The scariest thing about Donald Trump’s abortion comments - Salon.com

http://www.salon.com/2016/03/31/the_scariest_thing_about_donald_trumps_abortion_comments/

"Indeed, a fundamental belief among many anti-choice radicals is that pregnancy and childbirth themselves are penances women must pay for their sexuality.  ("No get out jail free card for you, young lady.")"

"Hobbits" Were Real and We Might Have Killed Them, Sorry

http://m.mic.com/articles/139432/hobbits-were-real-and-we-might-have-killed-them-sorry#.LHVKeVDbN

Scientific proof of Hawaiian Menehune!

Salon: Donald Trump’s self-destructive campaign: Why Team Trump is compelled to bring pain down on itself

Salon: Donald Trump's self-destructive campaign: Why Team Trump is compelled to bring pain down on itself. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw4sv7wSQ

Unbelievable

Meet The Plus Size Male Model Who Is Shattering Stereotypes - ALLDAY

http://allnight.com/post/7755-meet-the-plus-size-male-model-who-is-shattering-stereotypes/pages/1/

Men can be plus size too.

No Ads

After reading that over half your mobile data could be going to ads in your browser, I switched to Firefox browser with Ublock Origin ad blocker - it is FAST and almost NO ads.

Try it on Android today! No, this is not a paid advertisement. I just hate how slow mobile Chrome is.

We took our new Samsung Galaxy S7s to Balboa Park to try out the camera. There are some new modes in the S7 deserving some up close study. The fast lens is indeed fast. See how much better the S7 does in the dark Bookcase. The detail is so-so but the color is good. Just don’t print it at 8x10.

Of the new modes, the ones that look the most interesting are Pro, Food, and Hyperlapse. Pro mode gives quick access to White Balance, ISO, Aperture, and f-stops. I can definitely see using this in the field. White Balance can change the color tone, and you can push the f-stop to compensate for shadows.

Food is supposed to allow a custom depth of field, then blur everything else (like wayward glasses of water or your dining companion). The controls are a bit twitchy tho. But in combination with the fast lens, your dining companion won’t have to be horrified by you taking food pictures with flash at Chez Garbage.

Here is another FOOD mode picture - I sorta took it by accident but I like the effect:

Hyperlapse is like Timelapse, speeds up video which is useful in just about every situation because real life unfolds sooooo slowly anyways... Combined with the autorepeat function of most video players, this is the perfect Vine tool.  If you don't know what Vine is, ask your teenager.

 The more useless modes:
 Motion Photo lets you stitch 4 8-sec videos together in one “picture”. However you have to take the 4 videos in succession, live. Not sure how I would use this real life. It would be more valuable to select 8 sec durations from 4 different videos that I already had.
 Selective Focus gives you the ability to chose the focal point after you take the picture, from the set of various focal length pix it took. Only works in the Samsung viewer, so what is the point if you can’t email or post that experience to someone?

 In summary: While still not the equal of a point and shoot in terms of detail, the color and sharpness and dynamic range of the sensor in the S7 (and S6 for that matter) is Excellent. I took all my Cambodia pictures with the S6, a once in a lifetime trip, and I was highly satisfied with the results. If you have an S5 or older make, this camera may be the tipping point to get you into a new Samsung phone.

More reviews of the S7 camera:

https://recombu.com/mobile/article/samsung-galaxy-s7-camera-video-modes-explained-and-reviewed

What Would It Mean To Have A 'Hapa' Bachelorette? : Code Switch : NPR

"At a press conference in Waikiki, Baldwin said of his choice, "I always say the mutts are the most exotic and beautiful.""

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/03/13/470124738/what-would-it-mean-to-have-a-hapa-bachelorette

Trump digs in after weekend violence: 'I'm just the messenger' | Reuters

"I don't accept responsibility. I do not condone violence in any shape," Trump said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Trump said one 78-year-old supporter who sucker-punched a young black man being led out of a rally last week "got carried away" and told NBC he had instructed his staff to look into paying the man's legal fees.

Trump has used aggressive language against protesters at his rallies, yelling at them to get out and once saying he would like to punch one of them.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSMTZSAPEC3DZBTGD8

Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close - NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/us/politics/covering-donald-trump-and-witnessing-the-danger-up-close.html

"She said that she and her younger sister had come to peacefully observe the rally and support their parents, immigrants from Mexico whom they feel Mr. Trump is disparaging. But as soon as they entered, the crowd "looked at us wrong and you could feel the energy, that we weren't wanted," she said, adding that they found the scene — which included some of their high school teachers — to be jarring.

"We have never in our whole life, living here in Concord, we have never experienced racism until now," Ms. Segovia said. "I never thought my town, that we contributed to, would treat us like this." "

Scientists Discover 'Remarkable Little Octopod,' Possibly New Species : The Two-Way : NPR

The video is short and cute, recommended.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/05/469317639/scientists-discover-remarkable-little-octopod-possibly-new-species

"This resulted in a ghostlike appearance, leading to a comment on social media that it should be called Casper, like the friendly cartoon ghost. It is almost certainly an undescribed species and may not belong to any described genus."

NOAA says that the appeance of the animal on the images sent back by Deep Discoverer "confused several of our shore-based scientists."

Indeed, a video released by NOAA (complete with a groovy soundtrack) features one observer exclaiming, "That animal is not in the HURL guide."

Then he (kinda) quotes Taylor Swift: "I have never, like, ever, seen that one.""

No evidence to support rumors tying Zika to genetically modified mosquitoes | PolitiFact Global News Service

http://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/feb/09/viral-image/no-evidence-support-rumors-tying-zika-genetically-/

"An Internet rumor propagated in a YouTube video claims that the "Zika virus is being spread by GMO mosquitos (sic)."

There's no evidence that this is true. The argument offered — where the Zika outbreak occurred matches up with where the transformed mosquitoes were released — doesn't hold up. What's more, the mosquitoes in question were specifically engineered to self-destruct before they can spread viruses.

This claim is both inaccurate and ridiculous. We rate it Pants on Fire."