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Actual photo (via WRAL) of that moron McCrory being told that the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that transgender people do in fact deserve equal rights protection. This is the face of an asshole who just found out that he cost his state billions in Title IX funding. 
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NC's Moron McCrory Signs Executive Order Overturning Parts of HB2 – Adding LGBT Protections To The State

After weeks of national outrage over North Carolina’s new HB2 bill, which limited the ability of cities to change their non-discrimination ordinances, North Carolina's moron McCrory just signed an executive order to add sweeping LGBT protections throughout the state.
Executive Order 93 now makes North Carolina one of 24 states to have sexual orientation and gender identity protections for all employees. It also gives private businesses and local governments the right to establish their own non-discrimination policies.
The order will seek legislation to reinstate the right to sue in state court for any type of work-place discrimination, including being fired or not being hired.
You can read McCrory’s entire Executive Order 93 in PDF form here.
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1139		The Second Lateran Council opens in Rome.
1657		English Admiral Robert Blake fights his last battle when he destroys the Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay.
1769		Ottawa Chief Pontiac is murdered by an Indian in Cahokia.
1770		Captain Cook discovers Australia.
1775		British troops begin the siege of Boston.
1792		France declares war on Austria, Prussia, and Sardinia.
1809		Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria.
1836		The Territory of Wisconsin is created.
1841		Edgar Allen Poe’s first detective story is published.
1861		Robert E. Lee resigns from the U.S. Army.
1879		The first mobile home (horse-drawn) is used in a journey from London to Cyprus.
1916		The first National League game is played at Chicago’s Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park. The park was renamed Cubs Park in 1920 and Wrigley Field, for the Chicago Cubs owner, in 1926.
1919		The Polish Army captures Vilno, Lithuania from the Soviets.
1940		The first electron microscope is demonstrated.
1942		Pierre Laval, the premier of Vichy France, in a radio broadcast, establishes a policy of “true reconciliation with Germany.”
1945		Soviet troops begin their attack on Berlin.
1951		General Douglas MacArthur addresses a joint session of Congress after being relieved by President Harry Truman.
1953		Operation Little Switch begins in Korea, the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war.
1962		The New Orleans Citizens Committee gives free one-way ride to blacks to move North.
1967		U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War.
1999		Two students enter Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and open fire with multiple firearms, killing 13 students and teachers, wounding 25 and eventually shooting themselves.

Here are 10 myths and truths about atheism

Here are 10 myths and truths about atheism

Out: The Czech Republic. In: Czechia.

(Image: Vardion)At the end of World War I, the Czech and Slovak regions of the Austo-Hungarian Empire formed the state of Czechoslovakia. When the pair split in 1993, the Czech state became known in English as the Czech Republic.
It's a bit awkward. Officially, France is the French Republic, but we just call it France. Couldn't we call the Czech Republic something similarly short? Perhaps. The Czech government is considering adopting "Czechia" as its official short form name. The Washington Post reports:

Finding a short-form name for the Czech Republic had proved difficult, however. In the Czech Republic itself, the short name “Cesko” is used. That name is said to date to the 18th century, although it came to official use only in the 20th century. Even today, it isn’t fully accepted: According to the Economist, former Czech president Vaclav Havel once said that the word made his “flesh creep.” Some suggested that the name was a reminder of the country’s split from Slovakia, though others said it just sounds nasty: The word is “short and harsh sounding,” one Czech cartographer told Radio Prague in 2004. […]
In recent years, a movement to finally confirm Czechia as the official short name has gathered pace. President Milos Zeman became a powerful ally of the new short name when he applauded its use during a 2013 state visit to Israel. “I use Czechia because it sounds nicer and it’s shorter than the cold Czech Republic,” Zeman told Shimon Peres, then the president of Israel.

5 Ways Your Sleep Habits Can Sabotage Your Relationship

5 Ways Your Sleep Habits Can Sabotage Your Relationship

Ten of the Most Memorable Clowns in Movies

The world has finally gotten around to admitting that clowns are pretty much horrible. For centuries, we just pretended otherwise, not knowing that other people felt the same way. But now clowns are a fairly common horror trope, and there have been plenty of movies with clowns as the scary part. I posted a picture of the first one you’d probably think of.

Pennywise is the scariest clown ever, and he’s the first that came to mind when I decided to create this list. In the TV miniseries It (which I think we can count as a movie), Pennywise the Dancing Clown was played by the very creepy Tim Curry. The clown is just one of “Its” forms, complete with long claws and fangs. Truly terrifying for children.

But there are plenty of other clowns in movies you might have forgotten, but you’ll be reminded by this extensive list at TVOM.

Guy Watches TV for 94 Hours, Sets New World Record

This is Alejandro "AJ" Fragoso, one of the greatest athletes in the world. He recently sat on a couch watching television for 94 straight hours, thus setting a Guinness World Record.

Fragoso and two other competitors sat down on a Friday to binge watch Bob's Burgers, Battlestar Galactica, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and The Twlight Zone. The other would-be champions eventually collapsed, but Fragoso pushed on, eventually surpassing the previous record of 92 hours. The Washington Post quotes Fragoso on the experience:

“Around the second day we started having minor hallucinations we started seeing writing on the screen that wasn’t there,” he told local TV station WPIX. “You forget there’s an outside world at that point you’re trapped in this tiny room.” […]
A doctor was present and conducted a physical check-up before and after the event. In the end, he found that Fragoso had an elevated heart rate and exhibited neurological side effects, including involuntary open-eyed “micronaps” and acute hallucinations.
The physician — Robert Glatter, a professor at the Northwell Hofstra School of Medicine — credited Fragoso’s Mediterranean diet and frequent standing and stretching with helping the 25-year-old fight fatigue and maintain his blood-sugar levels.

Pizza, porn and whale snot

Pizza, porn and whale snot: Seven alternative uses for drones

Southwest Kicks Muslim Woman off Flight With No Credible Explanation

Southwest Kicks Muslim Woman off Flight With No Credible Explanation

Police Apologies For Contact High

Police may have left residents in the New Zealand town of Turangi feeling a little high after a supposedly controlled burn of illegally grown cannabis sent smoke wafting through the streets on Friday.
Billowing clouds of marijuana-scented smoke were wafting from the town's police station, over the road and into the car park outside the local supermarket. Police bosses have apologized to the townsfolk for the accidental inundation of dope-laden vapors, which were emanating from a furnace at the police station where a recently-acquired haul of the illegal harvest was being incinerated.
However their fuming faux pas won't be forgotten for a while, thanks to video shot by a bemused passer-by. "Man, does it smell like the old ganja over there," he remarked. "Here comes a good cloud wafting past now. I might just stand here for a moment." Police chiefs, however, were not so thrilled about the gaffe.
"Unfortunately...given the conditions [and] the wind I understand the smoke did drift further than anticipated," Taupo Area Commander Warwick Morehu said. "I apologize on my staff's behalf to the community and we have already taken measures to change our practice and procedures going forward into the future. It is certainly not our intention to cause harm or alarm to our people in Turangi."
You can watch the video here.

Criminalizing Childhood

Criminalizing Childhood: Tennessee Cops Arrest 6-Year-Olds For Not Breaking Up A Fight

When I was a kid, I watched a number of fights on the playground, in the school cafeteria and just on my block. This was true when I was in elementary...

How imperialism and eugenics during America’s Progressive Era spawned international drug control

How imperialism and eugenics during America’s Progressive Era spawned international drug control

Understanding the birth of international narcotic control is impossible without a grasp of its gestation during the Progressive Era (circa 1896-1920).

How the White House might have killed these three presidents in the 1840s

How the White House might have killed these three presidents in the 1840s

The Most Dangerous States to Get Sick in Might Surprise You

The Most Dangerous States to Get Sick in Might Surprise You

Sherpas: Evolving into Superhumans?

Sherpas: Evolving into Superhumans?

Sherpas have evolved superhuman qualities over the 500 generations they've lived at high altitude

Viking invaders struck deep into the west of England

Viking invaders struck deep into the west of England – and may have stuck around

Mystery of Mummified Lung Solved

Mystery of Mummified Lung Solved

New analysis reveals that a copper belt might have contributed to the mummification of a lung belonging to Merovingian royalty.

Dinosaur Die Out Was Gradual, Miserable, Painful

Dinosaur Die Out Was Gradual, Miserable, Painful

Life went from really bad to worse for dinosaurs in the years preceding the asteroid impact, new research shows.

Insects Have Consciousness, Self-Awareness and Egos

Insects Have Consciousness, Self-Awareness and Egos

The discovery could not only change our view of these tiny beings, but it could also have major implications for the origins of consciousness in all animals.

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1539		Emperor Charles V reaches a truce with German Protestants at Frankfurt, Germany.
1689		Residents of Boston oust their governor, Edmond Andros.
1764		The English Parliament bans the American colonies from printing paper money.
1775		The American Revolution begins as fighting breaks out at Lexington, Massachusetts.
1782		The Netherlands recognizes the United States.
1794		Tadeusz Kosciuszko forces the Russians out of Warsaw.
1802		The Spanish reopen New Orleans port to American merchants.
1824		English poet Lord George Gordon Byron dies of malaria at age 36 while aiding Greek independence.
1861		The Baltimore riots result in four Union soldiers and nine civilians killed.
1861		Lincoln orders a blockade of Confederate ports.
1880		The Times war correspondent telephones a report of the Battle of Ahmed Khel, the first time news is sent from a field of battle in this manner.
1927		In China, Hankow communists declare war on Chiang Kai-shek.
1934		Shirley Temple appears in her first movie.
1938		General Francisco Franco declares victory in the Spanish Civil War.
1939		Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights.
1943		The Warsaw Ghetto uprising against Nazi rule begins.
1960		Baseball uniforms begin displaying player’s names on their backs.
1971		Russia launches its first Salyut space station.
1977		Alex Haley receives a special Pulitzer Prize for his book Roots.
1982		NASA names Sally Ride to be the first woman astronaut.
1989		The battleship USS Iowa‘s number 2 turret explodes, killing sailors.
1993		The FBI ends a 51-day siege by storming the Branch Davidian religious cult headquarters in Waco, Texas.
1995		A truck bomb explodes in front of the federal building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

Meet The Press Roundtable Agrees NC Bathroom Law Is Ridiculous And Unenforceable

Will McCrory completely repeal this discriminatory law before it continues to make his state's economy bleed or will he stand by his hateful rhetoric, even if it costs him the election?

Chuck Todd hammers NC's moron over bathroom law

Chuck Todd hammers NC's moron over bathroom law: ‘You guys debated for like 10 seconds’

TV host sees through Perkins

TV host sees through Perkins: You support anti-gay laws ‘specifically’ because they discriminate

Victim-blaming pastor isn’t concerned about hiring convicted rapist

Victim-blaming pastor isn’t concerned about hiring convicted rapist: ‘It takes two to tango’

Texas man brings real gun to water gun fight — and shoots 15-year-old girl

Texas man brings real gun to water gun fight — and shoots 15-year-old girl

“The man went over there to his car to get his dry clothes and he must have had the gun so he started playing with it."

Couple threatened with jail over overdue library books

Two overdue library books have landed a married couple in Tecumseh, Michigan, in trouble with the law. Not only have the husband and wife been fined more than $200, but they were arraigned in court on Thursday, each charged with larceny of rental equipment. “We were appalled, totally appalled,” Catherine Duren, 44, said. “We didn’t commit a crime.” In the summer of 2014, Duren’s son checked out a Dr. Seuss book for Duren’s granddaughter from the Tecumseh District Library. But the book was misplaced and the library was sending notices to her son’s email, who was a minor at the time and never told his parents about the notices, Catherine Duren said. Catherine Duren said she wasn’t notified directly until October 2014, when she said she received notice from the library that the late charges were now going on her credit report, but she didn't understand that the book itself had not been returned. Both Catherine and her husband, Melvin, 63, have health problems that put them on disability, she said, so they only receive a small amount of money through Social Security cheques. Most of that money goes towards their medications, Duren said.

“We had no intent of not paying the fees,” she said, noting that she and her husband intended to pay the library fees eventually. However, in May 2015, she and her husband received another letter saying the book would have to be replaced, so she went to the library in person to clarify the matter. “They told me they would send me the charges with the late fees through the mail,” Duren said, noting that when she left the library that day, she gave them $10 to pay towards the late fees. At around the same time, the couple went to the library and checked out the book "The Rome Prophecy." When they were moving to an apartment later that year, the book got misplaced, Duren said. Right before Christmas 2015, the Durens received another letter in the mail from the library saying they had a charge of $55 in fees and to return or replace the books if they were lost. The library said the Dr. Seuss book was over a year overdue and "The Rome Prophecy" was approximately 8 months overdue, Duren said. In late December, the couple found “The Rome Prophecy,” but Duren thought her husband had returned it and vice versa. “I thought he returned it, he thought I returned it,” Duren said about the miscommunication, when they found the book still in their home in January.
That's when they finally returned it. Later that month, the newly established Economic Crimes Unit of the Lenawee County Prosecutor's Office, led by Detective Robert Kellogg, sent a notice that the couple would be prosecuted for larceny of rental equipment if they did not pay the fees. The Economic Crimes Unit investigates crimes concerning the intent to steal, such as using bad checks or retail fraud. Duren said she was not able to go to Kellogg to pay the fees until Feb. 3, due to a $500 payment she had to make in January for her and her husband’s medication. When she finally went to Kellogg’s office to pay the fees for the overdue and lost library books, Kellogg said she also had to pay a "diversion fee" of $105 for each book. The diversion fees are used to help fund the unit. “He refused to take my money, because I had to pay the diversion fee first,” said Duren, noting she tried to pay the late and replacement fees, which totaled $55, directly to the library. The library had to contact Kellogg to see if this was possible, and Kellogg told the library not to accept her money, according to Duren. She then tried to send a money order through certified mail and she said Kellogg called them leaving "threatening" messages on their phone that they “circumvented the law.”

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“He was so rude to me,” Duren recalled. “He treated me like a criminal.” An acquaintance who is a lawyer, advised the couple to ignore the calls, until one day, the Tecumseh Police Department called them to say that they had to appear in court and that "there was a warrant out for a $100 bond on both of us,” Duren said. The police wanted the Durens to come down to the station and turn themselves in, but Duren said she was bewildered that the situation had ballooned from misplaced library books, so she told them, “You can go ahead and serve your warrant.” The police showed up at their home this week, took the $200 bond paid in cash, and “they never arrested us, no fingerprinting, no handcuffs,” Duren said. When the couple appeared in court on Thursday, they pleaded not guilty to larceny of rental equipment, which carries a maximum sentence of 93 days in jail and a $500 fine, according to police. The fees and the brouhaha over the matter are taking a huge toll on the couple, said Duren, who noted that her husband is being tested for cancer and that she is in stage-three of kidney disease. The library charges should be the last of their worries right now, she said. “If we intended to steal a book, why would we go in legally to check them out?” she said. The Durens are scheduled to appear in court on May 3.

Man arrested after allegedly letting off fart spray in bar

A man was arrested last weekend for allegedly using bottled flatulence to stink up a bar in downtown Athens, Georgia, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. Upon arriving at the Whiskey Bent bar at about 1:40am on Saturday, police saw “several patrons leave quickly while making comments about how bad it stunk inside the bar,” according to the report.

Bar patrons pointed out 20-year-old Blake Leland Zengo as the culprit, and one woman accused Zengo of spraying her face, according to police. When police found Zengo in the bar's patio area, he claimed to not know what was going on, and said he did not spray anything, according to the report. Zengo was described in the police report as being “very inebriated, and was slurring his words.”

When police searched the Oconee County resident, they found in his pants pocket a spray bottle of Liquid ASS, which appeared to have worked as advertised. The website for the prank product promises: “Once unleashed, this power-packed, super-concentrated liquid begins to evaporate filling the air with a genuine, foul butt-crack smell with hints of dead animal and fresh poo. The funny pranks you can pull with Liquid ASS are unlimited.
“Watching the facial grimaces of people and hearing their comments about the part-your-hair, gagging stench will have you laughing until it hurts.” Zengo, of Bogart, was charged with disorderly conduct, public intoxication and underage consumption of alcohol. The 21-year-old woman who alleged that Zengo sprayed her in the face declined to press charges, according to the police report. Zengo was at the Clarke County Jail for less than two hours before he posted a total bond of $1,500 and was released.

To Wax or Not to Wax

To Wax or Not to Wax: A Meditation on the Bizarre, Frivolous and Deeply Satisfying Things Women Do for Appearance

Move Over, Popcorn

Move Over, Popcorn: 8 Healthy Ways to Use Popped Ancient Grains

Crackpot Creationist Says Stonehenge Built by Race of Satanic Giants

Crackpot Creationist Says Stonehenge Built by Race of Satanic Giants

Satan needed a base from which to attack Israel and this makes sense because the Salisbury Plain is so close to Israel...oh wait...…

Cosmic Ray Tech May Unlock Pyramids' Secrets

Cosmic Ray Tech May Unlock Pyramids' Secrets

A new generation of muon telescopes has been built to detect the presence of secret structures within Egypt's pyramids.

Obama to Shine Light on Unsung Hero of Astronomy

Obama to Shine Light on Unsung Hero of Astronomy

President Obama will highlight Henrietta Swan Leavitt, whose insights helped devise a cosmic yardstick for measuring the universe.

How could we build an invisibility cloak to hide Earth from an alien civilization?

How could we build an invisibility cloak to hide Earth from an alien civilization?

Hubble photo of the "Red Rectangle"

This strikingly detailed Hubble image reveals how, when seen from space, the nebula, rather than being rectangular, is shaped like an X with additional complex structures of spaced lines of glowing gas, a little like the rungs of a ladder.
The star at the center is similar to the sun, but at the end of its lifetime, pumping out gas and other material to make the nebula, and giving it the distinctive shape. It also appears that the star is a close binary that is surrounded by a dense area of dust—both of which may help to explain the very curious shape.
The Red Rectangle is an unusual example of what is known as a proto-planetary nebula. These are old stars, on their way to becoming planetary nebulae. Once the expulsion of mass is complete a very hot white dwarf star will remain and its brilliant ultraviolet radiation will cause the surrounding gas to glow. The Red Rectangle is found about 2,300 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros (the Unicorn). Additional information at PhysOrg.

All About Galactic Walls

All About Galactic Walls: The Biggest Things in Space

You know how hard it is to get your mind around the size of even a single galaxy in the universe? Now try to imagine a wall of galaxies cemented together by dark matter.

Europa's Deforming Ice Is a Surprising Heat Generator

Europa's Deforming Ice Is a Surprising Heat Generator

Laboratory test on ice compression has revealed that Jupiter's icy moon's crust could generate a surprising amount of heat, opening a new window into understanding the moon's potentially life-giving ocean.

'Tiger whisperer' mauled to death at zoo

A tiger has fatally mauled a woman keeper inside an enclosure at Palm Beach Zoo in Florida. Stacey Konwiser, 38, suffered a "severe bite" wound while inside the big cat's habitat on Friday afternoon, say zoo officials.
She was performing basic tasks with the male Malayan tiger at the time, said zoo spokeswoman Naki Carter. "This is the first death at the hands of an animal in the history of the Palm Beach Zoo," she said. The tiger was not on exhibit at the time of the attack and guests were never in danger, Ms Carter added.
Ms Konwiser was taken to St Mary's Medical Center, where she died. West Palm Beach police said the Malayan tiger, a critically endangered species, was tranquilized. Ms Carter said Ms Konwiser was known as "the tiger whisperer" because of how well she handled the attraction's four Malayan tigers.
It is not known which big cat carried out the attack, but the victim earlier this year uploaded a photo of a tiger to Facebook. Ms Konwiser, who was married to another keeper at the zoo, commented on the picture: "The newest man in my life." The zoo will remain closed until further notice.

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310		St. Eusebius of Vercelli begins his reign as catholic pope.
1521		Martin Luther confronts the emperor Charles V, refusing to retract the views which led to his excommunication.
1676		Sudbury, Massachusetts is attacked by Indians.
1775		American revolutionaries Paul Revere and William Dawes ride though the towns of Massachusetts warning that “the British are coming.”
1791		National Guardsmen prevent Louis XVI and his family from leaving Paris.
1818		A regiment of Indians and blacks is defeated at the Battle of Suwannee, in Florida, ending the First Seminole War.
1834		William Lamb becomes prime minister of England.
1838		The Wilkes’ expedition to the South Pole sets sail.
1847		U.S. forces defeat Mexicans at Cerro Gordo in one of the bloodiest battle of the war.
1853		The first train in Asia begins running from Bombay to Tanna.
1861		Colonel Robert E. Lee turns down an offer to command the Union armies.
1895		The First Sino-Japanese War ends.
1906		A massive earthquake hits San Francisco, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale.
1923		Yankee Stadium opens with Babe Ruth hitting a three-run homer as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 4-1.
1937		Leon Trotsky calls for the overthrow of Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
1942		James H. Doolittle bombs Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
1943		Traveling in a bomber, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mastermind of the attack on Pearl Harbor, is shot down by American P-38 fighters.
1946		The League of Nations dissolves.
1949		The Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth.
1950		The first transatlantic jet passenger trip is completed.
1954		Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
1978		The U.S. Senate approves the transfer of the Panama Canal to Panama.
1980		Zimbabwe’s (Rhodesia) formal independence from Britain is proclaimed.
1983		A suicide bomber kills U.S. Marines at the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon.

Naked: The Fitness App That Scans Your Entire Body, Critiquing You from Every Angle

How good do you look in a mirror? Well, you can always check for yourself. But Naked, a new 3d fitness tracker, goes much, much further. It does a complete scan of your body to create a 3d model of what you look like. It tracks precisely how your body is changing under your fitness regimen.
Physically, Naked looks like a full length mirror. It's programmed to give you constructive feedback about your measurements, body fat, and weight. It won't just tell you that you're flabby. It'll tell you where you're flabby so that you can be more self-conscious about it.

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I suspect this app could be useful for competitive bodybuilders who need to target specific areas of their bodies for improvement.