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NBC News – by NONA WILLIS ARONOWITZ
Troy, Mo.—In a cramped, carpeted amphitheater in the basement of Troy Buchanan High School, 69 students are waiting to die.
“You’ll know when it pops off,” says Robert Bowen, the school’s campus police officer. “If you get engaged with one of the shooters, you’ll know it.” Continue reading “Fake Blood and Blanks: Schools Stage Active Shooter Drills”
Fast Company – by CHRIS GAYOMALI
We haven’t heard much from Amazon since CEO Jeff Bezos announced back in December that the retailer had ambitious plans to eventually roll out a fleet of drones to deliver your packages. But if the idea of having whirly-bladed quad-copters bringing you that Doctor Who box set you ordered in a haze at 4 a.m. last Friday night sounds a little farfetched, there’s at least one place drone delivery could soon become a reality: the United Arab Emirates. Continue reading “Coming soon to the UAE: Delivery drones that scan your eyeballs”
Google Chrome is not the only web browser plagued by rogue or malicious browser extensions.
I noticed that companies were buying popular extensions for marketing and monetization purposes back in January 2013 when several popular Firefox add-ons were purchased by Wisp.com. Continue reading “Extension Defender for Firefox makes sure you don’t install rogue add-ons”
Google implemented the company’s own Google Translate service into its Chrome browser. It is a handy feature at times, as you will get a translate notification prompt whenever you visit a foreign language website.
To make things more comfortable, it enables you to configure the service to translate specific languages all the time or not at all. Continue reading “Mozilla’s Intellego to power machine translation in Firefox”
Natural Society – by Elizabeth Renter
Fast food giant Chick-fil-A, whose restaurants gross well over $3 million each year, announced this week that it would be working towards an antibiotic-free food supply in coming years. The announcement comes as the public and government regulators alike have become concerned about the overuse of antibiotics in meat production, potentially leading to the development and spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Continue reading “Chick-Fil-A Vows to Phase out Antibiotics in Chicken by 2019”
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final rule on February 12 creating an exemption for residue tolerance levels in soy foods and feed for the biological pesticide Bt used in GMO crops. Similar exemptions have already been approved for corn and cotton food and products.
The bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis, commonly known as Bt, has been widely used in organic agriculture for decades as a natural pesticide, because it produces a toxin that kills certain insects. In recent years, the DNA from the Bt bacterium has been incorporated into genetically modified corn, cotton and soybean crops to protect the plants from insects like the corn borer and cotton bollworm. Continue reading “EPA Approves Exemption for Bt Residues in Soy Foods From GMO Crops”
It’s not that the US has a scarcity of bizarre everyday stories – it does not. It is just that sometimes you encounter something so surreal, warped and ridiculous, that even the stock “market” makes sense by comparison. Such as this.
From WNEP of Scranton. Continue reading “Man Breaks Into Police Station, Beats Up, Hospitalizes Cops”
Hell-bent on arming opposition forces in Syria—despite strong evidence that they’re run by Islamic terrorists—John McCain displayed behavior unbecoming of a United States Senator during a recent meeting with Syrian Christian leaders touring Capitol Hill.
The delegation of Syrian clergy came to Washington to raise awareness among lawmakers of the growing crisis among the region’s minority Christian community. Christians make up about 10% of the Syrian population and they are being targeted and ruthlessly murdered by radical elements of the rebel forces, according to the visiting church officials. They say the media and human rights groups in the west have been largely silent on the ordeal of the Christians in Syria. Continue reading “GOP Senator Apologizes for McCain Tantrum at Syrian Christian Leader Meeting”
We reckon that anti-gunners will do just about anything to try to trick people into thinking that gun sales are tanking and that Americans therefore are ready to support the full array of restrictions envisioned by our “transform the United States of America” president, Barack Obama.
Yesterday, Bloomberg Businessweek featured an article by Kyle Stock that juggled monthly numbers of firearm-related checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) to make it appear that, as Stock put it, “Americans, apparently, may finally have enough guns and ammunition.” Stock explained, “FBI background checks, a leading indicator of firearm demand, have also been dropping. Federal applications to make a gun purchase last month were one-third fewer (sic) than a year ago.” Continue reading “Bloomberg and CNN pretend Americans don’t want guns”
“Edward Snowden sacrificed his livelihood, citizenship and freedom by exposing the disturbing scope of the NSA’s worldwide spying program,” said former Rep. Ron Paul in a video released on his website Thursday.
“Thanks to one man’s courageous actions, Americans know about the truly egregious ways their government is spying on them,” Paul said, which is why the former lawmaker has started a petition demanding the National Security Agency whistleblower be granted clemency. Continue reading “Ron Paul Launches Petition To Bring Snowden Safely Back To US”
Daily Mail – by WILLS ROBINSON
Devastating storms that have dumped as much as 40 inches of snow on parts of the United States and caused widespread flooding in the UK are combining over the Atlantic, weather experts have revealed.
Incredible satellite imagery from NASA’s Worldview shows the monster storms swirling ‘arm-in-arm’ across the ocean. Continue reading “American and British storms are ‘holding hands’ over Atlantic: Systems that wreaked havoc on two continents are combining”
[SATIRE] A very big thanks to Michigan member M.P. who sent in this bit of humor, which was forwarded from a senior-level person at Chrysler. The date on this note was Sunday, July 19, 2009:
Monday morning, I attended a breakfast meeting where the speaker/guest was D.C., Chairman of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR and Professor at U. of M.). you all have likely heard CAR quoted, or referred to in the auto industry news lately. Continue reading “Do You Appreciate the Laws of Physics?”
Natural Society – by Elizabeth Renter
Turmeric is known for a wide range of benefits, one of the most promising being it’s potential uses in the prevention and treatment of cancer. A new study published in the journal Cancer Letters has taken a new look at the active anti-cancer component in turmeric—curcumin—and found that it can strike at the ‘root cause’ of cancerous tumor formation. Continue reading “Turmeric Strikes at ‘Root Cause’ of Cancerous Tumor Development, Study Finds”
The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton
The American Dental Association (ADA) has updated its guidelines on fluoride toothpaste for tiny kids, now recommending that a rice-sized amount be used on the gums of children as young as 12-to-14 months old:
According to the American Dental Association, preventing tooth decay can start a lot earlier than previously recommended. Old guidelines advised parents to wait until their children turned two before introducing them to fluoride toothpaste. Now, the association has recommended all parents to start using fluoride toothpaste on children younger than two. Continue reading “New ADA Recommendation: Parents Should Use Fluoride Toothpaste on 12-Month-Olds”
A Kentucky state trooper told a trial board last month that he would like to have his job back after he was fired for having sex with a 15-year-old girl, calling the relationship a “moral mistake.”
In a transcript obtained by WDRB, former Kentucky State Trooper Jerry Clanton asserted to the Kentucky State Police Trial Board that he was under the false impression that the
15-year-old girl was 18 years old when he started having sex with her. Continue reading “Kentucky trooper wants job back because raping that girl was just a ‘moral mistake’”
ghacks – by Martin Brinkmann
ghacks – by Martin Brinkmann
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden
Judicial Watch
The Daily Caller – by NRA-ILA
Mint Press -by Katie Rucke
Live Leak – by David Edwards