Prehistoric Climate Change Due To Cosmic Crash In Canada, Researchers Say
Science Recorder | Jonathan Marker | September 03, 2013The report centers on spherules, droplets of solidified molten rock ejected by the impact of a meteor or comet.An asteroid impact in Quebec some...
View ArticleFlorida Family Uncovers $300K In Spanish Gold - 150 Yards Offshore
Matt Cantor, NewserSeptember 3, 2013(Photo: Schmitt family via Facebook)STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe gold was 150 yards off the coast, only 15 feet underwaterThey found 64 feet of gold chain, five gold coins...
View ArticleThe Borowitz Report: GOP Proposes Syria Plan
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—As the debate over Syria moves to the United States Congress, a leading Senate Republican said today that the only way to resolve the crisis in the war-torn Middle...
View Article"If North Carolina Legislators Are Against Sharia Law, Why Are They..."
"If North Carolina legislators are against Sharia Law, why are they trying to impose it on N.C. women?"Planned Parenthood***"The terrible thing about our time is precisely the ease with which theories...
View ArticleFrontline: Syria, What Next?
President Barack Obama is now making the case to Congress for military intervention in Syria — in the wake of a chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held suburb of Damascus that killed at least 355...
View ArticleIreland Imposes Environmental Damage Taxes To Pay Down Debt
Derek Speirs for The New York TimesEnvironmental Taxes in Ireland: Taxes on garbage and fossil fuels are part of Ireland’s novel strategy to shrink its debt.Alan: Not only do taxes raise needed...
View ArticleMotivated By Hefty Tax, Irish Spurn Plastic Bags (New York Times)
Reusable cloth shopping bags, like this one at a Superquinn grocery checkout in Dublin, have replaced those stretchy, crinkly plastic shopping bags,which are subject to a 33-cent tax per bag.Alan: Not...
View Article5 Reasons Republicans Are Beginning To Worry They Could Lose The House In 2014
August 19th, 2013 Jason SattlerLet me start off by saying that for the GOP to lose the House of Representatives would require a meltdown worse than we’re seeing in the Arctic.“The number of competitive...
View ArticleMexican Border City Gripped By Tale Of Black-Clad Avenger
In this Aug. 28, 2013, photo, forensic experts examine the scene where a bus driver was killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Mexican prosecutors said they are investigating claims that a woman killed two...
View ArticleTransformed Kodak Emerges From Bankruptcy
Alice Baxter reports on Kodak's reinvention and looks at other big names that have risen phoenix-like from the ashes.Continue reading the main storyRelated StoriesCan Kodak meet the digital...
View ArticleThis Crowd Cheering A Little Girl’s Dad Being Deported Should Terrify The GOP
Alan: Hey! Party of Soon-to-Die, Angry White Guys!" Don't change a single thing. Piss off Hispanics. Piss off women. Piss off blacks. Piss off...
View ArticleGuess Which U.S. County Most Loves Obama? (Hint: It's In South Dakota.)
Native American riders at the rodeo chutes in Pine Ridge, S.D.By Joshua Green January 23, 2013With the 2012 U.S. election returns now complete, it’s possible to analyze the data and learn some...
View ArticleHow Will the Obamacare Mandate Impact You?
Obama got you covered.(In no more than ten years, Americans -- even those with unfolded cortices -- will be happy he did.)***The Get Covered America campaign canvases the entire country, informing...
View ArticleOne Of The Reasons The GOP Could Lose The House Is Obamacare
Obamacare (as the undoing of the Republican Party)August 19th, 2013Jason SattlerWhat if the thing Republicans spent years demonizing turns out to be a lifesaver for tens of millions of Americans?It’s...
View ArticleOhioans Evenly Split On Gay Marriage
Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Ohio voters are split 47 percent to 47 percent on the question of same-sex marriage. (The Associated...
View ArticleThe Borowitz Report: Obama Shaken By Boehner's Support On Syria
"Republicans Propose Syria Plan"http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-borowitz-report-gop-proposes-syria.html***WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Aides to President Obama said today that he...
View ArticleIt's Complicated: Pacific Ocean Impacts Global Warming by Lowering Climate...
The Pacific Ocean may be having a huge impact on global warming. It turns out that equatorial cooling in the ocean is actually offsetting rises in temperatures. A view of the Pacific Ocean along the...
View ArticleAmerican Jurisprudence And The Nurturence Of Whole Cloth Falsehood
Alan: Why, in God's name, do authorized representatives of the United States' legal system declare, as a matter of public record, that 93 miles per hour is 75 miles per hour? The bedrock purpose of the...
View ArticleAtheist Couple Brings "Under God" Suit. 5 Facts About The Pledge Of Allegiance
Massachusetts’ Supreme Judicial Court – the state’s highest court – will hear arguments today in Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, a case in which an anonymous atheist couple is...
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