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  • Trump Goes on Renaming Frenzy

    Monday, May 12, 2025
    Trump ordered that the term Homo sapiens be changed to Hetero sapiens. In history books and on websites, the airplane from which the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima will no longer be identified as the Enola Gay, but rather the Enola Straight. Trump also ordered billionaire Mark Cuban, who supported Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, to change his name to Mark American. If he does not do so, he will be charged with terrorism.   read more
  • Obama Keeps Combat Troops in Iraq…and They will Still Engage in Combat

    Thursday, August 05, 2010
    America’s “combat mission” in Iraq will officially come to an end on August 31. But soldiers making up U.S. combat brigades won’t be coming home anytime soon…and they’ll still be engaged in combat.   President Barack Obama stated in a speech on ...   read more
  • Military Dog Suffers Post-Traumatic Stress from Service in Iraq

    Thursday, August 05, 2010
    War doesn’t just change man, but man’s best friend as well.   After serving a five-month tour in Iraq, Gina, a four-year-old German shepherd, returned home a different dog. According to her handler, Gina was anti-social, reacted to virtually any...   read more
  • Army Mother and Son Both Sent to Afghanistan

    Thursday, August 05, 2010
    When Montrell Chatman leaves for his tour of duty in Afghanistan this fall, he won’t be leaving his mother thousands of miles behind—because she’s going too.   Chatman’s mother, Sheila, is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Army, and like her son is ...   read more
  • Oil Industry Deaths Common in U.S.

    Thursday, August 05, 2010
    The oil and gas industry is a real killer. Its fatality rate (30.0 per 100,000 workers) is eight times higher than the average rate for all American workers, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which is part of ...   read more
  • Sen. Rockefeller Asks FCC to Redirect Landline Funds to Wireless and Broadband

    Thursday, August 05, 2010
    Senator John D. Rockefeller IV (D-West Virginia) is lending his support to a plan by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to redirect monies dedicated for universal landline phone service to expanding wireless and high-speed Internet access...   read more
  • Innocent Man Released after 27 Years in Texas Prison

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010
    When asked what kept him going through nearly three decades in prison for a crime he did not commit, Michael Anthony Green credited his anger. Green is now a free man, after DNA tests showed he did not rape a woman in Houston in 1983. But it took ...   read more
  • Women over 65 Twice as Likely to Live Alone than Men

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010
    Women who make it into their “golden years” are far more likely to live alone than men, according to a new report (Older Americans 2010) from the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics.   Based on data from 2008, the study found w...   read more
  • Nuclear Power Subsidies Would Shift Risks from Industry to Taxpayers

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010
    Having been bailed out twice before, and subsidized only five years ago, the nuclear power industry is seeking even more federal assistance from taxpayers, who would be on the hook if expensive, new reactors don’t pan out.   Under the proposed s...   read more
  • Federal Government Hires Goats to Clear Brush in California—Cheaper than Humans

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010
    When the weeds outside the federal courthouse in Pasadena, California, got to be too much, federal officials decided on a low-tech—and less expensive and more environmentally friendly—option for clearing away the brush: goats.   The General Serv...   read more
  • Rochester Increases Revenue by Running up Water Bills on Vacant Houses

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010
    City officials in Rochester, New York, have a problem turning off the tap. Instead of shutting off water supplies to the city’s numerous vacant homes, the local government has continued to read the meters and compile “astonishing” water bills for ...   read more
  • Netherlands First NATO Country to Pull Out of Afghanistan

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    The Dutch have had enough and are pulling out of Afghanistan, becoming the first NATO country to leave and marking what could be the beginning of many U.S. allies withdrawing from the war. After the Netherlands removes its 1,900 troops from Afghan...   read more
  • Women’s Small Business Program Finally Ready…after 10 Years

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    Thanks to foot-dragging during the Bush administration, the Small Business Administration (SBA) is only now getting around to implementing rules to help women-owned businesses receive government contracts even though the relevant program was signe...   read more
  • FDA Clears First Test of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to a biotechnology company to conduct the first-ever clinical trial involving human embryonic stem cells (hESC). Geron, based in Menlo Park, California, will test using hESC on patie...   read more
  • City and County Governments Losing Half Million Jobs

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    Bad economic times have forced local governments to shed jobs, making it tougher for struggling Americans to receive city and county services. Local governments across the United States are expected to eliminate over the next couple of years nearl...   read more
  • Making a Profit from Detaining Immigrants

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    Cracking down on illegal immigrants not only wins points with angry voters, but also boosts the bottom-line of private prison corporations. With the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency capturing thousands of undocumented workers each ...   read more
  • House Subcommittee Votes to Raise Missile Defense Aid to Israel to Highest Level Ever

    Tuesday, August 03, 2010
    Lawmakers on a U.S. House subcommittee have boosted missile defense funding to Israel beyond what President Barack Obama requested, elevating support to its highest level ever, according to The Jerusalem Post.   The House Appropriations Subcommi...   read more
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