Enceladus shown here as jets of water shoot into space. (NASA)
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA’s Cassini mission.
Researchers found the magnitude of the moon’s very slight wobble, as it orbits Saturn, can only be accounted for if its outer ice shell is not frozen solid to its interior, meaning a global ocean must be present.
This week the House voted on three bills to stop President Obama’s atrocious Iran nuclear agreement. These bills make clear that the American people, acting through their elected representatives, reject the President’s capitulation to Iran. America’s next President can — and should — end the agreement on Day One and restart the most effective sanctions regime ever created. The Iran deal will endanger the security of America and our closest allies and partners, as I have explained at length (here and here).
A Legislative interim study focused on the high number of females incarcerated in Oklahoma and the effects on their children will meet this week at the State Capitol.
Oklahoma currently leads the nation in the number of females in prison. In 2014, there were about 130 women incarcerated per 100,000 residents in the state, compared to the national average of 67 per 100,000.
TULSA: The results of the September 2015 Federal Grand Jury were announced Friday by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
The following individuals have been charged with violations of United States law in indictments returned by the Grand Jury. The return of an indictment is a method of informing a defendant of alleged federal crimes which must be proven in a court of law beyond a reasonable doubt to overcome a defendant’s presumption of innocence.
OK Republican Chairman Randy Brogdon
Updated Editorial: Today marks the final day in the brief (5 month) tortuous term of Randy Brogdon as Chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party. No one forced Brogdon to resign and no one else is responsible for Brogdon’s failure to follow Party rules, inappropriate selection of staff or his embarrassing posts on Facebook.
Several State Committee members have lists of Brogdon’s rule violations numbering over 21 specific betrayals including the failure to provide required financial reports and exclusion of individuals from participation that are specifically named as participants on specific committees.
