Seattle Times – by Lynda V. Mapes

The Lummi Nation is marshaling a mop-up of thousands of fugitive Atlantic salmon in the tribe’s territorial waters, and the Swinomish chairman has called for a shutdown of the farmed-salmon industry in Puget Sound after last weekend’s spill.

Swinomish fishermen caught farmed Atlantic salmon in the Skagit River on Wednesday night, as the fish continued to disperse through the Puget Sound, said Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. He also received a report of an Atlantic salmon caught off Alki Point on Thursday afternoon.
Continue reading “Farmed salmon ‘heading to every river in Puget Sound’”

Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering

White House economic adviser Gary Cohn challenged Donald Trump’s response to Charlottesville, insisting that the president had to do a better job condemning white supremacists.

“I believe this administration can and must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups and do everything we can to heal the deep divisions that exist in our communities,” Cohn said in an interview with the Financial Times.   Continue reading “Gary Cohn Criticizes Donald Trump’s Response to Charlottesville Protests”

BBC News – by James Gallagher

People with higher levels of lithium in their drinking water appear to have a lower risk of developing dementia, say researchers in Denmark.

Lithium is naturally found in tap water, although the amount varies.

The findings, based on a study of 800,000 people, are not clear-cut. The highest levels cut risk, but moderate levels were worse than low ones.   Continue reading “Lithium in tap water may cut dementia”

NPR – by Amy Held

Self-described white nationalist Christopher Cantwell, who became a public face of the now-infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlotteville, Va., was denied bond Thursday at the Albemarle County General District Court, said University of Virginia Police.

Cantwell had turned himself in to the Lynchburg Police Department a day earlier and will remain in custody at the Albemarle Charlottesville Regional Jail, said UVA Police.

On Tuesday, police obtained warrants for Cantwell’s arrest on two felony counts of using tear gas and one felony count of causing “malicious bodily injury” with a caustic substance.  Continue reading “White Nationalist Christopher Cantwell Surrenders After Charlottesville Violence”

Herald and News – by Stephen Floyd

CHILOQUIN, OREGON — The impending cancellation of the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (UKBCA) could affect municipal water in Chiloquin, with city officials planning to meet next week to discuss their options.

The Klamath Tribes has exercised its right to end the agreement and the decision is awaiting ratification from the U.S. Department of Interior.

Tribal Chairman Don Gentry has said the UKBCA was dependent upon the now-dissolved Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. Without the KBRA, parties in the UKBCA have been unable to reach a consensus.   Continue reading “Chiloquin water could be vulnerable to water call”

NPR – by Jim Zarroli

With the federal government getting closer to running out of cash to cover all bills on time, companies that evaluate bonds are having to consider how to rate America’s creditworthiness.

And their job didn’t get any easier on Thursday when President Trump continued his attacks on congressional leaders over their failure to raise the federal debt ceiling.

Other U.S. officials have been trying reassure the financial markets that no default is imminent.   Continue reading “America’s Credit Rating On The Line As Debt Ceiling Deadline Approaches”

Tucson.com – by Carmen Duarte

An undocumented immigrant, who was hiding in grass, was injured by a tractor mowing vegetation on the sides of the road southwest of Bisbee, authorities said Thursday.

The 27-year-old injured man appeared to have a broken leg and was treated by a Bisbee Fire Department crew before he was taken to a Tucson hospital, said Carol Capas, a Cochise County Sheriff’s spokeswoman.

Continue reading “Cochise County Sheriff’s: Undocumented man hiding in grass injured by tractor”

NBC 4 New York

New Jersey’s oldest resident, who once claimed beer and whisky kept her spry, has died at the age of 112.

Agnes Fenton, of Englewood, died Thursday morning, according to The Record.

Fenton was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, in 1905 and owned a restaurant in Tennessee before moving to New Jersey with her second husband.   Continue reading “New Jersey’s Oldest Resident, Whose Secret to Longevity Was Alcohol, Dies at 112”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: This is absolute blasphemy. This atheist group claims “the Bible is a violent, racist book that has inspired violent, racist organizations“. These people are a bunch of idiots, absolute idiots. Call it what it is, we do not play politically correct games on this site. If you listen to a fool you are a bigger fool than they are. ‘But Brandon Christians should not talk that way.‘ If that is what you are thinking you are just too sugar sweet for our Father to use. You know what happens to snow flakes? They melt when the sun comes out a bit. Are you going to melt before your enemies or grow a back bone? Grow a back bone already and stand up for your Father not some man. The Kentucky Governor is absolutely correct and should be applauded here…
Continue reading “Blasphemy: Atheist Group Claims “The Bible Is A Violent, Racist Book That Has Inspired Violent, Racist Organizations””

Fox News – by Hollie McKay

It seems California lawmakers’ efforts to force rifle owners to register their personal details, or resort to cumbersome reloading or giving up their arms altogether, may have missed the mark.

Although months behind schedule, the State of California’s Department of Justice (DOJ) this week opened up its online registration for gun owners to enroll their bullet-button toting AR-15 rifles – now deemed to be “assault weapons” – in line with a controversial set of sweeping gun control laws signed into state law last year.   Continue reading “How California gun owners are legally keeping their AR-15 rifles”

Business Insider – by Daniel Brown

Russia’s ambassador to Sudan was found floating dead in a swimming pool in his Khartoum home on Wednesday.

Mirgayas Shirinskiy, 63, “was found in his residence with evidence of an acute heart attack,” Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, told BBC on Thursday.    Continue reading “Russian ambassadors keep dying in mysterious ways”

My Statesman – by Ryan Autullo, Ralph K.M. Haurwitz

A relative of Maj. George Washington Littlefield is suing University of Texas President Gregory L. Fenves for removing Confederate statues that his great-grand-uncle donated to the university in the 1920s.

In response to the deadly protest involving a Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Va., Fenves ordered that four statues — including three of Confederate figures — displayed on the South Mall of the UT campus be taken down overnight, with work starting Sunday after 10 p.m.   Continue reading “UT president sued for removing Confederate statues”

AOL – by Alex Lasker

A farmer in Wiltshire, England, decided to thank the the firefighters who saved her piglets from a barn fire in an almost twisted yet somehow fitting manner.

Back in February, officers from the Pewsey Fire Station responded to a blaze at a farm where 60 metric tons of hay had caught on fire.

The quick-acting officials ended up saving 18 piglets and two sows from what would have been a terrible death.   Continue reading “Piglets saved from blaze served as sausages to firefighters who rescued them”