A contentious row erupted in a meeting of senators back in February in their community affairs legislation committee, when senator Katy Gallagher accused her colleague of “mainsplaining.” The video is going viral this week. After she flippantly used the term, senator Mitch Fifield fired back: From the Daily Mail: ‘I love the mansplaining that’s going…
by Andrew Follett The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta probe finally landed on the comet it had been investigating for more than two years Friday. The probe descended onto the comet in a controlled impact as the comet is heading out beyond the orbit of Jupiter meaning there would be not enough power to operate the craft….
by Andrew Follett Several mysterious and unidentified radio sources in deep space cannot be explained despite months of observation by a team of Italian scientists, according to research published Wednesday. Researchers observed 21 bright radio sources, but were baffled because the sources weren’t emitting light in the optical or ultraviolet spectrum, meaning they probably weren’t emitted…
Governor Gary Johnson’s townhall on MSNBC went awry after he was asked who his favorite current foreign leader is. After struggling to name one, Johnson says he’s having an “Aleppo moment,” and when pressed finally decided to name a former president of Mexico, who he could not name. Gary Johnson had an “Aleppo moment” after…
by Juliegrace Brufke A Fox News host is worried about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s pledge to expand President Barack Obama’s legacy of big government and hostility to competitive free markets. Eric Bolling, co-host of “The Five” – who grew up in a blue-collar family in Chicago before landing a job on Wall Street followed by his career…
Blake Neff The State University of New York at Binghamton (SUNY-Binghamton) is offering a training class titled “StopWhitePeople2k16,” to instruct residential assistants (RAs) on how to deal with “uneducated” people who don’t believe in ideas like white privilege. The class is just one of several available to RAs at the school, and was discovered by the Binghamton Review, a…
Rachel Stoltzfoos Stuck with a baby she didn’t want after a botched abortion, an Australian woman is now suing the government for money to raise the child and to deal with the psychological trauma she’s endured. The unidentified 20-year-old woman got an abortion early on in her pregnancy, according to a court statement, but the abortionist…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough returned fire on Monday morning after Donald Trump blasted him on Twitter, accusing the morning show host of dating his cohost Mika Brzezinsky. Tried watching low-rated @Morning_Joe this morning, unwatchable! @morningmika is off the wall, a neurotic and not very bright mess! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2016 Rather than…
Jonah Bennett In an op-ed for the military blog Task & Purpose, former Marine Lt. Col. Kate Germano blamed the problem of high female attrition in the service on recruiters bringing in weak women and refusing to provide real mentorship. Germano was responding to a recent Associated Press article that discussed the Marine Corps’ efforts to meet its…
by Craig Boudreau Researchers at Roswell Park Cancer Institute have found that those who switch from regular cigarettes to electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) may reduce their risk of cancer. The study found e-cigs are as effective as conventional cigarettes at delivering nicotine to the user, but e-cig users showed a decreased rate of exposure to specific carcinogens and toxins,…