By Sen. Bernie Sanders: The American people are angry. They are angry that they are getting forced to live through the worst recession in our lifetimes — with sky-high unemployment, with millions of folks losing their properties and their life savings. They are angry that they will not have a decent retirement, that they cannot afford to send their children to college, that they cannot afford health insurance and that, in some cases, they can not even buy the food they require to adequately feed their families.
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By W.J. Hennigan Los Angeles Times The Navy’s new drone being tested near Chesapeake Bay stretches the boundaries of technology: It’s designed to land on the deck of an aircraft carrier, one of aviation’s most difficult maneuvers. What’s even more remarkable is that it will do that not only without a pilot in the cockpit, but without a pilot at all.
I agree with John Kettler (see his post here) regarding the questionable cause behind the Colorado fires. There appears to be substantial evidence that these fires are not the result of natural causes. And my intuition is telling me that they are a distraction. Something else is going on here. The question is what?
The Crown Office is conducting an investigation into the Scottish banking sector, it has revealed.
US Army scientists are developing a weapon which can fire a laser-guided lightning bolt at a target. The Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) is designed to hit targets that conduct electricity far better than the air or ground that surrounds them.
Russian scientists expect humanity to encounter alien civilisations inside the subsequent two decades, a top Russian astronomer said on Monday.
Get ready for Occupy Fourth of July in the cradle of liberty. Occupy groups from across the country are headed to Philadelphia for a national gathering on Independence Mall, seeking to unify their far-flung movement against economic inequality a half-year after police evicted protesters from encampments in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, New York and other cities.
Al Qaida-linked Islamists in Timbuktu broke down the door to a 15th century mosque today that locals believed had to stay shut until the end of the world, defying international calls to halt the destruction of holy sites in the Unesco-listed city.
Scientists are finding more and more proof of the outstanding way our emotions can influence our immune system. The powerful link between emotional outlook and physical health is no secret. “I did not believe in it when I started out 40 years ago,” says Martin Seligman, PhD
‘Britain’s Atlantis’ – a hidden underwater globe swallowed by the North Sea – has been discovered by divers operating with science teams from the University of St Andrews.
By Terrence Aym When the sun becomes angry super spacestorms scour Earth. For the next 14 months the sun will be the angriest it’s been since 1859. The massive storms electrify the geomagnetic field, affects the Arctic vortex, and warps and twists the jetstream creating gigantic vortexes sweeping across the defenseless Midwest. What are normally tornadoes become super-tornadoes that are super-destructive. What could be in store for much of the USA? Total devastation from 300mph plus winds…Tiny towns scraped off the map…And major cities left in tattered ruins after being smashed apart by the merciless hands of Nature gone mad……
The world’s largest sailing ship, the Sedov, that started its world cruise in May, may not reach all of its destination ports. The Sedov has recently declined entering the Swedish ports of Göteborg and Malmo because the local authorities could arrest the ship. US officials said that they would arrest the ship if it called at the port of San Francisco.
By SALLY BECK Daily Mail Olympic legend Michael Johnson says a ‘superior athletic gene’ in the descendants of West African slaves means black American and Caribbean sprinters will command the sport at the London Games. The Olympic gold medallist and BBC commentator said: ‘Over the last few years, athletes of Afro- Caribbean and Afro-American descent have dominated athletics finals.
I just found this clip posted July 3. A naked man downtown Indianapolis manages to escapes the taser, several cops and drunk hero wannabe business men in suits. Guess this guy has a few tricks up his sleeve.
If gossip on a variety of physics blogs pans out, the most significant moment for physics in nearly two decades is just days away. The possible announcement on July 4 of the lengthy-sought Higgs boson would place the last critical piece of the Regular Model of Physics in spot, a crowning achievement built on a half-century of work by thousands of scientists. A moment worthy of fireworks.
The Drudge Report President Obama to former president Richard Nixon in the “Fast and Furious” scandal after the White House assertsxecutive privilege in refusing to release documents to Rep. Darrell Issa. This is as the House continues with contempt hearing against Attorney General Eric Holder.
By Chris Hughes Two RAF aces are missing feared dead tonight after a mid-air collision between a pair of Tornado GR4 ground attack jets.