By Blake Neff A member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan commission that investigates civil rights issues, sent a letter laced with references to the movie “Airplane!” to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), warning its practice of putting diversity first could get people killed. “[I] write as a concerned frequent flier who has no…
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By Josh Fatzick D.C. Metro Transit Police arrested a pantless screaming man on Thursday night at the Metro station in Takoma after he jumped on to the tracks in front of an approaching train. The man, who was not identified by Metro officials, returned to the platform on his own and was not struck by…
By Jonah Bennett Over the last few years, both recreational and medical marijuana have taken legislatures in the United States by storm, leading to considerable confusion about where it’s okay to light up and where it’s still prohibited. A new study recently conducted by DrugTreatment.com aims to clear the haze with a map illustrating the vastly different…
UN: Don’t Eat Hamburgers, They Hurt The Environment By Michael Bastasch The head of the United Nations Environmental Program wants people to know about things they can do every day to help push the international body’s environmental agenda. So what’s one way you can do your part for the environment? Why, not eating hamburgers, of…
By Michael Bastasch Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study Thursday claiming there’s no hiatus in global warming. But new satellite-derived temperature measurements show there’s been no global warming for 18 years and six months. “For 222 months, since December 1996, there has been no global warming at all,” writes climate expert Lord…
By Ivan Plis A man in the Russian city of Prokopyevsk got drunk Wednesday and tried to take a selfie with a statue of Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, destroying it in the process. According to local outlet FlashSiberia, witnesses say the 30-year-old man tried to hang on the plaster statue’s outstretched arm, which could not support his weight and came crashing…
DEPTFORD, NH – John Cokos will receive $35,000 from police after they arrested him, mistaking his cracker crumbs for cocaine. Cokos was stopped by police for suspicious activity when they saw him recording them with his camera. Officers demanded he stop recording, and when he refused he was forced against a guard rail and searched. Authorities…
By Michael Bastasch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have found a solution to the 15-year “pause” in global warming: They “adjusted” the hiatus in warming out of the temperature record. New climate data by NOAA scientists doubles the warming trend since the late 1990s by adjusting pre-hiatus temperatures downward and inflating temperatures in more recent…
By Blake Neff An online advice column for writers is busying itself with the pressing question of the day: Should white men even bother writing these days, or is the mere act of putting pen to paper too oppressive of women and minorities to be tolerated? “I am a white, male poet… who is aware of his privilege and sensitive to inequalities…
A website has been collecting crime data statistics for several years, and put together a list of the most crime-ridden cities. Guess which political party presides over the most violent? You guessed it: Democrats. Neighborhood Scout explains their methodology behind their research: “Our research reveals the 100 most dangerous cities in America with 25,000 or more…