Yesterday, 33 Republicans joined Democrats to renew the Violence Against Women Act
Guess who was not among them
NBC News explains the vote:
The House on Thursday passed an extension of the Violence Against Women Act, which provides protections for survivors of domestic violence, and includes new gun-related provisions that are opposed by the NRA. . . .
The bill today, which would extend the law for five years, includes new provisions . . .
Posted in: david mckinleygun control
Obamacare’s positive effects on WV’s opioid crisis
(This is probably the last time you’ll read about this)
A number of sites that cover health care are featuring a just-released study of Obamacare’s effects on the West Virginia’s opioid crisis. For example, Vox reported earlier today:
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is helping fight West Virginia’s opioid epidemic
It begins:
A growing body of research . . .
President Trump yesterday: wind turbine noise causes cancer
(Filed under “Trump stuff you can’t make up”)
From Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine:
In a speech tonight to House Republicans, Trump claimed that wind turbines cause cancer.
“They say the noise causes cancer,” the president of the United States asserted.
Additionally:
“Someone’s gonna leak this whole damn speech to the media,” Trump . . .
Posted in: pollstrump stuff you can't make up
Did nothing happen yesterday in the world, country, region or state?
The Wheeling Intelligencer devotes most of today’s front page to West Virginia University
(Note -- my first posting of this apparently did not go through the email system. This is a reposting.)
The headline at the top of the front-page reads:
WVU Touts Standing As Research Institution
The sub-heading tells us the specifics:
University receives R1 ranking
Is this . . .
Posted in: west virginia university
Did nothing happen yesterday in the world, country, region or state?
The Wheeling Intelligencer devotes most of today’s front page to West Virginia University
The headline at the top of the front-page reads:
WVU Touts Standing As Research Institution
The sub-heading tells us the specifics:
University receives R1 ranking
Is this news? Not if recency is part of your definition -- the announcement of continued R1 standing happened 100 days ago. . . .
Posted in: west virginia university
“It’s the same old song” (with apologies to the Four Tops)
Reading the Sunday Wheeling News-Register
The front page
More self-promotion masquerading as news
Easily the biggest article on the front page of today's Wheeling News-Register is the 700-word story (with picture) promoting Ogden’s Corporate Cup Challenge which is two months away. Not unlike the 1900 words on Ogden’s “Tough as Nails Urban Challenge” two weeks . . .
Posted in: concern trollingfair and balancedmichelle malkinogden self-promotionwheeling news-register
Hey, Ogden Newspapers: If you’re too cheap to pay for a plagiarism checker, there are free ones online
I know, I know. It doesn’t matter if the article is a “cut and paste” job – it takes up space
This morning, with a few minutes to kill, I looked at some sections of the paper that I usually don’t read. One article on page five (it’s also on page 5 of the evening paper) caught my attention:
Choose to Use Healthy Words
by Carrie White. (She apparently writes a "Healthy Ways" column.)
After . . .
Posted in: ogden newspapersplagiarism
