{"id":19529,"date":"2016-02-01T19:22:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T03:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=19529"},"modified":"2016-02-01T19:22:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T03:22:49","slug":"terse-tuesday-tidbits-february-2-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/01\/terse-tuesday-tidbits-february-2-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Terse Tuesday Tidbits February 2, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m trusting TomCat to provide you with plenty for comment from Iowa’s caucuses, and results, so these are important stories that may get less attention than on other days.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Social Security would have all the money it needs were there greater income equality                  <\/span><\/span><\/strong>\"justice<\/a>
\n\t“Social Security would have all the money it needs were there greater income equality in the United States. Put differently, the majority of working people have contributed less than expected to Social Security because their earnings have not grown as quickly as the highest earning Americans or as quickly as the federal government had projected. Had people’s wages increased more evenly, Social Security would be adequately funded.”<\/strong><\/em>
\n\thttp:\/\/justcareusa.org\/social-security-would-have-all-the-money-it-needs-were-there-greater-income-equality\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Stunning video of the Leuser Ecosystem<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\t“Many people have likely heard of the Amazon or the Congo, but the lesser-known Leuser Ecosystem on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, is just as biologically diverse, just as important to the continued survival of species, and just as important for our global climate.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rainforestactionnetwork\/videos\/vb.8002590959\/10153864528320960\/?type=2&theater<\/a><\/p>\n

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Latin America to top professional working women league by 2025-Mercer<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20160127000319-pbaai\/?source=hpOtherNews2<\/a><\/p>\n

Brutal Repression in Egypt Exceeds Conditions Under Mubarak <\/strong><\/span><\/span>(video and text)
\n\thttp:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=15527<\/a><\/p>\n

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President Obama Roasts Donald Trump At White House Correspondents' Dinner!<\/strong><\/span><\/span> (2011 but worth a repeat)
\n\thttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k8TwRmX6zs4<\/a><\/p>\n

Julianna Forlano: Headlines! Sean Penn's Secret Weapon to Bring Down El Chappo! <\/strong><\/span><\/span>(video)<\/span><\/span>
\n\thttp:\/\/kpdailyfunnies.blogspot.com\/2016\/02\/julianna-forlano-headlines-sean-penns.html#.Vq9L_lMrI1g<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m trusting TomCat to provide you with plenty for comment from Iowa’s caucuses, and results, so these are important stories that may get less attention than on other days. Social Security would have all the money it needs were there greater income equality                  “Social Security would have all the money it needs were there greater […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}