KMBC:
“Hopefully they all have tape on their mouths,” Savorelli joked.
The four young gators had apparently been confiscated and they would have been put down otherwise, so Savorelli offered to take them in.
From K-State:
A heartfelt collaboration:
K-STATE RESEARCHER AND SONS SHED LIGHT ON PLAQUE, HEART DISEASEMANHATTAN — Kansas State University’s David L. Wetzel, a professor of grain science and industry, is known around the world for using microspectroscopy to do chemical analysis of single cells and parts of cells. That is, he uses the spectrum of light to get information about biological samples. (more…)
The federal government is investigating whether any additional crimes have been committed in connection with the murder of Wichita late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller.
The United States Department of Justice announced today that the civil rights division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas will be examining evidence in the case to determine whether any violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act or any other federal statutes has taken place.
The act was enacted in 1994, and it makes it a federal crime to “injure, intimidate, or interfere with those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health care services.”
According to the FBI’s web site, these crimes could include death threats, murder, assault, arson, property damage, harassing phone calls, hate mail and blockades.
There were other factors, to be sure (such as the war of attrition between Moran and McAuliffe), but the WaPo endorsement did seem to prompt a second look at a guy who was looking like a third place finisher a few months ago.
The vwelcomes Creigh Deeds to the race by reminding voters of his rivals’ assessment of his weaknesses:
Despite prevailing in tonight’s gubernatorial primary, even Democrats know Creigh Deeds’ record of hiking taxes makes him unelectable this fall.
It’s no surprise that Democrat Terry McAuliffe said “Bob already beat Creigh once and he beat him on the gas tax.”
Brian Moran’s campaign also blasted Deeds in an ad saying, “raising the gas tax in the middle of a recession only hurts working people.”
TNR:
On June 12, Iranian voters will choose among four leading candidates for president, but their real choice is singular: whether to continue on the course plotted by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This ought to be a no-brainer: Ahmadinejad has made a mess of the economy, clamped down on political dissent and social freedoms, militarized the state, and earned the enmity of much of the world. In large Iranian cities, even those who voted for him in 2005 are almost unanimous in their disappointment. But in Iranian elections, demographics are everything. It all depends on who, exactly, shows up to the polls.
Yes, a liberal blogger for AOL got fired, right after he published a swiftly-removed criticism of the Playboy piece.
Needless to say, AOL (in the form of their political site’s editor, Melinda Henneberger) is doing its level best to push back against even the suggestion that there was any causal relationship between Tommy Christopher’s Playboy criticism and his firing. First Ms. Henneberger claimed that Mr. Christopher was going to be let go anyway. Newsbusters quickly published an article that indicated that they had emails showing that Christopher was on good terms with AOL up to the very day of the firing. Newsbusters also addressed Henneberger’s claim to not have even seen the article in question with a screenshot of the record of her deleting it** (and here’s another one of an internal AOL email indicating that the whole subject should be dropped). Henneberger is now claiming that while she apparently did delete that article, after all, she didn’t actually read it; and that any internal/external emails out there that indicate that Christopher wasn’t getting fired until after this happened are not reflective of what was going on in real life; and how dare anyone criticize the motives of somebody who has worked for such bastions of journalistic integrity and couth as the New York Times, Newsweek, & Slate***. And oh, yes: she wants you to know that Playboy is disgusting. The exact quote is “Everything they do degrades women!”
Good to know, given that AOL/Time Warner has been doing business with the women-degraders for some time now.
RCP:
RealClearWorld, the one-stop shop for the best international news and analysis, is co-sponsoring a special policy discussion on this week’s Iran presidential election. Hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, RCW will offer a live webcast of the event, which features Washington Institute’s Mehdi Khalaji, American Enterprise Institute’s Ali Alfoneh, as well as Iran expert - and regular RCW contributor - Meir Javedanfar.
The event takes place Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET.
Be sure to check out what will be a fascinating look into what the election could mean for the average Iranian, as well as for President Obama’s foreign policy.
Poll:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 36% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Twenty-eight percent (28%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of +8 (see trends).
TWS:
Senators Lieberman and Graham have just concluded a press conference held in response to a still unconfirmed move by the Democratic leadership in the House to strip from the supplemental appropriations bill an amendment that would bar the release of detainee photos. That amendment, the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act, had been attached to the supplemental by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate and with the explicit support of the White House. However, as THE WEEKLY STANDARD reported last Friday, the Democratic leadership has been unable to secure the votes necessary to pass the supplemental and is moving to strip out the Graham-Lieberman amendment under pressure from House liberals. (more…)
While it’s still unclear who will turn out to vote in Virginia’s Democratic primary, much less who will win, the campaigns and other veteran observers agree that the once-sleepy spring contest will probably more closely resemble the low turnout model of 2006 - when 155,784 voters nominated Jim Webb, then thought to be an uphill challenger against then-Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) - than the 980,997 who turned out in last year’s historic presidential primary.
Calling it the “Kennedy” bill is something of an overstatement. Senator Kennedy chairs the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, and his staff wrote the draft. By all reports, however, Chairman Kennedy’s health is preventing him from being heavily involved in the drafting. Senator Reid has designated Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) to supervise the process, but as best I can tell, it’s really the Kennedy committee staff who are making most of the key decisions. For now I will call it the Kennedy-Dodd bill. (more…)
From K-State:
News release prepared by: Beth Bohn, 785-532-6415, bbohn@k-state.edu
K-STATE QUARTER-SCALE TRACTOR TEAM TAKES SECOND PLACE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
MANHATTAN — The Kansas State University Quarter-Scale Tractor Team has won second place at the 12th annual International Quarter-Scale Tractor Competition sponsored by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, May 29-31, in Peoria, Ill.
For the competition, each student team designs, builds and demonstrates a utility or recreational pulling tractor. A panel of industry experts judged each design for innovation, maneuverability, sound level, serviceability, ergonomics, safety and manufacturability. Teams also participated in a performance demonstration made up of four tractor pulls. (more…)
A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down “wandering” seniors suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.
“The technology will provide the location of the individual wearing the shoes within 9m (30 feet), anywhere on the planet,” said Andrew Carle, an assistant professor at George Mason University who served as an advisor on the project.
From K-State:
K-STATE COORDINATING 10TH ANNUAL GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE ON JUVENILE JUSTICE
MANHATTAN — The 10th annual Governor’s Conference on Juvenile Justice, “Making a Difference — One Youth at a Time,” will be June 21-24 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 W. Watermen St., Wichita.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority, Kansas Advisory Group on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and Spirit AeroSystems. It is coordinated by Kansas State University’s Division of Continuing Education. (more…)
Poll:
By a virtually identical margin, 67% to 16%, U.S. voters believe the same is true of well-qualified white and Hispanic judges.
Survey respondents were asked to imagine that two well-qualified judges heard a series of challenging legal cases and that the judges both carefully examined all the facts, studied the appropriate law and honestly tried to apply the law as it was written. (more…)
AP:
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration.
The court said it will not hear an appeal from former Army Capt. James Pietrangelo II, who was dismissed under the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
The federal appeals court in Boston earlier threw out a lawsuit filed by Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans. He was the only member of that group who asked the high court to rule that the Clinton-era policy is unconstitutional.
From K-State:
K-STATE’S GREEK HONORARY, ORDER OF OMEGA, SELECTS NEW MEMBERS
MANHATTAN — Leadership, academic excellence and a commitment to the Greek community at Kansas State University earned several K-State students membership in the university’s Greek honorary, Order of Omega.
Members of Order of Omega promote Greek strength, integrity, leadership and service to the university and the Manhattan community. Faculty advisers to the honorary are Tim Lindemuth, editor of the K-State Alumni Association’s K-Stater magazine, and Alex Sune, a graduate assistant with K-State’s new student services. (more…)
