Renewables Are Disruptive to Coal and Gas by Ramez Naam Over the last 5 years, the price of new wind power in the US has dropped 58% and the price of new solar power has dropped 78%. That’s the conclusion of investment firm Lazard Capital. The key graph is here (here’s a version with US…
By: Laura Meyers Thing just got hotter at Yang Jia Hot Pot, Chinese restaurant in Jinan. In an attempt to increase sales, Hot Pot recently ran a special promotion offering discounts to female customers based on the length of their skirts. The shorter the skirt, the bigger the discount. Skirt length is measured upon arrival, and a…
By Ramez Naam Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking, and Bill Gates have recently expressed concern that development of AI could lead to a ‘killer AI’ scenario, and potentially to the extinction of humanity. None of them are AI researchers or have worked substantially with AI that I know of. (Disclosure: I know Gates slightly from my…
Muslim televangelist sets Turkish social media on fire after claiming a man would meet his masturbating hand “pregnant in the afterlife” and “asking for its rights.” By: Ryan Carrillo A Muslim televangelist in Turkey is causing a stir after taking questions about sensitive topics from viewers of the private television station 2000 TV. Mücahid Cihad Han was puzzled when a viewer…
A British research project found that women are buying sexual services more now than ever. Researchers believe that it has to do with the fact that busy women no longer have the time for intimate relationships. The initial findings come from Lancaster and Manchester Metropolitan University, and were conducted on a group of 21 male…
By: Laura Meyers I often reply to the retort “women are always talking on the phone and driving” with “yeah, because their husbands are calling to ask what’s for dinner.” However, the tides and pepperonis are changing. Now, women are on Tinder asking men for delivery and pan crust. A hungry, anonymous girl in Chicago…
Elise Truchan, 14-year-old Leet Township resident, engineered a two-story treehouse for a school “innovation project;” complete with a carpeted penthouse, exterior siding, rope ladder, sliding windows, a birdhouse, and a battery-powered fan and lighting. Her local government is now telling her to tear it down. Cool, guys. While private and public education professionals and entities…
By: Laura Meyers Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) recently told a group of Young Americans for Liberty students about his 500-yard dash that he frequently makes from his office to the congressional House floor. The purpose of the run is to prevent a vote on a bill without a complete quorum present, totaling 218 votes. You…
The mother of a four-year-old son, Heather Hironomus, tearfully signed an order allowing for the circumcision of her boy, so that she could be released from prison. The event has stirred a national debate about the necessity of circumcision, and the question of whether all children should be allowed the right to bodily integrity. Hironomus…
By Lina Bryce After working 18 years in order to establish a career, George Stephanopoulos’ credibility as an unbiased journalist is being called into question. Last Friday, he admitted to donating $75,000 to the Clinton Foundation, just as the presidential race with Hillary Rodham Clinton is gearing up as a leading Democratic candidate. The Post reports that…