So who is it? Have you heard of Leonardo Da Vinci, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and Archimedes? All morons compared to the inventor of what I saw the other day! I don’t know the name of the person, or people, who are responsible for this invention but they should get some kind of ‘greatest…
DetailsOne of the things I love about Jon Stewart interviews is he actually reads the books of his interviews. Most do not. Here he interviews Tea Party darling and Senator from South Carolina Jim DeMint on, amongst other things, the Bush tax cuts, his opposition to regulation of the private sector, being bipartisan…oh, and his…
DetailsBrilliant story coming out of Kentucky A group of Amish men were sent to jail in western Kentucky Thursday for refusing to pay fines for breaking a state highway law that requires their horse-drawn buggies to be marked with orange reflective triangles. The men have a religious objection to the bright orange signs, which they…
DetailsLast week I wrote of the juxtaposition that is the United States of America. Today we have another glaring example. Last month America was in an uproar as it was revealed that remains of dead American soldiers, both in intact ‘pieces’ and cremated ashes were sent to a dump in Virginia. This sparked outrage…and rightfully so. For…
DetailsWhat an awful, awful situation. I feel for the girl and her family and only hope and pray they can recover from this. I just hope it’s doesn’t take her life away. The 16-year-old boy charged with raping and injuring a 5-year-old before Christmas at a Turangi campground has indicated he will admit the charges.…
DetailsI have to say again that the news seems slow at the moment. I don’t mean that disrespectfully to Destiny, but this doesn’t seem to be a story news worthy of leading our largest source of daily news. Is it a story? Yes! Is it interesting? Yes again! Is it something to be concerned about…
DetailsIf one of the GOP candidates wins NH with a commanding magin, there is a good chance they will also be the nominee to go up against Obama in November, that’s what history would tell us. At the time of writing this post only 1% of the votes have been tallied, and in those results…
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From Stuff.co.nz An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 has struck off the west coast of Northern Sumatra. The quake occurred at 7.37am (NZT) at a depth of 29.1km, 423 km southwest of Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia, the USGS reported. The Indonesian Government has issued a tsunami warning, however the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre advised there was…
DetailsI just have one question…how? How does this idea of gay marriage undermine the future of humanity itself? How? Pope Benedict says gay marriage is one of several threats to the traditional family that undermines “the future of humanity itself”. The pope made some of his strongest comments against gay marriage in a new year address to…
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