‘Slaves built the US the way cows built McDonald’s’

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‘Slaves built the US the way cows built McDonald’s’ — and other historical ‘facts’ from Katie McHugh

Katie McHugh was fired from Breitbart News on Monday after she wrote on Twitter that “there would be no deadly terror attacks in the U.K. if Muslims didn’t live there” after a terror attack in London.

Amputee Files Lawsuit Against American Airlines

Amputee Files Lawsuit Against American Airlines for Treating Him With 'Brutish Misconduct'

Flint official resigns after he’s caught on tape blaming ‘fucking niggers’ for water crisis

Flint official resigns after he’s caught on tape blaming ‘fucking niggers’ for water crisis

An official with a publicly funded land bank in Flint, Michigan, has resigned after he was recorded blaming the city’s water crisis on “fucking niggers” who failed to pay their bills on time.

Corporations and Western Governments Continue to Profit From Looting of Africa

New Report Shows Corporations and Western Governments Continue to Profit From Looting of Africa

Critics Rage at Uber Over Surge Pricing During London Terror Attacks

Critics Rage at Uber Over Surge Pricing During London Terror Attacks

The Gig Economy at Its Worst

Project to Turn Teachers into On-Demand Contractors for the Children of the Wealthiest 1 Percent - The Gig Economy at Its Worst

Inequality in America Is by Design

Jim Hightower: Inequality in America Is by Design

Signs the 'Handmaid's Tale' Dystopia May Be Our Reality

5 Signs the 'Handmaid's Tale' Dystopia May Be Our Reality

America's Biggest Terrorist Threat?

America's Biggest Terrorist Threat? The Lunatic Fringe Wingnut White Male

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Today in History

1099		Members of the First Crusade witness an eclipse of the moon and interpret it as a sign they will recapture Jerusalem.
1568		Ferdinand, the Duke of Alba, crushes the Calvinist insurrection in Ghent.
1595		Henry IV’s army defeats the Spanish at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise.
1637		American settlers in New England massacre a Pequot Indian village.
1783		Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first public balloon flight.
1794		The U.S. Congress prohibits citizens from serving in any foreign armed forces.
1827		Athens falls to Ottoman forces.
1851		Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in The National Era.
1856		U.S. Army troops in the Four creeks region of California, head back to quarters, officially ending the Tule River War. Fighting, however, will continue for a few more years.
1863		The Confederate raider CSS Alabama captures the Talisman in the Mid-Atlantic.
1872		The Republican National Convention, the first major political party convention to include blacks, commences.
1880		Wild woman of the west Myra Maybelle Shirley marries Sam Starr even though records show she was already married to Bruce Younger.
1900		British troops under Lord Roberts seize Pretoria from the Boers.
1940		The German army begins its offensive in Southern France.
1944		The first B-29 bombing raid strikes the Japanese rail line in Bangkok, Thailand.
1947		Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines “The Marshall Plan,” a program intended to assist European nations, including former enemies, to rebuild their economies.
1956		Premier Nikita Khrushchev denounces Josef Stalin to the Soviet Communist Party Congress.
1967		The Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Syria and Jordan begins.
1968		Sirhan Sirhan shoots Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy after Kennedy’s victory in the pivotal California primary election.
1973		Doris A. Davis becomes the first African-American woman to govern a city in a major metropolitan area when she is elected mayor of Compton, California.
2004		Reagan dies at age 93. Reagan was the 40th president of the United States.

How Authoritarian Leaders Get Away with It

How Authoritarian Leaders Get Away with It

Authorities Declare Multiple London Attacks a Terrorist Incident

At Least Six People Confirmed Dead as Authorities Declare Multiple London Attacks a Terrorist Incident

The domestic terror threat from America’s wingnuts is on the rise

The domestic terror threat from America’s wingnuts is on the rise — here’s why

Terrorism is a form of psychological warfare. Most terrorist groups lack the resources, expertise and manpower to defeat state actors. Instead, they promote their agenda through violence that shapes perceptions of political and social issues.

Dumbass Trump Evangelicals Face Growing Number of 'Hidden Atheists'

Dumbass Trump Evangelicals Face Growing Number of 'Hidden Atheists'

Professional Racist Richard Spencer Makes His Money Off Cotton Farms and Black Labor

Professional Racist Richard Spencer Makes His Money Off Cotton Farms and Black Labor 

Con Man Bakker is at it again ...

Bakker: Ringling Brothers Circus Closing Was A Sign From Dog About The Last Days

Bakker is at it again ...

Papa John's employees caught selling cocaine in pizza boxes

Papa John’s employees in Washington state are accused of selling cocaine out of pizza boxes. The arrests are the result of a six-month investigation that detectives dubbed “Operation Extra Olives.”

Papa John's employees caught selling cocaine in pizza boxes

Want to Get 'Back to the Land'?

Want to Get 'Back to the Land'? You’re Not Alone

Got OCD? Changing Your Diet Might Help

Got OCD? Changing Your Diet Might Help

What Word Does Your State Misspell the Most?

Everyone has that one or two words they just always spell wrong. Thanks to Google, we can now see what every state misspells the most. Beautiful, pneumonia and maintenance are all pretty common themes along the whole country, but there are a few outliers in there two, like sense, quote or chaos.You can see the infographic full size on Google's Twitter

Sex on the Water Tower

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Contractors are working on painting the water tower in Sussex, Wisconsin, but  where they stopped work one first left a unique photo opportunity. Workers experienced a venting issue that caused them to stop with just the "sex" left showing.

A village administrator said he believed the workers left the three letters up intentionally to get a few laughs and a contractor said they didn't mind the attention.
"We kind of like the honks when they go by and a little bit of the road traffic," the contractor said.

The rest of the tower has since been painted.

​"The Most Interesting Man in the World"

​"The Most Interesting Man in the World" Talks About His Journey Through Hollywood and Homelessness

Yes, his life lives up to the title​

The Little Old Lady Who Terrorized The Plaza Hotel For 35 Years

The people who choose to live in hotels are typically seen as eccentric, transient or just plain nuts, but back in the day it wasn't that uncommon for hotels to take on long term guests, especially when the hotel needed money.

And while some people pay upwards of a thousand bucks a night to stay in the Plaza Hotel in NYC Fannie Lowenstein was able to live in a three-room suite paying only $500 a month for 35 years.
Fannie moved in to the Plaza with her husband Leo while the Plaza was struggling financially back in 1958, and when Leo died three years later Fannie decided to stay on and make the Plaza hell for the hotel staff.Nicknamed "the Eloise from hell", Fannie was able to hang on to her rent controlled suite at the Plaza by sheer force of will:

Plaza employees remember her as a firebrand, a scourge who exploited every wrinkle in rent-control law with the subtlety and skill of a top-tier real estate attorney.
She was a terror when dealing with hotel management, too. "Part of what the law required is that you were entitled to the same services that you got when the unit was first under rent control," Lyman explains. "In those days, they did a 'high dusting,' I think they called it, once a month. It was a whole scheduled cleaning. Painting was required every couple of years; she knew her rights extremely well. And she would push."
In the early 1980s, according to a Newsday article, she had dragged the Westin Corporation—then the Plaza's owner—to court over defective carpeting. After this suit was thrown out, Lyman says, she immediately began to claim that Westin was trying to kill her with toxic paint. The hotel hired experts to take spore samples. She called in the New York City Health Department, who found nothing amiss.
As her health began to fail, Lowenstein convinced herself that her room was irredeemably contaminated by the "toxic" paint. She moved to the Park Lane—paying the full nightly price—and died there on April 28, 1992, the final rent-controlled holdout to live in the Plaza. She was 85 years old.

Read The Little Old Lady Who Terrorized New York's Famed Plaza Hotel here

The Patron Saint of Murderers

There's a saint for everything, even murderers (although our source says "repentant murderers"). St. Julian the Hospitaller is the patron saint of clowns and circus workers, innkeepers, fiddle players, jugglers, childless people, and murderers. How he got that designation is a story that may remind you of Oedipus Rex. Julian had a curse on him that said he would kill his parents. To avoid this destiny, he walked away from home and kept walking for 50 days. He obviously did not read Sophocles' play, because that was his first mistake. Then he settled down and married.

Throughout all this time, however, his parents had been diligently searching, and their efforts were finally rewarded when they happened upon their son’s castle. Unfortunately, Julian was away on a hunt, but his wife welcomed them with great joy. Indeed, so pleased was she to meet her in-laws for the first time that she honored them with her home’s master bedroom as their quarters.
Returning home much later, Julian discovered the couple in his own sbed and assumed it was his wife with another man. In a mad rage, he killed them both, thus fulfilling the prophetic jinx. When his wife, who’d been to church, informed him of his tragic error, Julian grew despondent and despaired of his salvation. Nevertheless, according to one medieval version of the story, his wife offered unyielding encouragement. “Well I know that God is so merciful and so kind and loving,” she insisted, “that if we serve Him all our lives without anger and without envy, I do surely believe that he will grant us mercy.”

The couple spent the rest of their lives trying to make up for the murders, and became known for hospitality and aid to travelers. You can read the story of St. Julian the Hospitaller at Catholic Exchange.  St. Julian's story is one of 15 Unusual Patron Saints you can read about at Mental Floss.

The Crazy House of Dalat

You may have seen a picture of the Crazy House in Dalat, Vietnam, but you need to see more because it looks different from every angle! It's even changed since we posted about it in 2012. Jürgen Horn and Mike Powell made time to take a tour and see every thing from the roof to the new construction in progress.

Conceived by Vietnamese architect Đặng Việt Nga, the Crazy House opened in 1990 as a guest house. Her creation immediately made a splash on the architectural scene, with its cave-like rooms and organic tree-like passageways (mostly) drawing praise. Throughout its life, the Hằng Nga (as it’s officially known) has undergone continuous renovations and expansions; a new aquatic-themed room was being crafted during our visit.

Read more, and see pictures and video of the Crazy House of Dalat at For 91 Days.

Federal Anti-Animal Cruelty Statute Will Also Help Human Victims of Violence

How a Federal Anti-Animal Cruelty Statute Will Also Help Human Victims of Violence

Dogs Wait Patiently At The Gate Until Their Names Are Called

Dogs are obedient by nature, born and raised to follow their pack leader and remain loyal to the pack, and if you want to see the true extent of a dog's obedient nature you have to see a dog trainer work their magic.The trainer in this video trained her dogs to wait at the gate until their name is called, demonstrating how well dogs can tune out distractions and follow commands even when they'd rather be playing with their pals. However, there's one rebel in every pack, and in this pack rebellion is named Nacho.

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1615		The fortress at Osaka, Japan, falls to Shogun Leyasu after a six-month siege.
1647		Parliamentary forces capture King Charles I and hold him prisoner.
1717		The Freemasons are founded in London.
1792		Captain George Vancouver claims Puget Sound for Britain.
1794		British troops capture Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
1805		Tripoli is forced to conclude peace with the United States after a conflict over tribute.
1859		The French army, under Napoleon III, takes Magenta from the Austrian army.
1864		Confederates under General Joseph Johnston retreat to the mountains in Georgia.
1911		Gold is discovered in Alaska’s Indian Creek.
1918		French and American troops halt Germany’s offensive at Chateau-Thierry, France.
1919		The U.S. Senate passes the Women’s Suffrage bill.
1940		The British complete the evacuation of 300,000 troops at Dunkirk.
1943		In Argentina, Juan Peron takes part in the military coup that overthrows Ramon S. Castillo.
1944		The U-505 becomes the first enemy submarine captured by the U.S. Navy.
1944		Allied troops liberate Rome.
1946		Juan Peron is installed as Argentina’s president.
1953		North Korea accepts the United Nations proposals in all major respects.
1960		The Taiwan island of Quemoy is hit by 500 artillery shells fired from the coast of Communist China.
1972		Black activist Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder, kidnapping, and criminal conspiracy.

Hubble Space Telescope spots ‘Vermin Galaxy’

From the treasure trove of images captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, the space agency released an image Friday that shows a distant galaxy as it begins it transit behind a star that lies much closer to Earth. The transit is of significance because it allows scientists to study the star HD 107146, which is very similar to the sun.HD 107146 is about 90 light-years away from Earth, and its physical properties are very similar to the sun. It has a mass of about 1.09 suns, and its size is about 99 percent that of the sun. But compared to the 4.6 billion years the sun has been around, this star is a youngster whose age is between 80 and 200 million years only. It also has a circumstellar disk of orbiting debris that appears as the numerous jagged spikes in the Hubble image. Given the star’s similarities to the sun, this disk — visible to us face-on — could be similar to the asteroids and the Kuiper belt in our solar system.
The “Vermin Galaxy” — which NASA said was a nickname coined by some astronomers to display their annoyance at its presence — is much farther away in space, compared to HD 107146. The pairing of the star and the galaxy was first observed by Hubble in 2004, and then again in 2011, and the latter image is the one NASA released Friday. A 2009 paper, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, suggested the presence of a planet at an orbital distance of 45-75 times the distance between Earth and the sun.

Hubble Space Telescope spots ‘Vermin Galaxy’

Drunk AND Stoned at the Same Time

What Happens When You're Drunk AND Stoned at the Same Time?

Nationwide Education Fund Shortfall

Underfunded Oklahoma Schools Shortened School Week Is Tip of Nationwide Education Fund Shortfall

Actual Bitcoin Worth

Investors are drunk on bitcoin. As I write this, the Bitcoin Investment Trust (NASDAQOTH:GBTC) is trading at more than 125% more than its underlying bitcoin are worth.  Shares currently trade at $505 per share, valuing the underlying bitcoin at 125% more than they can be purchased for at a popular online exchange. Each share represents ownership of approximately 0.093 bitcoin.

Here's how much a bitcoin is actually worth

Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president

For the first time in Mexican history, an indigenous woman is running for president. The country hasn’t had an indigenous president for 145 years, and a woman has never held the highest office. But gender and heritage aren’t the only aspects that set María de Jesús Patricio apart from her contenders.
“Marichuy,” as she’s known, is a 57-year-old traditional Nahua healer from southern Jalisco. She isn’t backed by a political party, but rather by the Indigenous National Congress, which groups together representatives of dozens of nationalities and tribes from across Mexico. And she says that winning the presidency — or even getting votes at all — isn’t the aim of their venture into the electoral arena.
“Our participation is for life; it’s to bring together our communities that have been hit hard for years and years and that, I think, right now need to look for a way to keep on existing,”

Mexico has its first indigenous woman candidate for president

Great Again? US Takes Dramatic Hit In Global Peace Rankings

The United States slipped 11 places on The Global Peace Index 2017, falling below Haiti.

Wearing shoes indoors can make you sick

Wearing shoes indoors is fairly common, but it turns out you’re trekking more than just dirt onto the carpet. Researchers from the University of Houston said that shoes are full of harmful bacteria that could make you sick, reports the Daily Mail. As the paper explains, bacteria can multiply and spread throughout the house, leaving you susceptible to stomach problems like diarrhea.

Here's how wearing shoes indoors can make you sick

American men make up the bulk of suicides in US

Did you know that suicide is the tenth highest cause of death in the United States? And men die by suicide 3.5 times more than women. 
According to 2015 official data by American Association of Suicidology, 121 people died by suicide every day out of which 93 were men. The recent death of 52-year-old Seattle grunge rock icon, Chris Cornell, who killed himself after a concert in Detroit came as a shocker to many but its a reflection of scores of middle-aged American men who attempt or die by suicide each day.

Why do American men make up the bulk of suicides in US?

This Hobby Can Make You Last Longer In Bed

This Hobby Can Make You Last Longer In Bed

​Unfortunately, it also may lower your sex drive

Sexual assault in college campuses on the rise

College sexual harassment or assault cases have seen a sharp increase since 2014. During President Barack Obama's administration, the Department of Education had issued guidelines warning colleges and universities that their failure to respond appropriately and effectively to sexual harassment or violence in campuses could be considered a violation of the Title IX law.
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 is a federal law that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
The law also offers protection for transgender students, pregnant or parenting students, and students who have faced of sexual or gender-based harassment or been a victim of violence on their campuses. However, several advocates of this law have been concerned about its implementation and future during Dumbass Trump’s junta.

Sexual assault in college campuses on the rise 

The House voted to send teens who sext to prison for 15 years

I lost my virginity before I turned 18. This is not unusual for millions of young Americans. It was the early 1990s, so I didn’t have a smartphone at the time, but if I had, there’s a good chance that at 15 or 16 or 17 years old I might have sent or received a sexually explicit photo. I could definitely see myself asking my then girlfriend for such photos – who was a year older than me but still a minor – and could also see many other teenage boys doing the same in any era. But now, in the name of fighting child pornography – obviously a laudable goal – the U.S. House of Representatives has voted to mandate a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone who shares sexually explicit photos of minors, including minors.

The House voted to send teens who sext to prison for 15 years – seriously – and only two wingnuts opposed it

Tulsa woman get 16 years for mutilating corpse

In a bizarre criminal case that captured attention across Oklahoma and beyond, a Tulsa woman was sentenced to 16 years in prison for corpse mutilation.
District Judge Kelly Greenough upheld a jury’s conviction of Shaynna Sims for unlawfully removing a body part from a deceased person, unauthorized dissection, first-degree burglary and concealing stolen property

Tulsa woman get 16 years for mutilating corpse of estranged husband’s girlfriend during funeral

Woman Admits She Led 30 Members of a North Carolina Cult In Beating a Gay Man to 'Expel His Demons'

Woman Admits She Led 30 Members of a North Carolina Cult In Beating a Gay Man to 'Expel His Demons'

Fenner states that the cult members blocked him from leaving the cult, instead holding him against his will as he was berated, slapped and choked by fellow parishioners.

Beef Ban, Economic Damage and Hate

New Beef Ban Would Cause Massive Economic Damage in India and Send a Hateful Message to Its Muslims

Eat These Foods When You Need to Assert Your Dominance

Eat These Foods When You Need to Assert Your Dominance

Simply thinking about them works, too

Eating Insect Secretions

If You Eat These Popular Candies, You're Also Eating Insect Secretions