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    'Unabashed Liberal' Federal Judge Racially Profiles Home Invaders

    Federal Judge Susan Dlott wrote the book on racial profiling in 2002. How can these three youths expect justice when even an 'Unabashed Liberal' Federal Judge resorts to racial profiling? #Unabashed Liberal Judges Matter? Uno Weak and dishonest crap like this has no place anywhere on our...
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    US Court to Decide if Monkey Has Intellectual Property Rights

    Apparently, the monkey has already lost one lawsuit where PETA claimed: What's your opinion? Can a monkey have intellectual property rights? If not, then should the law be changed to facilitate a monkey's intellectual property rights? Separate but related, if a robot takes a picture, who owns...
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    Email Evidence Leads to Chicago Public School CEO Indictment

    Email Evidence Leads to Chicago Public School CEO Indictment Hard not to feel sorry for this poor lady. Apparently, Obama's former chief of staff when he appointed her to head Chicago Public Schools neglected to let her know how things are done. Everyone knows that you're not supposed to have...
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    University Art Student Hangs 'White Only' and 'Black Only' Signs on Campus

    Signs, posted for class project, caused outrage Wednesday One outraged student tweeted, “Not only is this a hate crime, but it is also an act of terrorism.” Statement by Student Artist What is your opinion? Is this a hate crime? Is this terrorism? Does this create an 'unsafe...
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    Climate Scientist: US Owes World 40 Trillion Dollars for Trashing Climate

    US Owes World 40 Trillion Dollars for Trashing Climate So climate change is really about wealth transfer from the first world to the third world. The science is settled. All the political scientists agree. You need to open your wallet and let the politicians redistribute your wealth... Time...
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    Illinois Lottery Winners Get IOUs not Cash

    Illinois Lottery Winners Get IOUs not Cash In fairness: Lottery officials have explained that eventually the money will be paid out, but no one is exactly sure when... Not sure if 'organized crime' is more honest that Illinois Lottery. Could be they just have better cash flow control ... Uno
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    Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Black Lives Matter Activist, Shaun King, Outed as White

    It's the second coming of Rachel Dolezal. Who is Shaun King? More Damning Details Emerge About Black Lives Matter Activist’s Hate Crime Claim What's your opinion? Is this Rachel Dolezal 2.0? Or, is this different? Does it matter when a high profile black lives matter activist lies about...
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    For Sale: German Me163 Komet Rocket Powered Interceptor

    Wikipedia: Komet ME 163 Ebay Too big for my man cave. Still an interesting piece. Uno
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    White House Staffer Charged with Taking a Shot at Capitol Police Officer Boyfriend

    NBC Prior to joining the White House staff at a salary of $125,000 in 2014, Ms. Singletary worked as deputy chief of staff and policy director to Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina, the third-ranking House Democrat. Hypothetical Question If the military awards their members who get wounded in...
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    Breaking Bad: Meth Explosion at National Institute of Standards and Technology Lab

    Faking Bad or Breaking Bad at nerdy science org Breaking bad at NIST Where was Walter White when his government needed him? Uno
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    Anyone Lose a 21 Million Dollar Gray Eagle Drone?

    Unverified pictures circulating on Twitter showed Iraqis posing for selfies in front of what appeared to be a crashed drone. The MQ-1C Gray Eagle is manufactured by American defense contractor General Atomics and costs roughly $21 million per aircraft. Along with surveillance missions, the Gray...
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    'Military Disneyland' Opens in Russia

    Photo Essay: Patriot Park: Russia's 'Military Disneyland' is fun for the whole warmongering family A day in Russia's Military Disneyland Vladimir Putin opens Russian 'Military Disneyland' Patriot Park Vlad's favorite Motorcycle Club was there... Video When I got to my basic training company...
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    Lebowski Fest founder arrested for smoking weed at bowling alley

    The Dude will not abide after the founder of Lebowski Fest was arrested. Fest Web site All fun and games until someone gets into a gun battle with a crew of disgruntled German nihilists or bumps into Louisville's finest... Uno
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    Florida Police Launder $55 Million dollars. Arrest No One, Keep Their Own Million

    Cash, Cops, and the Cartels You get stopped with an OZ of marijuana and you're going downtown. Police launder $55 million for the cartel and they go to Vegas, San Juan, wherever first class. Not to mention getting that cool million in cash without any audits... And they say the drug war...
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    SpaceX Rocket Fails Catastrophically

    SpaceX launch ends in failure, rocket erupts Sorry to hear this. Best of luck to Elon Musk and SpaceX. Uno
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    US ‘Haunted by spreading guns’ and Racial Discrimination: Chinese Human Rights Report

    Guardian: Beijing accuses the US of being ‘haunted by spreading guns’ and racial discrimination Xinhuanet: China issues report on U.S. human rights Full Text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2014 China views the US the same way that Social Justice Warrior views South...
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    Voting Machines Used Between 2002 and 2014 Found Trivial to Hack Remotely

    Voting machine password hacks as easy as 'abcde' e-voting machine so easy to hack, it will take your breath away Trivial hard coded admin password. Check. Obsolete WEP wireless security. Check. No system logs. Check. My twelve year old niece could sit in the parking lot outside the voting...
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    Washington Post: Bowe Bergdahl Faces Charges of Desertion

    Washington Post I don't understand. Don't these people believe Obama's National Security Advisor? Just wait until the President reads about this in the newspapers! Uno:cool:
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    Chinese National Flag Found Mounted on Sunken WW2 Japanese Warship

    Chinese national flag found mounted to wreckage of sunken WW2 Japanese warship [URL="http://www.scubadiving.com/photos/ghost-fleet-operation-desecrate-one"]Desecrate One: Ghost Fleet What's your perspective? Youthful prank? Desecration of a war grave? Sign that the Western Pacific is...
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    Millions of Gallons of California Water Piped Away on an Expired (1988) Permit!

    Piping water from a national forest Think it might have something to do with the millions of dollars that Nestle spends lobbying? Or the fact that 16 out of 25 Nestle lobbyist have previously held government jobs? Anyone else notice that neither the money nor the water stops when the...
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    Gallup: Americans Name Government as No. 1 U.S. Problem

    Government is America’s No. 1 problem Despite our differences, the Gallup Poll shows agreement on, at least, one issue... Uno --edited for clarity....
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    US Police Killed More than Twice as Many People as Reported by Government

    US Police Killed More than Twice as Many People as Reported by Government Missed by a Mile: How hard is it to count deaths by police? Anyone surprised? Daily, it seems that there are new reports of Police Agencies like Ferguson MO where their primary police mission seems to be to raise...
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    In OECD Global Skills Study, U.S. Millennials Come Up Short

    Three issues One: Study seems to indicate that, in the US, spending more money on education didn't produce more learning. Two: Study also seems to indicate that while more educated than their international peers, US millennials do not possess more skills... Three: Study also seems to indicate...
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    In Toronto, Today is Bob Marley Day!

    Toronto celebrates Bob Marley Day To help with the celebration: Redemption Song Anyone else have a favorite Bob Marley song or story? Uno
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    Dartmouth Charges 64 Students with Cheating in Ethics Class

    Boston Globe NYMag Three questions. Do you agree with the Professor that "honor no longer is something that has a lot of resonance in society?" Would you, or have you, done something similar to cover for another student while you were in college? Did they even have ethics classes while...
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    Hookers and Blow Move UK past France in Global GDP Rankings

    Interesting... What is your opinion? Hookers and blow, an appropriate component of a nations Gross Domestic Product (GDP)? Other illegal activities that might be included in GDP calculations? Uno
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    NPR: US Air Strikes Kill 1,100 ISIS Fighters, Cost 1 Billion Dollars

    US Air Strikes Kill 1,100 ISIS Fighters, Cost 1 Billion Dollars Sounds like attrition warfare to me. Whoever runs out of resources first looses. That is, for some one to win, either the US needs to get tired of spending or ISIS needs to get tired of its fighters dieing. What's your opinion...
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    Obesity by Occupation: Police, Firefighters, Lead the Way

    ...businesses are experimenting with new measures to encourage workers to slim down... Life, liberty, and the pursuit of obesity? What is your opinion? Organizational incentives to lose weight a good thing? Or a compromise of a person's rights? Other comments? Uno
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    Artist's Attempt To Highlight 'Horrifying Truth' Of KKK Backfires

    [URL="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/dec/05/university-removes-art-display-depicting-kkk-robe/"] Artist's Attempt To Highlight 'Horrifying Truth' Of KKK Backfires Don't you just hate it when that happens? Uno
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    Parents Sue Public School Because their Children Didn't Learn!

    When students are failed by their school, who is legally responsible? Some questions. If you send your children to public school and they don't learn, is it the schools fault? Does the government guarantee that your children will learn? Or does the government just guarantee that your...
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    Pew Research: Increasing Number of Americans Outside Labor Force Don't Want a Job

    Interesting analysis by Pew Research. How does this correlate with your experiences? Fewer young people want a job? Fewer women than men want a job? Or, something else? Uno
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    BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world!

    Und Wie Gehts! Uno
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    Marijuana Wins Big in Alaska, DC, Oregon, and Saginaw!

    Democracy in action. Time to tell the DEA, ICE, and the other Drug Warriors that the citizens are tired of funding their losing War on Drugs. Time to tell the politicians and their friends in the Prison Guards Union and the Private Prison Industry to start preparing for a cut off of their...
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    Anti-violence Activists Charged with Beating Colleague

    Magraff was still unconscious and in critical condition Wednesday at UPMC Mercy hospital in Pittsburgh.. Anyone think that a good lawyer can get off with probation so that they can carry on their anti-violence activism? Uno
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    Bay Area Tech Company Busted For Paying Indian Workers $1.21/Hour

    Feds fined Electronics for Imaging $3,520. If my calculator is correct that represents .058% of the CEO's annual compensation. Question One Anyone think that a fine of .058% of the CEO's annual compensation represents effective deterrence? Questions Two and Three Do you think that this is just...
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    Socialist Group Fights for $20/hr minnimum wage! Advertises for $13/hr Web Developer.

    US socialist group thinks developers are slaves Link to Freedom Socialist Party I'm filing this under "You can't make this stuff up." But just in case any socialist feminist web developers out there are looking for a job, I thought that I would share this... That is, as long as you don't mind...
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    At Wellesley, Feminist Protest Transgender Multicultural Affairs Coordinator

    NYTimes, When Women Become Men at Wellesley Feminists discriminating against transgenders? Or, transgenders taking advantage of women's colleges? What's your view? And what is the appropriate role, if any, of the Federal Government when two minorities (feminists and transgenders) each claim...
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    Jumbo squids attack Greenpeace submarine

    Jumbo squids attack Greenpeace submarine People in charge of the submarine try to frighten the beast away by shining a bright light at the squid, which only enrages it further and prompts a second attack. If I was rooting for the squid, would that make me a bad man? Uno
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    In a given year, top 10% of drinkers consume over 50% of all alcohol consumed.

    I didn't expect alcohol consumption to be a bell shaped curve. Still, I was surprised to find out that the top 10% consumed half of all the alcohol. What is your perspective? Do the figures in graph surprise you? Do the figures in the graph show what you expected? Or, do you have a different...
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    Know your Car's Score in Insurance.com's Ticket Magnet Ranking?

    . Interactive site allows you to check on a specific make and model's history of getting tickets. Which vehicles get the most traffic tickets? My Element ranks 169th with a 20.8% with tickets. How does your car rank? Uno