Month: July 2013

Plague-infected squirrel closes California campgroundsLos Angeles County public health department officials confirmed Wednesday that a trapped ground squirrel tested positive for plague and closed four campgrounds as a precaution. “Plague is a bacterial infection that can be transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas, which is why we close affected campgrounds and recreational

Army Giving Up Stopping Power for ‘Green’ BulletsThe Army is switching from lead bullets in many small caliber arms to “environmentally friendly” rounds in 2014, even through the lead bullets are tried and true while the stopping power of the “green” bullets is already being questioned. 

5 Most Sinful Cities in America“Our list includes some things that might not make a city very desirable — like the level of violent crime — but five of the seven things we looked at are actually kind of harmless,” says Randy Nelson of property-listing site Movoto.com, which recently ranked America’s largest cities for residents’

Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother databaseWould you trust thousands of low-level Federal bureaucrats and contractors with one-touch access to your private financial and medical information? Under Obamacare you won’t have any choice. As the Obamacare train-wreck begins to gather steam, there is increasing concern in Congress over something called the Federal

Archaeologists say they uncovered King David’s Palace“The ruins are the best example to date of the uncovered fortress city of King David,” said professors Yossi Garfinkel of Hebrew University and Saar Ganor, who led the excavations. “This is indisputable proof of the existence of a central authority in Judah during the time of King David.” 

NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and HaitiFood stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Welfare recipients are buying groceries with their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and packing

Russian Orthodox Leader Condemns Gay Marriages, Warns of ApocalypseHead of the Russian Orthodox Church warned Western governments on Sunday against legalization of same-sex marriages what he called a sign of approaching end of the world. Patriarch Kirill said during a service at Moscow’s major cathedral that the recent initiatives in a range of countries to

Why Did Facebook Block Kirk Cameron’s New Movie? It’s something of a social networking mystery. Why did Facebook block Kirk Cameron’s upcoming faith-based movie, “Unstoppable”? Cameron announced on his fan page Thursday that Facebook had blocked fans from posting any links to the website promoting his film because the content was labeled “abusive and unsafe.”

Human-Animal Hybrids: Sick And Twisted Chimeras Are Being Created In Labs All Over The Planet Over the past decade, there have been some absolutely stunning advances in the field of genetic modification. Today, it is literally possible for college students to create new lifeforms in their basements. Unfortunately, laws have not kept pace with these

TSA Administrator John Pistole said beginning later this year U.S. citizens will be able to enroll online or visit an enrollment site to provide identification, fingerprints and an $85 enrollment fee. http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/tsa-opening-precheck-program-let-more-fliers-speed-through-lines-6C10701860 we’ve been so conditioned that we think this is a good thing?