With the threat of the Ebola virus spreading throughout the African continent, Liberia is temporarily suspending the sport of soccer. Officials think that the risk of infection is high in soccer because the game is considered a contact sport. The
Environmental studies professor Roger Pielke, Jr. has quit Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight blog over a controversy that arose after he wrote a post denying that global warming is responsible for the increasing costs of recovery from natural disasters. Pielke, a professor
So far the Summer of 2014 is shaping up to be the coldest summer on record in the U.S.A., with temperatures rarely breaking the 90-degree mark. The latest data averaged from all temperature stations of the Historical Climatology Network shows
While most fans seeking autographs shove player photos, game programs, or slips of paper in front of professional athletes, one football fan is pulling up his sleeves trying to get every Redskins starter to sign his arms so he can
Between 6PM Friday and late Sunday night, 22 Chicagoans were wounded, among them a three-year-old boy who was seriously injured. A 13-year-old boy was also killed over night on Friday. As Friday turned to Saturday 12 people were shot in
New reports say that the National Security Administration (NSA) is beginning to lose interest in making any deals for the return Edward Snowden to the United States. According to The Hill, NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett pointed out at the Aspen Security Forum
Chicago already has detention facilities for nearly 500 illegal aliens, but Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants one thousand more, all at the taxpayers’ expense. Late last week, Chicago’s Democrat mayor announced that he intended to expand Chicago’s housing facilities for
Tyson Foods has announced another corporate retraction with the closing of three meat processing plants at a loss of some 950 jobs. Tyson, America’s largest meat producer which successfully bought out Hillshire Brands in June, announced the closings saying that
After a controversy over the large number of sometimes capricious edits of Wikipedia pages made from computers inside the network of the House of Representatives, the crowd-sourced, online encyclopedia placed a temporary, 10-day ban on an IP address emanating from
Jeremy Scahill, the National Security correspondent for the left-wing The Nation magazine, appeared on HuffPo Live and ranted that Israel is responsible for “war crimes” in which “child after child” is killed. The hyperbolic Scahill also accused the U.S. media
President Obama has constantly slipped digs at his media fans into his speeches, despite the fact that the media are among his biggest supporters. He did it again this week in a speech at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. During his
On Friday, Florida Democrat Representative Joe Garcia appeared on the Bill Press Show to insist that the border is safe, Republicans hate children, and that Obama should “parole” all illegals so they can “become part” of our system. Host Bill
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is refusing to back down on its decision to award the 2018 World Cup to Russia despite Russia’s untoward lobbying effort and its illicit invasion of Ukraine. With the decision by the soccer
President Obama’s numbers have fallen to his previous all-time lowest approval rating this week as Americans have had time to assess his policies, or lack thereof, on immigration; his foreign policies on Israel, Ukraine, and Russia; and his reaction to
Despite assurances that no illegal aliens have been sent to Indiana for housing, it appears that over 200 have already ended up in the Hoosier State. The issue caused confusion among state lawmakers this week when State Senator Brent Steele
The NFL has handed Ravens running back Ray Rice a two-game suspension for a February case of felony aggravated assault when he allegedly hit his girlfriend into unconsciousness at an Atlantic City casino. The 27-year-old, three-time Pro Bowl player was
A major worry about the wild growth in privately operated drones is what happens when they fail in flight and fall from the sky? A new parachute product, though, may help make drones plummeting to the ground at fatal velocities
A new report by the Seattle Police Department admits that African Americans have been cited for public pot use in disproportionate numbers to the percentage of the Emerald City population. The Seattle PD reported that in the first half of 2014–between
Ken Moore, a Vietnam veteran suffering from cancer who is unable to walk or speak, was denied disability benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and to add insult to injury he was told via a letter to go get
Pat Bowlen, a legendary NFL owner who led the Denver Broncos to six Super Bowls, has announced he is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and will step down from helming his beloved franchise. The Broncos announced that team president Joe Ellis
The bad Obama economy has been particularly hard on seniors living on a fixed income. One of the ways some seniors have found to cope with skyrocketing costs is to share living expenses with strangers and now seniors are utilizing
On July 17, a man died while police were trying to subdue him outside a beauty salon in Staten Island, New York. Police used a chokehold on the man even as he claimed he was having trouble breathing. Now, in
Police in Connecticut recently announced the arrest of a grandmother and grandson, charging them with allegedly running a drug ring out of their Plainfield home. Police charged Elaine Coffey, 65, and her grandson, Nicholas Coffey, 24, with a series of
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed a new law that would reduce the number of legal immigrants eligible for deportation after being convicted of a misdemeanor, even crimes such as child molestation and identity theft. SB 1310 will cut the
Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Modano stirred a Twitter hornets’ nest when he tweeted “Where is Ronald Reagan?” on Monday bringing out the Reagan haters and riling the Obama apologists of the Twitterverse. The former Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars center
