Saturday, March 12, 2016

WEEKEND READING (March 12, 2016)



America's most P.C. and most prejudiced places (Abodo).

Stunning photos showing NYC subway cars being dumped into the ocean (Viral Forest).

7 charts on how the world views President Obama (Pew Research).

Sanders fires back at Clinton for healthcare comments (The Hill).


ON SECOND THOUGHT ...
Seattle Seahawks Kam Chancellor went to look at a gym he was thinking of buying, gym employees called the cops on him ... Chancellor decides not to buy (ftw.usatoday).

Veteran says he regrets shoving female protester at Trump rally (Military.com).

Right to bear arms? Not at right-wing CPAC 2016 (The Daily Beast).

Wannabe Marine told not to bother after his ugly role in Donald Trump rally in Louisville (Daily News).


SCIENCE
Species of bees and other pollinators are shrinking, UN report warns (PBS).

The beginning of the end: Google's AI has beaten a human player at the complex game of Go (Quartz).

Last year Denmark produced 140% of its energy needs with renewable power (The Guardian)


THE TRUMP EFFECT ... VIOLENCE & RACE-BAITING
Donald Trump's rally in Chicago canceled after violent scuffles (NY Times).

Trump supporter charged with assault for sucker-punching black man in face at NC rally (Washington Post).

Aspiring Marine booted for harassment of black woman at Trump rally (Marine Times).

The 'Trump Effect' is contaminating our kids and could resonate for years (Washington Post).

Anti-Latino hate groups stump for Trump (Huffington Post).

'F**k you, you whore!': Watch angry white people go berserk outside Trump rally in St. Louis (Raw Story).


THIS TRUMP STUFF JUST KEEPS ON GOING
Eight times protesters were attacked, dragged from Donald Trump rallies (RT).

Trump influencing youths? Basketball game turns sour as high school students shout 'build a wall' against Hispanic opponents (Latin Post).

In Iowa, students chant 'Trump! Trump!' after basketball loss to more racially diverse high school (LA Times).

White supremacists mobilize for Donald Trump (Huffington Post).

Donald Trump strongly suggests he's willing to go to war with Mexico to finance his "big beautiful wall" (Salon).


WHO NEEDS TRUMP? THESE GUYS ARE NUTS ON THEIR OWN
Ted Cruz: Supreme Court on brink of throwing religious people in prison (Right Wing Watch).

Pat Robertson: Yoga tricks people into speaking Hindu (Right Wing Watch).

Senator Tom Cotton: Social Security benefits cause people to 'spiral downward' into heroin addiction (Raw Story).

BUSTED: Marco Rubio and his family lied about escaping Castro in the 1950s - It never happened (Addicting Info).

Family values hypocrite Bill O'Reilly loses custody of his kids after choking wife (Patheos).

Creationist who believed Obama was a gay prostitute about to join Texas Board of Education (Patheos).

Michigan Tea Partiers hit with felony charges for botched cover-up of affair (TPM).


THE GIFT OF FAILED GOP POLICIES
Remember when Scott Walker's reforms were going to deliver a booming economy (PR Watch).

90 year old Iwo Jima vet blocked from voting by GOP voting ID laws (ReverbPress).


MISCELLANEOUS 
Ten true facts guaranteed to short-circuit Republican brains (Daily Kos).

The 9 most dumbfounding moments from the latest GOP debate (Salon).

Domestic terrorism a persistent threat in the United States (StratFor).

Texas school assembly on rape and domestic violence goes awry after speaker tells girls she wouldn't feel bad if they were raped (The Root).

OK, one more about Trump ... Trump has a twin: A potty-mouth, China-bashing former Ohio congressman helps explain Trump's appeal to white voters (Quartz).

- Mark

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