TSA Rolls Out ‘Detention Pods’ at Airport Terminal ExitsThe TSA is funding the rollout of exit pods at major airport terminals across the country that temporarily detain passengers before they are allowed to leave, another example critics say of how the federal agency’s policies treat travelers as prisoners. …A robotic voice gives instructions to wait
Volcano discovery hints at fire below ice in Antarctica Seismologists working in a mountainous area of Marie Byrd Land in western Antarctica detected a swarm of low-magnitude earthquakes in 2010 and 2011 similar to those that can precede volcanic eruptions, according to a study published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. The area of activity lies
GOP Rep proposes repeal of 16th AmendmentOklahoma Republican Rep. Jim Bridenstine wants to repeal the amendment in order to scrap the complicated federal tax code, get rid of the income tax for individuals and corporations and abolish the Internal Revenue Service.
President Obama tramples the Constitution again, and finally there’s some outrage Obama’s decision to suspend the employer mandate of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) for a year “raises grave concerns about his understanding of the role of the executive in our system of government.” And with his epic announcement at a press conference last Thursday
America’s Cities on the Edge: The Economy Continues to Weigh Heavy on the U.S.When a city is badly broken, it can be very tough to fix. Just ask Darren Green, president of a coalition of community groups in Trenton, N.J., where deep budget cuts in 2011 forced the city to lay off a third of
Census ‘faked’ 2012 election jobs reportIn the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall Street to Washington. The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September — might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according
Quantum World Record Smashed: Quantum State Survives at Room Temperature for 39 Minutes A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a world record 39 minutes, overcoming a key barrier towards building ultrafast quantum computers. ‘Mini-Kidney’ Structures Generated from Human Stem Cells for First TimeFor the first time, the
Ben Stein: Obama Making ‘Annihilation’ of Jews Possible Obama’s “deeply naïve” premise that Iran would suddenly end its nuclear activities in exchange for an easing of sanctions that have crippled its economy for five years would make the “annihilation” of Jews possible. “Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terror,” Stein said in The
Iran’s top ally warns war could be coming. White House and Netanyahu issue ominously similar warnings.Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist organization — Iran’s top ally in the Middle East — warned today that a major regional war could be coming soon if Iran and world leaders don’t make a deal.
USGS says Chicago’s western suburbs hit by quakeScientists of the U.S. Geological Survey say it’s likely it was an earthquake that shook Chicago’s western suburbs after a blast at a quarry. USGS scientist Jim Dewey says research indicates quarry blasts don’t cause larger follow-up tremors. However, a quarry blast in McCook was followed by a