Month: February 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Officers Not Charged, Tiger Woods Hospitalized & Mail Trucks Makeover- Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • a grand jury's decision not to charge officers involved in a controversial and deadly police incident
  • the rollover crash that put Tiger Woods in the hospital
  • more COVID-19 vaccines on the way
  • what new data shows about college enrollment
  • how the USPS is going high-tech

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

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Sources:

Capitol Hill Security Hearing: Politico, The Hill, AP, CBS News, FOX News  

No Charges in Daniel Prude Death: NY Times, WSJ, ABC News, AP

Tiger Woods Hospitalized: AP, ESPN, WaPo, NY Times

Vaccine-Makers Boost Shipments: WaPo, Axios, AP, Politico, Full Hearing

College Enrollment Slumps: Bloomberg, Forbes, St. Louis Fed

Southern Baptists Oust Churches: AP, Axios, NY Times, Pastor Statement

Facebook to Lift Australia News Ban: AP, Axios, WSJ, Facebook

USPS Unveils New Mail Trucks: The Verge, Cnet, Reuters, USPS

Work Wednesday: Blue Collar Jobs Booming: WSJ, Fox Business

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Short Wave - Magnets: The Hidden Objects Powering Your Life

It's likely there's a magnet wherever you're looking right now. In fact, the device you're using to listen to this episode? Also uses a magnet. Which is why today, NPR science correspondent Geoff Brumfiel is taking us "back to school," explaining how magnetism works and why magnets deserve more respect.

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NBN Book of the Day - John D. Wilsey, “God’s Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles” (Eardmans, 2021)

When John Foster Dulles died in 1959, he was given the largest American state funeral since Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s in 1945. President Eisenhower called Dulles—his longtime secretary of state—“one of the truly great men of our time,” and a few years later the new commercial airport outside Washington, DC, was christened the Dulles International Airport in his honor. His star has fallen significantly since that time, but his influence remains indelible—most especially regarding his role in bringing the worldview of American exceptionalism to the forefront of US foreign policy during the Cold War era, a worldview that has long outlived him. 

God's Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles (Eardmans, 2021) recounts how Dulles’s faith commitments from his Presbyterian upbringing found fertile soil in the anti-communist crusades of the mid-twentieth century. After attending the Oxford Ecumenical Church Conference in 1937, he wrote about his realization that “the spirit of Christianity, of which I learned as a boy, was really that of which the world now stood in very great need, not merely to save souls, but to solve the practical problems of international affairs.” Dulles believed that America was chosen by God to defend the freedom of all those vulnerable to the godless tyranny of communism, and he carried out this religious vision in every aspect of his diplomatic and political work. He was conspicuous among those US officials in the twentieth century that prominently combined their religious convictions and public service, making his life and faith key to understanding the interconnectedness of God and country in US foreign affairs from World War I to Vietnam.

Zach McCulley (@zamccull) is a historian of religion and literary cultures in early modern England and PhD candidate in History at Queen's University Belfast.

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Andy Slavitt from Inside the White House

Dr. Bob catches up with Andy ahead of one of his White House COVID-19 press conferences to chat about what he’s been up to since temporarily leaving the show for a role in the Biden administration. They talk about the variants, the vaccines, and the administration's commitment to equity. Plus, a reflection on the U.S. passing 500,000 deaths, and how that’s pushing Andy to work even harder to bring an end to the pandemic.

 

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What A Day - Capitol Insecurity

Former Capitol security officials appeared before the Senate yesterday, citing communications failures for their inadequate response to the January 6th attack on the Capitol. The Senate also confirmed two more members of Biden’s cabinet: Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador and Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary. 

Facebook has now un-banned news on its platform in Australia, after blocking it there in protest of a proposed law that would have required Facebook to pay the outlets that give the platform its content. Now, Australia has backed off, and will only require Facebook to negotiate with media partners. 

And in headlines: the police officers who killed Daniel Prude will not face criminal charges, the Biden administration opened its first facility to house migrant children in Texas, and McDonald’s releases its new crispy chicken sandwich.

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #121” with Kelton Brisack & Jim Hegarty

Comedian Rivers Langley is back in his hometown in Alabama for the rest of 2020 and a bit of 2021. Also, there's a global pandemic still happening. This podcast is him catching up with his funny friends; sometimes on the phone, sometimes socially-distanced outside. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #121.  We have two VERY special guests today. First up is comedian Jim Hegarty. Jim has worked in TV forever and had a real-life encounter with recently-dead villain Rush Limbaugh. You can follow him on Instagram @JimHegarty.  Next up, making his debut on the podcast, is podcaster Kelton Brisack from the "Psychic Dolphin Garage" and "Garbage In, Garbage Out" podcasts. Follow Kelton on Twitter @SexConfetti.    Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms!  R.I.P. Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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The Daily Signal - Raised Democrat, Rep. Lauren Boebert Discusses Her Conversion to the Right

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., was raised in a Democrat household and was on welfare before her journey to becoming a conservative member of Congress.


"I was raised in a Democrat household. I was stuck under failed policies that put us into a cycle of poverty with no incentive to get out. At 11 years old, I stood in bread lines. I waited for government cheese, and that's not America's best," Boebert says.


She's also a wife, mom, and entrepreneur , with her own restaurant, Shooters Grill. How does she juggle all these different aspects of life, and what's her advice to other women in similar life situations? 


Boebert, who is freshman lawmaker, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss all this and more, as well as her trip on a recent congressional delegation to the U.S. -Mexico border.


We also cover these stories:

  • Security officials testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and said they believed the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6th was a coordinated attack. 
  • Republican senators grilled President Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, Xavier Becerra, on his vote against banning partial birth abortion.
  • The Senate confirmed Linda Thomas-Greenfield to the position of ambassador to the United Nations. 



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Python Bytes - #222 Autocomplete with type annotations for AWS and boto3

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Philosophers In Space - 0G135: All These Worlds (Bobiverse Book Three) and Ephemeral Ethics

Sup, Ephemerals?! I like to think these weekly interactions help me remember what it was like to be one of you so that I don't just decide to start throwing planets at all of you. Cause that's a thing we could very much do if I as a super powerful space hive.   All These Worlds (Bobiverse Book Three): https://www.amazon.com/All-These-Worlds-Bobiverse-Book-ebook/dp/B0736185ZL   Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy   Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/   Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com   If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!   Sibling shows:   Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/   Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/   Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/   Recent appearances:  Aaron was on You might Have a Point discussing progressive liberalism https://www.youmighthaveapoint.com/6   CONTENT PREVIEW: Bobiverse Book Four and Unstable Utopias
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Amarica's Constitution - Succession Inquisition

How does Akhil dislike the Presidential Succession Act?  Andy tries to count the ways.  This Constitutional disaster-in-waiting is definitively dissected.  We could have had President Pelosi being sued by would-be President Pompeo, with your 401k turning into a 201F. Show notes on the website include the three incarnations of the Act since the Founding, and some tips on counting from the experts.