Have Republicans managed to gerrymander themselves into a semi-permanent majority, by Steve Singiser Fermi—Bostrom—Skinner: An Eternal Silicon Screw, by Mark Sumner I really am still undecided between Bernie and Hillary, by Ian Reifowitz Unmitigated hubris, could Oprah Winfrey get away with what Donald Trump said, by Egberto Willies Why dropping federal mandatory minimum sentences will not solve all of our prison problems, by Susan Grigsby Conservatism’s love-hate relationship with the 14th Amendment, by Jon Perr How to talk about white privilege, by Denise Oliver Velez When loan sharking became legal, by Mark E Andersen A quick lecture about Black Lives Matter, by Laurence Lewis Why our computer networks suck, by DarkSyde
“I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,” Bry Loyst, founder of Indian River Reptile Zoo, told CBC Radio on Thursday. “I could not believe that somebody had that many crocodilians and raised them to adulthood. These were not baby little crocodiles. They were adults.” “We rented four 26 foot trucks and loaded a lot of them into sonotubes, which are concrete tubes, and blocked off the ends,” Loys told Global News.
“We rented four 26 foot trucks and loaded a lot of them into sonotubes, which are concrete tubes, and blocked off the ends,” Loys told Global News.
Uzbekistan Airlines has said that it will weigh passengers and their carry-on luggage in an effort to determine the amount of weight their planes will be carrying, the network is reporting. The airline said it is within its rights to weigh passengers because of international aviation rules about airplane weights.
The airline said it is within its rights to weigh passengers because of international aviation rules about airplane weights.
Ben Carson Used Foetal Tissue in Research and Published Paper about It, by Village Vet Jeb! to Defense Contractor Crowd: Iraq War was a "Pretty Good Deal", by ericlewis0 The Former CEO of Young and Rubicam is afraid, by Greg from Vermont
Jeb! to Defense Contractor Crowd: Iraq War was a "Pretty Good Deal", by ericlewis0
The Former CEO of Young and Rubicam is afraid, by Greg from Vermont
“I did not do what I should have done to read and find out whether Bush was telling us the truth about Saddam being responsible for 9/11 and having weapons of mass destruction,” Jones said during an interview on The Tyler Cralle Show. “Because I did not do my job then,” Jones continued, “I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.”
“Because I did not do my job then,” Jones continued, “I helped kill 4,000 Americans, and I will go to my grave regretting that.”
Chelsea Manning, the transgender soldier convicted for leaking national security information, faces the threat of indefinite solitary confinement for allegedly violating prison rules. These charges — classified as “serious” by Fort Leavenworth prison officials — are for such violations as having a copy of Vanity Fair with Caitlyn Jenner on the cover, having an expired tube of toothpaste (“improper medicine use”), disorderly conduct for sweeping food onto the floor and then asking to speak to her lawyer, and possessing “prohibited property” including transgender rights literature and the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture.
A new report released yesterday from Trillium Asset Management found that California’s public pension funds, CalPERS and CalSTRS, incurred a massive loss of more than $5 billion in the last year alone from their holdings in the top 200 fossil fuel companies. This report comes as S.B. 185, a bill to divest CalPERS and CalSTRS from coal, awaits a vote in the Assembly.
This report comes as S.B. 185, a bill to divest CalPERS and CalSTRS from coal, awaits a vote in the Assembly.
An 11-year-old girl in Paraguay who became pregnant after being raped by her stepfather—and whose case sparked international outrage after Paraguayan officials prohibited her from getting an abortion—has given birth to a daughter. [...] In Paraguay, abortion is illegal except in very rare cases when the procedure is deemed necessary to save a woman’s life. Government officials said that the 11-year-old girl, referred to with the pseudonym “Mainumby” in legal documents, was not in danger from her pregnancy — even though medical experts say that young adolescents under the age of 15 are more at risk for medical complications during childbirth.
In Paraguay, abortion is illegal except in very rare cases when the procedure is deemed necessary to save a woman’s life. Government officials said that the 11-year-old girl, referred to with the pseudonym “Mainumby” in legal documents, was not in danger from her pregnancy — even though medical experts say that young adolescents under the age of 15 are more at risk for medical complications during childbirth.