Archive for June 2016
The Dark Side of Attraction Marketing – The Rise of Fake Review Scams
Attraction Marketing, a hot buzzword that sounds like money in your inbox may just be too good to be true. Clever web marketing self described “experts” keep writing about attraction marketing yet no one explains what this really means. Here is your answer: Attraction marketing is bait and switch content using fake online reviews and click…
Continue ReadingAlabama Mom’s Charges Resulting From Medical Marijuana Use Dismissed
Alabama Mom’s Charges Are Dropped, But Only After an Arduous Battle by Nina Martin ProPublica, June 2, 2016, 10:29 a.m. Sixteen months after her arrest, Katie Darovitz 2014 one of at least 500 women prosecuted under Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation chemical endangerment law 2014 has had her case dismissed. Darovitz’s story, first chronicled by ProPublica last year,…
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton Won – What’s Next for Bernie Sanders?
What kind of loser will Bernie Sanders be? He’s got three choices During his barnstorming rallies to massive audiences, Bernie Sanders is fond of declaring “enough is enough!” And after the latest round of primary results, many Democratic party leaders will be hoping Sanders now feels similarly about his own campaign. Sanders and his team should…
Continue ReadingRigby Mother in Hospital After Serious Car Crash in Jefferson County
IDAHO FALLS — A Rigby mother has undergone numerous surgeries and is in a medically induced coma after a serious car accident in Jefferson County Wednesday evening. Valerie Goodwin was transported by air ambulance in critical condition to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center after a two vehicle crash at 400 N. 3800 E. Goodwin, a…
Continue ReadingBerning the Fields – Hillary’s Coronation is Shunning Millennials
Before the polls opened in California and New Jersey, Hillary Clinton’s media friends made a few phone calls to superdelegates and declared her presumptive nominee. This untimely move angered millions of Bernie Sanders supporters and provided further evidence that the election was rigged in Clinton’s favor. Bernie Sanders Stood Up Against the Clinton Machine On…
Continue ReadingObsolete Voting Machines Could Ruin The Election
Imagine you went to your basement and dusted off the laptop or mobile phone that you used in 2002. What would happen if you tried to turn it on? We don’t have to guess. Around the country this election year, people are going into storage, pulling out computers that date back to 2002 and asking…
Continue ReadingMosquito Hunters Search for Signs of Zika in Texas
Mosquito control is serious business in Harris County, Texas. The county, which includes Houston, stretches across 1,777 square miles and is the third most populous county in the U.S. The area’s warm, muggy climate and snaking system of bayous provide an ideal habitat for mosquitoes — and the diseases they carry. The county began battling…
Continue ReadingShould Pluto Be Named A Planet Again?
The New Horizons probe, which NASA launched nearly 10 years ago to observe Pluto up close, sent back some incredible of the planet. But wait, is it a planet, or not? When New Horizons left Earth in January 2006, Pluto was officially a member of the planet club along with Mercury, Venus, our lovely green home,…
Continue ReadingTrump University Waterboarding Scandal
In 2007 an American citizen was allegedly waterboarded in Provo, Utah as motivation to sell Trump University training. “Would I approve waterboarding? … I would — in a heartbeat,” Trump proclaimed at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, according to The Washington Post. “And I would approve more than that. Don’t kid yourself, folks. It works,…
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