Reviving the War on Drugs Will Further Damage Police-Community Relations

Reviving the War on Drugs Will Further Damage Police-Community Relations

Apple supplier Foxconn deal lets company ignore environmental protection laws

Apple supplier Foxconn has in recent years been accused of poisoning waterways near its facilities in China. Now wingnut moron Walker of Wisconsin is not only proposing to give the company a $3 billion taxpayer subsidy, his junta has also quietly slipped language into a bill that would exempt the Taiwanese conglomerate from state environmental protection laws.

Apple supplier Foxconn deal lets company ignore environmental protection laws

Climate change already causing suicides in India as crops fail

Climate change has already caused more than 59,000 suicides in India over the last 30 years, according to estimates in a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that … Read more

Methane-eating bacteria in lake deep beneath Antarctic ice sheet may reduce greenhouse gas emissions

An interdisciplinary team of researchers funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) has concluded that bacteria in a lake 800 meters (2,600 feet) beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may digest methane, a powerful greenhouse … Read more

An Earth-like atmosphere may not survive Proxima b’s orbit

Proxima b, an Earth-size planet right outside our solar system in the habitable zone of its star, may not be able to keep a grip on its atmosphere, leaving the surface exposed to harmful stellar … Read more

NASA Finds Moon of Saturn Has Chemical That Could Form ‘Membranes’

NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan, a place that has long intrigued scientists investigating the chemical precursors of life. On Earth, acrylonitrile, also known as vinyl … Read more

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Today in History

216 BC		Hannibal Barca wins his greatest victory over the Romans at Cannae. After avidly studying the tactics of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus eventually bested his Carthaginian adversary.
47 BC		Caesar defeats Pharnaces at Zela in Syria and declares, “veni, vidi, vici,” (I came, I saw, I conquered).
1552		The treaty of Passau gives religious freedom to Protestants living in Germany.
1553		An invading French army is destroyed at the Battle of Marciano in Italy by an imperial army.
1589		During France’s religious war, a fanatical monk stabs King Henry II to death.
1776		The Continental Congress, having decided unanimously to make the Declaration of Independence, affixes the signatures of the other delegates to the document.
1790		The first US census begins enumerating the population.
1802		Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed “Consul for Life” by the French Senate after a plebiscite from the French people.
1819		The first parachute jump from a balloon is made by Charles Guille in New York City.
1832		Troops under General Henry Atkinson massacre Sauk Indian men, women and children who are followers of Black Hawk at the Bad Axe River in Wisconsin. Black Hawk himself finally surrenders three weeks later, bringing the Black Hawk War to an end.
1847		William A. Leidesdorff launches the first steam boat in San Francisco Bay.
1862		Union General John Pope captures Orange Court House, Virginia.
1862		The Army Ambulance Corps is established by Maj. Gen. George McClellan.
1876		Wild Bill Hickok is shot while playing poker.
1914		Germany invades Luxembourg.
1918		A British force lands in Archangel, Russia, to support White Russian opposition to the Bolsheviks.
1923		Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of Warren G. Harding.
1934		German President Paul von Hindenburg dies and Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor.
1943		Lt. John F. Kennedy, towing an injured sailor, swims to a small island in the Solomon Islands. The night before, his boat, PT-109, had been split in half by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
1950		The U.S. First Provisional Marine Brigade arrives in Korea from the United States.
1964		U.S. destroyer Maddox is reportedly attacked by North Vietnamese patrol boats.
1965		Newsman Morley Safer films the destruction of a Vietnamese village by U.S. Marines.
1990		Iraqi forces invade neighboring Kuwait.
1997		Author William S. Burroughs (Naked Lunch), considered the godfather of the “Beat Generation” in American literature, dies at age 83.

Finland: The Home of Weird Sports

Finland is home of such lofty tournaments as the World Hobbyhorsing Championship, the Mosquito Killing World Championships, the Wife Carrying World Championship, the Air Guitar World Championships, the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships, the World Berry Picking Championship, and Swamp Soccer World Championships.

The genesis of swamp soccer was in 1998, when creative town officials in Hyrynsalmi cooked up a festival-like event that would make use of the area’s vast swamplands. Thirteen teams showed up for the first tournament. Since then, the competitive field has grown to about 200 teams.
The recent matches — six-on-six, with 10-minute halves — were played on 20 fields of varying squishiness, spread out over 50 acres of swamp. Finnish rock echoed through the woods.
People striding on seemingly firm ground would disappear suddenly into the soft earth, as if descending a stairway. Some tottered on their hands and knees, like babies. Others stood still, until they were waist-deep in muck. The scores were generally low. Many of the players were drunk.

Finland hosts the various championships because these sports were born in Finland. An article at the New York Times focuses mostly on swamp soccer, but also asks why Finland does sports the way they do. It appears to be a longing for something to do, a culture that values fun over winning, and alcohol.

Dumbass Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Tablets 'Make Partying Great Again'

Dumbass Trump-Shaped Ecstasy Tablets 'Make Partying Great Again'

Why Has School Recess Become a Thing of the Past?

Why Has School Recess Become a Thing of the Past?

Don't Give Up on Better Health Care for America

Moyers: Don't Give Up on Better Health Care for America

19 to 12

A Black Woman in the Same Job as a White Man Has to Work 19 Months to Earn the Same He Does in 12

Outback Steakhouse responds to satanic cult conspiracy theory

Another day, another bizarre conspiracy theory involving a seemingly innocuous restaurant and satanic occultism. A few internet sleuths got the better of Outback Steakhouse recently after they uncovered a pattern of stars — more specifically, pentagrams — in the locations of the restaurant chain across cities nationwide.

Outback Steakhouse responds to satanic cult conspiracy theory

Is This the 'New Normal' We Want?

Is This the 'New Normal' We Want?

What Happens When You Run Away To Join ISIL Then Want To Come Home?

Even though the news out of the Middle East clearly spells out what an awful bunch of murderous and destructive a-holes the members of ISIL are they somehow still find it easy to recruit troubled teens from the West.
And for some strange reason these angsty and angry young people are willing to give up their lives of freedom and comfort to join ISIL to get back at their parents, becoming another enemy of the world just to make a point.
But once they're part of the evil that is ISIL they quickly realize they've made a huge mistake, and like typical hasty teens they suddenly want to come home again- which they discover to their dismay is nearly impossible

A 16-year-old girl named Linda Wenzel from Pulsnitz, Germany fled to join ISIL in 2016, and now she desperately wants to return home but can't- because she's locked up in an Iraqi prison awaiting trial:

"I just want to get away from here," Wenzel told German broadcasters NDR and WDR and Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. "I want to get away from the war, from the many weapons, from the noise…I just want to go home to my family."
She went on to explain that she regretted joining ISIL and wanted to be extradited to Germany. Wenzel had a gunshot wound on her left leg and another injury on her right knee that she claims was caused during a helicopter attack. The Times reports that she was found with a malnourished baby boy, though it could not confirm if the child was Wenzel's.
The Daily Mail reports that Wenzel, who was discovered in Mosul with ISIL female supporters, became radicalized after her parents' marriage broke down. Police believe she was persuaded to fly to Syria after falling in love with an ISIL fighter she met online.

It's sad when young people let hasty decisions ruin their lives, but hopefully other teens who are thinking of lashing out at their parents by joining ISIS will hear Linda's story and think twice.
Read What Happens When You Join ISIL, Then Want To Come Home here

‘What are you, retarded?’

‘What are you, retarded?’: Yankees fan berates boy with special needs for kicking his chair

A Warrant to Search Your Vagina

A Warrant to Search Your Vagina

More Police Officers Don’t Equal Safer Neighborhoods

Reality Check: More Police Officers Don’t Equal Safer Neighborhoods

Airport worker caught on video punching passenger who’s holding an infant

Airport worker caught on video punching passenger who’s holding an infant

Dumbass Trump-loving gun nut calls on ‘armed wingnuts’ to shoot protesters at West Virginia circle jerk

Dumbass Trump-loving gun nut calls on ‘armed wingnuts’ to shoot protesters at West Virginia circle jerk

Police and federal authorities are reportedly investigating a West Virginia man’s social media threats against protesters at Dumbass Trump’s upcoming circle jerk.

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Two environmental agencies in Scotland have objected to plans by the  Dumbass Trump Organization to build a new 18-hole golf course at the Dumbass Trump International Golf Links in northeastern Scotland.
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) has informed the president’s company that its expansion plans violate sewage pollution, environmental protection and groundwater conservation rules, reported Scotland's Daily Record.

Stinks to be you: Dumbass Trump's Scottish golf resort project has run afoul of sewage pollution laws

Earth will warm two degrees this century

Researchers have confirmed that the Earth is likely to warm by more than 2 degrees by the end of the century, and increase often cited as a “tipping point” by climate scientists—one that people should try to avoid by limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Earth will warm two degrees this century: Researchers

Did quasars halt star formation in early massive galaxies?

Quasars, the brightest objects in the universe, may have been responsible for the stopping of star-formation activity in some of the early massive galaxies in the universe, a new study suggests. These galaxies were hotspots of activity, throwing up stars by the billions, about 12 billion years ago, but are now mostly astral dead zones.

Did quasars halt star formation in early massive galaxies?

Extinct dire wolves could be resurrected

The Stark family in "Game of Thrones" is represented by direwolves, a mythical wolf-like dog that is the size of a small horse. This season Arya Stark’s direwolf, Nymeria, makes an appearance in the second episode and is one of the last two remaining direwolves in the series. But are the hulking pets real?

Extinct dire wolves could be resurrected

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902		The Aghlabid rulers of Ifriqiyah (modern day Tunisia) capture Taormina, Sicily.
1096		The crusaders under Peter the Hermit reach Constantinople.
1464		Piero de Medici succeeds his father, Cosimo, as ruler of Florence.
1664		The Turkish army is defeated by French and German troops at St. Gotthard, Hungary.
1689		James II’s siege of Londonderry, Ireland, ends in failure. James’ force had suffered some 8,000 casualties to the defenders’ 3,600.
1740		Thomas Arne’s song “Rule Britannia” is performed for the first time.
1759		British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at the Battle of Minden, Germany.
1791		Robert Carter III, a Virginia plantation owner, frees all 500 of his slaves in the largest private emancipation in U.S. history. An 1839 mutiny aboard a Spanish ship in Cuban waters raised basic questions about freedom and slavery in the United States.
1798		Admiral Horatio Nelson routs the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, Egypt.
1801		The American schooner Enterprise captures the Barbary cruiser Tripoli. Often venturing into harm’s way, America’s most famous sailing ship, the Constitution, twice came close to oblivion.
1834		Slavery is abolished throughout the British Empire.
1864		Union General Ulysses S. Grant gives general Philip H. Sheridan the mission of clearing the Shenandoah Valley of Confederate forces. After nearly 10 months of trench warfare, Confederate resistance at Petersburg, Virginia, suddenly collapsed.
1872		The first long-distance gas pipeline in the U.S. is completed. Designed for natural gas, the two-inch pipe ran five miles from Newton Wells to Titusville, Pennsylvania.
1873		San Francisco’s first cable cars begin running, operated by Hallidie’s Clay Street Hill Railroad Company.
1880		Sir Frederick Roberts frees the British Afghanistan garrison of Kandahar from Afghan rebels.
1893		A machine for making shredded wheat breakfast cereal is patented.
1914		Germany declares war on Russia.
1937		The Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany becomes operational.The Nuremberg Trial would later bring high-ranking Nazis to justice.
1939		Synthetic vitamin K is produced for the first time.
1941		The Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo plane makes its first flight.
1942		Ensign Henry C. White, while flying a J4F Widgeon plane, sinks U-166 as it approaches the Mississippi River, the first U-boat sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard.
1943		Over 177 B-24 Liberator bombers attack the oil fields in Ploesti, Romania, for a second time.
1944		The Polish underground begins an uprising against the occupying German army, as the Red Army approaches Warsaw.
1946		President Harry S Truman establishes the Atomic Energy Commission.
1950		Lead elements of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division arrive in Korea from the United States.
1954		The Geneva Accords divide Vietnam into two countries at the 17th parallel.
1957		US and Canada create North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
1960		Singer Chubby Checker releases “The Twist,” creating a new dance craze. The song had been released by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters the previous year but got little attention.
1964		Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to play on the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.
1966		Charles Whitman, shooting from the Texas Tower at the University of Texas, kills 16 people and wounds 31 before being killed himself.
1988		Lunatic fringe hate monger Lush Dimbulb begins his national hate speech radio show.
2004		In Asuncion, Paraguay, a fire in the Ycua Bolanos V supermarket complex kills nearly 400 people and injures 500.
2007		The I-35W bridge at Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.

Why Are Americans So Afraid?

Why Are Americans So Afraid?

Hackers Demonstrate How to Crack Into Electronic Voting Machines

Hackers Demonstrate How to Crack Into Electronic Voting Machines in Minutes

China mall offers 'man pod' havens for husbands wary of shopping

At a Shanghai mall, rows of “man pods” equipped with video games are proving a big hit, providing a refuge for hundreds of weary husbands and boyfriends as their other halves shop until they drop.

China mall offers 'man pod' havens for husbands wary of shopping

How Angelina Jolie’s fought her rare condition that affected her face

In a Vanity Fair cover story, Angelina Jolie opened up about her rare health condition, Bell’s palsy. She told the magazine she developed the condition as a result of facial nerve damage; however, the exact cause of the disorder is unknown, according to Mayo Clinic.

How Angelina Jolie’s fought her rare condition that affected her face

Link between sugar and mood disorders

The thought of a cupcake, skillfully frosted with fluffy vanilla icing, may put a smile on your face, but research suggests that, in the long term, a sweet tooth may turn that smile into a frown – but not for the reasons you think. In a new study, published in Scientific Reports, my colleagues and I found a link between a diet high in sugar and common mental disorders.

A large new study has found a link between sugar and mood disorders

New Border Patrol Chief Must Address Sexual Crimes Against Female Agents

The time for ignoring the culture of sexual harassment and assault against female agents has to end.

One man’s quest for more girth in his penis ends in shocking 'sudden death'

The “world’s first known” death from penis enlargement surgery has been recorded in Sweden, according to the Journal of Forensic Sciences and the New York Daily News.
Earlier, similar surgeries have caused injury and death, but they involved unlicensed surgeons.

One man’s quest for more girth in his penis ends in shocking 'sudden death'

Terrifying story of man who plotted a rape

A Pennsylvania man from Bucks County who pleaded guilty to an attempted rape charge in 2013 and was sentenced 10 to 20 years in prison, we now know, not only planned and “wanted this [his] whole life,” but also specifically targeted someone who looked like Paris Hilton.

Terrifying story of man who plotted a rape -- had a specific type he was looking for: He 'wanted this his whole life'

NRA Exploits Rape Victimhood to Defend Reckless Gun Owners

NRA Exploits Rape Victimhood to Defend Reckless Gun Owners

Dumbass Trump Has Done Nothing about the Devastating Opioid Epidemic

Despite all His Promises, Dumbass Trump Has Done Nothing about the Devastating Opioid Epidemic

Tomi Lahren proves just how dumb she really is.

Tomi Lahren Tries To Blast ACA While Admitting She Only Has Healthcare... Because Of ACA

Oxford student who wore KKK costume to party faces punishment

Oxford student who wore KKK costume to party faces punishment — but says it was all about Dumbass Trump

An Oxford University student who dressed up as a Ku Klux Klan member issued an apology — and then blamed Dumbass Trump.

American Nazis fund European ship to catch Muslims in the Mediterranean

Europe's white nationalists are taking border control into their own hands.

Funded with money from American white supremacists and the "alt-right" movement, a group called Generation Identity has chartered a ship it plans to use to snatch Muslim migrants out of Mediterranean waters and deliver them back to the Middle East.

American white nationalists fund European ship to catch Muslims in the Mediterranean

FBI's Strange Obsession and Constant Surveillance of Charlie Chaplin

Remembering the FBI's Strange Obsession and Constant Surveillance of Charlie Chaplin

From 9/11 to Dumbass Trump

From 9/11 to Dumbass Trump: A Short History of World War IV

August's solar eclipse has basically turned into a national disaster

Port-a-potty shortages. Cellular blackout zones. Ambulances stuck in gridlock. These are the conditions emergency managers across the nation are expecting the week of August 21.
No, a major hurricane isn’t forecast. This isn’t preparation for a cyberattack after someone tipped the FBI. Beyoncé isn’t doing a national tour—but the cause is a star of another kind.

Here's how August's solar eclipse has basically turned into a national disaster

The cruel carnage of Shark Fin Soup

In Washington, D.C., these days, when wingnuts team up with Democrats for the cause of conservation they deserve a shout-out of support from all of us.
The issue is “shark finning.” That’s the grisly practice where fishermen pull in a shark, hack off the fins for the shark-fin soup market, and then throw the mutilated animal back into the ocean to suffer an agonizing death from bleeding, drowning or predation by other animals.

The cruel carnage of Shark Fin Soup

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