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Wall Street Reform Passes–Big Banks Celebrate
(Reuters) – The Congress on Thursday approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law. By a vote of 60 to 39, the Senate passed a sweeping measure that tightens regulations across the financial industry in an effort to avoid a repeat [...]
read moreGravity Is 'An Illusion' Top Scientist Argues
It’s hard to imagine a more fundamental and ubiquitous aspect of life on the Earth than gravity. But what if it’s all an illusion, a sort of cosmic frill, or a side effect of something else going on at deeper levels of reality? So says Erik Verlinde, 48, a respected string theorist and professor of [...]
read moreGlenn Beck: Michelle Obama's Oil Spill Outfit Was An 'Outrage'
Glenn Beck chided First Lady Michelle Obama for her recent oil spill outfit on Thursday's "The O'Reilly Factor." FLOTUS wore a white top with black splotches on it and white capris, which was, according to Beck, "the most Marie Antoinette of anything with Michelle Obama….Who pulls this dress out of the closet and is like, [...]
read moreObama Adminstration's Ridiculous Pornography Trial Violates Constitution & Individual Rights
Click here for full article! http://www.lp.org/news/press-releases/ridiculous-pornography-trial-violates-cons… The federal trial of pornographer John Stagliano began last week. Libertarian National Committee Chairman Mark Hinkle issued the following statement today: "The Obama Administration's prosecution of John Stagliano is a travesty. "As Reason magazine's Richard Abowitz wrote, 'The case against Stagliano concerns the selling of movies performed by consenting [...]
read moreArgentina Approves Gay Marriage
Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved a measure early on Thursday authorizing same-sex marriages, making Argentina the first country in Latin America to allow gay couples to wed. After 15 hours of debate, the Senate voted 33 to 27 in favor of the measure, which was sponsored by the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. For [...]
read moreLegalising marijuana: The law of the weed
IN 1971 a group of teenagers in San Rafael, north of San Francisco, started meeting after school, at 4:20PM, to get high. The habit spread, and 420 became code for fun time among potheads worldwide. Ever since, California has remained in the vanguard of global cannabis culture. Oaksterdam University in Oakland is today unique in [...]
read moreBP says it finally stops oil spewing from Gulf gusher
The oil has stopped. For now. After 85 days and up to 184 million gallons, BP finally gained control over one of America's biggest environmental catastrophes Thursday by placing a carefully fitted cap over a runaway geyser that has been gushing crude into the Gulf of Mexico since early spring. Though a temporary fix, the [...]
read moreBBC News – Comparative photos of Mount Everest 'confirm ice loss'
Photos taken by a mountaineer on Everest from the same spot where similar pictures were taken in 1921 have revealed an "alarming" ice loss. added by: irishlonewolf 3 comments Original post here current.com top stories For hot penny stock picks, daily small cap alerts, and stock market news alerts visit http://www.stockorange.com
read moreGod Hates Nerds
It seems that the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church aren't very happy about the San Diego Comic-Con. According to them, it's a gathering of lost souls who are obsessively worshipping false idols like Batman: Are you kidding?! If these people would spend even some of the energy that they spend on these [...]
read moreOuttake: Bryan Safi Attempts a Tasteless Oral Fixation Joke
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