What’s interesting in the news today?
Let’s start with this.
Scientists believe they have discovered why women talk more than men.
From ScienceWorldReport
“You know all the times that men complain about women talking too much? Apparently there’s a biological explanation for the reason why women are chattier than men. Scientists have discovered that women possess higher levels of a “language protein” in their brains, which could explain why females are so talkative.
Previous research has shown that women talk almost three times as much as men. In fact, an average woman notches up 20,000 words in a day, which is about 13,000 more than the average man. In addition, women generally speak more quickly and devote more brainpower to speaking. Yet before now, researchers haven’t been able to biologically explain why this is the case.
New findings conducted by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and published in The Journal of Neuroscience show that a certain protein may be the culprit.”
One of the commenters asks the obvious question, “But is there a cure?” 😯 🙂
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This stuff is starting to bother me. Sure, it’s great that they can do it and all that. But in the wrong hands….
From HotAir
“Via Mediaite, it’s old, old, old news that the U.S. and Israeli militaries are working on micro drones and, potentially, nano drones. Even the existence of the “micro-aviary” at Wright-Patterson is no secret. But this subject has new relevance now that the White House’s “white paper” on targeting U.S. citizens like Awlaki has leaked so you’ll want to watch below and read National Geographic’s nifty new piece out today about the growing ubiquity of UAVs. Drone warfare and cyberwarfare are the bleeding edge of defense but they’re running in opposite directions in terms of scale. Hacking used to be about breaking into individual computers; now it’s about stealing secrets across industries and taking down national infrastructure. Drones currently specialize in bird’s-eye views of terrain and sizable explosions to destroy a target; in the future they’ll likely focus on smaller-scale surveillance and individual assassination. How freaky could that get? Read this. If these things work as advertised, the age of “collateral damage” will be over. As will the age of accountability, if it isn’t already.”
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A story in New Jersey raises some serious issues.
From TheNYDailyNews
“Cops arrested Yusuf Ibrahim, 28, of Jersey City on Sunday after detectives found the bodies of the two men, aged 25 and 27, behind a home in Buena Vista Township, according to a press release. Their severed heads and hands were discovered at a separate burial site.The investigation into the grisly murder began Thursday following reports of suspicious activity at the Buena Vista home. Cadaver dogs located the bodies, which both suffered a single gunshot wound to their chests.”
“Their connection to Ibrahim remains unclear.”
But WND says the connection is obvious, if they know where to look. Here’s the piece with video from a local ABC station from WND.
“Authorities in New Jersey allege a Muslim man beheaded two Coptic Christians, burying their bodies and heads and hands in separate graves near Philadelphia, bringing the horror of the persecution of Christians in Islamic nations to the United States.
According to New York’s WABC-TV, the Muslim was identified as Yusuf Ibrahim, 28. He was taken into custody after the bodies were found.”
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I’ll reserve comment on this except to say that the idea of unionized govt workers getting furloughed for 1 day a week until September to cut the deficit doesn’t really bother me. NJ did it, and despite cries of impending doom it worked.
From TheHill
“The Pentagon notified Congress on Wednesday it will be furloughing its civilian workforce of 800,000 employees if sequestration goes into effect March 1.”
“Defense officials have warned lawmakers that sequestration will devastate the military and lead to a hollow force, but the civilian furloughs will be one of the first major impacts felt by the across-the-board cuts.
The Pentagon furloughs will affect civilians across the country. Pentagon officials have said that civilians could face up to 22 days of furloughs, one per week, through the end of the fiscal year in September. The employees would receive 30 days’ notice before being furloughed.”
Now I pretty much reserved comment. Charles Krauthammer said about all that needs to be said about this farce.
Remember the good old days (like 3 months ago) when the sequester was an idea Dems and the White House supported? Yeah, good times. My how things have changed.
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Wandering Views 
In the current edition of World, there’s an article about the conflict between North and South Sudan. As usual, the North is the aggressor. In the article, a man, a Muslim at that, says “Political Islam is going to divide Africa …What we have been fighting for over 20 years now dividing Egypt, Mali, Nigeria and Somalia”.
Being a Muslim, he should know that there is no non-political Islam. Islam is a political and religious system. Sharia is Islam. Every neighbor of an Islamic nation is going to have conflict.
Our leaders need to learn that.
But they probably already know.
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The two Coptic Christians must have been converts from Islam. It certainly appears that this was a ritual killing. According to the Koran, the Muslim must give the victim a chance to convert before killing. If he converts, he must be spared.
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Help me out here, I’m a woman of simple mind.
In “real” life, if you choose NOT to do your job, indeed, go home instead of completing the work you’ve been hired to perform, don’t you get fired?
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Yep.
But this is Washington DC. These are the elites. They don’t have to follow the same standards as us commoners. You can only fire them in 2, 4, or 6 years, depending on their elected position. It’s cool for them, but kinda sucks for us. 😦
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