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| Update: Sounder Southline Delays Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:46 PM PST
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| Rider Alert: Sounder Southline Delays Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:10 PM PST
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| Additional Meeting Materials for the 12/18 Board Meeting Posted: 16 Dec 2014 06:03 PM PST
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| Rider Alert: Sounder Southline Delays Posted: 16 Dec 2014 05:44 PM PST
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| HUFFPOST HILL (Today's! Really!) - Happy Hanukkah! Molotov! Light The Manure! Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:28 PM PST  By Eliot Nelson and Arthur Delaney Note: We erred earlier and sent out an old edition of HuffPost Hill (it's the edition our newsletter sending program defaults to). What with all the White House speculation and anxiety about the president's leadership, we must have just assumed the two editions were the same. Without further ado, here is today's HuffPost Hill…. Jeb Bush's path to the Republican presidential nomination lies in South Carolina, so he might as well go ahead and make spurious claims about John McCain's daughters. A judge ruled that Obama's executive action on immigration was illegal, so we guess there will be a bunch of self-deporting now. And Mitch McConnell announced his first bill will be the Keystone Pipeline, because if there's one thing that's politically resonant right now, it's high fuel costs. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Tuesday, December 16th, 2014: MITCH WANTS KEYSTONE - Mike McAuliff: "Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who will take charge of the chamber next month when the new GOP-led Congress takes office, offered a taste of his priorities Tuesday, telling reporters the first action taken on his watch will be passing a bill to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. A bill offered by Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) that would mandate the construction of the pipeline from the tar sands of Canada to the Gulf Coast almost passed in the waning days of this Congress, and would be nearly certain to succeed in a Republican-led Senate, much as it was repeatedly passed in the GOP-led House. 'The first item up in the new Senate will be the Keystone XL pipeline, the Hoeven bill,' McConnell told reporters at his final Capitol Hill news conference of the year. 'It will be open for amendment, and I hope that senators on both sides will offer energy-related amendments,' McConnell said. 'There will be no effort to try to micromanage the amendment process. But we'll move forward and hopefully be able to pass a very important job-creating bill early in the session.'" [HuffPost] Associated Press has a tip for Scott Walker: "A Molotov cocktail is a crude incendiary device, like gasoline in a jar, that's typically lit with a rag. Mazel tov is a Jewish phrase expressing congratulations or good luck." JUDGE HATES OBAMA AMNESTY - Elise Foley and Ryan Grim: "A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Tuesday that President Barack Obama's administrative actions on immigration, which could grant deportation relief to up to 5 million people, go beyond'beyond prosecutorial discretion' and are therefore unconstitutional. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Schwab, a George W. Bush appointee, was the first to address the constitutionality of Obama's executive actions. Schwab's decision, however, does not appear to carry any real-world consequences." [HuffPost] ABOUT THAT JUDGE… "The judge, who has a highly unusual history of being removed from cases due to temperament and charges of bias, was not asked to rule on the issue and instead inserted his opinion into a criminal case. Schwab was removed from a case in 2008 to bring about what a higher court called 'a reduced level of rancor,' a rare if not unprecedented move that a law professor told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review at the time was 'considered to be a disciplinary action.' He was pulled from a case again in 2012. Schwab recused himself from 17 ongoing cases in 2011 because of bias allegations. He was the first federal judge to advance the scope of religious protections created by the conservative Supreme Court justices in the recent Hobby Lobby decision." [HuffPost] WHO WAS ON THE CROMNIBUSMAS 'NICE' LIST? - Corporations with money and influence, of course. Andrew Taylor: "A Michigan boot-maker, potato farmers and more than 1,200 contractors that supply parts for a next-generation fighter plane are among the many winners in the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress. Supporters of manufacturers added a provision that would create public-private partnerships to accelerate the transition of new technologies from basic research to commercial applications. The travel and tourism industry won a six-year renewal of the Corporation for Travel Promotion, or Brand USA, to promote tourism in the United States. Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans, which benefit from a unique tax break that's threatened by the Affordable Care Act, won a provision that makes sure they keep it." [Associated Press] 'BUT IS IT GOOD FOR THE CRUZ?' GOP SABOTAGE EDITION - AP: "Unhappy Republicans say Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas has given President Barack Obama a present this holiday season — a gift certificate good for confirmation of 12 judicial appointments, not long after the voters had delivered the Democrats a lump of coal in midterm elections...But there was no dissent that Democrats, who must turn over power to Republicans in January, were in position to confirm not only the judges, but 11 other appointees before the Senate wraps up work for the year...At the root of the dispute lay a combination of the Senate's all-but-indecipherable rules, Cruz's attempt to use their murky corners to his advantage, and a bipartisan desire of many lawmakers to finish work for the year and return home for the holidays...Had Cruz not made his move when he did, according to officials in both parties, Reid would have had to wait until Monday night — more than 48 hours later. Disgruntled Republicans said they felt confident that Reid's rank and file would not have been willing to remain in Washington in that case, and only four or five nominees would be confirmed instead of 23." [AP] CRUZ SORRY - Manu Raju reports Ted Cruz apologized to his colleagues during lunch today for screwing up their weekend. "According to five senators who attended Tuesday's caucus lunch, Cruz offered the apology in unsolicited remarks, saying that he regretted if any of his colleagues' schedules were ruined by his maneuvering. He didn't say whether he would do something similar again, senators said." [Politico] BUT NOT TOO SORRY - @amandacarpenter: Just so everyone is clear. Cruz is not apologizing for actions to stop amnesty. Apologized for surprising, inconveniencing sens on Fri/Sat HUFFPOST HAIRCUTS: Elise Foley, Bill Press. DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - Ignoring an effort among congressional Republicans to block marijuana legalization in the District of Columbia in the recently passed "cromnibus" spending bill, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) says he intends to submit the new law to Congress anyway. "The Chairman's position is that it is his duty to transmit the initiative to Congress and that he intends to do so," Alana Intrieri, legislative counsel to Mendelson, told The Huffington Post in an email Tuesday…. A spokesman for Rep. Andy Harris, the Maryland Republican leading the congressional anti-pot effort, told HuffPost Tuesday that the review period is irrelevant because the cromnibus forbids the city to "enact" a new law relaxing penalties for drugs that are illegal under federal law." [w/ HuffPost's Matt Ferner] Does somebody keep forwarding you this newsletter? Get your own copy. It's free! Sign up here. Send tips/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to huffposthill@huffingtonpost.com. Follow us on Twitter - @HuffPostHill JEB BUSH ANNOUNCES PLAN TO POSSIBLY ANNOUNCE PLAN TO RUN CAMPAIGN WE ALL ALREADY KNOW HE'S PROBABLY RUNNING - From the makers of "Aloof Patrician Bush" and "Befuddled Texan Bush" comes the latest in Bush technology, "Unassuming Center-Right Bush Without Any Real Distinguishing Socioeconomic Qualities." ABC News: "Jeb Bush announced this morning that he will 'actively explore the possibility of running for president of the United States.' The former Florida governor, 61, said he made the decision over the Thanksgiving holiday in consultation with his family. 'As a result of these conversations and thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership I think America needs, I have decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States,' he said in a message posted on Facebook today. 'In January, I also plan to establish a Leadership PAC that will help me facilitate conversations with citizens across America to discuss the most critical challenges facing our exceptional nation. The PAC's purpose will be to support leaders, ideas and policies that will expand opportunity and prosperity for all Americans,' Bush said in the message, which he also tweeted. "In the coming months, I hope to visit with many of you and have a conversation about restoring the promise of America.'" [ABC News] Jeb will be giving a buttload of speeches at the Citadel: "The first two primary states, Iowa and New Hampshire, present potential challenges to the former governor. Iowa, a caucus state, has in recent years been won by candidates deemed most conservative; New Hampshire is often most friendly to libertarian-minded candidates — someone, perhaps, like Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who is likely to run. South Carolina, which is traditionally next in the primary lineup, could be friendlier terrain, people close to Bush say. Its Republican voting pool is larger and more ideologically diverse, and it has long supported Republican presidential contenders seen as most in line with the GOP establishment, including Bob Dole, John McCain and Bush's brother and father. 'It's his road to the White House,' said Katon Dawson, a former South Carolina Republican Party chairman. 'It's where he rights his ship.'" [HuffPost] HOUSE MODERATES' CLOUT UPGRADED FROM 'ZILCH' TO 'PALTRY' - Here's to you, Blue Dogs! Roll Call: "In the wake of the 'cromnibus,' a new governing coalition may have emerged in Washington. For the first time in eight years, it doesn't necessarily include Nancy Pelosi. It does include Steny H. Hoyer. The coalition doesn't seem to need Sens. Ted Cruz, Elizabeth Warren or Jeff Sessions. But it does need the more moderate wing of Democrats personified by Hoyer, the minority whip, who helped pass the compromise forged by Speaker John A. Boehner, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with appropriators Harold Rogers and Barbara A. Mikulski, among others. Most importantly, the new governing coalition includes President Barack Obama. The hard right and the hard left ended up out in the cold last week — free to raise their fists and their profiles and make a ruckus, but ultimately powerless to stop the cromnibus. The deal represents a return — at least for a week — to the fabled establishment Washington dealmaking of yore, warts and all, like it or loathe it. It's a return that could put the "do nothing" label back on the congressional shelf — with Republicans and the president eyeing deals next year on trade and taxes, in addition to keeping the government open for business after four years of serial shutdown and default dramas." [Roll Call] OH GOD - Not all Blake Farentholds. Mike Sacks: "A former staffer in the office of U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Tex., is suing her old workplace alleging she was illegally fired in a sexually-charged environment after she complained about mistreatment. Lauren Greene, who had served as Farenthold's new media director and then communications director, alleges her former boss 'regularly drank to excess' and once told his executive assistant he had 'sexual fantasies' about Greene. Those fantasies, Greene's lawsuit says, created what she perceived as a mutual awkwardness in which neither person seemed eager for one-on-one meetings. Still, Farenthold, according to the complaint, 'regularly made comments designed to gauge whether [Greene] was interested in a sexual relationship.' ...The lawsuit, filed on Friday in Washington federal district court, alleges Farenthold and Bob Haueter, his chief of staff, created a hostile work environment, committed gender discrimination, and then retaliated against Greene for complaining about these issues—in violation of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. Greene says she was fired this summer." [National Law Journal] BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Here's a dog with perfect zen. COMFORT FOOD - Escape from your awful life with this digital snow lodge. - Superfreedraw is a shared internet sketch pad where visitors doodle at the same time -- it's the internet bar bathroom wall. - Because babies aren't much smarter than your standard housecat, here's a wee lad chasing a laser pointer. TWITTERAMA @daveweigel: A reporter who always runs late. A source who shows up 20 minutes early. Hijinks ensue. @JenniferJJacobs: I asked Bernie Sanders his reaction to Jeb Bush's decision to explore running for president. "Free country," he answered and shrugged. @EvanMcSan: the news is all about cheap gas and a Bush running for president. time really is a flat circle. Got something to add? Send tips/quotes/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to Eliot Nelson (eliot@huffingtonpost.com) or Arthur Delaney (arthur@huffingtonpost.com). Follow us on Twitter @HuffPostHill (twitter.com/HuffPostHill). Sign up here: http://huff.to/an2k2e You received this email from The Huffington Post.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:18 PM PST  Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- December 16, 2014TechNewsWorld -- All Tech - All The Timehttp://www.TechNewsWorld.com Part of the ECT News Network
Headline Scan Skype Begins Dismantling the Language Barrier Sony Sends News Outlets a Stern but Toothless Warning Should We All Be Contributing to FOSS? Message From Our Sponsor eCommerce Shipping Whitepaper: Tips & Tricks for Saving Money using USPS Priority Mail. Gain a clear understanding of packaging options, pricing models, and ways in which Endicia's shipping solutions can help you achieve the greatest possible cost savings. Get it now! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=9074/Endicia_Whitepaper News Alerts From ECT News Network Get the day's top business and technology news delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts INSTA-LEADS from ECT News Network Access 30 million B2B purchasing decision makers. Learn more: http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=8734/INSTA-LEADS Today's Story Highlights Skype Begins Dismantling the Language Barrier  Microsoft on Monday announced the first phase of its Skype Translator preview program, which initially will facilitate conversations between English and Spanish speakers. It will convert spoken words both ways. It also will translate instant messages in 40 languages. Translations occur in near-real time. Participants must run Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Technical Preview on a desktop or tablet. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81491.html Sony Sends News Outlets a Stern but Toothless Warning  On behalf of Sony Pictures Entertainment, high-powered attorney David Boies has sent a letter to several news outlets demanding that they refrain from publishing stories based on material hackers recently stole from the company and that they destroy the pilfered data. The letter to the news organizations claims the stolen information is "protected under U.S. and foreign legal doctrines." http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81489.html Should We All Be Contributing to FOSS?  It's surely a testament to the shocking nature of the recent news about Devuan that the Linux blogosphere has been a rather quiet place of late. Yes, there was last week's Turla news, and yes, the holiday season is looming large, likely dampening more than a few spirits. Still, the atmosphere definitely has been subdued down at the blogosphere's seedy Punchy Penguin Saloon. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81490.html How to Advertise in This Newsletter To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view our online media kit at http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/ Subscribing and Unsubscribing You are receiving the Tech News Flash in response to your request on the TechNewsWorld Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click here: Newsletter Management Wizard If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard: http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/ Feedback We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial Copyright 2014 ECT News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ECT News Network, Inc. 16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 700 Encino, CA 91436  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 16 Dec 2014 03:17 PM PST  E-Commerce Minute: Tuesday -- December 16, 2014The E-Commerce Times -- E-Business Means Businesshttp://www.ecommercetimes.com Part of the ECT News Network
Today's Headlines: Viber Eases Into Casual Gaming Zendesk Crystallizes Mobile Customer Service Good, Bad and Ugly 'Pirate Bays' Spring Up in Torrent World Message From Our Sponsor eCommerce Shipping Whitepaper: Tips & Tricks for Saving Money using USPS Priority Mail. Gain a clear understanding of packaging options, pricing models, and ways in which Endicia's shipping solutions can help you achieve the greatest possible cost savings. Get it now! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=9074/Endicia_Whitepaper News Alerts From ECT News Network Get the day's top business and technology news delivered to your inbox as stories break. Sign up today -- it's free! http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=2202/News_Alerts INSTA-LEADS from ECT News Network Access 30 million B2B purchasing decision makers. Learn more: http://www.ectnews.com/adsys/link/?crid=8734/INSTA-LEADS Today's Story Highlights Viber Eases Into Casual Gaming  Viber on Monday announced the launch of Viber Games, the latest expansion in its app development. This is the third such expansion for the company in as many months, following the launch of Mobile Video Calls and Viber Public Chats. Viber partnered with social game developers to create gaming experiences featuring Viber characters and exclusive content. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81488.html Zendesk Crystallizes Mobile Customer Service  Zendesk has launched a new platform, Zendesk Embeddables, that allows companies to incorporate certain elements of the Zendesk product suite in mobile and Web apps, as well as games and other online mobile experiences. Zendesk Embeddables includes a mobile software development kit and Web Widget. Using these, a company can offer Zendesk's self- service functionality through a mobile app. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81486.html Good, Bad and Ugly 'Pirate Bays' Spring Up in Torrent World  The torrent world is in turmoil following last week's shutdown of The Pirate Bay in a police raid. Other torrent sites have seen traffic spikes, while Pirate Bay clones -- set up both by file-sharing activists and cyberscamsters -- are emerging. Meanwhile, authorities around the world appear to be playing a game of whack-a-mole. There have been indications The Pirate Bay may stage a comeback. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/81487.html How to Advertise in This Newsletter To advertise in this newsletter or elsewhere on ECT News Network, please call our sales department toll-free at (877) 328-5500, or view our online media kit at http://www.ectnews.com/advertising/ Subscribing and Unsubscribing You are receiving this newsletter in response to your request on the E-Commerce Times Web site for our daily newsletter. If you wish to make changes to your newsletter subscription, or if you wish to receive other free newsletters from the ECT News Network, please click here: Newsletter Management Wizard If this e-mail was forwarded to you and you wish to subscribe to this FREE newsletter, please use our newsletter sign-up wizard: http://www.ectnews.com/perl/newsletter_registration.pl/ Feedback We welcome your feedback. Contact us online at http://www.ectnews.com/perl/contact_form.pl?to=editorial Copyright 2014 ECT News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ECT News Network, Inc. 16133 Ventura Blvd., Suite 700 Encino, CA 91436  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUFFPOST HILL - Jim DeMint To Change Washington From The Inside Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:57 PM PST By Eliot Nelson and Arthur Delaney Don't be surprised if you hear Rand Paul refer to Kentucky as the "Mauvegrass State," as he doesn't seem to know much about where he's from. Jim DeMint is leaving the Senate to advance conservative ideals at an organization that helped promote the individual mandate. And days after Senate Republicans torpedoed a treaty that affirms equal rights for disabled people, the House GOP is TOTALLY one-upping them by trying to kill a measure aimed at protecting Native American women from violence. Base broadening! This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, December 6th, 2012: WHITE HOUSE PULLS A MOVEON, UNILATERALLY DISARMS - The White House, uncomfortable with leverage, handed it back today. Asked at a briefing if the White House would rely on the 14th Amendment, which forbids the government from defaulting on its debt, to avoid defaulting, Carney said: "Let me give you your answer. I can say that this administration does not believe that the 14th Amendment gives the President the power to ignore the debt ceiling -- period...I think there was a period where this was under discussion and maybe the quote you found was before it had been looked at in that level of detail. But I believe when this was under discussion at the time, this is where we landed." Rep. Pete Welch (D-Vt.) is circulating a letter that urges the president to ignore Jay Carney. "In the event the Speaker follows through on his reckless threat, we would support your use of any authority available to you, including the 14th amendment, to preserve America's full faith and credit and prevent further damage to our economy." GOP AGAIN HOLDING UP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT - Jen Bendery: "Vice President Joe Biden is quietly working with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to try to pass an inclusive version of the Violence Against Women Act in the lame-duck Congress. And so far, sources tell HuffPost, Cantor is on board as long as one thing is stripped from the bill: a key protection for Native American women. Staffers for Biden and Cantor have been trying to reach a deal on the bill for at least a week. Neither camp publicly let on it was talking to the other until Wednesday, when Cantor said the two are in negotiations and he's feeling hopeful about a deal... VAWA, which has been reauthorized consistently for 18 years with little fanfare, was, for the first time, left to expire in Sept. 2011. The sticking point has been new protections for three particularly vulnerable groups: undocumented immigrants, members of the LGBT community and Native Americans. The additions are supported by Democrats and opposed by House Republicans, who are calling them politically driven. The Senate passed a bipartisan bill in April with the additional protections, and House Republicans passed their own bill in May that omitted those three provisions. Since then, the issue has gone nowhere." [HuffPost] Halftime in America: "The Obama administration came out against a proposed 'right to work' law being pushed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder in Michigan, in a statement Thursday afternoon...This isn't the first time the president has had to weigh into the state politics surrounding collective bargaining and labor law. He also spoke out against efforts by Gov. Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin." [HuffPost's Sam Stein] PARANOID SELF-LOATHING GOP LOBBYIST HEARTS DIVERSITY - HuffPost Hill's Paranoid Self-Loathing GOP Lobbyist took a five-minute break from shuttering the factories in his SimCity simulation and outsourcing the jobs to SimChina to express his excitement to us about a possible Jim DeMint replacement. "Prediction: Tim Scott (R-SC): Chairman of the Senate Black Caucus." Thanks, PSLGOPL! Jeff Danziger's PSLGOPL Pronunciation Guide: Pisselgopple or PeeSlug O'Peel. The Former Abramoff Lobbyist Pissed At Things is tremendously pissed that he wasn't invited to his old pal Jack'smeeting with Tom DeLay. "What in the sweet KosherEatingBibleThumpingHolyHell is going on here" An indignant FALPAT writes us, "No eff'n treating FALPAT to lunch?" FOND FAREWELL - Hill Reporters said goodbye to Senate Press Gallery vets Wendy Oscarson and Jim Saris on Thursday. Here's how gallery director Joe Keenan described their work in an email: "As reporters covered 8 presidential inaugurations, 14 Supreme Court nominations and 11 confirmations, 8 Senate Majority Leaders, 14 regular elections, Iran-Contra hearings, Impeachment 9/11 and the debt limit, they were there," Keenan wrote. "After all that, they've both decided, on the cusp of the fiscal cliff, to trade the tension for a pension." HuffPost Hill thanks Wendy and Jim for all their help understanding parliamentary maneuvers and for two Budweisers just now. DAILY DELANEY DOWNER - During a press conference demanding unemployment insurance be part of a fiscal cliff deal, Chuck Schumer noted that last December, 5 million Americans relied on federal unemployment insurance, while only 2 million currently do so. "It's working," he said. Sure, fewer people are on unemployment because more people have jobs, but another reason fewer people are on benefits is that Congress slashed the number of weeks available back in February. Don't be bashful: Send tips/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to huffposthill@huffingtonpost.com. Follow us on Twitter - @HuffPostHill JIM DeMINT DePARTS DeSENATE - [Obligatory Alvin Greene joke here]. Journal: "South Carolina U.S. Senator Jim DeMint will replace Ed Feulner as president of the Heritage Foundation. Mr. DeMint will leave his post as South Carolina's junior senator in early January to take control of the Washington think tank, which has an annual budget of about $80 million. Sen. DeMint's departure means that South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, a Republican, will name a successor, who will have to run in a special election in 2014. In that year, both Mr. DeMint's replacement and Sen. Lindsey Graham will be running for reelection in South Carolina... Sen. DeMint said he is taking the Heritage job because he sees it as a vehicle to popularize conservative ideas in a way that connects with a broader public. 'This is an urgent time,' the senator said, 'because we saw in the last election we were not able to communicate conservative ideas that win elections.'" [WSJ] DeMint wants Rep. Tim Scott to replace him in the upper chamber. Scott, as you may know, is an African-American, which makes him about as rare as a(n openly) gay Mormon, a vegetarian hunter or a, um... black elected Republican. The Hill: "The sources, requesting anonymity to speak candidly, say Scott is DeMint's preference for the seat, though the final decision will be Gov. Nikki Haley's (R). She will appoint someone to serve out the rest of DeMint's term after he officially resigns from the Senate to take over the conservative Heritage Foundation in January. An election for the seat will then be held in 2014 for the remaining two years of the term." [The Hill] "A spokesperson for Stephen Colbert tells HuffPost, 'Stephen is honored by the groundswell of support from the Palmetto State and looks forward to Governor Haley's call.'" DEMINT: BOEHNER BETTER WATCH OUT - Between this, cigarette taxes, and Eric Cantor, someone near and dear to the speaker might want to watch his Merlot intake. Politico: "In an interview on Rush Limbaugh's radio show on Thursday, retiring Sen. Jim DeMint offered his take for how to get the Republican party back on track -- and he joked about dumping House Speaker John Boehner..."I think it's safe to say that Boehner is not forcing either of you guys out, right?" Limbaugh asked DeMint and now-former Heritage Foundation president Ed Feulner, according to audio by The Right Scoop. Quipped DeMint: 'It might work a little bit the other way, Rush.'" [Politico] Ka-ching: "According to the Center for Responsive Politics, he's the third-poorest person in the Senate, worth only... $65,000. As a Senator, he makes $174,000 per year. At Heritage, he'll probably make at least $1 million. We looked at the Heritage Foundation's Form 990 they submitted to the IRS for fiscal year 2010. In it, there's a listing of all salaries for members of the firm. Then-President Edwin J. Feulner Jr. made a $1,025,922 annual salary, plus $66,161 annually from 'related organizational' activities." [Business Insider] DeMint's success as a conservative kingmaker was mixed. Sam Stein and Amanda Terkel take a look back @MattMackowiak: And now we know why DeMint didn't run for Whip. MITCH MCCONNELL'S P-P-P-POKER FACE, P-P-POKER FACE - It sucks. Mike McAuliff: "A move to embarrass Democrats backfired on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday as the Kentucky Republican proposed a vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling -- then filibustered it when the Democrats tried to take him up on the offer. On Thursday morning McConnell had made a motion for the vote on legislation that would let the president extend the country's borrowing limit on his own. Congress would then have the option to disapprove such hikes, in a fashion similar to one that McConnell first suggested during last year's standoff over the debt ceiling. The minority leader apparently did not think Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) would take him up on his offer, which would have allowed McConnell to portray President Barack Obama's desire for such authority as something even Democrats opposed. Reid objected at first, but told McConnell he thought it might be a good idea. After Senate staff reviewed the proposal, Reid came back to the floor and proposed a straight up-or-down vote on the idea. McConnell was forced to say no." [HuffPost] @bretbaier: Per our Capitol Hill Producer @chadpergram: Senator Kirk will return to the Senate Jan. 3rd after suffering a stroke in January 2012 RAND PAUL NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH HIS OLD KENTUCKY HOME - Mother Jones: "The chatter that actress Ashley Judd might make a run for Senate in her home state of Kentucky has prompted preemptive vituperation from the state's Republican delegation...' 'She hates our biggest industry, which is coal, so I say, good look bringing the "I hate coal message" to Kentucky,' [he said Wednesday]...but the comments indicate that Rand Paul doesn't know much about his state's top industries. Mining isn't the state's biggest industry. It's not even in the top ten, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis...It's all the way down there after 'information,' oddly enough. Mining is also not the largest industry in the ranking based on the number of people it employs; on that list, it comes in 15th." [Mother Jones] ROMNEY STRATEGIST BLAMES HURRICANE FOR LOSS No, not the hurricane of rich guy gaffes, poor staffing, and animal cruelty (RIP Seamus) -- the literal kind. Elise Foley: "Former Mitt Romney campaign adviser Stuart Stevens on Wednesday tried to explain the Republican presidential candidate's loss, telling PBS's Charlie Rose that the campaign lost control in its final week as Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast. 'After the storm, I never had a good feeling,' Stevens said. 'Not that the storm impacted things so much, per se, but these races -- a race like this is a lot like an NBA game. It's all about ball control at the end... We went from having these big rallies around the country to literally sitting around in hotel rooms and there was just nothing we could do about it.'...The former adviser wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post last week, claiming Romney's ideas "carried the day" with voters who made more than $50,000 per year -- arguing those votes showed Romney was favored by the middle class. Stevens told Rose he wrote that piece because he felt it was important to stand up for his side, even when it wasn't doing well." [HuffPost] BECAUSE IT'S HARRY REID LIKES SPORT - Mike McAuliff: "Republicans trying to come up with a coherent approach to the fiscal cliff are about as effective as the New York Jets' coach and quarterbacks -- but fun to watch -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on the floor of the U.S. Senate Thursday. 'It's not one of my favorite teams, but it's really fun to watch, and that's the New York Jets. New York Jets, yes. New York Jets,' Reid said, prompted by a motion by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) about the nation's borrowing limit. 'Coach [Rex] Ryan, he's got a problem. He has three quarterbacks. [Mark] Sanchez. He's got Tim Tebow. He's got a guy named [Greg] McElroy,' Reid said in a reference to the team's QB problems. 'He can't decide who their quarterback is going to be. That's the same problem the Republicans have.'" [HuffPost] BECAUSE YOU'VE READ THIS FAR - Baby elephant takes a bath. NO WAY, JOSE! - HuffPost DC: "A prized possession for one of the biggest names in the D.C. restaurant scene just got a so-so review after years of being considered the best, experimental and innovative dining experience in the nation's capital. The Washington Post's restaurant critic has awarded Jose Andres' newly reopened Minibar just two stars." [HuffPost] COMFORT FOOD - Stuffy old British man describes toys in a series of videos. Strangely compelling. [http://bit.ly/KJgebs] - Seven websites you should be wasting time on right now, courtesy of HuffPost Comedy. [http://bit.ly/TEVpxR] - "Nice Jewish Guys," the 2013 calendar. [http://bit.ly/Un8Qnb] - A behind-the-scenes featurette about "Argo." It's fluff, but it's a great movie so it's worth revisiting. [http://bit.ly/XuIVik] - Keep splitting the circles to reveal an image. Frustratingly addictive. [http://bit.ly/fphoTo] - The version of "The Hobbit" where Gandalf is a degenerate addict. [http://cheezburger.com/45461505] - A short history of GIFs. [http://bit.ly/UI5Ofv] TWITTERAMA @samsteinhp: seriously. Darius Rucker needs to be in the U.S. Senate @rainnwilson: "Blessed are the top 2% of income earners for verily they are the job creators." -The Bible @pourmecoffee: It turns out that when you build a party entirely on shared goal of preventing someone's reelection it kind of falls apart when he wins. ON TAP TONIGHT 5:00 pm: Former Congressman and current mayor of San Diego Bob Filner hosts a debt retirement reception for his mayoral campaign. [San Diego, CA] 6:00 pm: An "Idaho Potato Fest" is either the most earnest or most hipster party imaginable. In the case of Mike Crapo's upcoming fundraiser, it's probably safe to assume it's the former. [Diageo Townhouse, 310 Sixth Street SE] Got something to add? Send tips/quotes/stories/photos/events/fundraisers/job movement/juicy miscellanea to Eliot Nelson (eliot@huffingtonpost.com), Ryan Grim (ryan@huffingtonpost.com) or Arthur Delaney (arthur@huffingtonpost.com). Follow us on Twitter @HuffPostHill (twitter.com/HuffPostHill). Sign up here: http://huff.to/an2k2e You received this email from The Huffington Post.  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Curiosity Detects Methane Spike on Mars
Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:46 PM PST
NASA Science News for Dec. 16, 2014
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has measured a tenfold spike in methane, an organic chemical, in the atmosphere around it and detected other organic molecules in a rock-powder sample collected by the robotic laboratory's drill.
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/16dec_methanespike/
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McConnell: Keystone Will Be My First Bill
Posted: 16 Dec 2014 02:26 PM PST
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