Links

Hot tea linked to esophageal cancer in smokers, drinkers
[True for any hot liquid or food. ]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/05/health/hot-tea-esophageal-cancer-risk-study/index.html


7-year-old Indiana Girl Dies After Being Diagnosed With Flu, Scarlet Fever and Strep Throat
http://time.com/5133825/indiana-flu-death-savanna-jessie/


Democrats lash out at consumer watchdog amid reports the agency is dropping Equifax investigation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/02/05/democrats-lash-out-at-consumer-watchdog-amid-reports-the-agency-is-dropping-equifax-investigation/?utm_term=.a885c84daee0


Supreme Court Justice Alito denies stay in Pa. redistricting case
[I don't like Alito, but I think it is wrong that media and people are posting that "the Supreme Court" ruled against a stay in the Pennsylvania redistricting case, when it was Alito who did so.]
http://www.pennlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/02/supreme_court_justice_alito_de.html


Why He Is Leaving the F.B.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/opinion/leaving-the-fbi.html


More than 50,000 American bridges are falling apart
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/01/30/more-than-50000-american-bridges-are-falling-apart/23347759/?a_dgi=aolshare_facebook


Polar Vortex: How the Jet Stream and Climate Change Bring on Cold Snaps
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022018/cold-weather-polar-vortex-jet-stream-explained-global-warming-arctic-ice-climate-change?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social


Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said in a Sunday show interview that he does not believe the controversial GOP memo released last week "vindicates" President Trump in the Russia probe.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/372216-gop-rep-i-dont-think-memo-vindicates-trump


Government set to borrow nearly $1 trillion this year, an 84 percent jump from last year
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-spending-debt-analysis-20180203-story.html


Air pollution: black, Hispanic and poor students most at risk from toxins
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/01/schools-across-the-us-exposed-to-air-pollution-hildren-are-facing-risks


Polar bears could become extinct faster than was feared, study says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/polar-bears-climate-change


Scientists have found evidence that a gigantic comet measuring 62 miles in diameter smashed into Earth about 12,800 years ago, causing the planet to erupt into flames and threatening the survival of mankind.
https://www.morningticker.com/2018/02/scientists-shocked-by-massive-comet-discovery/


Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/04/technology/early-facebook-google-employees-fight-tech.html


Authorities say a good Samaritan with a handgun thwarted a savage attack on a police officer in Utah.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/02/04/he-bought-a-gun-to-protect-his-family-then-he-saw-someone-beating-up-a-cop/?utm_term=.d7c973409af3


Man carrying concealed pistol stops attack on Utah police officer
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/04/man-carrying-concealed-pistol-stops-attack-on-utah-police-officer.html


House committee passes bill that cuts Amtrak funding after crash due to republicans
Wed May 13, 2015
https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/politics/congress-amtrak-funding-crash/index.html


President Trump Sought To Cut Funding To Amtrak last year
http://www.newsweek.com/amtrak-derailment-trump-infrastructure-washington-751664


How democracies die, explained
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/2/2/16929764/how-democracies-die-trump-boosk-levitsky-ziblatt


GOP considers letting tax cuts for families expire sooner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-consider-plan-to-make-individual-tax-cuts-expire-sooner-shrinking-plans-benefits-for-working-class/2017/12/14/9d83b1ac-e0f2-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.77e5ee9ca1fc


Why economic inequality leads to collapse
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/feb/05/inequality-leads-to-economic-collapse