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There will be a strong police presence on the Snake River this weekend patrolling popular party spots for returning college students. Twice in the past 4 years a massive crowd of Washington State University students trashed the Dunes near Lower Granite Dam. The US Army Corps of Engineers had to shut down the Dunes following […]

In this article, Alex states, and critiques, 15 common arguments against immigration ranging from “Immigrants abuse the welfare state” to “Immigrants are especially crime prone” to my favorite, “It’s easy to immigrate to America and we’re the most open country in the world.” For those on either side of the issue, or on the fence,

A top National Rifle Association (NRA) official described Hillary Clinton‘s gun control policies as “evil” in a fiery message to the gun group’s members. “In short, there [is] nothing under Hillary’s ‘common-sense’ bag of evil gun-ban tricks that she won’t attempt if she takes the White House,” Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the NRA,

Interview with Professor Valentina Zharkova Recent research by Professor Valentina Zharkova (Northumbria University) and colleagues has shed new light on the inner workings of the Sun. The research suggests that the next three solar cycles will see solar activity reduce significantly into the middle of the century, producing conditions similar to those last seen in

Being the in 99th percentile in stature for American males, I was mildly intrigued by the new study, “Height, Income and Voting.” The study finds that in Britain “taller individuals are more likely to support the Conservative party, support conservative policies, and vote conservative.” Specifically, the researchers report that a one-inch increase in height increases support for

From UK’s The Daily Star:  Climate boffins believe the UK’s topsy-turvy climate is in for a chilly twist within the next few years as three major forms of climate change trigger “substantial cooling”.Drastic changes in ocean conditions, greenhouse gases and a weakening of the sun threaten increasingly worsening winters of blistering blizzards and severe snowstorms

CNN has faced a public backlash for editing an interview with the sister of a Milwaukee police shooting victim to make it look as if she was calling for peace and calm, when the full video shows her angry calls for people to take action. We can’t actually report the news, right? We need to

A statement by the ‘Shadow Brokers’ hacking collective, claiming they have hacked an NSA affiliate and obtained a set of US government spying and surveillance tools, coincided with the NSA official website going offline for many hours. A statement by the ‘Shadow Brokers’ hacking collective, claiming they have hacked an NSA affiliate and obtained a

They only sometimes gave policy as a reason, even after his arrest. Internet giants have been increasingly willing to take down extremist content, but their previous reluctance is coming back to haunt them. The UK recently convicted radical cleric Anjem Choudary (and co-defendant Mohammed Rahman) of rallying support for ISIS, and court documents have revealed that neither Twitter

The Onion at its best!  Scientists Trace Heat Wave To Massive Star At Center Of Solar System PASADENA, CA—Groundbreaking new findings announced Monday suggest the record-setting heat wave plaguing much of the United States may be due to radiation emitted from an enormous star located in the center of the solar system. Scientists believe the

The burden of today’s energy policies fall heaviest on low-income Americans. The clean energy mantra is so loud that it often drowns out the feeble cry of energy poverty. Many Americans are finding it more and more difficult to pay their utility bills, yet this important issue is nearly absent from the debate about America’s energy future.