Constitution.org

Establishing a mint and regulating the coins of the United States.

SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, and it is hereby enacted and declared, That a Mint for the purpose of a national coinage be, and the same is established; to be situated and
carried on at the seat of the Government of the United States, for the time being: And that for the well conducting of the business of the said Mint, there shall be the following
officers and persons, namely, — a Director, an assayer, a chief coiner, an engraver, a treasurer.   Continue reading “Money Law – The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 (1 Stat. 246)”

WGN TV

LOUISVILLE, Ky.  — You don’t want to lick this off your fingers, no matter how good it smells.

KFC introduced a new, limited offer Monday, “Extra Crispy Sunscreen,” and, well, you can guess what it was. That’s right: the fast-food chicken chain gave away free bottles of sunscreen that smelled like — what else? — fried chicken.   Continue reading “KFC made sunscreen that smells like fried chicken — no, seriously”

Bloomberg – by Nicolas Comfort and Donal Griffin

Deutsche Bank AG’s head of foreign exchange and emerging market debt trading, Ahmet Arinc, is leaving the company, according to a memo to staff.

David Wayne and Sean Bates will continue in their respective roles as head of currency trading and head of emerging market debt trading, reporting directly to Ram Nayak, the London-based head of debt trading, according to the memo seen by Bloomberg. A spokesman for Frankfurt-based Deutsche Bank confirmed the memo’s contents and declined to comment further.   Continue reading “Deutsche Bank Currency Trading Chief Arinc Leaving the Firm”

(Laughing) Yep. Buffalo are funny like that, they just do not appreciate stupid!

Keloland TV – by Kevin Woster

Custer County, SD

Custer State Park officials are making yet another appeal for visitors to keep their distance from bison after a woman was gored Thursday she approached a bull.   Continue reading “Custer State Park Officials Renew Warnings Following Latest Bison Attack”

Popular Mechanics – by Eric Limer

Somebody screwed up at the United States Army Garrison (USAG) in Hohenfels, Germany the other day because I am relatively sure that an airdropped Humvee is not supposed to move towards the ground quite that quickly. Someone in the 173rd Airborne Brigade probably has some explaining to do. 

As posted on the U.S. Army WTF Moments Facebook page and highlighted by Foxtrot Alpha, the botched airdrop lead to the free fall and subsequent destruction of three Humvees. You can watch all of them absolutely crater below, but just brace yourself for some colorful language as the cameraman cheers on the vehicular carnage:    Continue reading “Botched Airdrop Sends Humvees Plummeting To Their Doom”