Link Me Up, Scotty - Fact Check Edition

Friday, March 3, 2017

Guess what? 45's first address to the Congress is packed to the rim with half-truths and utter falsehoods. This would be my shocked face.
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Finalists from Smithsonian Magazine's 2016 photo contest.
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Four mosques have been burned in the last seven weeks, an unprecedented string of hate crimes in the wake of 45's inauguration. But it's not his fault! He's NOT a bigot, he's not, he's not, he's not! (Insert eyeroll here).
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Tree Lobsters takes on the idea of regressing to the mean in light of 45's unprecedented behavior.
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A Benedictine Monk is making every effort to save both Christian and Islamic manuscripts from destruction by ISIS. Father Columba Stewart heads the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) based out of St. John's Abbey and University, and has made significant inroads in his mission. Defending intellectual freedom is one of the core values of true librarians, regardless of their faith tradition. Get on with your bad self, Father Stewart.

H/T Sister Carolyn
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Another shocking turn of events from the Putin Puppet White Nationalist Administration: Jeff Sessions, our Attorney General, had contact with the Russian Ambassador to the U.S., and then failed to mention it during his Senate confirmation hearings. He claims he didn't mention it because he was meeting with Ambassador Kislyak in his role as a Senator, rather than as a Trump advisor. Wink, wink. Nod, nod.
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An African-American boy is found hanged in the woods near Seattle, and his parents want some answers. Oh, and they're a Muslim family. I can't tell you how much my heart aches for this family. I hope they find the answers they seek and also some peace. Yes, that too.
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Turns out Orcas are not mono-cultural, but instead have region-specific differences. This surprises me not at all. Sentience comes in many forms, and assuming a highly intelligent sea mammal such as Orcas should only have one social structure would be as absurd as assuming all people, everyone, have the same social norms.

H/T Steve
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Texas sportscaster Dale Hansen has something to say about the brou-ha-ha surrounding Mack Beggs, a transgender teen who competes in high school wrestling.  I love this effin guy.
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Rep. Kevin Cramer (ND-R) had this to say about the female members of Congress who chose to wear white to 45's address to the Joint Congress:
“But by the way, did you notice how poorly several of them were dressed as well?” he asked. “It is a syndrome. There is no question, there is a disease associated with the notion that a bunch of women would wear bad-looking white pantsuits in solidarity with Hillary Clinton to celebrate her loss. You cannot get that weird.”
I don't even know what to say about this comment from a sitting Representative. Other than Susan B. Anthony is probably spinning in grave due to your total ignorance of history.
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Video of my Heart: Justin Timberlake and Matt Morris with a live rendition of Hallelujah. 



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Today's Sources:
  • The Washington Post: Mainstream media source with minimal bias and highly factual reporting. 
  • The Atlantic: Skews left but still a reliable source of in-depth, highly factual reporting.
  • Buzzfeed News: Left-center bias with mixed factual reporting. 
  • Tree Lobsters: A webcomic.
  • KUOW: Local NPR affiliate with minimal partisan bias and highly factual reporting.
  • Hakai Magazine: Magazine of the Hakai Institute, dedicated to long-term research at remote locations on the coastal margin of British Columbia, Canada
  • The Huffington Post: Left bias with a high degree of factual reporting. 
  • Politico: Left-center bias with a high degree of factual reporting. 

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