The KKK Is Getting A Mainstream TV Show

It’s Dumbass Trump’s World – The KKK Is Getting A Mainstream TV Show

Nudity on TV is forbidden, but hate is apparently okay these days.

‘Too much to ask that the KKK doesn’t get a fucking reality show?’: ‘Generation KKK’ gets ripped online

When A&E announced its upcoming documentary series Generation KKK Monday, the public was understandably befuddled by the decision. The show—which the network began filming just as the 2016 political primaries were taking shape—offers “unprecedented” access to the Ku Klux Klan.

American Neo-Nazis Believe Putin Is the Heralded Savior of White People

American Neo-Nazis Believe Putin Is the Heralded Savior of White People—Here's Why

Far Right Austrian Cabal Signs Pact With Putin, Meets With Flynn

Is it World War I or World War II all over again? And whose side are we on this time, Dumbass?!?

‘Go back wherever the fuck you come from’

‘Go back wherever the fuck you come from’: Racist Kentucky woman goes on tirade at Hispanic shoppers

A woman in Louisville, KY caught an ugly confrontation on video Tuesday in which an angry white shopper went on a racist tirade against a pair of Hispanic women who were shopping together.

Volcanic "dirty thunderstorm"

Explained at the EarthPorn subreddit.  

Photographer's website with other photos here.

Dinosaur feathers in amber

As reported by CNN:

The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur has been found entombed in amber, an unprecedented discovery that has blown away scientists.

Xing Lida, a Chinese paleontologist found the specimen, the size of a dried apricot, at an amber market in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border...

The tail section belongs to a young coelurosaurian -- from the same group of dinosaurs as the predatory velociraptors and the tyrannosaurus. 

The sparrow-sized creature could have danced in the palm of your hand.

Horrifying Footage Shows a Dog Being Attacked by Wolves

One hunter in Sweden took his dog moose hunting in early October. She ran off at the smell of a moose at one point and he lost track of her. When he found the dog, she was bleeding and couldn't get up. At first he thought she was attacked by a moose, but when he watched the Go Pro footage from her collar though, he was shocked to see she was actually mauled by two wolves.

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Fortunately, the hunter found his dog and got her to the vet in time and she recovered. Still, it's a good reminder why even hunters should never let their pups run wild without supervision.

Koala Requests a Grooming

Bruce Atkinson of Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, found a koala on his porch Saturday morning. He took a picture and noticed it was covered with burrs. The koala wasn't going anywhere, so Atkinson offered it a bowl of water. The koala swatted it out of his hands. Thats' not what it wanted! But the creature didn't leave, so Atkinson got a pair of gloves and a brush.

He carefully approached the koala and let it sniff at the hair brush before attempting to brush the prickles out.
"I just gently poked the brush at some of the burrs," he said.
"Within seconds it decided, 'this is alright, I'll have more of this'."
Mr Atkinson said he was amazed at how benign the previously aggressive koala became once it was having its fur brushed.
He said he was able to remove most of the burrs and then collected some gum leaves for the koala, which hung around his house for the rest of the day.

It just goes to show that animals communicate well if you pay attention and give them a chance. Atkinson posted a video of the de-burring operation at the Otway Community Facebook group

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Today in History

68		Vespian, a gruff-spoken general of humble origins, enters Rome and is named emperor by the Senate.
1620		The Pilgrims land at or near Plymouth Rock.
1708		French forces seize control of the eastern shore of Newfoundland after winning a victory at St. John’s.
1790		Samuel Slater opens the first cotton mill in the United States (in Rhode Island).
1862		The U.S. Congress authorizes the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Navy personnel who have distinguished themselves by their gallantry in action.
1866		Indians, led by Red Cloud and Crazy Horse, kill Captain William J. Fetterman and 79 other men who had ventured out from Fort Phil Kearny to cut wood.
1910		Over 2.5 million plague victims are reported in the An-Hul province of China.
1928		Coolidge signs the Boulder Dam bill.
1944		German troops surround the 101st Airborne Division at Bastogne in Belgium.
1945		General George S. Patton dies at the age of 60 after being injured in a car accident.
1946		An earthquake and tidal wave kill hundreds in Japan.
1963		The Turk minority riots in Cyprus to protest anti-Turkish revisions in the constitution.
1964		Great Britain’s House of Commons votes to ban the death penalty.
1965		Four pacifists are indicted in New York for burning draft cards — Thomas C. Cornell, 31, co-secretary of the Catholic Peace Fellowship; Roy Lisker, 27, a volunteer of the Catholic Worker Movement; James E. Wilson, 21, a volunteer at the Catholic Worker Movement and a member of the Fellowship for Reconciliation; and M P, Edelman, a full-time worker for the War Resisters League.
1969		American draft evaders gather for a holiday dinner in Montreal, Canada.
1986		500,000 Chinese students gather in Shanghai’s People’s Square calling for democratic reforms, including freedom of the press.
1988		Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes in midair over Lockerbie, Scotland, an hour after departure. All 259 passengers were killed in the explosion caused by a bomb– hidden inside an audio cassette player — that detonated inside the cargo area when the plane was at an altitude of 31,000 feet. A shower of airplane parts falling from the sky also killed 11 Lockerbie residents.
1994		Popocatepetl, a volcano in Mexico spews forth gases and ash after nearly a half-century of dormancy.
1995		The city of Bethlehem passes from Israeli to Palestinian control.
2004		A suicide bomber attacks the forward operating base next to the US military airfield at Mosul, Iraq, killing 22 people; it is the deadliest suicide attack on US soldiers during the Iraq War.

Sunset reflected in a shattered mirror

From a gallery of similar photographs by Bing Wright, posted at This is Colossal.

Some of the World's Most Successful and Richest People Have Quirky Eating Habits

Some of the World's Most Successful and Richest People Have Quirky Eating Habits: Is There a Connection ?

What Happened to Dorothy's Ruby Slippers?

The shoes that Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz are on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. They are covered with red sequins, with bows covered in red glass and beads. But after 80 years, the color has faded, and the sequins are brittle. Earlier this year, the museum raised $300,000 online to fund a careful cleaning and the construction of a special display case that will protect them from light damage. The shoes at the Smithsonian don't even come from the same pair -they are different sizes! That's because MGM had several pairs made for the movie production. In 1970, MGM cleared out its warehouse, and sent costume worker Kent Warner to salvage one pair for posterity.

On a dusty shelf, he found what he was looking for—a collection of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore for her portrayal of Dorothy Gale for the filming of the 1939 Wizard of Oz. These were the famous shoes that only needed to be tapped three times and that touched so many hearts with their magical theme—“There’s no place like home.”
There were several sets of ruby slippers on the shelf, plus a curly-toed test pair. Warner had been told to destroy all but one. The single remaining pair were to be offered for sale at the seminal multi-day MGM Studios auction, where 350,000 costumes were to be sold, including the loin cloth worn by Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan and Gene Kelly’s sailor hat from the 1949 film On the Town.
Warner picked out a pair of ruby slippers for the sale. But on the sly, he stuffed the others in a bag and walked them off the lot.

So what happened to the other slippers? Find out in an article at Smithsonian.

Finding North America’s lost medieval city

Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why.

by Annalee Newitz

A thousand years ago, huge pyramids and earthen mounds stood where East St. Louis sprawls today in Southern Illinois. This majestic urban architecture towered over the swampy Mississippi River floodplains, blotting out the region's tiny villages. Beginning in the late 900s, word about the city spread throughout the southeast. Thousands of people visited for feasts and rituals, lured by the promise of a new kind of civilization. Many decided to stay.

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"Human population through time"

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"It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion."

Finland will test giving people a free "basic income"

Jobless people generally cannot earn additional income while collecting unemployment benefits or they risk losing that assistance. For laid-off workers from Nokia, simply collecting a guaranteed unemployment check often presents a better financial proposition than taking a leap with a start-up in Finland, where a shaky technology industry is trying to find its footing again.

Now, the Finnish government is exploring how to change that calculus, initiating an experiment in a form of social welfare: universal basic income. Early next year, the government plans to randomly select roughly 2,000 unemployed people — from white-collar coders to blue-collar construction workers. It will give them benefits automatically, absent bureaucratic hassle and minus penalties for amassing extra income...

The answers — to be determined over a two-year trial — could shape social welfare policy far beyond Nordic terrain. In communities around the world, officials are exploring basic income as a way to lessen the vulnerabilities of working people exposed to the vagaries of global trade and automation. While basic income is still an emerging idea, one far from being deployed on a large scale, the growing experimentation underscores the deep need to find effective means to alleviate the perils of globalization...

Universal basic income is a catchall phrase that describes a range of proposals, but they generally share one feature: All people in society get a regular check from the government — regardless of their income or whether they work. These funds are supposed to guarantee food and shelter, enabling people to pursue their own betterment while contributing to society...

A Silicon Valley start-up incubator, Y Combinator, is preparing a pilot project in Oakland, Calif., in which 100 families will receive unconditional cash grants ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 a month. Voters in Switzerland recently rejected a basic-income scheme, but the French Senate approved a trial. Experiments are being readied in Canada and the Netherlands. The Indian government has been studying basic income as a means of alleviating poverty...

Strikingly, basic income is being championed across the ideological spectrum...

“Some people think basic income will solve every problem under the sun, and some people think it’s from the hand of Satan and will destroy our work ethic,” says Olli Kangas, who oversees research at Kela, a Finnish government agency that administers many social welfare programs. “I’m hoping we can create some knowledge on this issue.”

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From an interesting long read at The New York Times. 

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UN drops Wonder Woman as honorary ambassador

Globe-trotting granny reunited with lost camera

11 Ft 8 In: The Infamous ‘Can Opener’ Bridge 

5 tricks to free up space on your Android phone

Google’s Hidden Games

What Santa Eats & Drinks Around the World

Swimmer wearing only Speedos checks in for flight

Santa’s Reindeer Names and Their Personalities

47 Insanely Clever Storage Ideas For Your Whole House

Know Your Sh!t – Identifying wildlife droppings

16 Affordable Places To Visit For The Young And Adventurous

Police break into car to rescue what turns out to be life-sized mannequin

Two women thwart robbery by unleashing fake phallus firestorm

"Preinstalled ransomware"

That's the term that has been suggested regarding proposed legislation in South Carolina:

People buying computers in South Carolina would be limited in their access to porn online under newly proposed legislation.
A bill pre-filed this month by Chumley would require sellers to install digital blocking capabilities on computers and other devices that access the internet to prevent the viewing of obscene content...
Both sellers and buyers could get around the limitation, for a fee. The bill would fine manufacturers that sell a device without the blocking system, but they could opt out by paying $20 per device sold. Buyers could also verify their age and pay $20 to remove the filter...

Kleptocracy: Kuwait Changes Event From Four Seasons To Dumbass Trump DC Hotel

They were  pressured to do so by unnamed people inside Dumbass Trump's cabal.

The Nazis and Hitler himself studied American race laws for inspiration

Why the Nazis and Hitler himself studied American race laws for inspiration

Meet the Identitarians

Meet the Identitarians: Europe’s version of the so-called alt-right

They are the Identitäre Bewegung, which translates into English as the “identitarian movement.” “German patriots” is what they call themselves. And they are part of a broader “new right” emerging in European politics.

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Just call them what they are - NAZIS!

Wingnut Confirms It: Die And Die Quickly

Huizenga (R-Dystopia) doesn't think we need to rush to the doctor and if we do, we should pay for it.

A Michigan wingnut who wants to repeal Obamacare urged families to save on medical care by waiting overnight for treatment instead of visiting the emergency room

Make kids sleep on broken arms to avoid costly ER visits

Idaho teen football player walks free after sodomizing black disabled teammate with wire hanger

Idaho teen football player walks free after sodomizing black disabled teammate with wire hanger

In Aftermath of Dumbass Trump’s 'Win', We Are Witnessing More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

In Aftermath of Dumbass Trump’s 'Win', We Are Witnessing More Than 1,000 Hate Crimes in a Month

Pro-Dumbass Trump ‘Pizzagate’ troll smears humorist with more phony ‘child sex ring’ charges

Pro-Dumbass Trump ‘Pizzagate’ troll smears humorist with more phony ‘child sex ring’ charges

A vile notorious “alt-right” online troll is trying to smear a liberal humorist and producer with phony pedophilia charges in an online feud that has begun to have real-world consequences.

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Invariably it is the wingnuts themselves who are guilty of what they accuse others of ... so ... if there is any 'child sex ring' you know this troll is part of it. 

Totten Melting

The largest glacier in Antarctica is melting

Molten iron jet stream in Earth's outer core discovered

Molten iron jet stream in Earth's outer core discovered

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Today in History

69		Vespians’s supporters enter Rome and discover Vitellius in hiding. He is dragged through the streets before being brutally murdered.
1355		Stephen Urosh IV of Serbia dies while marching to attack Constantinople.
1802		The United States buys the Louisiana territory from France.
1860		South Carolina secedes from the Union.
1861		English transports loaded with 8,000 troops set sail for Canada so that troops are available if the “Trent Affair” is not settled without war.
1924		Adolf Hitler is released from prison after serving less than one year of a five year sentence for treason.
1930		Thousands of Spaniards sign a revolutionary manifesto.
1933		The German government announces 400,000 citizens are to be sterilized because of hereditary defects.
1938		First electronic television system is patented.
1941		The Flying Tigers, American pilots in China, enter combat against the Japanese over Kunming.
1943		Soviet forces halt a German army trying to relieve the besieged city of Stalingrad.
1946		Viet Minh and French forces fight fiercely in Annamite section of Hanoi.
1948		U.S. Supreme Court announces that it has no jurisdiction to hear the appeals of Japanese war criminals sentenced by the International Military Tribunal.
1960		National Liberation Front is formed by guerrillas fighting the Diem regime in South Vietnam.
1962		In its first free election in 38 years, the Dominican Republic chooses leftist Juan Bosch Gavino as president.
1963		Four thousand cross the Berlin Wall to visit relatives under a 17-day Christmas accord.
1989		U.S. troops invade Panama to oust General Manuel Noriega and replace him with Guillermo Endara.
1995		NATO begins peacekeeping operation in Bosnia.
1996		NeXT merges with Apple Computer, leading to the development of groundbreaking Mac OS X.
2007		Queen Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch in the history of the UK; previously, that honor belonged to Queen Victoria.

What Your Beard Says About Your Relationship Status

What Your Beard Says About Your Relationship Status

Ancient Chinese malaria remedy fights TB

A centuries-old herbal medicine, discovered by Chinese scientists and used to effectively treat malaria, has been found to potentially aid in the treatment of tuberculosis and may slow the evolution of drug resistance. In a … Read more

New biomarker predicts Alzheimer’s Disease and link to diabetes

An enzyme found in the fluid around the brain and spine is giving researchers a snapshot of what happens inside the minds of Alzheimer’s patients and how that relates to cognitive decline. Iowa State University … Read more

Irish Weather Forecaster 'Killed' by Lightning on Live TV

Irish Weather Forecaster 'Killed' by Lightning on Live TV

Fascinating Videos About the Powerful Psychedelic Ayahuasca

8 of the Most Fascinating Videos About the Powerful Psychedelic Ayahuasca

The Corporate Food Industry Has Created a Diet That Is Literally Killing Us

The Corporate Food Industry Has Created a Diet That Is Literally Killing Us

Fake News and Online Harassment Are More Than Social Media Byproducts

Fake News and Online Harassment Are More Than Social Media Byproducts—They're Powerful Profit Drivers

'No Homo' No More

'No Homo' No More: Bromosexual Friendships Emerge as the New Way for Dudes to Share Advice

Fox 'News' Tries To Blame Obamacare For A Drop In Life Expectancy

Only on Fox 'News' would the finding that Americans’ life expectancy has fallen cause a host to speculate that maybe Americans are getting too much health care.

Texas Begins $350 Million Cut In Medicaid Services

Texas Begins $350 Million Cut In Medicaid Services That Will Devastate Disabled Children

The state of Texas this week reportedly began implementing $350 million in Medicaid cuts, which federal agencies have warned will be "devastating" to services provided to disabled children.

Cop charged with sexually assaulting 16-year-old boy in Burger King bathroom

Charlotte City Council Betrays LGBT Community In Exchange For Hearing On HB 2 Repeal

North Carolina is stuck in the past and the city of Charlotte just sold out to join the rest of the state.

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Thune Touts Rolling Back Overtime Rules As A Way To 'Get Wages Back Up'

We all know whose wages they're concerned about raising, and it's not your average working American.

SNL Calls Dumbass Trump A ‘Monkey’ So Racist Wingnuts Whine That They Can’t Call President Obama One

SNL Calls Dumbass Trump A ‘Monkey’ So Racist Wingnuts Whine That They Can’t Call President Obama One

‘Not-racist’ wingnuts are furious that they can’t call President Obama a ‘monkey.’

Fox Panel Pretends Wingnuts Never Treated The Obama Family Like Shit

Fox Panel Pretends Wingnuts Never Treated The Obama Family Like Shit

Anybody who says wingnuts always treated the Obama family with dignity and respect deserve to be smacked HARD to jog their memory.

White supremacists target Montana town’s Jewish population for ‘trolling’ and harassment

A white nationalist website aligned with the neo-Nazi “alt-right” National Policy Institute (NPI) has urged its followers to “troll” and harass the Jewish population of Whitefish, Montana as a reprisal for imagined slights against Sherry Spencer, the mother of the NPI's Richard Spencer.

Florida Woman Aims Gun's Laser Sights At Black McDonald's Customer While Yelling Racial Slurs

A Florida woman was arrested for allegedly pointing a gun at people inside a McDonald's restaurant.

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