Pin ItemailprintIt’s been nine months since that massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami decimated Japan, killing over 15,000 people in the process. Tsunami debris has already begun washing ashore thousands of miles from the epicenter on the West Coast of the U.S. Last week, along the coast of Washington state, nine polyethylene buoys that belonged to [...]
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The mission that ended 4,500 American lives and injured 30,000 more came to an end today, quietly and without fanfare. An official flag-lowering ceremony in Baghdad marked the event. U.S. troops lowered the flag of command that flew over Baghdad, placed it in a green and gray case, and symbolically declared the war over. Secretary [...]
Thank you, Federal Government. Pizza is now a vegetable. Does this mean that apple pies are now considered fruit? #Winning! [Via: Reddit] Incoming search terms:pizza hut now serving vegetables
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Want to learn a lot about the mainstream media here in the U.S.? Look no farther than Time magazine. Specifically, take a look at the different covers Time magazine uses here in the United States vs. other parts of the world. Good news, sheeple. It looks like revolution isn’t relevant news here in the good [...]
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If you need more convincing that those “slacker” Occupy Wall Street protesters are onto something, look no further. The American people have been robbed…and guess who’s responsible? The Federal Reserve and the big commercial U.S. banks fought for over two years to keep details of the largest financial bailout in U.S. history top secret. Now, [...]
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has told a media summit today that the United States government is ordering Wikileaks to destroy all the material is has published on them and to cease and desist working with its sources within the government. “[When we released our documents] the Pentagon said we must destroy everything we published and [...]
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The so-called Super Committee’s failure to reach a compromise on a debt-reduction plan exposes the U.S. credit rating to more downgrades, with ratings agencies expected to act before the end of the year. “It is just a matter of time before the government’s rating is cut,” says Steve Ricchiuto, Mizuho Securities’ chief economist. “I would [...]
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Just one day after becoming a hurricane, Hurricane Kenneth has strengthened into a Category 4 storm. This rare mid-November storm is now officially the latest-occurring major hurricane ever recorded in the eastern North Pacific basin. Hurricane Kenneth has strong winds of about 145 mph, but is currently not thought to be much of a threat [...]
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Here’s something new you cam try when you don’t get your way. Just throw tear gas at the opposition. A South Korean opposition MP has reportedly done his impression of a UC Davis police officer, using tear gas against the Parliament’s deputy speaker in a bid to block ratification of a key trade deal with [...]
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This is one good way to remember your trip across-country. The video above is a timelapse / drivelapse highlight video from a 12,225 mile roadtrip around the USA from August 2011 – October 2011. More details and a map of the trip can be found here: http://briandefrees.com/featured/usa-drivelapsetimelapse-project/
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Here’s a surprising statistic…it costs the state of New Jersey more money to hold a prisoner for one year than it does to fund one Princeton student’s tuition. Here’s an overview of the disturbing trend of prioritizing prison over higher education in the U.S. This infographic highlights the misallocation of government investments on students vs [...]
No, your eyes weren’t playing tricks on you. The northern lights traveled all the way to the Deep South last night, making them visible hundreds of miles farther south than usual. The light show was made possible by a coronal mass ejection (CME) from our sun. Basically, a violent solar storm sent lots of energy [...]
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