Ford is recalling over 650,000 F-150 pickup trucks because of a faulty brake hose. "Ford Motor Co is recalling over 650,000 of its top-selling F-150 pickups as well as a Lincoln-branded truck because of a...
created by poolparty | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 2746 views | 9 recommendations | 15 comments
No, we don't mean Bill and Hillary. We mean the separation now under way between the Clintons and the Democratic Party. Like all divorces after lengthy unions, this one is painful and has had its moments of...
created by Albert Milliron | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1304 views | 22 recommendations | 3 comments
The new US $5 bill is entering circulation today. Implete with new antifraud measures, it looks more or less like the recently-redesigned twenty-dollar bill. Instead of having entirely green-and-white notes, it looks like we'll be carrying around entirely green, white and...
created by Jordan Yerman | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1796 views | 5 recommendations | 3 comments
"High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
As any of you who visit The MountainWorld Blog know, ethics on Everest is a very important topic to me and one I've written about at length here...
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It is rather silly to compare, as some have done, Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln. But it is fair to compare their means of assent in the nomination process. How is Obama on the cusp of defeating the party...
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"Irish immigrants opposed to Lincoln's Civil War draft, rioted, raping and killing blacks, often mutilating their corpses, as well as burning their homes and businesses."
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"In spite of his wide stance defense that turned Idaho into a national joke, Sen. Larry Craig got people to their toe-tapping in feet to applaud the three-term Republican.
As if suffering from short-term memory loss, the party loyalists attending the Mini-Cassia Lincoln Day...
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A SAVAGE fish more terrifying than a piranha has been caught in Britain for
the first time — sparking fears of a deadly invasion.
The vicious giant snakehead EATS everything it comes across and has
even...
created by Paul Conneally | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 1246 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Anyone who has watched the Simpsons News Anchor Kent Brockman, a self important News Anchor who relishes in conspiracy theory and public paranoia will certainly see...
created by Barry ORegan | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 6133 views | 20 recommendations | 12 comments
"They are some of the most famous words in American history: "I have a dream ..." And the man who said them has become an icon. Martin Luther King Jr. has certainly gotten his share of attention this year, the...
created by Obi-Akpere | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 716 views | 6 recommendations | 5 comments
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Daughter of the West
Tariq Ali
Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
The US is finally smartening up and taking a page from Canada's currency playbook. Colourful money is not only pretty, it makes for lightning fast transactions and adds valuable seconds to our busy lives. (Insert...
created by Rob Peters | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 917 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Another inspiring example of human potential to pursue and achieve desired goals. "ROCHESTER, Mich. — When Mike Morgan was in high school in Lincoln, Neb., he wanted to be part of a sports team. But, as...
created by Pat Garcia | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago 820 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"File this under “who’d a-thunk it?”
" ODDEST couple of the decade:
Lifelong Democrat Andrew Stein and arch-conservative cutie Ann Coulter.
The former city council president (when there...
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