Balloon Lumpfish (Eumicrotremus pacificus) attach themselves to balloons at the Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium on July 9, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan. The deep-sea fish have ventral sucker disks which help them to cling to rocks in the water. LONDON, Feb 25 – Sex has been a fact of life for at least 380 million years, [...]
Times Online: Nasa admitted yesterday that the US Government’s first attempt to map carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere from space had come to an inglorious end, when the rocket carrying the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) crashed into the Pacific. The spacecraft that was supposed to save us from global warming was carrying a highly [...]
Fox News: Federal authorities arrested more than 750 people across the country in what they describe as “the largest and hardest hitting” operation to ever target the “the very violent and dangerously powerful” drug cartel known as Sinaloa. The cartel is being blamed for much of the violence erupting along the U.S.-Mexican border, according to [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards “get their kicks in” before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees. Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. [...]
JERUSALEM  Terrorists in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel on Wednesday and Israeli planes attacked smuggling tunnels in retaliation as a stable truce between the two sides remained elusive. Militants fired two rockets early in the day and Israeli aircraft struck seven tunnels in the southern Gaza town of Rafah several hours later in [...]
Jerusalem Post: Iranian and Russian nuclear officials tested the first nuclear power plant built in Iran on Wednesday – a move likely to raise concerns among the US and its Western allies worried over Iranian nuclear ambitions. In Israel, Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor said the testing reflected the “Iranians are showing again that they [...]
Typically, when a bull artist speaks, his words will have the appeal of pander, but lack substance. In this case, toss in Leftist talking points, and what a wise man hears, will sound like nothing but a recipe for disaster. Reuters: Wall St. falls as Obama speech fails to spur Stocks fell on Wednesday on [...]
WASHINGTON  A study of nearly 1.3 million British women offers yet more evidence that moderate alcohol consumption increases the risk of a handful of cancers. British researchers surveyed middle-aged women at breast cancer screening clinics about their drinking habits, and tracked their health for seven years. A quarter of the women reported no alcohol [...]
TV Newser: MSNBC’s Chris Matthews has responded to his uttering of the words “Oh God” just as Gov. Bobby Jindal emerged to deliver the GOP response last night. TVNewser has obtained some of what Matthews will say on “Hardball” tonight: “I was taken aback by that peculiar stagecraft, the walking from somewhere in the back [...]
Maybe they can figure out a way to kill Conservatives and other troublemakers too.
“Chris, stand by. Rachel, stand by. We’re getting that cue from Baton Rouge where Governor Jindal is set to deliver the Republican response entitled, ‘Americans Can Do Anything.’ Here’s Governor Jindal.” WASHINGTON (AP) – Republican leaders continued their attacks on President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy Tuesday, calling it irresponsible and certain to increase [...]
Gallup: PRINCETON, NJ — For the first time since Gallup began tracking Barack Obama’s presidential job approval rating on Jan. 21, fewer than 60% of Americans approve of the job he is doing as president. In Feb. 21-23 polling, 59% of Americans give Obama a positive review, while 25% say they disapprove, and 16% have [...]
Okay, Drillanwr is crashed out, she has a significant health issue for which she is going to be tested in the morning. Entwined with this, she developed a severe migraine late today, as I was taking a rest after having broken two toes (long story), and had to log off to lay down. As a [...]