Now Is Time for U.S. to Leave Afghanistan

Larry Kudlow, National ReviewIn the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, I found myself agreeing with Charles Krauthammer that this was a global game-changer for American greatness. It was a gutsy and courageous decision by President Obama, brilliantly executed by the Navy SEALs and all the intelligence and support behind them.As Krauthammer put it, after the tough slogs in Iraq and Afghanistan, this amounts to the restoration of unquestioned U.S. military dominance. America has not slipped, nor has our military reach and power.But now I want to ask a more difficult question. With the killing of Osama, is the...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/05/are_we_done_in_afghanistan_109760.html

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Biden Meets With Lawmakers To Discuss Debt

Vice President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of legislators to talk about the nation's debt. It was the first in a series of meetings at which the two parties will try to agree on a deficit plan that will win enough the support that Congress will vote to raise the legal limit on what the country can borrow. NPR's Mara Liasson joins Melissa Block to talk about all of this.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/136030436/biden-meets-with-lawmakers-to-discuss-debt?ft=1&f=1014

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Plan Would Trade Medicaid Funds For Flexibility

The budget passed by the House would give states more authority over Medicaid ? but less money over time. GOP governors say they'll embrace the chance to have more flexibility over their budgets, but critics say society's most vulnerable would suffer.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/135996814/plan-would-trade-medicaid-funds-for-flexibility?ft=1&f=1014

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Dirty Dancing, A Gallant Spider Goes All The Way ...

Come on! say I; can this be true? No animal is that dumb. So I called professor Wayne Maddison and professor Damian Elias (the two lead scientists on this paper and producers of the video) and they said, alas, this happens all the time. Jumping spiders will dance for dead ladies, freeze-dried ladies, ladies pickled in alcohol, cardboard versions of ladies with paper arms and legs, ladies that aren't their kind of spider, but both insisted the lady spider in our video, the video we just saw, that female was alive, (drugged, yes, but otherwise unharmed). She just didn't move much.

Here's the point. Male spiders (and males across the animal kingdom) will often court anything that even vaguely resembles a female. Jumping spider males are splendid lovers, but not careful choosers. Professor Elias says they don't see that well, but man, can they dance! And watching the male in our video, who moved with such grace, such ardor, such blind fervor, how could you not admire his ... his unbelievable confidence ... just a little?

Thump! Scrape! Buzz! How they make those sounds.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/05/135963961/dirty-dancing-a-gallant-spider-goes-all-the-way?ft=1&f=1057

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'Brood 19' Cicadas Poised To Swarm The South

They've been developing underground for 13 years, and now billions of Brood 19 cicadas are set to emerge with a bang, or a buzz in states including Georgia, South Carolina and Oklahoma. American Entomologist Editor-in-Chief Gene Kritsky lays out what we can expect with host Linda Wertheimer.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/30/135867081/brood-19-cicadas-poised-to-swarm-the-south?ft=1&f=1007

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