by Jacob Bojesson The British Army was accused of racism Wednesday after tweeting an image of a soldier wearing dark face paint as part of his camouflage. “Being a #soldier in the jungle requires a robust sense of humour,” read the tweet from the British Army’s official account. The account frequently tweets out images of troops…
by Steve Birr Support for the legalization of marijuana is at its highest point in nearly 50 years amid a big push for recreational legalization in five states. A new poll from Gallup shows that 60 percent of Americans support legalization, up from 58 percent last year. The country was divided on the issue in…
by Ryan Pickrell Republican nominee Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in Ohio Thursday he had no plan to contest the presidential election if he won. “I will totally accept the result of this great and historic presidential election,” Trump said in Delaware, Ohio. Trump paused before adding, “If I win.” The speech and…
by Josh Guckert In an interview with The Nation, Milo Yiannopoulos admitted what most have suspected for a while: that he is not really a libertarian. As reported by TJ Brown (a.k.a. That Guy T) of FEE.org, Yiannopoulos stated: Libertarians are children. Libertarians are people who have given up looking for an answer. This whole ‘everybody…
by Amber Randall University of Toronto faculty signed a letter criticizing hate speech against their transgender and black students in light of a fellow professor’s refusal to use “genderless pronouns.” Approximately 250 faculty members endorsed the letter, implying that Peterson’s statements are leading to a rise in threats against some of the students, reports Metro News….
by Andrew Follett Astronomers discovered 234 mysterious signals from stars that could be different alien species trying to talk to us, according to a new study published Thursday by Laval University. Researchers used the Apache Point Observatory to analyze the spectra of 2.5 million stars, and identified 234 which are producing strange signals. The signals “have exactly the…
by Andrew Follett NASA is sending the space probe New Horizons to an extremely unusual red object far beyond the orbit of Pluto. Dubbed 2014 MU69, the object has a diameter of about 30 miles and orbits the sun once every 293 years. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered 2014 MU69 during a preliminary survey to find a suitable object for the…
by Josh Guckert During the third and final presidential debate last night, Donald Trump gave one of the more uncomfortable answers in history. When asked if he would accept the results of the November election, he refused to answer in the affirmative. He suggested that the election was “rigged,” stating that “millions of people” are registered…
by Josh Guckert On Wednesday night after the debate, Gary Johnson appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show to discuss an array of topics. The two went ranged from serious to silly throughout the interview, covering a wide variety of subjects. The presidential debates: The War on Drugs: 2020 and “Aleppo” (featuring Ken Bone): Accepting the…
by Michael Bastasch Liberals pundits and reporters took to Twitter to complain Fox News host Chris Wallace didn’t ask a question about global warming during the third presidential debate Wednesday night. “It’s really disgraceful,” Paul Krugman tweeted, adding in another tweet: “Debate moderators have completely failed on the most important issue.” So, four debates; four…