Cafe’ News – Wed., Aug. 12th

August 12, 2015

Scathing…and excellent…expose on the GOP Clown Car in Rolling Stone. 

‘Inside the GOP Clown Car’

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/inside-the-gop-clown-car-20150812

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Op-Ed in the Idaho Mountain Express from Aimee Christensen

“Clean Power Plan Presents Opportunities for Idaho”

http://www.mtexpress.com/opinion/guest_opinions/clean-power-plan-presents-opportunities-for-idaho/article_1fe79144-404c-11e5-b639-5fc26f811c90.html

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Black, plastic ‘Shade Balls’ to help ease California’s drought/water evaporation problem…

’96-Million Balls’

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/08/12/plastic-shade-balls-the-hypnotizing-tool-california-is-using-to-save-water/

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President Barak Obama’s message to former President Jimmy Carter on the news of his cancer diagnosis:

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Sometimes having all the tools still just isn’t enough…

From Idaho Statesman:

“Prominent Idaho suicide prevention advocate takes his own life…”

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2015/08/10/3932467_prominent-idaho-suicide-prevention.html?rh=1

 

President Obama’s letter to the editor…

His letter is in response from a New York Times Magazine cover story on the efforts that have been made over the last 50 years to dismantle protections in the Voting Rights Act of 1965…

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/magazine/president-obamas-letter-to-the-editor.html?em_pos=large&emc=edit_nn_20150812&nl=nytnow&nlid=70741652&_r=0