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The existence of human-caused climate change could not muster 60 votes amongst the idiot rich in the Millionaires Club. The resolution went down to defeat 50-49.

US Senate refuses to accept humanity's role in global climate change, again

It is nearly 27 years now since a Nasa scientist testified before the US Senate that the agency was 99% certain that rising global temperatures were caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

And the Senate still has not got it – based on the results of three symbolic climate change votes on Wednesday night.

The Senate voted virtually unanimously that climate change is occurring and not, as some Republicans have said, a hoax – but it defeated two measures attributing its causes to human activity.

Only one Senator, Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, voted against a resolution declaring climate change was real and not – as his fellow Republican, Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma once famous declared – a hoax. That measure passed 98 to one.

But the Senate voted down two measures that attributed climate change to human activity.

It's that time of the year. Time for sequels. Soon there will be a new Transformers movie, or Avengers movie, or some other Gawd awful monstrosity with the same predictable plot, but with a bigger budget and more explosions.

Earlier today the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia heard arguments about Gavin Grimm's request to use the boys bathroom at school. Grimm and the ACLU are suing the Gloucester County School Board.

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features jazz pianist Oscar Peterson. Enjoy!

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Saturday January 27, 1906
Caldwell, Idaho - The Scene of the Cold-Blooded Assassination of Steunenberg

From Indiana's Fort Wayne Daily News of January 26th, comes a vivid description of the horrific murder of Ex-Governor Steunenberg:

Scene of Steunenberg Murder; Victim
and Suspected Assassin
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There’s arguably a ‘next’ crash coming to us before too long, and partially because of that, I thought I might be able to a short series on how we might prepare for it as per the advice of a number of activists and writers.  Making food count is first, even though not all of my choices are the wisest, for instance: I sincerely can’t like WW pasta. brrrr.

Hey! Good Evening!

This evening's music features r&b singer and sax player Jackie Brenston. Enjoy!

Los Angeles-based sculptor Heath Satow has been commissioned by the Transgender Community Coalition to create a tribute to transgender victims of violence to be displayed as public art somewhere in Palm Springs.

The original rendering of the statue was created by coalition director Thomi Clinton and R. J. Taylor.

The original iteration of the transgender sculpture illustrates a life-size figure, made of steel butterflies, lying on its side. Where exactly the statue will find a permanent home in Palm Springs is still to be determined.

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Friday January 26, 1906
Boise, Idaho - Authorities Seek Simpkins of W. F. of M. in Steunenberg Case

From The Salt Lake Tribune of January 22, 1906:

NEW CLUES IN STEUNENBERG CASE
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Detectives Had Busy Sunday in
Searching for New Evidence.
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OFFICERS ON TRAIL OF SEVERAL SUSPECTS
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Sheriff Nichols of Canyon County Has
Collapsed Under Strain of Work.
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Special to The Tribune.

BOISE, Ida., Jan. 21.-Among the detectives, today was an active day for them in the search for more evidence against Harry Orchard and others in the Steunenberg murder case. It is reported that some new clues were found, which officers seem to think are very important.

View of Pinkerton Men.

Pinkerton men have been hunting up the new evidence, and they are positive in their findings. One of them said:

It pays to read past the headline