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Tuesday, January 08, 2019
Do Animals Have Feelings? 5 Studies on Animal Sentence
What is your dog feeling when he’s playing with his favorite toy? What emotions does your cat experience when you leave the house? How about your hamster: does he know what it means when you give him a kiss?
Additionally, many humans may feel that animal sentience — the ability of animals to feel and perceive things — is clear: After all, anyone that has ever been a pet parent can see clearly that their animals exhibit fear, surprise, happiness, and anger. But for scientists, this observational evidence isn’t enough: There needs to be more.
And more there has been.
Over the years, there have been several significant studies on animal sentience. Here, we’ll touch on a few, but first a note about procedure: for some animals, scientists study their perceived sentience observationally. In other words, studies of rodents and chickens have been done by watching their behavior. Other studies have been done through brain scans: Often, these types of studies are done on animals that will tolerate them, such as dogs and dolphins. There is no uniform methodology for testing sentience in animals, which makes sense, as all animals — even human animals — are different in the ways they perceive and relate to the world.
Here are a few of the most significant studies done on animal sentience:
Additionally, many humans may feel that animal sentience — the ability of animals to feel and perceive things — is clear: After all, anyone that has ever been a pet parent can see clearly that their animals exhibit fear, surprise, happiness, and anger. But for scientists, this observational evidence isn’t enough: There needs to be more.
And more there has been.
Over the years, there have been several significant studies on animal sentience. Here, we’ll touch on a few, but first a note about procedure: for some animals, scientists study their perceived sentience observationally. In other words, studies of rodents and chickens have been done by watching their behavior. Other studies have been done through brain scans: Often, these types of studies are done on animals that will tolerate them, such as dogs and dolphins. There is no uniform methodology for testing sentience in animals, which makes sense, as all animals — even human animals — are different in the ways they perceive and relate to the world.
Here are a few of the most significant studies done on animal sentience:
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A University of Chicago Study Proves Empathy in Rodents
A study conducted by Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Jean Decety, and Peggy Mason at the University of Chicago found that rats that have not been trained to do so will free other rats that are being restrained, and that they do this based on empathy. This study added to an earlier study that proved that mice also had empathy (though the study inflicted pain upon the mice) and a later study that found empathy in chickens, as well (without harming the chickens).
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Gregory Burns Studies Dog Sentience
A University of Chicago Study Proves Empathy in Rodents
A study conducted by Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Jean Decety, and Peggy Mason at the University of Chicago found that rats that have not been trained to do so will free other rats that are being restrained, and that they do this based on empathy. This study added to an earlier study that proved that mice also had empathy (though the study inflicted pain upon the mice) and a later study that found empathy in chickens, as well (without harming the chickens).
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Gregory Burns Studies Dog Sentience
Judge rejects Colorado's bid to dismiss discrimination suit filed by Christian baker Jack Phillips
A federal judge has rejected Colorado’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Christian baker Jack Phillips, who has accused the state of targeting him based on his religious beliefs with its latest civil-rights investigation.
Senior U.S. District Judge Wiley T. Daniel said the Colorado Commission on Civil Rights and Colorado Civil Rights Division Director Aubrey Elenis had shown evidence of “bad faith” by filing a formal complaint against him in October over his refusal to create a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
“The decision to pursue the discrimination charge occurred after Masterpiece I, and this decision by Director Elenis and the Defendant Commissioners supports the existence of bad faith,” Judge Daniel said in his Friday ruling.
Mr. Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, filed the lawsuit accusing the state of targeting him after the commission’s latest complaint, which was filed a few months after his Supreme Court victory in June over his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex ceremony.
In the case known as Masterpiece I, the high court ruled that commissioners had shown bias against Mr. Phillips by, for example, making derogatory comments about his religion, but stopped short of affirming the First Amendment rights of small-business owners who refuse services for gay weddings.
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Senior U.S. District Judge Wiley T. Daniel said the Colorado Commission on Civil Rights and Colorado Civil Rights Division Director Aubrey Elenis had shown evidence of “bad faith” by filing a formal complaint against him in October over his refusal to create a cake to celebrate a gender transition.
“The decision to pursue the discrimination charge occurred after Masterpiece I, and this decision by Director Elenis and the Defendant Commissioners supports the existence of bad faith,” Judge Daniel said in his Friday ruling.
Mr. Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, filed the lawsuit accusing the state of targeting him after the commission’s latest complaint, which was filed a few months after his Supreme Court victory in June over his refusal to bake a cake for a same-sex ceremony.
In the case known as Masterpiece I, the high court ruled that commissioners had shown bias against Mr. Phillips by, for example, making derogatory comments about his religion, but stopped short of affirming the First Amendment rights of small-business owners who refuse services for gay weddings.
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University professor to face discipline for exposing shoddy scholarship
A scholar whose careful fiction helped expose the rot within some sectors of the modern academy is now under fire from his home, Portland State University, although prominent academics throughout the West have sprung to his defense.
Peter Boghossian, an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University in Oregon, led a trio of scholars last year who submitted what they called “intentionally broken” papers to leading publications on gender, race and sexuality. Several of the absurd pieces were published.
Now, Portland State has initiated disciplinary action against Mr. Boghossian for an alleged breach of the institution’s ethical guidelines.
Among the renowned international scholars urging Portland State to forego such action is Oxford’s Professor Emeritus Richard Dawkins, who compared administrators to the duplicitous pigs in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
“My first response on reading of the punitive investigation into Dr Peter Boghossian’s brilliant hoax was to let out a howl of incredulous mirth,” Mr. Dawkins wrote on Dec. 14. “Do your humourless colleagues who brought this action want Portland State to become the laughing stock of the academic world? Or at least the world of serious scientific scholarship uncontaminated by pretentious charlatans of exactly the kind Dr Boghossian and his colleagues were satirising?”
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Peter Boghossian, an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University in Oregon, led a trio of scholars last year who submitted what they called “intentionally broken” papers to leading publications on gender, race and sexuality. Several of the absurd pieces were published.
Now, Portland State has initiated disciplinary action against Mr. Boghossian for an alleged breach of the institution’s ethical guidelines.
Among the renowned international scholars urging Portland State to forego such action is Oxford’s Professor Emeritus Richard Dawkins, who compared administrators to the duplicitous pigs in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.”
“My first response on reading of the punitive investigation into Dr Peter Boghossian’s brilliant hoax was to let out a howl of incredulous mirth,” Mr. Dawkins wrote on Dec. 14. “Do your humourless colleagues who brought this action want Portland State to become the laughing stock of the academic world? Or at least the world of serious scientific scholarship uncontaminated by pretentious charlatans of exactly the kind Dr Boghossian and his colleagues were satirising?”
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Democrat Congresswoman stands by remarks suggesting killing may have been ‘hate crime’
A Texas Democrat Congresswoman is defending her earlier comments suggesting the drive-by shooting of 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes may have been a hate crime, even though both suspects in the case turned out to be black – and not a white individual as police and members of the public initially believed.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, when asked Sunday by a reporter about some of the comments made in the aftermath of the young girl’s death in Houston on Dec. 30, said it was “absolutely not” irresponsible to make that suggestion.
Barnes was shot and killed while sitting in the back seat of her mother’s car. Witness descriptions of a white man in his forties at the scene of the shooting – and a sketch put out by police – prompted widespread speculation a hate crime had happened.
“I believe – and having written hate crime legislation, knowing the criteria, I believe that this should be looked at as a hate crime,” Lee said during a press conference Friday, in a video posted to the Congresswoman’s Facebook page. “We don’t want to have on the street someone who is willing to kill children and possibly kill them in the name of hate
Yet both suspects in the case are black, police confirmed to the Associated Press on Monday.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-democrat-congresswoman-stands-by-remarks-suggesting-jazmine-barnes-killing-may-have-been-hate-crime
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, when asked Sunday by a reporter about some of the comments made in the aftermath of the young girl’s death in Houston on Dec. 30, said it was “absolutely not” irresponsible to make that suggestion.
Barnes was shot and killed while sitting in the back seat of her mother’s car. Witness descriptions of a white man in his forties at the scene of the shooting – and a sketch put out by police – prompted widespread speculation a hate crime had happened.
“I believe – and having written hate crime legislation, knowing the criteria, I believe that this should be looked at as a hate crime,” Lee said during a press conference Friday, in a video posted to the Congresswoman’s Facebook page. “We don’t want to have on the street someone who is willing to kill children and possibly kill them in the name of hate
Yet both suspects in the case are black, police confirmed to the Associated Press on Monday.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-democrat-congresswoman-stands-by-remarks-suggesting-jazmine-barnes-killing-may-have-been-hate-crime
THEY CHEAT: Democrats Caught Running SECOND FALSE FLAG Internet Campaign during Alabama Senate Race
Corrupt Democrats ran a Facebook smear campaign against Judge Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race in 2017 and Facebook allowed it.
Democrat activists took what Russia did on a minute scale in the 2016 election and ramped it up times one thousand.
Facebook allowed this to happen. LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman was a top funder of this deception.
But it gets better… the same hacks who ran this deceptive campaign against Judge Roy Moore are the same people who wrote the junk “Russia interference” report for the US Senate!
Now this… liberals also ran a fake online campaign during the Alabama Senate race linking Judge Roy Moore to a fake ban on liquor in the state. The group was able to amass 4.6 million followers on Facebook!
They spent serious money to make this happen and likely had Facebook’s support for their nefarious actions.
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Democrat activists took what Russia did on a minute scale in the 2016 election and ramped it up times one thousand.
Facebook allowed this to happen. LinkedIn billionaire Reid Hoffman was a top funder of this deception.
But it gets better… the same hacks who ran this deceptive campaign against Judge Roy Moore are the same people who wrote the junk “Russia interference” report for the US Senate!
Now this… liberals also ran a fake online campaign during the Alabama Senate race linking Judge Roy Moore to a fake ban on liquor in the state. The group was able to amass 4.6 million followers on Facebook!
They spent serious money to make this happen and likely had Facebook’s support for their nefarious actions.
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House Republicans demand update on Huber probe into bias at FBI, DOJ
Top Republicans on two House committees Monday demanded U.S. Attorney for Utah John Huber provide an update on his investigation into allegations of bias at the FBI and Justice Department during the 2016 election.
The lawmakers say a refresher on the more than nine-month investigation is warranted because key witnesses said they had not spoken with Mr. Huber, according to a letter sent by Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Doug Collins of Georgia.
Mr. Huber had been assigned by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the Justice Department’s handling of its probe into the Clinton Foundation and how it secured a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
But Mr. Huber’s investigation has been dogged by allegations that he has not interviewed witnesses who could shed light on those topics.
In a letter to Mr. Huber, Mr. Jordan and Mr. Collins said they interviewed dozens of witnesses while his probe was simultaneously running.
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The lawmakers say a refresher on the more than nine-month investigation is warranted because key witnesses said they had not spoken with Mr. Huber, according to a letter sent by Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Doug Collins of Georgia.
Mr. Huber had been assigned by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the Justice Department’s handling of its probe into the Clinton Foundation and how it secured a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
But Mr. Huber’s investigation has been dogged by allegations that he has not interviewed witnesses who could shed light on those topics.
In a letter to Mr. Huber, Mr. Jordan and Mr. Collins said they interviewed dozens of witnesses while his probe was simultaneously running.
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Brenda Snipes asks federal judge to reinstate her as Broward elections supervisor
Brenda Snipes was in a federal court Monday asking U.S. District Judge Mark Walker to reinstate her as elections supervisor for Broward County.
Walker did not rule during the nearly two-hour hearing, but he did raise questions about whether Snipes was given a chance to defend herself against allegations made by Scott.
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Chuck Schumer moves to block pro-Israel bill to protest shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Senate Democrat leaders are mounting an effort to block a pro-Israel bill on Tuesday in order to protest the ongoing partial government shutdown, which is now in its third week.
The Senate late Tuesday will hold a procedural vote on a bill that supports Israel by allowing state and local governments to divest from entities that boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel because of its occupation of the West Bank.
The provision is part of legislation numbered “S.1” that was to be the very first bill senators debate in the 116th Congress. In addition to the BDS language, it includes several Middle East security provisions such as new authorities for sanctioning Bashar Assad's regime in Syria and re-authorization of security assistance to Israel.
But Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, will vote Tuesday against moving to debate the BDS bill, even though they co-sponsored the bill when was introduced in 2017.
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The Senate late Tuesday will hold a procedural vote on a bill that supports Israel by allowing state and local governments to divest from entities that boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel because of its occupation of the West Bank.
The provision is part of legislation numbered “S.1” that was to be the very first bill senators debate in the 116th Congress. In addition to the BDS language, it includes several Middle East security provisions such as new authorities for sanctioning Bashar Assad's regime in Syria and re-authorization of security assistance to Israel.
But Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., a top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, will vote Tuesday against moving to debate the BDS bill, even though they co-sponsored the bill when was introduced in 2017.
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Let's Play Follow The Climate Money!
The climate crisis industry incessantly claims that fossil fuel emissions are causing unprecedented temperature, climate and weather changes that pose existential threats to human civilization and our planet. The only solution, Climate Crisis, Inc. insists, is to eliminate the oil, coal and natural gas that provide 80% of the energy that makes US and global economies, health and living standards possible.
Failing that, CCI demands steadily increasing taxes on carbon-based fuels and carbon dioxide emissions.
However, as France’s Yellow Vest protests and the latest climate confab in Poland demonstrated, the world is not prepared to go down that dark path. Countries worldwide are expanding their reliable fossil fuel use, and families do not want to reduce their living standards or their aspirations for better lives.
Moreover, climate computer model forecasts are completely out of touch with real-world observations. There is no evidence to support claims that the slight temperature, climate and weather changes we’ve experienced are dangerous, unprecedented or caused by humans, instead of by the powerful solar, oceanic and other natural forces that have driven similar or far more serious changes throughout history.
More importantly, the CCI “solutions” would cause unprecedented disruption of modern industrialized societies; permanent poverty and disease in poor countries; and serious ecological damage worldwide.
Nothing that is required to harness breezes and sunshine to power civilization is clean, green, renewable, climate-friendly or sustainable. Tens of billions of tons of rock would have to be removed, to extract billions of tons of ores, to create millions of tons of metals, concrete and other materials, to manufacture millions of wind turbines and solar panels, and install them on millions of acres of wildlife habitats – to generate expensive, intermittent energy that would be grossly insufficient for humanity’s needs. Every step in this process requires fossil fuels – and some of the mining involves child labor.
How do CCI alarmists respond to these points? They don’t. They refuse to engage in or even permit civil discussion. They rant that anyone “who denies climate change science” is on the fossil fuel industry payroll, thus has a blatant conflict of interest and no credibility, and therefore should be ignored.
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Failing that, CCI demands steadily increasing taxes on carbon-based fuels and carbon dioxide emissions.
However, as France’s Yellow Vest protests and the latest climate confab in Poland demonstrated, the world is not prepared to go down that dark path. Countries worldwide are expanding their reliable fossil fuel use, and families do not want to reduce their living standards or their aspirations for better lives.
Moreover, climate computer model forecasts are completely out of touch with real-world observations. There is no evidence to support claims that the slight temperature, climate and weather changes we’ve experienced are dangerous, unprecedented or caused by humans, instead of by the powerful solar, oceanic and other natural forces that have driven similar or far more serious changes throughout history.
More importantly, the CCI “solutions” would cause unprecedented disruption of modern industrialized societies; permanent poverty and disease in poor countries; and serious ecological damage worldwide.
Nothing that is required to harness breezes and sunshine to power civilization is clean, green, renewable, climate-friendly or sustainable. Tens of billions of tons of rock would have to be removed, to extract billions of tons of ores, to create millions of tons of metals, concrete and other materials, to manufacture millions of wind turbines and solar panels, and install them on millions of acres of wildlife habitats – to generate expensive, intermittent energy that would be grossly insufficient for humanity’s needs. Every step in this process requires fossil fuels – and some of the mining involves child labor.
How do CCI alarmists respond to these points? They don’t. They refuse to engage in or even permit civil discussion. They rant that anyone “who denies climate change science” is on the fossil fuel industry payroll, thus has a blatant conflict of interest and no credibility, and therefore should be ignored.
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Judge Jeanine Pirro: Rashida Tlaib, this is my message for you -- Do what you were elected to do
This week newly elected Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, just hours after the honor of being sworn in to the United States Congress had this to say:
“When your son looks at you and says, "Mama, look you won. Bullies don't win," and I said, "Baby, they don't. Because we are going to go in there and we're going to impeach the [expletive deleted]."
Rashida, so our country allows your family to come here, start a new life in America with all its advantages, protections and privileges -- unlike anything they experienced in Palestine -- and your first act after being allowed the privilege of running for the U.S. Congress and then winning a seat in that hallowed chamber, the People's House is to curse out the president of the United States? Promising his impeachment with absolutely no facts to support the charge, violating the very Constitution you just swore to uphold.
And by the way, show me where in the Constitution, Rashida, it says you can impeach a president because you hate him? The greatest nation on Earth, through its largesse opens its doors and lays out the welcome mat for your mother and father, whom I'm sure thanked God when they got here, and you get to the national stage and call the commander-in-Chief a "mother-effer" in a public forum? Demanding impeachment? Who are you?
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“When your son looks at you and says, "Mama, look you won. Bullies don't win," and I said, "Baby, they don't. Because we are going to go in there and we're going to impeach the [expletive deleted]."
Rashida, so our country allows your family to come here, start a new life in America with all its advantages, protections and privileges -- unlike anything they experienced in Palestine -- and your first act after being allowed the privilege of running for the U.S. Congress and then winning a seat in that hallowed chamber, the People's House is to curse out the president of the United States? Promising his impeachment with absolutely no facts to support the charge, violating the very Constitution you just swore to uphold.
And by the way, show me where in the Constitution, Rashida, it says you can impeach a president because you hate him? The greatest nation on Earth, through its largesse opens its doors and lays out the welcome mat for your mother and father, whom I'm sure thanked God when they got here, and you get to the national stage and call the commander-in-Chief a "mother-effer" in a public forum? Demanding impeachment? Who are you?
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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/judge-jeanine-pirro-rashida-tlaib-this-is-my-message-for-you-do-what-you-were-elected-to-do
Navy Warship Passage Challenges Beijing Control of S. China Sea Islands
China responded by sending ships and aircraft to confront the vessel, the Chinese Foreign Minister said.
Lt. Rachel McMarr, a Fleet spokeswoman, said the guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell conducted a freedom of navigation operation on Monday by sailing within 12 nautical miles of the Paracel Islands.
The operation was designed to "challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law," she said in a statement.
Passage within 12 nautical miles of a disputed island, as the McCampbell did, is a direct challenge and usually involves some type of military maneuver. McMarr and a Pentagon spokesman did not say whether the warship conducted activities inside the 12-nautical mile limit of the Paracels.
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Mike Pence: Trump won't reopen the government on the 'promise' of talks with Democrats
Vice President Pence said Monday that President Trump won't agree to reopen the federal government based only on a promise from Democrats that they will then negotiate funding for the border wall.
"The president is not going to reopen the federal government with a promise that negotiations would begin thereafter," Pence told reporters at the White House.
Democrats have said the last several days that they won't talk about border wall funding while the government is partially shut down. But Pence's remark makes it clear that the White House wants wall funding as part of a deal to reopen the government.
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"The president is not going to reopen the federal government with a promise that negotiations would begin thereafter," Pence told reporters at the White House.
Democrats have said the last several days that they won't talk about border wall funding while the government is partially shut down. But Pence's remark makes it clear that the White House wants wall funding as part of a deal to reopen the government.
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Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Politifact, WaPo for Fact Checking
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Monday blasted multiple fact-checking media sources for their coverage of her statements, saying, "I say true things all the time."
Ocasio-Cortez, who was sworn into office last Thursday, is evidently not happy about the scrutiny she's received from fact-checkers. In a Twitter thread, she targeted the Washington Post and Politifact, saying "false equivalency [and] bias creeps in" with their fact checks.
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Ocasio-Cortez, who was sworn into office last Thursday, is evidently not happy about the scrutiny she's received from fact-checkers. In a Twitter thread, she targeted the Washington Post and Politifact, saying "false equivalency [and] bias creeps in" with their fact checks.
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A Viewer Writes: 2019 Maryland General Assembly - Senate Bill 11
This bill is actually worse than I orginally thought. The sponsor is deleting the 'Average Per Capita Personal Income' thresholds reference wording from the entire bill. Note - that the brackets indicate the entire language is being deleted. In other words - the income measuring stick - is trying to be deleted so as to mask the true economics picture.
(see last page of bill) - http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0011F.pdf
FYI - SB-11 - Legislation to change name identity from Maryland counties designed 'Distressed' to a new name 'Tier 1'.
This legislation has just been sponsored and is attempting to try and remove the appearance of an aura or stigma that can be attributed to a MD county designated as being 'Distressed'
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0011F.pdf
See middle of page in the link below - MD counties designated as being 'Distressed'.
https://taxes.marylandtaxes.gov/Business_Taxes/General_Information/Business_Tax_Credits/One_Maryland_Economic_Development_Tax_Credit.shtml
IMHO - MD brainwashing - at its best.
(see last page of bill) - http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0011F.pdf
FYI - SB-11 - Legislation to change name identity from Maryland counties designed 'Distressed' to a new name 'Tier 1'.
This legislation has just been sponsored and is attempting to try and remove the appearance of an aura or stigma that can be attributed to a MD county designated as being 'Distressed'
http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2019RS/bills/sb/sb0011F.pdf
See middle of page in the link below - MD counties designated as being 'Distressed'.
https://taxes.marylandtaxes.gov/Business_Taxes/General_Information/Business_Tax_Credits/One_Maryland_Economic_Development_Tax_Credit.shtml
IMHO - MD brainwashing - at its best.
A Message From Executive Culver
Pizza Hut is going to Deliver Beer from Hundreds of Locations
Pizza Hut is expanding beer delivery to hundreds of locations across America.
By mid-January, customers will be able to order beer for delivery at nearly 300 locations across the US, including restaurants in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio, the chain announced on Monday. By this summer, Pizza Hut plans to offer beer delivery at 1,000 locations.
Pizza Hut is pushing beer delivery leading up to Super Bowl LIII in early February. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest business days of the year at the chain.
In February 2018, Pizza Hut announced it had signed a multiyear agreement to be the NFL's official pizza sponsor, one day after Papa John's said it had ended its NFL sponsorship deal.
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By mid-January, customers will be able to order beer for delivery at nearly 300 locations across the US, including restaurants in Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, and Ohio, the chain announced on Monday. By this summer, Pizza Hut plans to offer beer delivery at 1,000 locations.
Pizza Hut is pushing beer delivery leading up to Super Bowl LIII in early February. The Super Bowl is one of the biggest business days of the year at the chain.
In February 2018, Pizza Hut announced it had signed a multiyear agreement to be the NFL's official pizza sponsor, one day after Papa John's said it had ended its NFL sponsorship deal.
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Body Cams, Tasers Approved In Wicomico
SALISBURY – New body cameras and Tasers are expected to benefit the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office.
On Wednesday, the Wicomico County Council approved the department’s request to authorize Axon Enterprise Inc. as a sole source vendor and to waive the formal competitive bidding process for the purchase of body cameras and Tasers at a cost to exceed $25,000.
“This [company] was authorized as a sole source vendor in August of 2018 for the Department of Corrections to purchase Tasers,” Council Administrator Laura Hurley said. “This request is now coming before you from the sheriff’s department, seeking to purchase body cameras as well as Tasers.”
In a statement submitted to the county council, department heads explained the need for new devices.
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On Wednesday, the Wicomico County Council approved the department’s request to authorize Axon Enterprise Inc. as a sole source vendor and to waive the formal competitive bidding process for the purchase of body cameras and Tasers at a cost to exceed $25,000.
“This [company] was authorized as a sole source vendor in August of 2018 for the Department of Corrections to purchase Tasers,” Council Administrator Laura Hurley said. “This request is now coming before you from the sheriff’s department, seeking to purchase body cameras as well as Tasers.”
In a statement submitted to the county council, department heads explained the need for new devices.
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