{"id":20099,"date":"2016-02-23T12:33:51","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=20099"},"modified":"2016-02-23T12:33:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T20:33:51","slug":"terse-tuesday-tidbits-february-23-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/23\/terse-tuesday-tidbits-february-23-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Terse Tuesday Tidbits February 23. 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px\">Is This the End of Parking?<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>&ldquo;This could revolutionize the way we drive.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2016\/01\/future-parking-self-driving-cars\">http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2016\/01\/future-parking-self-driving-cars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Artist creates exquisite, hand-crafted coral to send a message about climate change<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/living\/artist-creates-exquisite-hand-crafted-coral-to-send-a-message-about-climate-change\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-static\">http:\/\/grist.org\/living\/artist-creates-exquisite-hand-crafted-coral-to-send-a-message-about-climate-change\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-static<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Enable the Coup in Honduras?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>&ldquo;On June 28, 2009, when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was overthrown by a military coup. The United Nations, the European Union, and the Organization of American States condemned the coup, and on July 5, Honduras was suspended from the OAS.<br \/>\n\tUnder longstanding and clear-cut U.S. law, all U.S. aid to Honduras except democracy assistance, including all military aid, should have been immediately suspended following the coup.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/robert-naiman\/secretary-of-state-hillar_b_9273712.html\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/robert-naiman\/secretary-of-state-hillar_b_9273712.html&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/0122sanders_hillary.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-19321\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"0122sanders_hillary.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19321\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/0122sanders_hillary-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/0122sanders_hillary-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/0122sanders_hillary.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Sanders&#039; Wall Street Tax Could Raise $300 Billion A Year <\/strong><\/span>(text and video)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&ldquo;Robert Pollin, who authored the Inclusive Prosperity Act, says transaction taxes are common in many capitalist countries&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=15699\">http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=15699<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Carnage in Syria a Product of US Empowerment of Saudi Arabia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&ldquo;Vijay Prashad and Paul Jay discuss the demands Americans can make of the US government to create a cessation of hostilities&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=15697\">http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=15697<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Syria&#039;s Assad says he is ready for truce if &#039;terrorists&#039; do not exploit it<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<strong><em>&ldquo;The US and Russia have reportedly reached agreement on the terms of a truce in Syria, according to reports. Military action against Nusra Front and Islamic State would be allowed under the deal, which would begin Saturday.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-crisis-syria-assad-idUSKCN0VT0WP\">http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mideast-crisis-syria-assad-idUSKCN0VT0WP<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Ever wonder how kids with autism see the world? That&#039;s all it may take to understand them.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/ever-wonder-how-kids-with-autism-see-the-world-thats-all-it-may-take-to-understand-them?c=upw1\">http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/ever-wonder-how-kids-with-autism-see-the-world-thats-all-it-may-take-to-understand-them?c=upw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>A mini history lesson about the concentration camps on American soil.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-mini-history-lesson-about-the-concentration-camps-on-american-soil?c=upw1\">http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/a-mini-history-lesson-about-the-concentration-camps-on-american-soil?c=upw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Parts of America already in recession. Bloomberg:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>&ldquo;Four states &mdash; Alaska, North Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming &mdash; are in a recession, and three others are at risk of prolonged declines&hellip;&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-02-22\/recession-already-reality-in-spots-from-west-virginia-to-wyoming\">http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2016-02-22\/recession-already-reality-in-spots-from-west-virginia-to-wyoming<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>These 6 women got written out of tech history. They&#039;re finally being recognized.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>&ldquo;70 years ago, six Philadelphia women were recruited by the United States Army for a very special project.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/these-6-women-got-written-out-of-tech-history-theyre-finally-being-recognized?c=upw1\">http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/these-6-women-got-written-out-of-tech-history-theyre-finally-being-recognized?c=upw1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px\"><strong>Incredible glacier art pays homage to our disappearing ice<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>&ldquo;Diane Burko has a penchant for glaciers. Her paintings and photographs of frozen landscapes evoke the sensation that you&rsquo;re standing on ice that could soon melt away &mdash; as ice these days is wont to do.&rdquo;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/living\/incredible-glacier-art-pays-homage-to-our-disappearing-ice\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-static\">http:\/\/grist.org\/living\/incredible-glacier-art-pays-homage-to-our-disappearing-ice\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-static<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is This the End of Parking? &ldquo;This could revolutionize the way we drive.&rdquo; http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2016\/01\/future-parking-self-driving-cars Artist creates exquisite, hand-crafted coral to send a message about climate change http:\/\/grist.org\/living\/artist-creates-exquisite-hand-crafted-coral-to-send-a-message-about-climate-change\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=weekly-static Did Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Enable the Coup in Honduras? &ldquo;On June 28, 2009, when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, democratically elected Honduran President Manuel Zelaya <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/23\/terse-tuesday-tidbits-february-23-2016\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/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-20099","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\/20099","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=20099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}