Net Neutrality Repeal Reinvigorates Nationwide Fight for Public Broadband…

Date: January 01, 2018

01) Net Neutrality Repeal Reinvigorates Nationwide Fight for Public Broadband

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“Ajit Pai thinks he won, and that his repeal of net neutrality will demoralize open internet activists. He’s wrong. His undemocratic, unethical act has reinvigorated the nationwide movement for public broadband; a permanent solution that would guarantee net neutrality remains intact, forever. In this segment we’ll discuss what you need to do to get public broadband in your county.

Sources:

https://theintercept.com/2017/12/15/fcc-net-neutrality-public-broadband-seattle/
https://www.wired.com/story/koch-brothers-are-cities-new-obstacle-to-building-broadband/“

Hillary Clinton’s Team Ignored & Mocked Warnings From Bernie Sanders’ Strategists…

Date: January 01, 2018

01) Hillary Clinton’s Team Ignored & Mocked Warnings From Bernie Sanders’ Strategists

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“Strategists from Bernie Sanders’ campaign explain how they tried to warn Hillary Clinton’s team that their general election strategy was going to be conducive to a President Trump, but in spite of numerous attempts to offer them advice, Sanders’ team was “f*cking ignored” and even “mocked.” Rather than listening to Bernie Sanders’ campaign insiders, Clinton’s team would only include them in on conference calls where they were told the “top three talking points about Hillary’s email server or something.” As a result of this hubris, well… we all know what happened.

Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-bernie-hillary-fcking-ignored-us-in-swing-states“

Politician Commits Suicide After Molestation Allegations…

Date: January 01, 2018

01) Politician Commits Suicide After Molestation Allegations

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“Read more here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/12/14/a-lawmaker-accused-of-molesting-a-teen-killed-himself-his-widow-calls-it-a-high-tech-lynching/

“Kentucky lawmaker Dan Johnson fatally shot himself Wednesday, two days after allegations surfaced that he had molested a member of his church when she was 17 years old, officials said.

Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said Johnson — a Republican state representative and self-proclaimed “Pope” of his Louisville church — died of “a penetrating gunshot wound to the head.”
The authorities found Johnson’s body Wednesday night after responding to a report about a concerning statement on his Facebook page. Officials had tracked the lawmaker’s phone to his location, near a bridge in Mount Washington, Ky., in a spot called the River Bottoms.”

Fentanyl Is KILLING America, Life Expectancy Dropping…

Date: January 01, 2018

01) Fentanyl Is KILLING America, Life Expectancy Dropping

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“Read more here:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cdc-us-population-life-expectancy-declines-second-year-in-a-row

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported that the life expectancy in the U.S. decreased in 2016 for the second year in a row.

According to the CDC’s 2016 mortality report, the life expectancy for a member of the U.S. population born in 2016 was 78.6 years, down 0.1 years from the expectancy for a person born in 2015, itself a decline from 2014.

The government figures released Thursday put drug deaths at 63,600, up from about 52,000 in 2015. For the first time, the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins played a bigger role in the deaths than any other legal or illegal drug, surpassing prescription pain pills and heroin.”This is urgent and deadly,” said Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The opioid epidemic “clearly has a huge impact on our entire society.”

Two-thirds of last year’s drug deaths — about 42,000 — involved opioids, a category that includes heroin, methadone, prescription pain pills like OxyContin, and fentanyl. Fatal overdoses that involved fentanyl and fentanyl-like drugs doubled in one year, to more than 19,000, mostly from illegally made pills or powder, which is often mixed with heroin or other drugs.”

Don’t shield students from opinions they don’t agree with, universities minister Jo Johnson warns…

Date: January 01, 2018

01) Don’t shield students from opinions they don’t agree with, universities minister Jo Johnson warns

“Students must not be shielded from views they disagree with under the banner of “safe spaces”, the universities minister has said, as he warns that the practise is “closing minds”.

The “worrying” trend of students seeking to “stifle” opinions that are counter to their own has swept across American campuses and is now gathering pace at British universities, Jo Johnson will say on Tuesday.

In a speech at the Limmud Festival in Birmingham, a celebration of Jewish learning and culture, he will warn that free speech is a key part of university life.

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He said that the new regulator for higher education, the Office for Students (OFS), will crack down on universities that fail to adequately safeguard free speech.

The watchdog will have new powers to punish universities which fall short, which could include fines or even being deregistered, which would effectively render them unable to operate.

Mr Johnson will say that free speech must not be used as a smokescreen by those who wish to limit the expression of others.”

It’s an astonishingly stupid behavior, to censor open speech and dialogue.

The answer to “bad speech”, is more speech.

That so many universities have lost touch with this fundamental principle, is just staggering.

Thank you to feinmann0, for that great link!

Ask An Atheist: Is There “Room at the Inn” for nonreligion?…

….	Date: January 01, 2018 01) Ask An Atheist: Is There “Room at the Inn” for nonreligion? “FFRF Staff Attorneys Liz Cavell, Sam Grover and Ryan Jayne will be discussing if Nativity Scenes on government property are constitutional. We will also talk about how to counter Nativity Scenes.” I’ve never had an issue with the nativity scene. Which makes this a difficult issue. I don’t want to see it go…Yet, I also agree that other groups commemorating the season, should be just as welcome there. I see no issue with governments having a time and place, for an open platform to seasonal commemorations…religious, and not…so long as they are not playing favorites. …which is where the “protest” element of this whole thing, becomes kind of…no longer in my better graces. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a tendency, to get on a lot of people’s nerves this way. No doubt…a lot of what they do, is justified… …But some of it is honestly just trivial.	….
– Atheist Media Links

The Florida Project Official Trailer #1 (2017) Willem Dafoe, Bria Vinaite Drama Movie HD…

….	Date: January 01, 2018 01) The Florida Project Official Trailer #1 (2017) Willem Dafoe, Bria Vinaite Drama Movie HD This still has to make it’s way around to some theaters.	….
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Happy New Year 2018!…

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Date: January 01, 2018 The warmest of Happy New Years, From the EQ. Foundation! This is going to be another successful and triumphant year, for Our Love Frontier…I can feel it in my bones. Goodbye to 2017… …It was a difficult year, in many ways…but it was still a good year…It was a year, I really needed this blog, more than most… I don’t know if most people understand, how just much this blog means to me…It is my lifeline, in many ways…It’s my outlet…and my gift to the world… I appreciate all who come here, in the pursuit of peace, love, knowledge and kindred companionship. …Let’s all make this year one to never forget! – Steve Diamond Auld Lang Syne:

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December 2017: A 134 Post Month!

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…………………………………..December – 2017 ………………………………….A 134 Post Month! This is a new monthly posting record…And a few posts still have to be made for the month.

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Drain The Great Lakes…

….	Date: December 31, 2017 01) Drain The Great Lakes	….