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  • Can Biden Murder Trump and Get Away With it?

    Monday, March 11, 2024
    Rumors are spreading that the U.S. Supreme Court will vote 5-4 to rule that a U.S. president cannot be prosecuted for anything he does while he is president. Some Democrats are suggesting that Joe Biden bring a gun to his first debate with Donald Trump. If he shoots Trump, he would be immune, but if Trump shoots Biden he would be prosecuted because he is not a sitting president.   read more
  • Gray Wolves Lose Protection, Still in Danger

    Wednesday, May 20, 2009
    Earlier this month, gray wolves were taken off the Endangered Species List by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, exposing them up once again to being hunted. However, many argue that this move was premature and that the wolves have not yet reache...   read more
  • Rumsfeld’s Special Unit Responsible for Worst Civilian Killings in Afghanistan

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    A commando unit created by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been behind the worst attacks in Afghanistan involving civilians, military and foreign news sources have discovered. U.S. Marines Corps’ Special Operations Command (MarSOC) wa...   read more
  • United States of Boeing

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    In a relatively new twist in the operation of the U.S. military, the Pentagon is leasing surveillance drones from Boeing, rather than buying them. Rear Admiral Bill Shannon, executive officer for the unmanned aviation program, says that leasing th...   read more
  • Dictators without Testicles

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    A new book by historian José Maria Zavala claims that former dictator Francisco Franco of Spain was a monorchid, meaning he had only one testicle. Zavala bases his assertion on an account by physician Ana Puigvert, whose grandfather Antonio Puigve...   read more
  • Next Time You Look at a Lithium Battery, Think about Bolivia

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    As technology for cell phones and electric vehicles develops rapidly, the world is looking to a new source of energy: the vast salt flats of Bolivia. The poorest nation in South America is home to the world’s largest reserves of lithium, a metal t...   read more
  • States and Counties with the Most…

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    The U.S. Census Bureau last week announced some of the latest demographic changes among states and counties with respect to ethnic composition, age and gender. According to new statistics, more counties continued to become “majority-minority”—mean...   read more
  • Marijuana is Getting Higher in Potency…Or is It?

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    Federal anti-drug officials announced last week that the latest scientific data shows marijuana has become an increasingly potent and dangerous drug—a claim that has been proven false or exaggerated after other government warnings, according to cr...   read more
  • Prosecutors Fight DNA Testing

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    While district attorneys have embraced DNA testing to convict thousands of criminals, many of them have vigorously fought the use of genetic testing to allow prisoners to challenge their convictions. Forty-six states have passed laws to enable inm...   read more
  • Auditing the Federal Reserve

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    Former presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) is no fan of the Federal Reserve. In fact, he wants it abolished. The Federal Reserve, according to Paul, is the root of inflationary troubles and retarded economic growth, thanks to it...   read more
  • 9/11 Commission Report Relied on Tortured Confessions

    Tuesday, May 19, 2009
    After going back through their final report and interviewing key participants, NBC News determined that key sections of the 9/11 Commission’s findings were based on information obtained from the CIA’s torturing of suspected terrorists. In fact, it...   read more
  • Would Releasing the Detainee Abuse Photos Really Endanger U.S. Troops?

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    The reason President Obama and his supporters gave for refusing to comply with a court order to release 44 photos of the abuse of detainees is that the photos would inflame anti-American sentiment and endanger U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...   read more
  • Twitterer Bailed Out by Online Community in Sensational Murder Case

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    Police in Guatemala have freed a Twitter user accused of inciting financial panic. Jean Anleu Fernández, 37, who was arrested on May 14 for posting a 96-character tweet, was released on Q50,000 (roughly $6,500) bail. Most of the money was collecte...   read more
  • No Survivors Have Earned Medal of Honor in Iraq or Afghanistan

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    First-term Congressman Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA), a former U.S. Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, accused the Army’s top leaders this week of changing the standards by which service members are awarded the Medal of Honor, noting that not a ...   read more
  • New Afghan Commander Oversaw Torture Program

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    Prior to being selected by President Barack Obama to lead all U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Lt. General Stanley McChrystal led the military’s Special Operations command, and in this capacity, he helped oversee one of the more infamous torture progra...   read more
  • Smart Toilets

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    For a mere $6,100 Americans can have the ultimate toilet in their bathrooms, one that can help everyone from diabetics to women trying (and not trying) to get pregnant. The Intelligence Toilet II, built in Japan, can record data that includes weig...   read more
  • GOP Attacks Supreme Court Nominee…Whoever It Is

    Monday, May 18, 2009
    Regardless of whom Obama nominates to succeed soon-to-retire Justice David H. Souter, Republicans have already stockpiled ammunition against possible nominees. According to Gary Marx, executive director of the conservative Judicial Confirmation Ne...   read more
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