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Tesla CEO Elon Musk — whose company makes electric cars and has a new solar roof panel division — reminded more than 30 state governors at the National Governors Association meeting this weekend exactly how much real-estate is needed to make sure America can run totally on solar energy. “If you wanted to power the entire United States with solar panels, it would take a fairly small corner of Nevada or Texas or Utah; you only need about 100 miles by 100 miles of solar panels to power the entire United States,” Musk said during his keynote conversation on Saturday...

We’re talking about deep blue New York, but Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s crusade to stop the Trump agenda drove his approval numbers to its lowest ever. Yes, 53 percent still approve his performance, but this is a man who enjoyed 70 percent approval at one point. It was 67 percent in December of 2016. His unfavorables have jumped from 23 percent in December of 2016 to 37 percent today. Again, Schumer is from a solid Democratic state, but it seems that even voters here are tired, or disapproving, of the obstruction. Senate Democrats have blocked two-thirds of Trump’s nominees...

Our story today begins millennia ago, as the retreating glaciers (formed during the Ice Age) carved out the Great Lakes basin (during the earth’s last global warming period caused by carbon emissions). Along with the magnificently clear waters of the Great Lakes this global warming phenomenon left huge deposits of quartz sand behind that over time gathered in massive sand dunes that are still here today, although they are ever shifting and changing. The largest of these dunes reside in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore…where they rise 450 feet above the lakeOverlook at Pierce Stocking 9 Mile marker, Sleeping Bear...

Donald Trump, Jr. appears to be the latest figure in President Donald Trump’s inner circle to be caught in the giant web of the Great Kremlin Conspiracy. Trump the younger said he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton, but that all he got in his June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer was an earful about dropping the Magnitsky Act, which sanctions Russian officials involved in the death of a Russian lawyer who was killed in detention. If the Trump, Jr. meeting is just another chapter in the Beltway telenovela about Trump selling out America to the Russians through an...

AnchorsAweigh! Welcome all you deplorables to this week's edition of the Dose! This is EVERYTHING TRUMP. Administration, family, frustrations, joys, winning! We welcome your research, your commentary, your personal OT sharing and your presence. Even if you do not share a lot, just check in and say hi. Lurkers are welcome. Covfefe baby, Covfefe!Commissioning the USS GeraldRFord FAKEY, FLAKEY NEWS

WASHINGTON – How did American college campuses get to the point where all of the ills of Western Civilization are blamed on white male students? Scott Greer, author of “No Campus for White Men,” recently told national talk-radio host Laura Ingraham the problem is widespread. “It doesn’t matter where you go,” he said. “You can be going to a conservative, red state public university or you could be going to Oberlin, and you’re going to be hearing this dogma repeated throughout, that all whites, no matter their background, beliefs, or when their ancestors came here, they’re all responsible for every...

Generally speaking, if someone is running into a litany or a rant and denouncing you as a reactionary, that person is probably a communist. That is, in the 21st century. But what if the year is 1912? "Reactionary" is a word that statists of all stripes love to use, even those who do not behold the Communist viewpoint. In a speech denouncing the GOP, the DNC, and anybody else who he didn't like, Theodore Roosevelt said the following: I merely want to discuss the difference of policy between the Progressive and the Democratic Party and to ask you to think...

Andrea Parker (at :09)...we were supposed to go into cross examination of Alex Ellis. He apparently checked into the urgent care.....it looks like we'll be waiting until Monday to get the cross examination... (at :33)...Terry Petry, he's an attorney with the DNR. He handles environmental litigation....really boring day, jurors falling asleep.... (at :49)....They bring up all the court orders.... (at 1:00)... Some jury questions. Why was there such a large gap in time between court orders?.... (at 1:30) Did Bundy continue filing from 99 to 2012? The answer was yes. Were the legal proceedings between Cliven and the government? Yes....

Apparently Chuck Schumer just had a “Come to Jesus” moment with his thinking on Trump and Russia, Russia, Russia. Or else aliens have abducted the real Chuck Schumer. “When you lose to somebody who has 40 percent popularity, you don’t blame other things — Comey, Russia — you blame yourself,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in an interview.

A self propelled pothole repair vehicle proposed by a Russian engineer which doesn't exist just yet. I wonder if it ever will? Doesn't look safe for passers by.

The German government has been accused of abandoning its Jewish community as a surging tide of anti-Semitism means there are parts of the country where it is considered dangerous to be a Jew. Josef Schuster, the president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, made the call. He lamented a lack of action by the German government combined with mass, unfettered immigration from Muslim countries as being key contributors to the plight felt by the nation’s Jewish community. “In some districts in major cities, I’d advise people not to identify themselves as Jews,” Mr. Schuster said in an interview...

I've always wondered about the origins and meanings (if any) behind others Freeper handles. Its a quiet Sunday morning, so I thought it would be an interesting topic to start the day. What's the story behind your handle?

Ivory Latta grabbed a microphone after perhaps the grandest Mystics win of the season and turned to address the crowd. At least, I’m told she addressed the crowd. No one could possibly hear her. The crowd was too loud. The noise during Washington’s rather electrifying Wednesday afternoon comeback — the Mystics, playing without their top two scorers, trailed by as many as 21 and never led in regulation — was, I suggested to one Verizon Center regular, louder than 95 percent of Wizards games.

With all the joy and drama of those tumultuous days last November, somehow this little song parody of Gordon Lightfoot's 1970s hit "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" escaped my attention but it deserves a look-see. FReepers will no doubt understand the lyrics. The sound and video quality are a bit subpar but, lyrically, it's a solid work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOwSaSl_PGk#t=378.67102 Enjoy!

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told voters who support deporting children covered under the DREAM Act that he didn't want their vote. "I'm excited about giving you a chance to live the rest of your life" in America, Graham said of DREAMers. "I embrace you, and I want you to succeed," he said, speaking at a press conference with Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.).

This is a slow Sunday morning. I am not much of a vid watcher. And for over 25 years we didn't have a TV. Back a few years ago I found a TV, with Freeper input and have Netflix. To me the TV is a great going to the theater experience. I have been watching different things on the TV for occasional entertainment for the past couple of years, Netflix both streaming and DVD. I have discovered that most shows that I have watched, both the compelling ones that I have enjoyed like Longmire, Bluebloods, and even Father Brown have...

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's jailed pro-Kurdish opposition leader said no judge could stand up to Tayyip Erdogan, expressing doubts he could ever have a fair trial after the president publicly labeled him a terrorist. In a rare interview from prison, Selahattin Demirtas also told Reuters he believed he accepted some blame for failing to halt the collapse of peace talks between the government and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

A great white shark that's been tagged by researchers was spotted off the Jersey Shore on Friday evening. The shark, whose name is Hilton, pinged about 60 miles off Atlantic City at 9:21 p.m. The 12-foot, 1,300 pound male shark was tagged by OCEARCH, a science research organization that tags sharks and monitors their travel.

The Talk Shows July 23th, 2017 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci; Sens. John Thune, R-S.D., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Pre-empted for British Open golf tournament.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and John Barrasso, R-Wyo.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.THIS WEEK (ABC): President Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow; new White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders; Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Scaramucci; Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Al Franken, D-Minn.

The summer holidays are just around the corner, and there’s nothing quite like the buzz of knowing that there are at least six weeks ahead of homework-free fun. However, with so much time on your hands, it can be all too tempting to lounge on the sofa, rather than doing something a little more energetic. Consider stepping away from TV for a few days and see all the amazing things around town to inspire you to get out n’ about!