by Andrew Follett Up to 96 percent of wastewater from fracking is from naturally occurring salts and brines, not man-made fracking fluids, a new study published Monday by Duke University concluded. Duke researchers found that between 92 and 96 percent of wastewater coming out of fracking wells was comprised of naturally occurring brines and salts which were extracted along…
by Jonah Bennett Transgender airmen on their way to a new gender can now apply to temporarily get out of physical fitness tests if they fail them, based on new guidance released by the Air Force earlier in October. According to a policy memorandum released Oct. 6, transgender airmen in the middle of hormone treatment can…
by Thomas Phippen Google supplies free Wi-Fi to 23 different train stations across India, and the complimentary service is mostly being used to watch pornography. “More than anything, porn sites have been watched and downloaded by the people at Patna railway station” officials from RailTel, an Indian state-sponsored telecommunications company, told The Economic Times. While some employ…
by Kody Fairfield Owner of the infamous “bloody sock” and former Red Sox great Curt Schilling has decided try and “change-up” the government in Massachusetts with a decision to run for Senate against incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Warren in 2018, according to a report out of The Hill. In an interview Tuesday morning with Rhode Island’s WPRO, he essentially declared his…
Study Shows a Third of Trump Twitter Accounts are Bots by Aya Katz According to a study run by the Project on Computational Propaganda, nearly a third of active Twitter accounts that favor Donald Trump are bots. The study was run around the time of the first presidential debate, and it also revealed that while 32.7%…
by Saagar Enjeti Iran released a new video Monday taunting the U.S. after the nuclear deal and featuring detained U.S. citizen Siamak Namazi. The video features a dramatic film score, footage of U.S. sailors on their knees when detained in January, Namazi’s U.S. passport, and footage of him in detention. Experts suggest Namazi’s October 2015 arrest came amid…
by Kevin Daley An ally of liberal financier George Soros and Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta had multiple conversations concerning a replacement for late Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court, new emails released by WikiLeaks show. The candidate who was discussed is something of an unconventional choice. Chris Stone, president of the…
by Jonah Bennett Most Americans trust the U.S. military to act in the public interest, a feeling that emphatically does not extend to other sectors of American life, such as the media or politicians, a new study finds. The amount of support for the military is broken down into two categories: “great deal” and “fair…
by Steve Birr Lawmakers are likely to pass a bill legalizing assisted suicide for terminally ill patients in Washington, D.C., but key hurdles for the bill remain. The “right to die” bill passed an initial vote in the D.C. Council’s Health and Human Services Committee Oct. 5 and will go before the full Council for a…
by Andrew Follett New research by Scandinavian scientists claims the link between global warming and war is greatly exaggerated. Claims that global warming causes war don’t hold up to scrutiny, according to the study. The scientific team, led by Dr. Nina von Uexkull, examined conflict data for Asia and Africa since 1989 and found that ethnic…