Signs of Breast Cancer That You’ve Never Heard of Before

4 Signs of Breast Cancer That You’ve Never Heard of Before

Sometimes a lump isn’t the only sign.

5 Things Your Sleep-Deprived Body Really Needs You to Know

5 Things Your Sleep-Deprived Body Really Needs You to Know

Addicted to Sugar

These 8 Questions Reveal if You’re Addicted to Sugar

You might have a sweet tooth if…

How Your College Friendships Help You

How Your College Friendships Help You—or Don't

Beyond Resistance

Beyond Resistance: The Story of 2016

Retired Army Colonel Says Her Social Security Checks Were Garnished to 'Curtail Dissent'

Retired Army Colonel Says Her Social Security Checks Were Garnished to 'Curtail Dissent'

A&E cancels controversial KKK reality show after learning producers paid klansmen for access

A&E cancels controversial KKK reality show after learning producers paid klansmen for access

"A&E learned last night from the third-party producers who made the documentary that cash payments ... were made in the field to some participants in order to facilitate access," the network said in a statement.

Texas man charged with threatening to kill Obama and blow up the White House

Texas man charged with threatening to kill Obama and blow up the White House  

What an idiot!
Then again wingnuts are known for their 'superior' intellect.
Threatening a president is always a dumb idea.
Threatening the only president this nation has had this century (and one of the greatest in the nation's history) is the dumbest move.
Wanna bet he thinks the Shrub was wonderful and the Dumbass is the messiah.

Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as 'ticking time bombs' of contamination

Abandoned Texas oil wells seen as 'ticking time bombs' of contamination

Word Play

The words execute and kill are synonyms.  But they are also antonyms.  (because "execute" is a contranym).

6 Badass Unsung Heroes From History's Darkest Hours

In any conflict, there are those who step up and do extraordinary things, and then get little mention in history books. World War II was so big and complicated that many of these stories never get the attention they deserve. The internment of Americans of Japanese descent gets short shrift in history classes, but the big pictures comes out when you look for it. And buried within are fascinating stories of individuals, like the swing bands of the internment camps.

When Japanese-Americans were rounded up and forced into prison camps during World War II, they had every reason to do nothing but sit and sulk all day. They'd been branded as enemies of their country exclusively because of their race. However, they couldn't help themselves; as their label indicates, they were still Americans ... and Americans loved the shit out of swing music.
While living in the camps, Japanese-Americans coped however they could, and by far the swingin'-est, most hep method was to pick up an instrument and play. Art Hayashi, a prisoner at Washington State Fair Grounds in Puyallup, WA, became the leader of one of the many swing bands that came together behind the barbed wire fences. These bands ranged from trained professionals like Hayashi and his Harmonaires to kids off the street who figured that relocation gave them the perfect opportunity to learn how to play the saxophone.
Then there was George Yoshida, who upon being forced to move to Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona, was only allowed to carry one suitcase -- so naturally, he filled it with his jazz collection. Yoshida formed a band called the Poston Music Makers, and later told a jazz-ified version of his story through an album titled Big Bands Behind Barbed Wire.

Read more stories of unsung heroes, only half of them from World War II, at Cracked.

Roopkund

"In 1942 a British forest guard in Roopkund, India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons. That summer, the ice melting revealed even more skeletal remains, floating in the water and lying haphazardly around the lake’s edges. Something horrible had happened here."

2016: The year in science

2016: The year in science

Astrophotography lures non-science students to STEM interests

Astrophotography lures non-science students to STEM interests

Can You Get Stoned in Space?

Can You Get Stoned in Space? A New Study Says Maybe Not

Animal Pictures

The Daily Drift

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Don't you know it ...! 

 

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Today in History

1776		After crossing the Delaware River into New Jersey, George Washington leads an attack on Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, and takes 900 men prisoner.
1786		Daniel Shay leads a rebellion in Massachusetts to protest the seizure of property for the non-payment of debt.
1806		Napoleon’s army is checked by the Russians at the Battle of Pultusk.
1862		38 Santee Sioux are hanged in Mankato, Minnesota for their part in the Sioux Uprising in Minnesota. Little Crow has fled the state.
1866		Brig. Gen. Philip St. George Cooke, head of the Department of the Platte, receives word of the Fetterman Fight in Powder River County in the Dakota territory.
1917		As a wartime measure, President Woodrow Wilson places railroads under government control, with Secretary of War William McAdoo as director general.
1925		Six U.S. destroyers are ordered from Manila to China to protect interests in the civil war that is being waged there.
1932		Over 70,000 people are killed in a massive earthquake in China.
1941		General Douglas MacArthur declares Manila an open city in the face of the onrushing Japanese Army.
1943		The German battleship Scharnhorst is sunk by British ships in an Arctic fight.
1944		Advancing Soviet troops complete their encirclement of Budapest in Hungary.
1945		The United States, Soviet Union and Great Britain, end a 10-day meeting, seeking an atomic rule by the UN Council.
1953		The United States announces the withdrawal of two divisions from Korea.
1962		Eight East Berliners escape to West Berlin, crashing through gates in an armor-plated bus.
1966		Dr. Maulana Karenga celebrates the first Kwanza, a seven-day African-American celebration of family and heritage.
1979		The Soviet Union flies 5,000 troops to intervene in the Afghanistan conflict.
1982		Time magazine chooses a personal computer as it “Man of the Year,” the first non-human ever to receive the honor.
1991		The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union formally dissolves the Soviet Union.
1996		JonBenet Ramsey, a six-year-old beauty queen, is found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her family’s home in Boulder, Colorado, one of the most high-profile crimes of the late 20th century in the US.
1996		Workers in South Korea’s automotive and shipbuilding industries begin the largest labor strike in that country’s history, protesting a new law that made firing employees easier and would curtail the rights of labor groups to organize.
1999		Lothar, a violent, 36-hour windstorm begins; it kills 137 and causes $1.3 billion (US dollars) damage in Central Europe.
2004		A tsunami caused by a 9.3-magnitude earthquake kills more than 230,000 along the rim of the Indian Ocean.
2006		Former U.S. Pretender Ford dies at age 93. Ford was the only non-elected pretender in America’s history.

Female Genital Mutilation

"In 1947, when I was just three years old a doctor removed my clitoris. Female genital mutilation is mostly associated with African cultures, and non-christian cults, but my FGM happened in white, midwest America. It took place in a cult clinic that used a scalpel on girls who masturbated.

Lucy Hale’s Response to Her Nude Photos Being Leaked Is So Powerful

Lucy Hale’s Response to Her Nude Photos Being Leaked Is So Powerful

What a badass!

 

7 Quiet Sex Positions for Getting Down on the DL

7 Quiet Sex Positions for Getting Down on the DL

Silent night, sexy night.

Is It Ever Okay to Lie To Her?

Is It Ever Okay to Lie To Her?

A therapist breaks down what to do in 5 common scenarios

The staggering social and environmental costs of food waste

Here are a few different ways to think about food waste during the holiday season.

The 6 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Going Paleo

The 6 Biggest Mistakes to Avoid When Going Paleo

How much meat is too much?

You’re Less Likely to Die If You Have a Female Doctor

You’re Less Likely to Die If You Have a Female Doctor

A new study reveals your doc’s gender may matter more than you think

Distinctive brain pattern may underlie dyslexia

A distinctive neural signature found in the brains of people with dyslexia may explain why these individuals have difficulty learning to read, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists. The researchers discovered that in … Read more

Are walnuts the key to ending Alzheimer's?

Are walnuts the key to ending Alzheimer's? 

Bitumen from Syria

Bitumen from Syria has been found inside an Anglo-Saxon gravesite at Sutton Hoo.  "Given the geopolitics in Britain at the time, it was easier for an East Anglian noble to get bitumen from Syria than from the west of England."

Four For Four

1. "Guzzlers" are artificial waterholes distributed throughout the American West.  They are important to the survival of a variety of wildlife.

2. People are not allowed to pump their own gasoline in New Jersey and Oregon.

3. "For decades, people have puzzled over Racetrack Playa, where hundreds of rocks weighing as much as 700 pounds roam across the surface of the dry lake bed, leaving meandering tracks hundreds of yards long."  Now the process has been captured on video.

4. "Americans built more than one hundred thousand kit houses, sold mostly by Sears, in the first half of last century. These were shipped out on boxcars, complete, with between ten thousand and thirty thousand pieces, braces to brads. Midcentury, Popular Mechanics sold several varieties of home designs—the Modern House, the Family House, the Plywood House. There's no telling how many of those were built. Totman's precut house was sold as a concept listing the materials at three prices: $1,800, $2,800, or $3,800." 

Dumbass Trump’s New D.C. Hotel Ranks Really Badly

Dumbass Trump’s New D.C. Hotel Ranks Really Badly, According to Luxury Travel Site

Neo-Nazi plans march against Montana Jews

‘We can march through town carrying high-powered rifles’: Neo-Nazi plans march against Montana Jews

“My guys say we are going to be able to put together about 200 people to participate in the march, which will be against Jews, Jewish businesses and everyone who supports either," the publisher of a neo-Nazi website said.

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Actually ...  No you cannot.

Twitter racists melt down over interracial couple engagement ad

‘Anti-white filth will get you shut down’: Twitter racists melt down over interracial couple engagement ad

"Give your head a shake, what the hell is this? no doubt State Farm is a Jew run op."

Dumbass Trump-backing school principal under fire for attacking Texas cuffed-mom

Keep ‘your fat mouth shut’: Dumbass Trump-backing school principal under fire for attacking Texas cuffed-mom

A Dallas charter school principal, who offensively calls herself one of Dumbass Trump’s “deplorables,” is under fire for attacking a Fort Worth mom who was cuffed by local cop after reporting a white man had assaulted her son.

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If anyone should keep her 'fat mouth' shut ...

You won't be able to board an airplane with driver’s licenses from these nine states

TSA rule: You won't be able to board an airplane with driver’s licenses from these nine states

The Transportation Security Administration will no longer accept state ID cards or driver’s licenses from nine states as proof of identification.

The Loveland Frogman

The Loveland Frogman story has been going around for a long time now. It started way back in the 70’s and told of a legendary creature inhabiting the Little Miami River. Two different police officers spotted the Frogman on two different nights in March of 1972 which was the first and last reported sighting.
It wasn’t until recently while a couple was playing Pokemon Go nearby when they spotted the creature and immediately snapped a photo of it. Then that night of fun quickly turned into a chilling tale of horror.
“We saw a huge frog near the water,” the witness wrote in an email. “Not in the game, this was an actual giant frog. Then the thing stood up and walked on its hind legs. I realize this sounds crazy, but I swear on my grandmother’s grave this is the truth,” he wrote. “The frog stood about 4 feet tall.”

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Today in History

376		In Milan, Ambrose, the Bishop of Milan, forces the emperor Theodosius to perform public penance for his massacre.
800		The pope crowns Charlemagne emperor in Rome.
1066		William I is crowned king of England.
1621		The governor of New Plymouth prevents newcomers from playing cards.
1651		The General Court of Boston levies a five shilling fine on anyone caught “observing any such day as Xmas.”
1776		Patriot General George Washington crosses the Delaware River with 5,400 troops during the American Revolution. Washington hoped to surprise a Hessian force celebrating Xmas at their winter quarters in Trenton, New Jersey.
1861		Stonewall Jackson spends Xmas with his wife; their last together.
1862		John Hunt Morgan and his raiders clash with Union forces near Bear Wallow, Kentucky.
1862		Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln visit hospitals in the Washington D.C. area on this Xmas Day.
1912		Italy lands troops in Albania to protect its interests during a revolt there.
1914		German and British troops on the Western Front declare an unofficial truce to celebrate Xmas during World War I.
1918		A revolt erupts in Berlin.
1925		U.S. troops in Nicaragua disarm insurgents in support of the Diaz regime.
1927		The Mexican congress opens land to foreign investors, reversing the 1917 ban enacted to preserve the domestic economy.
1939		Finnish troops enter Soviet territory.
1941		Free French troops occupy the French Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon off the Canadian coast.
1944		Prime Minister Winston Churchill goes to Athens to seek an end to the Greek civil war.
1946		Chiang Kai-shek offers a new Chinese constitution in Nanking pledging universal suffrage.
1950		Scottish nationalists steal the Stone of Scone from the British coronation throne in Westminster Abbey. The 485 pound stone was recovered in April 1951.
1962		The Bay of Pigs captives, upon their return to the United States, vow to return to Cuba and topple Fidel Castro.
1965		Entertainer Chris Noel gives her first performance for the USO at two hospitals in California; became a star on Armed Forces Radio and Television, entertaining troops in Vietnam; in 1984 Veterans Network honored her with a Distinguished Vietnam Veteran award.
1973		U.S. astronauts onboard the Skylab space station take a seven-hour walk in space and photograph the comet Kohoutek.
1976		Over 100 Muslims, returning from a pilgrimage to Mecca, die when their boat sinks.
1979		Egypt begins major restoration of the Sphinx.
1991		Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union’s first and last executive president, resigns. The Soviet Union no longer exists.
2006		James Brown, the “Godfather of Soul”, dies at age 73.

Editorial Comment

The American people ARE speaking and speaking loudly and firmly.
They are not pleased with the theft of their country.
Meanwhile on the Dark Side ...
The madness of the lunatic fringe is only getting deeper.
One would not be held to blame if they thought the insanity was at it's height in the depths of the murky fetid swamp that is the wingnut brain before the theft of the election, but since the theft the heights have ascended exponentially as they have plunged ever deeper into the depths of the abyss.
All the while they accuse everyone else of their own foibles.
In blog news ...
We have had a banner year this year.
Readership has exploded.
Several wingnut trolls have been incarcerated for some heinous felonies because they made the mistake of attempting their perversion here.
All in All, a most wondrous year.
The coming year will be even greater.
In other words ...
We are spending time with the family and enjoying our life this weekend so today (Sunday) we are posting fluff and fill for the day - Humorous, Comical, Funny and the like so that we can all remember the true meaning of existence ...
Remember, as always ....

Have Fun and Be Happy

2016 Was The Year Of The Farewell Album

Leonard Cohen. David Bowie. So many gone this year.

Why Do We Kiss Under Mistletoe?

The sight of mistletoe may either send you scurrying or, if you have your eye on someone, awaiting an opportunity beneath its snow-white berries. But how did the festive tradition of kissing under mistletoe come about?

YouTube link

Wishing You A Merry Xmas

Heidi Klum On Being a So-Called Cougar and Going Topless at the Beach

by Lisa Beebe 

Heidi Klum is 43, and her boyfriend, art dealer Vito Schnabel, is 30, but according to her that 13 year age difference doesn’t make her a cougar. In a new interview with Ocean Drive magazine, she says, “It’s not about age. We have an amazing connection, we have fun together, and we love each other. It doesn’t matter what people say. As long as you know when you close your door in your own home, you have an amazing time together. That’s really all that matters.” The supermodel and lingerie designer also explains her fondness for going topless at the beach. “I grew up going to nude beaches with my parents, so I’m a nudist. I have no problems with nudity at all. I’m very free. When I go to the beach, it’s in a very remote place where there are not a lot of people, and I like to go topless.”

Senator Beauregard Claghorn

Andrew Gelman sorts things into categories. One of his categories is called "Foghorn Leghorn," defined as a parody that is more famous than the original. Many of the old Warners Brothers cartoons fall into this category, as they parodied stars, slang, and news of the day which are passé, while the cartoons live on. But why Foghorn Leghorn? The Warner Brothers rooster was a parody of Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a radio character on The Fred Allen Show played by Kenny Delmar.

Claghorn had an unshakable obsession with the South, and would proudly voice his disdain for the North in humorous ways. For instance, the Senator refused to ever wear a "Union suit" or drive through the Lincoln Tunnel when he visited New York City, and he claimed to drink only out of Dixie cups. The Senator even rebuked Allen for saying the word "no" in his presence, saying "N-O.. That's North abbreviated!!"

(YouTube link)

Delmar, as Claghorn, starred in the 1947 movie It's a Joke, Son! which featured the above clip. The entire movie is available at YouTube. Later in his career, Delmar found that Warner Brothers had copyrighted Foghorn Leghorn, and he had to get their permission to perform as his Claghorn character.

My Goodness ...

Victorians' Xmas Parlor Games Will Leave You Burned, Bruised, And Puking

When the family gets together for Xmas these days, there's gossip, eating, watching TV together, and maybe a game of Uno or Monopoly. During the Victorian era, TV was yet to come, and parlor games provided the excitement and violence we get from our home screens today. Violence? Yes, some of the games they played for holiday cheer were downright sadistic, like the one called Snapdragon.

Traditionally played on Xmas Eve, players of Snapdragon must find themselves a broad, shallow bowl, and then prepare to risk their health. Into this bowl should be poured two dozen raisins. If raisins are hard to come by, almonds, grapes or plums will suffice. You should then pour a bottle of brandy into the bowl so that the raisins bob up and down like drowning flies. Place the bowl on a sturdy table, turn the lights down low, and then, with appropriate panache, ignite the brandy.
To play Snapdragon, arrange your family and friends around the blazing bowl so that their faces are lit in a demonic fashion and then, one by one, take turns plunging your hands into the flames in order to try and grab a raisin. If you can accomplish this, promptly extinguish the flaming raisin by popping it into your mouth and eating it.
As one contemporary commenter wrote, the game “provided a considerable amount of laughter and merriment at the expense of the unsuccessful competitors.”

That's only one game. Other Victorian parlor games involved falling over obstacles, drinking, punishments, and ghost stories. Read about them at Atlas Obscura.

Things That Confuse Americans About British Xmas Traditions

Xmas poppers, figgy pudding and mince pies? They're some of the most common Xmas traditions across the pond, but those words make almost no sense to practically any American. Fortunately for those hoping to get a better idea of what the Brits are doing for Xmas, Mental Floss has collected a whole list of traditions in England that make no sense to those living elsewhere. If you watch Doctor Who or other BBC shows with a Xmas special, it's a great way to understand what the heck they're up to.

So check out the full list (including what Boxing Day is) over at Mental Floss.

Candy

Xmas shopping

Norm and Shirley were in a local shopping center just before Xmas. Shirley suddenly noticed that Norm was missing, and as they had a lot to do, she called him on his cell phone. Shirley asked, “Norm, where are you? You know that we have lots to do.”
Norm said, “Do you remember the jewelry store we went into about 59 years ago, and you fell in love with a diamond necklace? I could not afford it at the time, and I said that one day I would get it for you.”
Little tears started to flow down Shirley’s cheek, and she got all choked up. “Yes, I do remember that shop,” she replied.
“Well, I’m in the Hooters next to that store.”

The 'Santa Lie'

How the 'Santa Lie' Helps Teach Children to Be Good Little Consumers