NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has confirmed that one of the largest objects in the Main Asteroid Belt is actually a tiny planet-like body that formed around a molten interior like the Earth, Mars, Venus and Mercury. “We now know that Vesta is the only layered planetary buil …
… [O]ver the last nearly seven years… dangerous Islamophobia...[has]...inextricably intertwined into the very fabric of the US armed forces...[and]...reached such a dire level of toxicity that it caused America's highest-ranking soldier to actually DO something abou …
On Tuesday, North Carolina voters will be given a chance to rewrite the state constitution, adding to it a ban on same-sex marriage. The latest polls indicate the amendment to the constitution has a majority of support in the state. The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, the pastor of …
The Republican Party has come undone. They have overreached in nearly every area of law in our country. From outlawing collective bargaining in several states to passing voter suppression laws in over 30 states, and their current nationwide and unrelenting efforts to deny women a …
Genuine mental illness is a human tragedy that afflicts both the sufferer and those around him or her. Political craziness, on the other hand, is just crazy. There's no need to pity anyone who suffers from political craziness. The delusional person does just fine... ... [T]hey …
For all of the shouting about a Republican war on women, you'd think it was a bright, new, shiny phenomenon. But Schlafly's celebrity was born of her brutal and shameless tactics in that theater of war some 40 years ago... Schlafly's tactics were modeled, according to Republican …
As the Republican circus regarding who is going to be the Party's presidential nominee draws to a close, now is a good time to reflect on some of their views about women and the rest of us as only the late, great and inimitable George Carlin could do.
Responding to Rick Santorum's threat crack down on pornography, porn stars have created a somewhat satirical video that starts out opposing Santorum but ends up endorsing him. They call for a "wank out" on May 5th.
Featuring a mosaic of modern and archaic traits, a human population unlike any other lived in southwest China between 11,500 and 14,500 years ago, new research has revealed. Dubbed the Red Deer Cave people, they might have belonged to a previously unknown species that shared the …
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College have developed a computer program that has tracked the manner in which different forms of dementia spread within a human brain. Their findings, published in the March 22 issue of Neuron, could help patients and their families confirm …
How’s this for political cowardice? Right-wing bloviator Rush Limbaugh launches a vile attack, full of sexual insults and smarmy innuendo, against a young woman whose only offense was to speak her mind.
Social media – encompassing web-based and mobile interactive technologies, including blogs, photo sharing, forums, and social networking, using various platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, LinkedIn, and YouTube – is easily available, constantly evolving, and …
At this time in our history when Republican politicians, clergy, and right wing pundits feel they have license to say the most outrageous lies and distortions without being held to normal standards of truth, restraint, and certainly common decency...think about another time -- an …
... [S]everal hundred people gathered today at the Virginia state capitol.
Possible leaked footage of a UFO arriving then landing at an unknown location in New Mexico. Could be one of ours, CGI, or could be the real deal. As Always You Decide.
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe." -Albert Einstein
While the Republican platform has always included the mantra of cutting government spending on the poor, minorities, and immigrants, lately they have been willing to attack previously sacrosanct, widely used programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Swiss scientists said Wednesday they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of orbiting debris known as space junk. The 10-million-franc ($11-million) satellite called CleanSpace One...is being built by the Swiss Space Center at the Swiss Federal Inst …
Think Occupy Wall Street has dribbled to the oblivion of political history? Think again.
The first major evolution of the F-15 Eagle occurred in the late 1970s, when the US Air Force started looking for a replacement for the General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark. McDonnell Douglas and Hughes teamed up to convert an F-15B two-seater...into the world's most effective strike …
In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of [Yeba Mate Tea], which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties. …
It's crazy, but it's true: I could not afford to go to work today. I have a 45-minute commute to and from work, which costs me about ten dollars in gas each day. I'm down to six whole dollars... This is not a position I ever expected to find myself in.
In a shocking turn of events, the birther trial in Georgia of which Orly Taitz tries to be a part despite the fact that she can’t practice law in Georgia...has ruled in favor of sanity i.e. Obama! ...Taitz...has now ordered an “emergency appeal,”... ...
A US Army officer has accused the American military of painting a misleading picture of progress in the war in Afghanistan while glossing over the Kabul government's many failings. Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis broke ranks with the official portrayal of the war...issuing a gri …
A former Nevada state Senator who ran on a Christian family values platform has posed in a bikini as a write-in candidate for the men's magazine Maxim's "Hot 100" contest. .... Halseth ran as a political unknown in 2010, surprising observers by winning as a Republican in …
In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.
Pat Robertson appeared yet again on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," and yet again his remarks were unabashedly forthcoming. When a viewer asked if it was OK that her Christian friend had a Buddha statue, Robertson advised her to "break it." The Buddha wasn't h …
A civilian piloting a military-contracted jet was killed when his aircraft crashed into a Southern California farm field as he completed a training exercise, authorities said.
Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner demons.
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