist David Graeber, we feature his 2011 interview on Democracy Now!, two days after the Occupy encampment began. Graeber helped...
  • Today marks the 50th anniversary of the election of socialist President Salvador Allende in Chile, a significant moment in the history of political revolutions. We speak with Chilean...

    • As President Trump openly embraces the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and promotes "law and order" while refusing to condemn armed followers of his who target antiracist protesters...



  • The Kentucky Derby was delayed because of the pandemic, now demands are being made that Churchill Downs use this moment to make lasting changes and to take a stand against racial injustice...
  • A map of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths around the world. The respiratory disease has spread rapidly across six continents and has killed thousands of people...

    • View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.



  • Many universities are putting the onus on students to prevent the spread of coronavirus – an approach both students and experts say creates mixed messages after inviting students...
  • People with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis aren't at increased risk of hospitalization from COVID-19.

    • New research may have people with asthma breathing a little easier: Doctors found the airway disease doesn't raise the risk of being hospitalized due to COVID-19...

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