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Six Microwave tricks that will ease your life. Taking the tears out of chopping onions and the pain out of shucking corn are just two of the easy. From Buzzfeed Blue Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Published on May 8, 2015 A Colorado-based animal foundation is examining the high rates of cancer in golden retrievers in a study to determine what genetic and environmental factors may play a role in the disease. (May Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Published on May 8, 2015Tina Fey vows never to wear a dress again and gives Dave a spectacular send-off. Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Published on May 8, 2015 Patti was our host for a special 'on location' edition of the Pat and Patti Show right smack in the middle of accident potential zone B as some of the air show participants practiced. Pubby, as always, was supportive even as Patti found herself traumatized by the high-powered military jets attending. Still, insects posed the greatest danger as Patti reacted to a bumble bee and Deena reported she was ticked off at the tick that landed on her arm. For those who haven't gathered it, the local air show is set for Saturday and Sunday and if the citizens of Paul

From the AP ... video of the scene. pubby

I do appreciate your thinking regarding the cuts in funding for the NEA ... and find it a novel argument and a good one. It is not the conservative argument or libertarian argument I would expect, though. My understanding of the conservative argument, though, is that the government has no business whatsoever in funding art of any kind, any where, any time (Unless it is for decoration of a federal building and you're an influential legislator and can steer the commission to a friend, of course - that exception obviously being the exception that conservatives can and do make.) Usually

Wow. What took you to Ukraine? pubby

The Obama administration fast tracked the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), eliminating Congress' ability to edit it. So, what is so scary about the TPP? Learn More: Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) - Investment Chapter https://wikileaks.org/tpp-investment/... "WikiLeaks releases today the "Investment Chapter" from the secret negotiations of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) agreement." Race to the Bottom: How Outsourcing Public Services Rewards Corporations and Punishes the Middle Class http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/si... "As state and local governments outsource

According to the US State Department, American citizens should think twice before visiting certain regions. So which countries have the US listed? Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Published on May 7, 2015 An unarmed, homeless man was fatally shot by Los Angeles police in Venice, California. Controversy surrounds the statement by the LAPD Police Chief who stated the high bar required for use of fatal force and his concern that his officers conduct did not meet that bar in this incident. CNN's Stephanie Elam has more. Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Both are subject to honest taxation equally, NJ. I wouldn't think of discriminating. pubby

I lived it, SG. Due process was a lot stronger. The aspect that drove the changes was the increase in taxes that schools had to raise to pay for the needed services. The best way to avoid raising taxes is to not need services. The best way to not need services was to avoid having services mandated in court by fighting it. Parents and advocates began winning in court by showing that substantial progress could be had if their child were provided with the proper services. They could do this because under the earlier versions of the law, the school district could not stop them from putt

I think that we all remember the art you referenced - it would have been totally forgotten otherwise as it wasn't that artistic - is a testament to the point I was making ... people would pitch a holy fit when it became public that public money had been used to support those works. Indeed, if you think about it, the levels of public funding of art plummeted in the wake of those 'examples' - predictably. Heck, the outrage and the subsequent cuts were so predictable one might wonder if the motive in selecting those particular bits of art for public funding was to promote freedom in the arts

NJ: I can't seem to get an embed but here is an interview with the WFAA TV reporter who was actually outside the convention center when the shots were made. He discussed the high level of security that was in place at the location because of how seriously the local police took the threat. Here is that link - he talks about security at about the 4:50 in mark. I also saw an interview today on TV about a Muslim leader in Texas who said that the Muslim community was well acquainted with ms. Gellar and was making a point to ignore her and had done so successfully. Citing full understan

Soundguy: the IEP is essentially a contract and it is signed by both parties. Before the GOP took over the congress in the 1990s, the parents were in a stronger negotiating position vis-a-vie the schools. The GOP has been eroding parental rights (and child rights) ever since. Why? If a parent wins a private specialized education program for their child, it can be rather expensive which translates into taxes ... and the rest is the GOP knee jerk. pubby

Published on May 6, 2015Nevada has granted auto maker Daimler a license to operate self-driving trucks on public highways. Daimler's Wolfgang Bernhard explains the benefits. I wonder what kind of anti-hijacking software they have? More than that, given Nevada's history with organized crime and organized crime's presumed associations with the Teamsters Union heirarchy, I want to know how they're going to get around the Teamsters. Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Published on May 6, 2015 CNN's Martin Savidge has the story of a college student from Nigeria who died while being held in an isolation cell in a Georgia jail. Seems the student suffered from bi-polar disease and was having an episode when he was apprehended during a struggle with his girl friend. She claimed she plead with officers to take the student to a hospital; they booked him instead with tragic results. Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

Highlights of this day in history: The Lusitania sunk in World War I; Nazi Germany signs surrender in World War II; Vietnam's Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Composer Peter Illych Tchaikovsky born; Glenn Miller records 'Chattanooga Choo-Choo.' (May 7) Click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS click for RECENT TOPICS

I'm actually proud that they are going to have their day in court. That is strictly because of the indictment. I think that because of the authority associated with being a LEO, they should as a matter of fact be indicted in any case in which an unarmed person in their custody dies at their hands. I suggested this back when Ferguson erupted and my purpose is not to convict any innocent person, rather to insure an open and transparent process for the public in a review of a situation that by definition is a failure of the government to serve and protect all of its citizens. True,

When assessing these kinds of stories, I tend to take the accounts from local media (WFAA is kind of like WSB TV here). Generally speaking they have better sources and are more accurate than the national media, which tend to invent narratives that they believe will make them more money. Those closer - more local to a bit of news - will have more accurate and in depth reports. For instance, when the auxiliary cop in Tulsa shot the guy, I went and read the account at the Tulsa World (Newspaper). You can often find differences - even significant differences in the accounts between the nat

You didn't look at the video closely. The guy announcing it was accompanied with at least two other officers all of whom were decked out in swat gear with an assault rifle. They were there. According to an article on the WFAA TV (Dallas) : pubby

Just Thinkin' hard: I get the complexity and all and recognize the truth you describe in that 'other' family situation. The only thing I object to is that when the matter goes to court, while the judge may caution, the reality is that when it is spoken in open court, it is on the record. I really haven't thought about this topic, it never having been a part of my existence, but I have to say that I'm fascinated by it. I mean it goes to the center of our current politics even - Obama is half and half. pubby

Cowa: Folks like yathink just live in a black and white world. To understand the progressives, you've got to have a more nuanced, deep and complex view of the world which some of these folks just lack. For instance, in the comment from yathink that you quoted, he said: What does he think? That we're an idiot. Certainly his estimate of our intelligence oozes disrespect. Actually, we have a great deal of compassion for the police. But are we being self-centered when we see a cop shoot a guy standing in his doorway talking to a negotiator and the cop, who admitted havin

I know they are. On another site I likened the trap to a rat trap ... a better one than it seems the FBI has created in their efforts. But then if the FBI did an "Imitate Maplethorpe" Art contest and offered a $10,000 prize for the most disgusting and disrespectful depiction of Christ as part of a sting operation to capture right-wing terrorists (the Murrah Building in OKC was the work of one such domestic terrorist so we know they're out there) you'd be up in arms raising hell about the misappropriation of money and how the atty general would have to go. And if a private party did tha

If it is written into the IEP as one of several approved methods to calm the kid down, it works. What you don't know SG is that at the first IEP for my son back in 1996, they carried us to a room where we were sitting in little kid chairs. Over in a different part of the room was a padded, sound-proof room that they said they stuck kids into until they quieted down. Also in the room was this massive wooden chair that looked like "Old Sparky" down to the leather straps for the legs, arms and torso. (There was no electrical apparatus) ... and this is how they introduced us to special educa