Links and comments

Presidential Pardons Might Not End Russia Prosecutions
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/presidential-pardons-might-not-end-russia-prosecutions-n797266


Cherokee Nation Assists in Hurricane Harvey Relief Efforts
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/cherokee-nation-assists-hurricane-harvey-relief-efforts/


Trump Halting Equal Pay Measure 'A Blatant Attack On Women,' Activists Say
https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2017/08/30/trump-halting-equal-pay-measure-a-blatant-attack-on-women-activists-say/#356f0e86395b


Winter Park-based Tampa professor fired after Hurricane Harvey 'karma' tweet
[Conservatives complain about political correctness from liberals, but they are at least as bad.]
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-tweet-harvey-storey-20170829-story.html


Where Harvey is hitting hardest, 80 percent lack flood insurance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/29/where-harvey-is-hitting-hardest-four-out-of-five-homeowners-lack-flood-insurance/


Space station video of Harvey can't be processed due to storm
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-harvey-flooding-nasa-johnson-space-center-shelter-in-place/


Harvey in Houston: Most Extreme Rains Ever For a Major U.S. City
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/harvey-houston-most-extreme-rains-ever-major-us-city


Will the "Comeuppance Caucus" get help for Harvey?
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/opinions/harvey-relief-funds-opinion-israel/index.html


Doctors thought she was psychotic, but her body was attacking her brain
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/29/health/brain-on-fire-nmda-encephalitis/index.html


Here’s How Climate Change is a ‘Death Sentence’ in Afghanistan’s Highlands
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/climate-change-death-sentence-afghanistans-highlands-21715


Tree-Killing Beetles Spread into Northern U.S. Forests as Temperatures Rise
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28082017/southern-pine-beetles-spreading-climate-change-northern-canada-new-jersey-maine


Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-28/trump-is-said-to-punish-longtime-aide-after-angry-phoenix-speech

TV and social media coverage showed that the site of his campaign rally, the Phoenix Convention Center, was less than full.
As his surrogates warmed up the audience, the expanse of shiny concrete eventually filled in with cheering Trump fans.

More Than 1,000 Died in South Asia Floods This Summer
The executives at fossil fuel companies and the politicians they pay off to manipulate people to ignore global warming for the sake of their own profits are mass murderers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/asia/floods-south-asia-india-bangladesh-nepal-houston.html


Fort Benning Drill Sergeants Suspended for Alleged Sexual Misconduct
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fort-benning-drill-sergeants-suspended-alleged-sexual-misconduct-n795186


Consistency is key for weight loss, study says
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/health/weight-loss-consistency-study/index.html


Civilians and strangers become heroes for Harvey victims
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/28/us/harvey-good-samaritans-cajun-navy-trnd/index.html


‘The windscreen phenomenon’ - why your car is no longer covered in dead insects
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/08/26/windscreen-phenomenon-car-no-longer-covered-dead-insects/


US man, allegedly stabbed for looking like neo-Nazi, actually stabbed himself
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/28/neo-nazi-stabbing-fake-colorado-joshua-witt


Dogs stick with sheep through wildfire
http://www.100milefreepress.net/community/dogs-stick-with-sheep-through-wildfire/


Energy Dept. Asks Scientists to Remove 'Climate Change' from Grant Proposal
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25082017/energy-dept-asked-scientist-remove-climate-change-project-description


An Unlikely Hurricane Hero Takes Over Chaotic Texas Storm Shelter
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2017-08-27/an-unlikely-hurricane-hero-takes-over-chaotic-texas-storm-shelter


Death toll from floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal crosses 1,200
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/death-toll-from-floods-in-india-bangladesh-and-nepal-crosses-1200


The Pardon of Joe Arpaio
https://www.thecontrarianconservative.com/blog/2017/8/26/the-pardon-of-joe-arpaio-was-worse-than-you-think

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/26/the-year-i-spent-in-joe-arpaios-tent-jail-was-hell-he-should-never-walk-free/?utm_term=.4f5e4c5ee987


Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Funding to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-abruptly-cuts-funding-teen-pregnancy-prevention-programs-n795321


Did Russians Target Democratic Voters, With Kushner’s Help?
http://www.newsweek.com/did-russians-target-dem-voters-kushners-help-613612


Homeless Man Sleeps Outside Animal Shelter In Hopes Of Finding His Lost Dog
https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/homeless-man-finds-lost-dog?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dodo


New study finds that climate change costs will hit Trump country hardest
https://skepticalscience.com/study-climate-costs-hit-trump-country-hardest.html


Infrastructure Advisers Quit, Say Trump’s Actions Threaten Homeland Security
https://www.yahoo.com/news/infrastructure-advisers-quit-trump-actions-220534283.html


Man exonerated after 25 years seeks millions from Detroit
A Detroit man who served 25 years in prison for murder based on sham evidence has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $100 million, saying police deliberately framed him by switching bullets to win a conviction.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-exonerated-25-years-seeks-millions-detroit-142251191.html


‘X’ Marks the Spot Where Inequality Took Root: Dig Here
In the mid-70’s, we traded in our post-World War II social contract for a new one, where “greed is good.” In the new moral narrative I can succeed at your expense. I will take a bigger piece of a smaller pie. Our new heroes are billionaires, hedge fund managers, and CEO’s.
http://www.eoionline.org/blog/x-marks-the-spot-where-inequality-took-root-dig-here/


Man Shaken After He's Viciously Stabbed Over Haircut Similar to Neo-Nazis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/man-shaken-apos-viciously-stabbed-202400282.html