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Thursday, December 15, 2016

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer’s mom faces financial ruin

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer’s mom faces financial ruin as Montana town turns against her

The founder of the so-called “alt-right” movement has moved from the political fringes to something approaching mainstream notoriety since the theft of the election by Dumbass Trump.

Dumbass Trump’s climate ‘hit list’ recalls ideology-driven science of Nazis and USSR

Dumbass Trump has called global warming “bullshit” and a “Chinese hoax.” He has promised to withdraw from the 2015 Paris climate treaty and to “bring back coal,” the world’s dirtiest, most carbon-intensive fuel.

A historian explains how Dumbass Trump’s climate ‘hit list’ recalls ideology-driven science of Nazis and USSR

Scientists Scramble To Copy Climate Data Before Dumbass Trump Can Make It All Disappear

Scientists Scramble To Copy Climate Data Before Dumbass Trump Can Make It All Disappear

Researchers have decided they don’t want to risk the chance that Trump would alter or destroy important data on climate change.

Media's Emphasis on Russian Hacking Distracts from the Value of the Leaks That Exposed Corruption

Why the Media's Emphasis on Russian Hacking Distracts from the Value of the Leaks That Exposed Corruption

6 Reasons We Need to Be More Even More Mindful Consumers as Dumbass Trump Comes to the White House

6 Reasons We Need to Be More Even More Mindful Consumers as Dumbass Trump Comes to the White House

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

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Today in History

1751

		The Theresian Military Academy is founded in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
1799		George Washington dies on his Mount Vernon estate.
1819		Alabama is admitted as the 22nd state, making 11 slave states and 11 free states.
1861		Prince Albert of England, one of the Union’s strongest advocates, dies.
1863		Confederate General James Longstreet attacks Union troops at Bean’s Station, Tenn.
1900		Max Planck presents the quantum theory at the Physics Society in Berlin.
1906		The first U1 submarine is brought into service in Germany.
1908		The first truly representative Turkish Parliament opens.
1909		The Labor Conference in Pittsburgh ends with a “declaration of war” on U.S. Steel.
1911		Ronald Amundsen and four others discover the South Pole.
1920		The League of Nations creates a credit system to aid Europe.
1939		The League of Nations drops the Soviet Union from its membership.
1941		German Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel orders the construction of defensive positions along the European coastline.
1946		The United Nations adopt a disarmament resolution prohibiting the A-Bomb.
1949		Bulgarian ex-Premier Traicho Kostov is sentenced to die for treason in Sofia.
1960		A U.S. Boeing B-52 bomber sets a 10,000-mile non-stop record without refueling.
1980		NATO warns the Soviets to stay out of the internal affairs of Poland, saying that intervention would effectively destroy the détente between the East and West.
1981		Israel’s Knesset passes the Golan Heights Law, extending Israeli law to the Golan Heights area.
1994		Construction begins on China’s Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.
1995		The Dayton Agreement is signed in Paris establishing a general framework for ending the Bosnian War between Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1999		Tens of thousands die as a result of flash floods caused by torrential rains in Vargas, Venezuela.
2003		Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan, narrowly escapes an assassination attempt.
2004		The Millau Viaduct, the world’s tallest bridge, official opens near Millau, France.
2008		Iraqi broadcast journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi throws his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad.
2012		At Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Conn., 20 children and six adults are shot to death by a 20-year-old gunman who then commits suicide.

Can Your Back Handle This Bizarre New Kids’ Toy?

Can Your Back Handle This Bizarre New Kids’ Toy?

The Pony Up Daddy isn’t just humiliating—it may hurt, too

Women Share the Weirdest Ways They've Been Asked Out

6 Women Share the Weirdest Ways They've Been Asked Out

"I dialed the wrong number and he picked up."

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Bernie Sanders convinces a Dumbass Trump voter she voted for the wrong person

Why Do People Fall for Fake News?

Why Do People Fall for Fake News?

Racist Banned For Life

Bar slams woman’s ‘racist and personally disgusting’ rant about nonwhite doorman and bans her for life

After she was refused entry and barred from a club called The Loft for being too drunk, 44-year-old Deborah Smith went on a racist Facebook rant about the man who would not allow her to enter.

The More Accurate Term for 'Extremist' We Should All Consider Adopting

The More Accurate Term for 'Extremist' We Should All Consider Adopting

Will America Wake up to Outsourcing, Corporate Bribes and Stock Buybacks?

Will America Wake up to Outsourcing, Corporate Bribes and Stock Buybacks?

Amazon under fire after staff found ‘camping’ near site ‘to make ends meet’

Amazon under fire after staff found ‘camping’ near site ‘to make ends meet’

The company attracted controversy last month after local activists claimed that agency workers are working up to 60 hours per week for little more than the minimum wage.

Texas Pastor Angers Parents, Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real While Trying To Indoctrinate Them At A Mall

Texas Pastor Angers Parents, Tells Children That Santa Isn’t Real While Trying To Indoctrinate Them At A Mall

Religio-wingnut pastors are the ones really waging war on Xmas.

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Family tried to help wealthy man cover up brutal rape and murder of 7-year-old refugee

Family tried to help wealthy man cover up brutal rape and murder of 7-year-old refugee

Protests erupted last week in the poor neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia over the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old indigenous girl in a country where as many as 40 children are sexually abused every day.

Couple arrested for ‘worst case of child abuse’ after nurses found maggots in daughter’s genitalia

Couple arrested for ‘worst case of child abuse’ after nurses found maggots in daughter’s genitalia

They told police that they were “new parents” with little experience caring for babies.

Bald Guy Busted For Running Rogaine Theft Ring

Bald Guy Busted For Running Rogaine Theft Ring

Keeping your hair isn’t worth the prison time

How We Can Actually Do Something Useful About the Opiate Overdose Epidemic

How We Can Actually Do Something Useful About the Opiate Overdose Epidemic

In this new era for marijuana, let's examine its medical uses

In this new era for marijuana, let's examine its medical uses

'Magic Mushroom' Drug Eases Cancer Patient Anxiety

'Magic Mushroom' Drug Eases Cancer Patient Anxiety

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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Today in History

1789		The National Guard is created in France.
1812		The last remnants of Napoleon Bonaparte‘s Grand Armeé reach the safety of Kovno, Poland, after the failed Russian campaign.
1814		General Andrew Jackson announces martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana, as British troops disembark at Lake Borne, 40 miles east of the city.
1862		Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside at the Battle of Fredericksburg in Virginia. A witness will later describe the battle to President Abraham Lincoln as a “butchery.”
1902		The Committee of Imperial Defense holds its first meeting in London.
1908		The Dutch take two Venezuelan Coast Guard ships.
1937		The Japanese army occupies Nanking, China.
1940		Adolf Hitler issues preparations for Operation Marita, the German invasion of Greece.
1941		British forces launch an offensive in Libya.
1945		France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon.
1951		After meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, President Harry S. Truman vows to purge all disloyal government workers.
1968		President Lyndon B. Johnson and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz meet on a bridge at El Paso, Texas, to officiate at ceremonies returning the long-disputed El Chamizal area to the Mexican side of the border.
1972		Astronaut Gene Cernan climbs into his lunar lander on the moon and prepares to lift off. He is the last man to set foot on the moon.
1973		Great Britain cuts the work week to three days to save energy.
1981		Polish labor leader Lech Walesa is arrested and the government decrees martial law, restricting civil rights and suspending operation of the independent trade union Solidarity.
1985		France sues the United States over the discovery of an AIDS serum.
2001		Terrorists attack the Parliament of India Sansad; 15 people are killed, including the terrorists
2003		Deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured; he is found hiding near his home town of Tikrit.

What Personal Characteristics Do People Usually Choose at the Sperm Bank?

What Personal Characteristics Do People Usually Choose at the Sperm Bank?

The MDMA Being Used to Treat Trauma is Different From the Street Drug Ecstasy

The MDMA Being Used to Treat Trauma is Different From the Street Drug Ecstasy

Bathtubs With Unbelievable Views

Sometimes the best thing in the world is a nice, relaxing bath, but you know what could be better? A nice, relaxing bath with an unbelievable view.

Sure, some people might not feel comfortable bathing out in the open, but for those who dare to bare their bare skin, the reward can be very, very worth it.

If you dream of a bath with an unbeatable panorama, you won't want to miss this great Travel and Leisure article with 19 bath tubs with incredible vews.

Amazing Photos of New York from The Great Depression

During the recession of 2007, many statistics said that the economy was actually worse than the Great Depression and while that might be right as far as financial losses, our security nets prevented it from being nearly as bad on a human level. A look at these amazing photos from New York during the Great Depression show just how bad things were during the 1930s.

The article is a slideshow but the pictures are still pretty impressive, so while scrolling through it might be annoying it is worth the effort. So if you have the time, don't miss this collection of historically fascinating photos.

Evil Supervillain Lair or Fire Station?

This imposing ultramodern design does resemble the headquarters of an evil empire, but it's a fire station in Italy. Where I live, building anything against a rock face is just asking to be crushed by falling rock, and a glass building even more so, but this is a natural cliff instead of a carved mountain. The building is in Margreid, in the Alto Adige/Suedtirol region of northern Italy. The design is from the firm Bergmeister Wolf.

The architects were approached in 2010 to build a fire station in a cliff of sheer rock. The reason such a challenging spot was chosen was to conserve the small amount of arable land in the area. “The building could have been placed on a normal lot,” explained the architects, “but the community decided to build the fire station into the rock, saving valuable land for use as agriculture.”

There are caverns behind the rock face, which were enlarged and reinforced with concrete for use by the fire department. You can explore the site via Google Street View.

How To Debunk Perpetual Motion Machines

Remember that little drinking bird toy that fascinated us when we were young because it would "drink" all day long without batteries or an obvious power source?Many of us think these perpetual motion machines run on magic when we're young, but then we become better educated on the laws of thermodynamics and discover the drinking bird is a thirsty little liar.

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Jon Farrow of the Royal Institution joined Tom Scott to discuss how to debunk perpetual motion machines by locating their hidden power source, starting with that basic water drinking bird:

There are two major systems at play here- the first is an external one to do with evaporation- the bird's head gets loaded with water, and then this water is allowed to evaporate. As you'll know if you've ever worked up a sweat when liquids evaporate they cool down their surroundings. The second one is an internal one to do with the red fluid here. This fluid is quite volatile, and has a boiling point close to room temperature- it's being pushed and pulled up the neck of the bird depending on the temperature of the head. When the head is cold the liquid is sucked up, and when it's warm the liquid drains into the base. This shifts the center of gravity of the bird allowing it to continue rocking so long as it has a ready supply of water.

Sneak and Peek: The Outrageous War on Terror Tool Being Wielded Against Alleged Drug Dealers

Protect Yourself in These Orwellian Times

Protect Yourself in These Orwellian Times: A Hacker's Guide to Being Cyber-Safe

The Worst False Equivalencies of 2016

The Worst False Equivalencies of 2016

8 Strategies for Confronting Hate

8 Strategies for Confronting Hate (That Don’t Involve a Safety Pin)

Capitalism in the Time of Dumbass Trump?

Capitalism in the Time of Dumbass Trump?

Normalizing fascists

Normalizing fascists: How mainstream media covered 20th century dictators

How to cover the rise of a political leader who’s left a paper trail of anti-constitutionalism, racism and the encouragement of violence? Does the press take the position that its subject acts outside the norms of society? Or does it take the position that someone who wins a fair election is by definition “normal,” because his leadership reflects the will of the people?

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