From Bankable Insight: 1. Collecting rainwater If you live in Oregon, don’t even think about diverting that rain water on your property into any sort of container. One Oregon man was sentenced to 30 days in jail because he had three ponds on his property. His ponds were deemed “illegal reservoirs.” According to a really…
Guy Bentley Regulators and legislators looking to curtail the use of civilian drones could be losing out big on an economic boom, according to a new report from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Drones offer a huge opportunity to improve the way Americans work and live, but they could be stifled by “misguided, misinformed privacy and operating…
Back to Future stars Christopher Loyd and Michael J. Fox got together to discuss the predictions the iconic film made about the future we now live in. What did it get right and what did it get wrong? Toyota sponsored the advertisement which urges people to watch the classic movie on October 21st, 2015– the day…
Some scientists are getting very excited about potential megastructures they believe may be evidence of an advanced civilization. Astronomers discovered what they believe may be megastructures orbiting around a star near the Milky Way using the Kepler Space Telescope. “I was fascinated by how crazy it looked,” Jason Wright told The Atlantic. “Aliens should always…
Casey Harper After a man shot two cops, the officers blamed the Wisconsin gun store and raked in a cool $6 million dollars. In 2009 two Milwaukee officers stopped Julius Burton for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk, but Burton pulled out a gun and shot both officers in the face. The cops later held the…
Michael Bastasch Wind turbines are killing hundreds of thousands of bats every year — bats that could be providing farmers with huge economics benefits if new research is to be believed. A new study by University of California Davis researcher Katherine Ingram claims that bats add $3.7 billion to the U.S. agriculture industry through pest control….
You won’t want to believe what a customer found in their Subway sandwich. NBC affiliate KWG reports: LINCOLN CITY, Ore. – People who got spinach on their sandwich or salad at a Subway restaurant in Lincoln City earlier this month may have unknowingly eaten food tainted by a dead rodent. But the state health department said…
By Lina Bryce Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he raised $1.3 million during the four-hour long Democratic Debate on CNN Tuesday evening. He appears to have generated much excitement during the debate (drawing the most applause when he shouted “the American people are sick and tired of talking about your damn e-mail”), indicated by a sharp uptick in donations, according…
By Lina Bryce CNN’s Democratic Debate was filled with promises of the wealthy paying more taxes–and these candidates should know! These Democratic presidential hopefuls share a tax bracket with the wealthiest people in this country. A common tactic used by Democrats is to accuse Republicans of being the party of the wealthy, while lamenting that there is…
After months of scrutiny and calls from GOP lawmakers to defund Planned Parenthood, the women’s health organization has decided to make a change of policy. The Christian Science Monitor reports: After contentious videos were released suggesting Planned Parenthood officials received profits for fetal tissue, the organization announced Tuesday it will no longer accept reimbursements of…