Friday, September 2, 2016

General and Miscellaneous related links 090216


Into The Spiritual Depths of Albert Einstein


 

3 things to watch ahead of FEHB Open Season


 

Breastfeeding babies born early greatly improves their IQ score


 

Stand At The Edge Of Geologic Time: Transport yourself to Rocky Mountain National Park, with all its sights and sounds, in this immersive geology lesson.


 

Sermon: How to Show Love and Respect to Others - John 13


 

25 Things About Life I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Ago


 

Scam Alert – Calls Soliciting Political Donations in the Name of Military Order of the Purple Heart are a HOAX


 

Atlas, The Next Generation


 

UnitedHealthcare protests military Tricare contract awards


 

Peak death: As a baby-boom generation ages, businesses struggle to make money out of a rare growth sector


 

Philosophy of Value by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi


 

The Distinction Between Good And Evil


 

NIH Plans To Lift Ban On Research Funds For Part-Human, Part-Animal Embryos


 

Cheating death: Science is getting to grips with ways to slow ageing. Rejoice, as long as the side-effects can be managed


 

The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality: The cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman uses evolutionary game theory to show that our perceptions of an independent reality must be illusions.


 

21 Lost Gentleman Traditions That Still Apply Today


 

Scenic Centennial

Military related links 090216


Secretary Mabus Names Destroyer for Medal of Honor Recipient


 

The Blue Angels Are Getting a Super Upgrade: ​The elite demonstration squadron would prefer older planes, but time marches on.​


 

DOJ sues credit union for repossessing servicemembers’ cars


 

Military Spouse Professional Survey


 

10 Military Vehicles with Insane Engines: ​All of them have more than 1000 lb.-ft. of torque. ​​


 

News from Representative Brendan Boyle


 

Why Whack Military Housing Allowances?


 

Adding Insult to (Severe) Injury


 

Seek, but shall ye find?  A proliferation of quieter submarines is pushing navies to concoct better ways to track them


 

Our incredible shrinking military


 

Here are the 16 Servicemembers on 2016 U.S. Olympic Team


 

New DOD investigative unit to focus on sexual assault-related reprisals


 

SecNav Implements New Administrative Separation Plan


 

Naval Discharge Review Board (NDRB)


 

Board for Correction of Naval Records


 

Military culture slow to change on suicide prevention


 

33 U.S. Service Members Have Contracted Zika, Pentagon Says


 

A Pacific Admiral Takes China’s Measure


 

Pilot Shortage Back With a Vengeance


 

Gillibrand: survivors take precedence in debate over military sexual assault cases


 

Spooked by obesity trends, the U.S. military is redefining its basic fitness standards


 

Senator calls on U.S. Postal Service to issue stamp for Gold Star Mothers


 

Navy gets $2.7B attack submarine sponsored by Michelle Obama


 

Commissary changes are coming but won't hurt the benefit, official says


 

Our Incredible Shrinking Military


 

The Olympian


 

'Happy I could do my part'


 

This Day in History… August 19, 1812, USS Constitution Earns Much-Needed American Victory At Sea 


 

Army now deploying smaller medical teams for far-flung deployments, 3-star says


 

Air Force secretary says she needs more airmen; America should listen


 

The Reason Fort Polk Needs To Get Rid Of 700 Horses

Terrorism related links 090216


"ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO" President Manuel L Quezon of the Philippines


 

Russian warplanes reportedly bombed US base in Syria


 

U.S. conducts new round of airstrikes against ISIS in Libya


 

An Eight Point Brief for LEV (Lesser Evil Voting)


 

An Open Letter to Mr. Khizr Khan


 

ISIL claims to confiscate sensitive U.S. military gear


 

How a Secretive Branch of ISIS Built a Global Network of Killers


 

The Salvation of Sinners and the Suicide Bomb: How the call to religion turns petty criminals into Islamic State terrorists.


 

The War on Syria’s Doctors: For five years, the Assad regime has relentlessly targeted medical workers in rebel-held territory. This is the story of their desperate fight to stay alive — and save lives.


 

Present at the Creation: The never-told-before story of the meeting that led to the creation of ISIS, as explained by an Islamic State insider.


 

A Defense of Obama’s Middle East ‘Balancing Act’: From the Iraq drawdown to chemical weapons red lines to Russia’s war in Syria, a conversation with Robert Malley, the president’s top Middle East policy official.


 

How the Islamic State Seized a Chemical Weapons Stockpile: When jihadists captured a Syrian military base, they found a cache of some of the world’s most dangerous weapons buried in its bunkers. In Part II of an exclusive series, an Islamic State member explains how they eventually fell into the hands of the self-styled “caliphate.”


 

US soldier killed in anti-Taliban operation in Afghanistan


 

Pentagon Calls on Turkey to Stop Fighting Kurds


 

Clinton, Johnson, Trump: Presidential Q & A

Politics related links 090216


Do College Students Believe in Religious Freedom?


 

Obama Tramples Trump’s ‘Philosophy’ at DNC 2016


 

Reality Check: Toomey's economic policy, By Ali Foreman, CNN


 

Senate candidate says Donald Trump offering Americans only ‘scapegoating’


 

Inside Donald Trump's Complex Relationship with the Military


 

Obama to DNC on Trump: Don’t Boo, Vote


 

Bloomberg: Trump’s Campaign Is a Con


 

Straight from the 8th Newsletter from State Senator Anthony Williams


 

Our DNC ‘Hunger Games’ Moments Must Not Derail Our Work


 

Victory: North Carolina Legislators Won’t Be Able to Suppress the Vote This Election


 

Gallup: Trump's speech the worst ever tested


 

Why Wait? New York Daily News endorses Hillary Clinton!


 

Holy wow! Gen. John Allen's incredible DNC speech will make your heart burst with patriotic pride


 

Is voting third party throwing your vote away? (Spoiler: yes, and here's why)


 

Constitution v. Citizens United: A 28th Amendment to overturn Citizens United is within our reach, and Hillary Clinton could make it a reality.


 

Trump Claims He’s ‘Made a Lot of Sacrifices’


 

Noted feminist receives rape/death threats against daughter—here's what she and others are doing


 

Reagan's speechwriter says Trump is 'unbalanced'—asks fellow Republicans to vote for Hillary (VIDEO)


 

The new political divide: Farewell, left versus right. The contest that matters now is open against closed


 

Elizabeth Warren's DNC Speech on Donald Trump's Hatred


 

Why Trump Supporters Think He'll Win


 

Former Bush official on Trump: 'He’s completely unqualified to be president and would be a menace'


 

Former George W. Bush NSC Official: Trump's Call for Russian Hacking is "Tantamount to Treason."


 

Bernie’s Graceful Exit


 

Commentary: Anti-Muslim rhetoric clashes with nation's values


 

The Women on Top Theory


 

Trump Wants to Reschedule Debates


 

CNN's Fareed Zakaria: Donald Trump Is "A Bullshit Artist"


 

'Disgusting and disgraceful': Veterans react to Trump's broadsides at Khan family


 

Dan Rather - "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"


 

American veteran writes open letter: 'To My Friends Who Support Donald Trump'


 

Party Platforms Deeply Divided on Defense Spending, Entitlements


 

Note to the Washington Post: Go to hell


 

John McCain's slam on Trump - full text - it is a must read


 

Trump's Ukraine statements reveal staggering ignorance, frightening duplicity, or both


 

Putin is giving aid and comfort to Trump. Today we found out why.


 

Democrats call for ‘pathway’ to marijuana legalization


 

EXCLUSIVE! Killer Mike Says the Republican Hate Machine Fed "Monster" Donald Trump


 

Why a constitutional amendment is, in fact, necessary to overturn Citizens United


 

USW Denounces Treatment of Soldier’s Mother by Trump


 

Retiring Republican congressman calls Trump a 'national embarrassment,'


 

Jeb Bush's top adviser leaves the Republican party: 'Donald Trump cannot be elected president.'


 

Clinton Seen as Much More Trusted on Foreign Policy


 

Trump asked 3 times in an hour security briefing why we can't just use nuclear weapons


 

OUCH! Newsweek exposes Trump as the business fraud he is.


 

Donald Trump is a bad father. Tremendously bad. The worst!


 

America is becoming 'a more perfect union,' so of course Republicans hate it


 

Democrats are already gearing up for our next redistricting battle in 2020


 

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump Creates Existential Crisis for Republican Party


 

A Masterstroke By Barack Obama


 

Trump, 'healthiest candidate ever to run for president,' got a medical deferment


 

Donald Trump could go nuclear in seconds, and there's no mechanism to stop him


 

Not Built for Speed


 

Hillary Clinton is 'doing the work.' Helped man with bladder cancer in his moment of need.


 

Donald Trump may be acting crazy, but it's keeping the news away from the one story he wants to bury  


 

Even if Trump loses in November, his toxic legacy will live on.


 

By attacking the Khan family, Donald Trump has gone too far


 

OMG! Republican Strategist Liz Mair Called Trump A "Loudmouthed D*ck" Live On CNN


 

Former Republican senator will vote for Hillary Clinton in order to keep 'sociopath' out of office


 

New 30 sec ad from Hillary. Scathing. UPDATE


 

Former head of CIA: Putin 'recruited Mr. Trump as an unwitting agent of the Russian Federation'


 

Bernie Sanders OpEd: "I support Hillary Clinton. So should everyone who voted for me"


 

Commentary: Why George W. Bush stood there and took the wrath of a soldier's mom. Listen up, Donald Trump.


 

The American Professional Military Ethic: Ephemeral and Unenforceable?


 

Trump’s Dangerous Bromance with Putin Is a National Security Threat


 

We Can’t Look Away: The Joy of Watching Donald Trump's Epic Presidential Trainwreck


 

Why Democrats and Republicans Literally Speak Different Languages


 

Bipartisan coalition of veterans, Gold Star family members tells Trump his comments were ‘unacceptable’


 

Trump, Rabin and the danger of indecency


 

Bill Kristol: Paul Ryan “Doesn't Think Donald Trump Should Be President”


 

Editorial Boards Laud Federal Rulings Against "Discriminatory" Voter ID Laws


 

Joy Reid drops the hammer on rude, snarling Trump surrogate: At least I’m not on Team Putin


 

An America-First Rebellion That Is Just Beginning


 

Republicans hope that triaging Trump will save them downballot. Good luck with that.


 

Republicans screw up again, nominate racist, sexist radio host in suburban swing district


 

Republicans are terrified Trump will cost them everything—including the House


 

New feature length movie, "The Last War Crime"


 

NEW PREVIEW CLIP FROM CITIZENS UNITED, THE MOVIE


 

Scathing House Intel Report on ISIS Fuels Trump’s Attack: A new report showing the Pentagon exaggerated its battlefield successes gives the GOP nominee fresh ammunition in the political fight over the Islamic State's rise


 

The Doctor Behind the Dyin’ Hillary Meme: Meet Breitbart’s favorite ‘doctor,’ who is declaring Clinton medically unfit to serve. She works for an organization that thinks abortion causes breast cancer


 

Clinton vs. Trump: Presidential Q & A


 

Meltdown! When One Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words. Trump's TIME Disaster


 

More and more Republican women realizing just what a total loser their nominee is


 

Hillary Clinton op ed in Deseret News


 

Donald Trump’s ‘Plan’ to Defeat Terrorism: A Little Obama, a Lot Illegal, and Inaccurate


 

It’s Impossible to Count the Things Wrong With the Negligent, Spurious, Distorted New Biography of George W. Bush


 

Trump’s ‘Ideology Test’ Could Bring Back a Hated McCarthy-era Law


 

Half-Indian man escorted out of Trump rally


 

Liberal, Moderate or Conservative? See How Facebook Labels You


 

This is why America cant have nice things


 

If fascism ever does come to America, the media will be goose-stepping right in line


 

Rebuttal: The George W. Bush Administration Still Lives in a World of Make-Believe


 

Open thread for night owls: In Texas, the mortality rate for pregnant women has doubled


 

After receiving a barrage of questions about Colin Kaepernick, a veteran responds loud and clear


 

AP Ignored Colin Powell's Foundation when He Was Secretary of State.


 

Republicans are already plotting to obstruct a Clinton presidency. This is why we must win the House


 

Hobbled by scandal, Corrine Brown is defeated by Al Lawson


 

Former model: Trump agency skirted visa laws


 

During Election Season, We Need News That Puts People First


 

Democrats Slightly Favored to Take Senate