Archive for April, 2009

Normally, ice is newly formed after two years, over two meters thick. “Here the ice grew up to four meters,” said a spokesman of Bremerhaven’s Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. (Original in German with map) (Google translation to English) »

“We will use the term Mexican flu in order not to have to pronounce the word swine,” said Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman of the ultra-religious United Torah Judaism party. »

In the end, 40 million Americans were inoculated, and there was no epidemic – though more than 30 died from the vaccination itself. Only one fatality was attributed to the swine flu itself. »

A radical cleric, acting as the Taliban’s go-between in Pakistan’s restive Swat valley, broke off talks with the government on Monday after a military offensive began in a neighboring northwest region. »

IBM’s already proven that a computer from its labs can take on the world’s best at chess, but what’ll happen when the boundaries of a square-filled board are removed? »

It’s obviously getting attention from the general public. Rand book sales are “going through the roof,” said Yaron Brook, the president of the Ayn Rand Institute. According to Brook, “Atlas Shrugged,” her most famous novel, has sold more copies in the first four months of 2009 than it did for all of 2008 —... »

Hawking’s illness — he remains in Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England — made news worldwide. “Our impression is that he is still recovering, and there certainly has been a lot of attention,” Hayman said Friday. »

Claim: Swine Flu virus was genetically manufactured from four existing flu virus types: 1. American Swine Influenza Virus 2. North American Avian Influenza Virus 3. Human Influenza A Virus, Subtype H1N1 4. Asian/European Swine Influenza Virus »

Yet another female teacher found guilty of sexually abusing boys. »

The Presbyterian Church USA rejected gay clergy for the third time in a decade. »

O’Reilly opines that General Electric (NYSE:GE) is using its media arm, NBC Universal to promote President Barack Obama’s so-called progressive agenda for its own financial gain. »

“Why is this happening in the United States of America?” Arizona border patrol apparently tortured a Baptist pastor at a highway checkpoint. The violent beating resulted in 11 stitches. Source »

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In classic feminist form, Marty York was arrested on criminal battery charges for backhanding his girlfriend in an argument, after she gave him a black eye. Why didn’t they arrest her????? »

The reason you shouldn’t believe Earth Day predictions of 2009. »

The feminist notion of diversity is cover for antisocial behavior and sexual perversity »

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America is fed up with sexual perversity in our face. »

Another fine example of what happens when narcissitic women go wrong and drag men, children, and taxpayers into enabling irresponsible behavior. »

Woman abused VAWA as a green wildcard to emigrate to the US, and then recanted her testimony. »

Whether or not CO2 regulation would produce an economic calamity, the EPA has launched its power grab over all that burns, breathes, burps, flies, drives and passes gas. »

Piracy may be the bane of the music industry but according to a new study, it may also be its engine. A report from the BI Norwegian School of Management has found that those who download music illegally are also 10 times more likely to pay for songs than those who don’t. »

Forbes points out that it’s a dangerous precedent. Google is actually more efficient at finding working torrents than some of the bigger torrent tracking sites, like Mininova. »

The “Me” generations care only about what they want, and expect someone to save them when everything falls apart. This is the common denominator behind American’s widespread corruption of law, banking, accounting, politics, psychology, and ultimately our moral fabric. »

A second grade girl may have been drugged before Sandra Cantu was murdered. »

Hawking, 67, was taken by ambulance to a local hospital in Cambridge, where he teaches as a professor of applied mathematics and theoretical physics. »

Perez Hilton brashly attempts to politicize the Miss USA Pageant and gets it between the eyes. If you want to know what people really think about same-sex marriage, watch this video »

Witness the mass criminalization of men by the child support industry. »

Feminism is destroying marriage, family, education, and our children. »

“With the birth of Hana, Iran is among five countries in the world cloning a baby goat,” said Isfahani, an embryologist. »

An 18-year-old high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher in her bedroom was stabbed to death by her 20-year old boyfriend, who was himself a former student of hers, police said Tuesday. »

Just kidding. The actual story is: Asexual Ants Give up on Males Item: A widespread species of tropical ant has stopped producing males according to a new study. According to the lead author of the study, abandonment of distinct genders can be a good thing for some species. “Sexual reproduction is costly in several ways and asexual... »

A small dinosaur that once roamed northeastern China was covered with a stiff, hair-like fuzz, a discovery that suggests feathers began to evolve much earlier than many researchers believe — maybe even in the earliest dinosaurs. »

“I could have turned everything into a crime scene like O.J., cutting everybody’s throat,” Hogan said in the interview for a feature that will run in Friday’s edition of the magazine. “You live half a mile from the 20,000-square-foot home you can’t go to anymore, you’re driving through downtown Clearwater and see a... »

Does anyone not think that green energy and man-made global warming are urgent priorities? Evidently, just those crazy global warming “deniers” — the American people. »

Congressional Republicans sell out to Obama, while the state-level grassroots becomes a miniature party lacking representation in Washington. »

Exactly 20 years from today, an asteroid about the size of a 25-story building will come closer to Earth than the networks of communications satellites orbiting the planet. »

Police have not been able to establish motive for the killing of Sandra Cantu. Melissa Huckaby is charged in the killing. The child was apparently sexually abused before being killed. Was Sandra killed to shut her up? »

Excerpted from From Roger Ebert’s blog: Inside many superhero stories is a Greek tragedy in hiding. There is the godlike hero, and he is flawed. In early days his weaknesses were simplistic, like Superman’s vulnerability to Kryptonite. Then Spider-Man was created as an insecure teenager, and comic books began to peer deeper. Now comes... »

“This is unfortunate action and our friends should have done more to kill the captain before they were killed. This will be a good lesson for us,” pirate Jamac Habeb told the AP. »