Talk about a creature of habit! The dog cannot be convinced there is no glass in the door, even when confronted with evidence.

This made me lmao picked by doggylives 7 months ago

The Japanese court agreed with Kenzaburo Oe’s assertion that the Japanese military was deeply involved in the mass suicides of civilians in Okinawa at the end of World War II.

Finally, a ray of light on some of the Japanese human abuses during the '30s and '40s. picked by DerAlt1 7 months ago

An Upstate animal shelter is sending out mass e-mails of with pictures of animals scheduled for death in hopes of saving some of their lives. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

Kurnaz, an ethnic Turk born and raised in Germany, went to Pakistan in late 2001 at age 19 to study Islam and wound up in Pakistani police custody. It was three months after 9/11, and Kurnaz says the U.S. was offering bounties for suspicious foreigners. Kurnaz says he was "sold" to the Americans for $3,000 and brought to Kandahar as terrorist suspect. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

"Last Thursday, my organization, People Reluctant To Kill for an Abstraction, orchestrated an overwhelming show of force around the globe..."

A very simple but thought-provoking piece from George Saunders.

(slightly NSFW) picked by tvirus 7 months ago

Some of these are pretty good... can you come up with something better? picked by optimusplime 7 months ago

"I can eat planets.."

Best Tom Cruise impression ever. picked by cb__ 7 months ago

I'm not sure this is progress. For one thing, they'll wreck all those vintage vehicles a lot faster now. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

About fuggin' time.

/Salute Marine Cpl. Mario Ramos-Villalta

Semper Fi picked by moe 7 months ago

Police say a man in Bellevue was caught on tape having sex with a picnic table. Hope he doesn't tear his scrotum. picked by mutil8or 7 months ago

Rikki Rockett, the 46-year-old drummer of '80s hair-metal purveyor Poison,whose real name is Richard Ream, was nabbed while going through customs and taken to Los Angeles County Jail, where he was booked on a felony fugitive sexual assault warrant issued from Mississippi. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

“There is already a separate legal system in the territories for Israelis and Palestinians,” said Limor Yehuda, who argued the recent case for the civil rights association on behalf of six Palestinian villages. “With the approval of separate roads, if it becomes a widespread policy, then the word for it will be ‘apartheid.’ ” picked by DerAlt1 7 months ago

1. That sounds really weird.
and
2. They're hoping to use this information for new engineering materials. picked by Blankspace73 7 months ago

As a society, we have a long history of getting whipped into a collective frenzy over threats to our health or children that are nearly (or completely) non-existent. No danger is too small or remote to be exaggerated and screamed from the headlines. picked by karenben 7 months ago

"The sun circles the Earth because it is smaller than the Earth" picked by maxriter 7 months ago

Materials that directly convert radiation into electricity could produce a new era of spacecraft and even Earth-based vehicles powered by high-powered nuclear batteries, say US researchers. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Few people know about the Ninth Amendment, which reaffirms in broad terms rights "retained by the people." Indeed, the Ninth flies so far under the radar that it has rarely been mentioned even by the Supreme Court."

Excerpt from a book which came out last year - great read for those of us sick of the system taking away our rights! picked by tdiggity 7 months ago

The CEO of software giant Oracle Corp. will be paid from San Mateo County property taxes collected this year, which otherwise would have gone to schools, the county general fund and cities. picked by coldbladed 7 months ago

WESTON, Wis. (AP) -- Police are investigating an 11-year-old girl's death from an undiagnosed, treatable form of diabetes after her parents chose to pray for her rather than take her to a doctor. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

The United States has outsourced the manufacturing of its electronic passports to overseas companies — including one in Thailand that was victimized by Chinese espionage.

I wonder which braindead bureaucrat thought this was a good idea. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

"While we're in repeats, 'American Idol' continues to be a monster," Moonves said Thursday at the McGraw-Hill Media Summit in New York City. "It's a phenomenon. If somebody would kill that show, I'd really appreciate it...."

1. "while we're in repeats" could be a big clue sir.
2. Not a huge surprise story, I just thought it rather odd to be reported in this way. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Comcast Corp., an Internet service provider under investigation for hampering online file-sharing by its subscribers, announced Thursday an about-face in its stance and said it will treat all types of Internet traffic equally. picked by neo3979 7 months ago

While a common cold or the flu might not hurt your or I, it can be deadly to people who have no immunity to it.
British Filmmakers in the Peruvian Amazon were filming these remote tribes, and locals allege the virus was brought by the visitors. picked by tundramonkey 7 months ago

To celebrate the 199th birthday of the father of evolution, the New Humanist asks several scientists what they’d like to say to him round the supper table. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn have detected for the first time a molecule closely related to an amino acid: amino acetonitrile. The organic molecule was found with a 30 metre radio telescope in Spain and two radio interferometers in France and Australia in the "Large Molecule Heimat", a giant gas cloud near the galactic centre in the conste... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago