Hot Air – by Jazz Shaw

Another story crosses our desk, courtesy of Rationality Rebooted. I’ve gone through a few reports of this story and it’s still not clear why Kevin Mclaughlin went into the Dollar General in Orrville, Alabama last week, but it certainly wasn’t to find a good deal on tube socks. He began shouting and waving a gun around, herding customers and an employee into a back room. Things were looking bad, but that’s when he ran into Marlo Ellis.   Continue reading “Gunman invades Dollar General, meets concealed carry permit holder”

Pro Liberate – by William Norman Grigg

Orem, Utah – Residents of Utah’s Provo-Orem Metropolitan Area live in a valley blessed with breathtaking mountain vistas and a dynamic local economy. Unfortunately, one of the major local industries involves manufacturing “crimes” out of trivial incidents, and processing harmless people through the criminal “justice” system.

Several weeks ago, a diminutive 48-year old woman named Ginger Anderson, who is a student and employee of Utah Valley University in Orem, was assaulted and abducted by campus pseudo-cops for the supposed offense of fixing incorrect instructions on a campus sign. Although this was described as “criminal mischief,” it was actually within her job description: as an employee of UVU’s information center, she is assigned to direct students to their classes.   Continue reading “Tales of the Happy Valley “Gestapo””

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

With Yellowstone now venting helium, Dahboo7 explains to us via why this is so crucially important. Helium is one of the most accurate ways to determine whether or not a volcano is becoming active. Helium in fact is considered one of the most ideal geochemical indicators of anticipating when a volcanic eruption might take place.

“We believe that helium can anticipate the detection of magmatic movement even before those movements can be detected by seismic activity,” said Eleazar Padrón, a geochemist at Spain’s Technological Institute for the Renewable Energies, who led the work.   Continue reading “Yellowstone’s Belching Helium: Why’s This So Important?”

Upworthy – by Carolyn Silveira

Hey you guys! Guys! OK, I have a new idea. Kind of radical, but just hear me out: What if we don’t pay Walmart’s employees … but Walmart pays them instead?

Well, what do you think? Still not sure? Listen to the smart man giving his testimony at 4:50.   Continue reading “A Senator Asks A Panel Of Experts To Defend Walmart. It Gets Awkward.”