The creatures living in the depths of the ocean are as weird and outlandish as the creations in a Dr. Seuss book: tentacled transparent sea cucumbers, primitive “dumbos” that flap ear-like fins, and tubeworms that feed on oil deposits.
Everything on the Post Below is Hyperlinked to a site within the Chicago Democratic party archives, there is no conjecture, no guessing, The fact is that as recently as 1996 Senator Obama was an active member of the Chicago Democratic Socialist Party
The U.S. dollar has changed from being a paper certificate for a tangible asset to a fiat currency - a paper note declared legal tender. By looking at the history of American paper money one can clearly see the distinction.
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The Department of Homeland Security spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but had to stop because the United States has run out of a crucial raw material, experts say.
DJs at local underground parties have been losing their laptops to police raids - even when they're not DJing. They're being told that they'll lose their laptops - and often their livelihood - for an indefinite period of time, with no information on
Newly disclosed private exchanges among climate scientists at Britain's Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia reveal an intellectual circle that appears to feel very much under attack, and eager to punish its enemies.
Taser International, in the user’s manual that comes with every Taser, states the following, “application of the Taser to the genitals is PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE.” Taser openly encourages the use of the weapon on the groin. For the stun gun mode, or “
Frustrated when his demand didn't reduce Hills to a puddle of compliant jello, Cohen -- a police sergeant placed Hills under arrest, handcuffed him, and detained him until the businessman signed a promissory note to repay Marinilli.
If the US is proposing draconian rules to implement the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, it's nothing compared to the British proposal....an unelected official with the power to do anything without Parliamentary oversight in the name of protectin
The mounting level of debt in the industrialised world is prompting a growing number of investors to use the derivatives market to bet on the chance of rich governments defaulting on bonds. The volume of activity in sovereign credit default swaps
Taking a serious look at government wrongdoing is no easy task. Not because the damning evidence is hard to find, but because the truth (once found) is very hard to swallow. How does one reconcile the fact that we are being led into slavery (and to s
All those Dazzle White ads you've seen lately? Think the “Free Trial” offer from Dazzle White teeth whitener is a good deal? Think again: customers were shocked to discover the “free trial” had turned into a consumer scam credit card nightmare.
The Postal Service is legally prohibited from taking tax dollars. But in order to stay afloat, the agency has been borrowing from the US Treasury: At last count, it owes the government $10.2 billion. It lost $3.8 billion in the recent year
The skeptics have seized upon e-mails stolen from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia as evidence that scientific data have been rigged to make it appear as if humans are causing global warming.
And so it came to pass that Landrieu walked onto the Senate floor midafternoon Saturday to announce her aye vote -- and to trumpet the financial "fix" she had arranged for Louisiana. "It's not a $100 million fix. It's a $300 million fix."
I am no revolutionary, but if Congress is intent on passing an unconstitutional healthcare bill despite repeated requests not to, I say we should be equally intent on not obeying it.
As U.S. health officials struggle to vaccinate tens of millions of Americans against the pandemic of swine flu, some are looking regretfully at one easy way to instantly double or triple the number of doses available -- by using an immune booster cal
The lead contract surged as high as 82.18, up from 75.38 close on Thursday. Such a move was improbable given that in spot market, the dollar's moves against major currencies such as the euro was limited to about 1%.
An entertaining report of the political machinations that led to Ron Paul's "End the Fed" getting passed out of committee over Chairman Frank's and the Fed's objections in no small part courtesy of FireDogLake.com.
By the end of last year there were an estimated 4.1bn mobile subscriptions, up from 1bn in 2002. That represents six in 10 of the world's population, although it is hard to make a precise calculation about how many people actually use mobile phones.
At a top secret high-finance meeting scheduled for this weekend, China will propose that the US dollar be replaced by the Hong Kong dollar, according to a senior MI6 source. The proposal is under serious consideration by the backers of the new financ
By the year 2020, you won't need a keyboard and mouse to control your computer, say Intel Corp. researchers. Instead, users will open documents and surf the Web using nothing more than their brain waves.
Scientists at Intel's research lab in Pit
A cultural institution that gives students an access all areas pass to the world, the United Nations International Schools (UNIS) gives students a trip around the globe in just a stroll down the school hallway.
“We’ve got over 60 countries represe
VERICHIP has now bought STEEL VAULT and has now changed their name once again to POSITIVE ID and for the FIRST TIME EVER now they will be combining MONEY & IDENTITY with a RFID CHIP!!! WOW!!!
Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue” book tour stopped in Washington, PA and folks from at least six states were there to greet her. We were there too--and got five pages of pictures.
The following is two letters I received in response to my email to the Rand Paul campaign in protest of their press release concerning GITMO.
"Steve,
Rand Paul feels that more important than the location of the prison is whether or not we sh