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If politcians are not disobeying the law in their private lives, then their privacy should be respected. Rick Perry is probably going to run for president. He has a scandalous private life, but not an illegal one. He has a right to his privacy and so does Anthony Weiner and so does Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich and all of them. As a country, we need to reacapture our maturity.
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So far, this Pacific hurricane is not very large, but it’s a full fledged hurricane. There has been a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico that has been trying to form into a storm but seems to be dissipating. Still, it’s way early for so much activity. Best outcome: one or the other of these formations crosses the parched American southwest, soaking it–but never becomes so fierce that it does damage. Fingers crossed! http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_epac.shtml
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We’re still losing our bees–to the mysterious plague known as CCD or colony collapse disorder AND to pesticides. We not only need bees to pollinate our crops, we need BATS too (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to these incredible Linda Howe reports). Recent declines of bat populations caused by a new wildlife disease and fatalities at industrial-scale wind turbines could lead to substantial economic losses on the farm.read more