First "Halloween" Costumes: Skins, Skulls, and Skirts?

" A far cry from the faux Palins, pirates, and princesses of today, costumes during Halloween's precursor centuries ago included animal skins and heads, drag getups, and even mechanical horse heads, historians say."

Spinal Cord Injury Stem Cell Technology Gives Hope

A great new breakthrough may be able to heal spinal cord injuries, without murdering unborn children to get at the stem cells.  Many people who value human life have argued against stem cell technology...

Ron Paul Fears Staged Iran Pretext Could Bring National Draft

"Congressman Ron Paul fears that a staged incident exploited as a pretext to attack Iran may be the precursor to a national draft, as he responded to Sy Hersh’s astounding report that Dick Cheney proposed faking a Gulf of Tonkin style incident by killing Americans in the...

Man-Made Lightning: Blaster Technology

It was only a matter of time before this sort of thing got the go-ahead, and no doubt whatsoever that such technology would be directly weaponized, as opposed to application as aan Electromagnetic Pulse-type...

Ramen Noodles - breakfast of champions

A giant among inexpensive packaged food producers has died. If it weren't for ramen noodles (and potato logs, and beer) then making it through college would have been a lot tougher. (h/t slash-dot)"OSAKA (Kyodo) Momofuku Ando, the founder of Nissin Food Products Co. and...

Military Commissions Act: A Precursor To Tyranny?

"Chuck Baldwin Wednesday, December 6, 2006""n an interview with nationally syndicated radio talk show host Alex Jones, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas recently discussed President Bush's support for the Military...

Today in history - Nov. 15

"Today is Wednesday, Nov. 15, the 319th day of 2006. There are 46 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: Two hundred years ago, on Nov. 15, 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as "Pikes Peak" in present-day Colorado. On this date: In...

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