Episode 183 News for January 26, 2017

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 8 a.m.

b"DUSTING OFF THE DEGREE - Burying your head in the sand\\n\\nNEWS\\n\\nThe Trump Administration's \\u201cAlternative Facts\\u201d\\nhttps://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/22/us/politics/president-trump-inauguration-crowd-white-house.html\\n\\nTrump has tried to silence the EPA, government employees, and other agencies.\\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/01/24/for-a-few-hours-badlands-national-parks-was-bad-to-the-bone-in-defiance-of-trump/\\n\\nDeVos\\u2019s Confirmation Delayed\\nhttp://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/betsy-devos-confirmation-hearing-bernie-sanders-al-franken-real-bad\\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/01/20/the-ethics-review-for-trumps-education-pick-betsy-devos-is-complete-clearing-the-way-for-a-confirmation-vote/\\n\\nWest Virginia school district sued over indoctrination classes\\nhttp://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/01/19/atheists-sue-west-virginia-school-district-over-75-year-old-bible-indoctrination-classes/\\n\\nTexas legislator\\u2019s abortion ban bill is to make women more responsible\\nhttp://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/texas-lawmaker-hopes-bill-punishing-women-for-abortion-will-make-women-more-personally-responsible/\\n\\nLobbying for a good cause\\nhttp://www.pfaw.org/\\nhttps://www.aclu.org/\\nhttps://www.plannedparenthood.org/\\n\\nLobbying for Atheism\\nhttps://ffrf.org/\\nhttps://www.au.org/\\nhttps://americanhumanist.org/\\n\\nWomen's March\\nhttp://www.cnn.com/2017/01/21/politics/one-million-marchers-outside-washington/\\nhttps://www.facebook.com/KING5News/videos/10154325739656476/\\n\\nFather and son to use Bible in rape defense\\nhttp://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/father-and-son-plan-to-use-the-bible-to-defend-themselves-against-charges-of-raping-a-13-year-old-girl/\\n\\nGiant otter skull found in China, making the creature about 110 lbs!\\nhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2016.1267666\\n\\n2014\\u2019s invention(?) of two new nucleic acids, X and Y, finally result in stable artificial E Coli\\nhttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/01/17/1616443114\\n\\nThis episode is brought to you by:\\n\\nDark Matter Sponsor - >US$35.00\\n* Travis Megee\\nNuclear Sponsor - US$20.00 - US$35.00 per month\\n* Russ from the Kitsap Atheists & Agnostics\\n* Darryl Goossen\\nPlatinum Sponsor - US$8.00 - US$19.00 per month\\n* Michael\\nGold Sponsor - US$4.00 - US$7.00 per month\\n* Rachel\\n* Mark\\n* Nate\\n* Willow\\n* Alice\\n* Alfred\\n* Henry\\n* Alex\\n* Jaded Zappa\\n* LaTonya\\n* Mike\\n* Renee Davis-Pelt\\n* The Flying Skeptic\\n* Grant\\n* Alan\\nBronze Sponsor - < US$4.00 per month\\n* George\\n* Duncan\\n* Al\\n* Frank\\n* Heather\\n\\n* Archway Hosting provides full featured web hosting for a fraction of the cost of traditional shared hosting. You get all the benefits of shared hosting, without the sticker shock or extra fees. Check them out at archwayhosting.com.\\n\\n\\n\\nYou can find us online at www.htotw.com, follow us on Twitter @AtheistNomads, like us on Facebook, email us at contact@htotw.com, and leave us a voice mail message at (541) 203-0666.\\n\\nTheme music is provided by Sturdy Fred.\\n\\n\\n\\nWant to manually download the episode? There's a download button on the player at the top of this page as well as on the home page. The download links below have been disabled and the plugin that's providing that will be removed soon due to it no longer being supported. For more information click here."