Israeli airstrikes target Gaza, killing over 15 people
Hamas’ armed wing threatened Israel on Saturday after airstrikes over the past two days killed at least 15 Palestinians across Gaza.
Pink Slime Found In 70% Of Supermarket Ground Beef (VIDEO)
You couldn’t even pay me to eat ground beef.
How would the power to assassinate U.S. citizens without due process look to you in the hands of, say, Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann?
(via newsweek)
Bank of America plans to phase in a $5 monthly fee for debit card purchases early next year.
Arrested reporter says he will reveal those responsible for phone hacking.
I love that Rupert still has to deal with this shit.
We Stopped Dreaming (by lhite)
Neil deGrasse Tyson killed it on last Friday’s Bill Maher talking about the defunding of the space program:
“First of all, let’s clarify what the NASA budget is. Do you realize that the $850 billion dollar bailout, that sum of money is greater than the entire 50-year running budget of NASA?
And so when someone says, “We don’t have enough money for this space probe,” I’m asking, no, it’s not that you don’t have enough money, it’s that the distribution of money that you’re spending is warped in some way that you are removing the only thing that gives people something to dream about tomorrow.
You remember the 60s and 70s. You didn’t have to go more than a week before there’s an article in Life magazine, “The Home of Tomorrow,” “The City of Tomorrow,” “Transportation of Tomorrow”. All of that ended in the 1970s. After we stopped going to the Moon, it all ended. We stopped dreaming.
And so I worry that the decision that Congress makes doesn’t factor in the consequences of those decisions on tomorrow. Tomorrow’s gone. They’re playing for the quarterly report, they’re playing for the next election cycle, and that is mortgaging the actual future of this nation, and the rest of the world is going to pass us by.”
“Members of Libyan army announce their split & the liberation of Benghazi from Gaddafi’s forces.”
Awww, yeah.
Duerson sent text messages to his family before he shot himself specifically requesting that his brain be examined for damage, two people aware of the messages said. Another person close to Duerson, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Duerson had commented to him in recent months that he might have C.T.E., an incurable disease linked to depression, impaired impulse control and cognitive decline. Members of Duerson’s family declined an interview request through a family friend.
N.F.L. Players Shaken by Duerson’s Suicide Calculation - NYTimes.com
How long is the NFL going to continue to push this issue under the rug?
(via evangotlib)
