Month: August 2024

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Up First from NPR - Trump & Harris Appearances, Ferguson 10 Years Later, Olympic Track Night

Less than 90 days until the November election, both Presidential campaigns are in full force. A look back on changes in law enforcement and activism since the police killing of teenager Michael Brown, Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri a decade ago, and U.S. track and field athletes have big night at the Paris Summer Olympics.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Expelling mistake: the costs of hardline immigration policy

The rich world is experiencing record migrant flows—and the attendant social upheaval. Finding immigration policies that are not economically ruinous is damnably hard. Our three-part series starts to unpack why people are so fed up with the big dating apps (11:10). And the head-spinning history of how break(danc)ing became an Olympic sport (18:44).


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.9.24

Alabama

  • AL state auditor says Tim Walz is most liberal choice that Harris could make
  • Auburn's Bruce Pearl also rails into Tim Walz and his "friend" Ilhan Omar
  • Judge appoints CPA to continue audit of the Mabel Amos Trust Fund
  • Albertville Police seek answers to busses dropping off Haitian migrants
  • An Illegal alien arrested in Montgomery for shooting and injuring a person
  • AL Ethics commission finds Decatur mayor made minor ethics violation
  • Bill Bussey has plans at JSU after the end of  "Rick and Bubba" radio

National

  • Stolen valor outrage continues with Tim Walz and his rank/record claims
  • Harris campaign revealed by online influencers to be "astroturfing"
  • Trump holds 1 hour press conference, reveals debate dates if Harris accepts
  • David Weiss files court claims against Hunter Biden and $ from Romania
  • NY woman files lawsuit against Planned Parenthood for rushing transgender surgery
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Unexpected Elements - Let them eat crab

This week we’re inspired by the price of a lobster dinner fit for a king. The recently revealed price tag for President Macron’s banquet back at the end of 2023, about half a million dollars, kickstarts an Unexpected Elements challenge – can the team create something similar and manage to save not only cash, but an Italian ecosystem from an American invader?

And waste not want not as we discover how the bits of a crustacean dinner you’d usually throw in the bin may be the key to a new generation of rechargeable batteries.

We’ll also be exploring the science of spices with Dr Stuart Farrimond and singing the praises of a blue-blooded crab that’s really a giant spider, which has been helping out the medical industry for decades.

That plus many other Unexpected Elements.

Bon appétit!

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Fingerprints (Encore)

Located on the tips of our fingers are features known as friction ridges. We evolved them to get a better grip on objects. 

It just so happens that those friction ridges are unique to every person. 

That allows us to use friction ridges as unique identifiers and for authorities to use them to catch criminals, and in some ways, we have been doing so for centuries. 

Learn more about fingerprints and fingerprinting on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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Pod Save America - Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Meltdown

Trump throws a temper tantrum at Mar-a-Lago, boasting he draws bigger crowds than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did for the “I Have a Dream” speech. Is he freaking out because Harris is surging in the polls? Meanwhile, Harris and Walz hit Detroit, where they score a UAW union endorsement and tout her economic record. Brian Tyler Cohen discusses his new book, “Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy,” and then joins Jon and Favs for a game called Take Appreciators.

 

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The NewsWorthy - Trump-Harris Debate Set, Mortgage Rates Drop & ‘Panda Day’- Friday, August 9, 2024

The news to know for Friday, August 9, 2024!

We're telling you about former President Trump's first major event since the Democrats' presidential ticket was finalized.

Also, we have the latest track of what was once Hurricane Debby. It's still doing damage on the East Coast. 

Plus, a positive sign for the U.S. housing market, what to expect from the Olympics' closing ceremony, and how to see the best meteor shower of the year this weekend. 

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Opening Arguments - Is It Illegal To Make Elon Musk Sad

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We begin with Neil Gorsuch’s recent appearance on Fox News. How normal is it for a sitting Supreme Court justice to go on Fox News, and did Gorsuch really just threaten the Biden administration over its relatively minor court reform proposals? 

In our main story, we break down two major antitrust suits from the past week: Elon Musk’s ridiculous claim that corporations which refuse to advertise on a social media platform which has failed to regulate neo-Nazi and animal abuse content are violating Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, and District Court judge Ahmet Mehta’s extremely reasonable findings that Google’s anticompetitive practices are in violation of Section 2. Also, Matt has some nice things to say about Richard Nixon.

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