Is It Ever OK to Punch a Nazi?

The New National Debate: Is It Ever OK to Punch a Nazi?

Short Answer: Yes.

Long Answer: YES 

It is the only language they understand.

Anti-fascist protester shot by Dumbass Trump sycophant during brawl outside Breitbart editor’s shriek

Anti-fascist protester shot by Dumbass Trump sycophant during brawl outside Breitbart editor’s shriek

Fight Against Bigotry

It's Not Just Hollywood: There's a Fight Against Bigotry in Bollywood, Too

Restaurant owner boots customer for being black

Restaurant owner boots customer for being black: ‘Dumbass Trump’s pretender now so I can say what I want’

A Pennsylvania restaurant owner said Dumbass Trump’s theft of the election had given him the right to kick out black customers — and he used a racial slur to underline his point.

Florida judge who said blacks should ‘go back to Africa’ resigns before he can be impeached

Florida judge who said blacks should ‘go back to Africa’ resigns before he can be impeached

Jacksonville Circuit Judge Mark Hulsey submitted his resignation letter to Florida's moron Scott on Monday on the eve of the start of a highly unusual impeachment investigation by the Legislature.

Woman puts bacon on mosque's door handles in hate crime

Woman puts bacon on mosque's door handles in hate crime

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Today in History

41		Shortly after declaring himself a god, Caligula is assassinated by two Praetorian tribunes.
1458		Matthias Corvinus, the son of John Hunyadi, is elected king of Hungary.
1639		Representatives from three Connecticut towns band together to write the Fundamental Orders, the first constitution in the New World.
1722		Czar Peter the Great caps his reforms in Russia with the “Table of Rank” which decrees a commoner can climb on merit to the highest positions.
1848		Gold is discovered by James Wilson Marshall at his partner Johann August Sutter’s sawmill on the South Fork of the American River, near Coloma, California.
1903		U.S. Secretary of State John Hay and British Ambassador Herbert create a joint commission to establish the Alaskan border.
1911		U.S. Cavalry is sent to preserve the neutrality of the Rio Grande during the Mexican Civil War.
1915		The German cruiser Blücher is sunk by a British squadron in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
1927		British expeditionary force of 12,000 is sent to China to protect concessions at Shanghai.
1931		The League of Nations rebukes Poland for the mistreatment of a German minority in Upper Silesia.
1945		A German attempt to relieve the besieged city of Budapest is finally halted by the Soviets.
1946		The UN establishes the International Atomic Energy Commission.
1951		Indian leader Nehru demands that the UN name Peking as an aggressor in Korea.
1965		Winston Churchill dies from a cerebral thrombosis at the age of 90.
1980		In a rebuff to the Soviets, the U.S. announces intentions to sell arms to China.
1982		A draft of Air Force history reports that the U.S. secretly sprayed herbicides on Laos during the Vietnam War.

Lighthouse Volunteer Position Open

Talk about getting away from it all! The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service is seeking a couple of new volunteer lighthouse keepers for Maatsuyker Island, ten kilometers of the coast of western Tasmania. The lighthouse is automated, so volunteers would spend six months monitoring a weather station, observing wildlife, and mowing the grass. Two people, all alone. And the conditions won't be what you're used to. There's a landline, but it doesn't always work well, and you'll have no internet. And Maatsuyker Island is notoriously colder than the rest of Australia. From the application form:

Volunteers are responsible for providing their own food, clothing, entertainment, bedding and other personal items.  The Parks and Wildlife Service will provide transport by helicopter for these items between Hobart and Maatsuyker Island.  Transport space is limited to 325 kg per person, (for 6 month stay).
The Parks and Wildlife Service  will also provide one resupply helicopter visit at approximately 3 months in (i.e. one resupply in the standard 6 month stay), often to coincide with scheduled or unplanned maintenance.   Space on the resupply flight will also be limited. Caretakers generally make their own arrangements for the preparation of food and other goods for resupply. Please note PWS prefer people take as many of the supplies as possible onto Maatsuyker in the beginning, so that the resupply can be primarily for fresh food and mail.  There is a vegetable garden maintained by the caretakers for fresh food.
Electricity is supplied by a generating system incorporating solar and back up diesel. The high cost of transport dictates that gas and diesel consumption on the island be kept to a minimum.

Volunteers must go through a training program and be certified in First Aid and Marine Radio Operation, and demonstrate competency in other skills. The application is available through the Park Service. The application deadline is January 30th.

North Americans Are Spending Nearly as Much on Weed as They Do on Wine

North Americans Are Spending Nearly as Much on Weed as They Do on Wine

New Study Hints At Why Infamous Gene Variant Increases Odds Of Developing Alzheimer’s

The causes of Alzheimer’s disease remain obscure, although a new study provides a helpful clue. A long-reigning theory (to wit, that the accumulation of gummy protein aggregates in the brain is responsible for the observed neurodegeneration … Read more

Loneliness may be a marker for Alzheimer’s disease

Is loneliness associated with a higher risk of Alzheimer’s? A study published online Nov. 2, 2016, by JAMA Psychiatry examined 79 adults, average age 76, with no signs of Alzheimer’s or dementia, to determine if … Read more

Meditation and music may help reverse early memory loss in adults

In a recent study of adults with early memory loss, a West Virginia University research team lead by Dr. Kim Innes found that practice of a simple meditation or music listening program may have multiple … Read more

Psychological ‘vaccine’ could help immunize public against ‘fake news’ on climate change

In medicine, vaccinating against a virus involves exposing a body to a weakened version of the threat, enough to build a tolerance. Social psychologists believe that a similar logic can be applied to help “inoculate” … Read more

Women’s March Now One Of The Most Peaceful Demonstrations In American History

Women’s March Now One Of The Most Peaceful Demonstrations In American History

The numbers are in, and over 3 million men and women of all backgrounds took to the streets all across the nation to protest Dumbass Trump and his incoming junta ...

A Day to Celebrate Our Power

A Day to Celebrate Our Power: The Women's March Provides the First Moments of Solidarity and Happiness Since Dumbass Trump's Election Theft

Hey CNN, They're Called Pussyhats

Hey CNN, They're Called Pussyhats

Women around the world have reclaimed the word "pussy" as a means of empowerment now that we've elected out pussy-grabber-in-chief, but don't expect CNN to let their audience know that.

Sir Ian McKellen Knows How to Protest

The Women's Marches that took place across the globe yesterday weren't just attended by women. Sir Ian McKellen is an outspoken political activist who attended the march -and he had just the right sign for the occassion. His epic facepalm sums his feelings up exactly and invokes his geeky BFF Patrick Stewart.

‘Shame on you!’

‘Shame on you!’: Protesters chase Lou Dobbs and ‘anti-gay bigot’ McCrory down DC street

Chase right into prison where they belong.

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer doesn’t want you to call him a Nazi:

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer doesn’t want you to call him a Nazi

Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer wants you to know that actually, he’s not a Nazi, but a supporter of “identity politics for white Americans and for Europeans around the world” and that the ethnic cleansing he and his allies are calling for would be the “peaceful” kind.

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Tuff Titties!
A NAZI by any other name is still a NAZI.

13 States Have Laws That Will Instantly Criminalize Abortion If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned in Dumbass Trump's AmeriKKKa

13 States Have Laws That Will Instantly Criminalize Abortion If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned in Dumbass Trump's AmeriKKKa

Even Cops Say Police Aren't Held Accountable for Their Misbehavior

Even Cops Say Police Aren't Held Accountable for Their Misbehavior

Research suggests hibernation pods for space travel may be possible

Research suggests hibernation pods for space travel may be possible

Airglow

An Astronomy Photo of the Day from last year, explained as follows:

Why would the sky look like a giant fan? Airglow. The featured intermittent green glow appeared to rise from a lake through the arch of our Milky Way Galaxy, as captured last summer next to Bryce Canyon in Utah, USA. The unusual pattern was created by atmospheric gravity waves, ripples of alternating air pressure that can grow with height as the air thins, in this case about 90 kilometers up. Unlike auroras powered by collisions with energetic charged particles and seen at high latitudes, airglow is due to chemiluminescence, the production of light in a chemical reaction. More typically seen near the horizon, airglow keeps the night sky from ever being completely dark. 

Relevant sublinks at APOD.

Humans, not climate change, wiped out Australian megafauna

New evidence involving the ancient poop of some of the huge and astonishing creatures that once roamed Australia indicates the primary cause of their extinction around 45,000 years ago was likely a result of humans, … Read more

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Today in History

1901		A great fire ravages Montreal, resulting in $2.5 million in property lost.
1913		The “Young Turks” revolt because they are angered by the concessions made at the London peace talks.
1932		Franklin D. Roosevelt enters the presidential race.
1948		The Soviets refuse UN entry into North Korea to administer elections.
1949		The Communist Chinese forces begin their advance on Nanking.
1950		Jerusalem becomes the official capital of Israel.
1951		President Truman creates the Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights, to monitor the anti-Communist campaign.
1969		NASA unveils moon-landing craft.
1973		Nixon claims that Vietnam peace has been reached in Paris and that the POWs would be home in 60 days.
1977		Alex Haley’s Roots begins a record-breaking eight-night broadcast on ABC.
1981		Under international pressure, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung’s death sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in Seoul.
1986		U.S. begins maneuvers off the Libyan coast.

What’s the Story Behind This Superman Comic?

The image of Superman promoting tolerance and diversity among schoolchildren is authentic. It's a 1949 image by comic book artist Wayne Boring, used in school posters and book covers. It's a relic of a campaign to stamp out racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice in the United States at a time when Europe was undergoing a seismic swell of anti-semitism in the path to World War II.

In 1938, the New York City Board of Education began requiring students to learn about how multiple groups contributed to American history. When World War II erupted one year later, the demand for tolerance education spiked. The New York Times reported in 1939 that "Instances were cited of teachers in New York City and elsewhere being 'ridiculed, harassed and otherwise impeded' by pupils under the influence of, and stimulated by, Nazi doctrine." To nip foreign propaganda in the bud, schools across the country joined the tolerance movement. Military leaders encouraged it, too. They knew that American troops, many of them fresh out of school, would fight their best if they learned to set aside their differences.
Countless non-profit groups, many of them interreligious, led the charge. Burkholder writes that “Religious leaders, educators, and politicians stressed tolerance as a central tenet of democracy." They provided prejudice-fighting materials to schools, from teachers’ manuals to comic books to textbooks.
Outside of school, short pro-tolerance films played at the beginning of movies. People held tolerance rallies. The National Conference of Christians and Jews distributed 10 million “Badge of Tolerance” buttons. Groups such as the Council Against Intolerance in America distributed maps showing the breadth of diversity in America’s cultural landscape. Even Superboy stepped in, telling a bunch of his schoolmates that “No single land, race or nationality can claim this country as its own.” At the end, Superboy and his pals celebrate by eating Swedish meatballs.

That all sounds well and good, but it didn't last. The groups that led the charge for tolerance were eventually accused of being "un-American" themselves! Read what happened at mental_floss.

The Women's March Heralds a Renaissance of Resistance

The Women's March Heralds a Renaissance of Resistance

Women's march against Dumbass Trump swamps Washington streets, subway

Women's march against Dumbass Trump swamps Washington streets, subway

Millions Across the Planet Unite to Rebuke Dumbass Trump

Millions Across the Planet Unite to Rebuke Dumbass Trump

Canadians Traveling to Women's March Denied US Entry After Sharing Plans

Canadians Traveling to Women's March Denied US Entry After Sharing Plans

Access to Buying Insurance Is Not Health Coverage

Access to Buying Insurance Is Not Health Coverage

13 Ways to Get More Antioxidants

13 Ways to Get More Antioxidants—and Why You Need To

The One Trick This Happy Couple Swears By To Avoid Fights

The One Trick This Happy Couple Swears By To Avoid Fights

Don’t knock it ’til you’ve tried it.

10 Signs You're Not in Love Anymore

10 Signs You're Not in Love Anymore and You Should Walk Away

Afghan Girl Dressed as a Boy for Six Years So She Could Go to School

Afghan Girl Dressed as a Boy for Six Years So She Could Go to School

The Man Behind Comic Sans

Comic Sans was used so much in the 1990s that it became a joke itself. It was never meant as a joke, despite the name. Vincent Connare, who actually designed the font, will tell us about how it came about.

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"It's all my fault." That may be what you watched the video to hear, but there's more to it than that, as you'll find out in this video from Great Big Story.

How Not to Dispose of that Marijuana Crop You Just Busted

How Not to Dispose of that Marijuana Crop You Just Busted

President Obama’s Top Scientist Explains the Climate Challenge Ahead

President Obama’s Top Scientist Explains the Climate Challenge Ahead

The First Observations of Sea Ice Came From 8th-Century Irish Monks in Iceland

Geographers in ancient times may have guessed that the ocean is cold enough near the Poles to freeze, but they did not leave written records of witnessing it. That job fell to Irish monks who were searching for a wilderness of solitude. 'Christianity' came to Ireland in the 5th century (remember St. Patrick), and monasteries filled with students of the faith over the next few hundred years. Crowded monasteries caused monks to reach out even further north for a peaceful place to commune with Dog.

There’s not much evidence left of the journeys of these monastic explorers, but in later years Norse stories had a name from them, the papar. Gaelic monks settled on empty northern islands—Orkney, Shetland—but it’s also possible that they found their way to Iceland, where manmade caves, decorated with crosses, have convinced some archaeologists that there were settlers here before the Vikings.
An early Irish geographer, Dicuil, also writes of “priests who stayed on that island from the first of February to the first of August.” The year would have been 795, and Dicuil briefly notes a journey they took north. “These priests then sailed hence and, in day’s sail, did reach the frozen sea to the north.”

But there's always the possibility of finding even earlier records. Any would useful to those documenting the natural history of the ebb and flow of Arctic ice. Read more about the history of frozen seas as we know it at Atlas Obscura. 

Searching for signs of life on a nearby exoplanet

Searching for signs of life on a nearby exoplanet

Escaped Bloodhound Runs Half Marathon; Comes in Seventh

Ludivine the bloodhound escaped her yard when she was let out to go to the bathroom. She then decided to join a half marathon, showing up at the starting line and ended up running all 13.1 miles and came in seventh in the rankings -and was the fastest female runner. Ludivine actually probably ran more than 13.1 miles as she took a few detours to sniff at dead animals in the area and play in the water.

While she wasn't considered a real participant in the event, the dog did get an official medal to celebrate her great running time. April Hamlin, the pup's owner, had no idea the dog ran off until after Ludivine came back a local celebrity. Read more about the story at CNN

Raccoon And Her Newborn Cubs Accidentally Hitch A Ride Across The USA

Wild animals who are about to give birth try to find a safe and secure place to deliver their offspring, where neither humans nor other critters can harm them while they're at their most vulnerable.But sometimes that search for safety lands them in a heap of trouble, or transports them to a faraway place.
A raccoon mom desperate to find a safe place to deliver her cubs smuggled herself on board a moving truck which had recently been burglarized and proceeded to give birth.
Unfortunately, the guy driving the truck was moving from Fort Myers, Florida to Marin County, California, so she and her cubs were stuck in the back of the truck for eleven days without food or water.
When the driver discovered those cute little stowaways they were near death, so he turned them over to the wildlife hospital WildCare for treatment.WildCare was able to nurse the raccoon family back to health, and the Oakland Zoo was willing to take them in and give them a new home.

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