Droning on....

The deadliest war the U.S. has ever had is the war we waged against ourselves.

Tell gun owners to get gun insurance:

Seven states – California, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Colorado – have, in the past month, introduced bills to have gun owners put their money where their mouth is: liability insurance for their firearms, codifying that responsibility if their firearms are used incorrectly – used by children who find them, by criminals who easily steal them; by people to whom they sell them without requiring a background check.

All things Richard III.  The timeline for the hunt for his grave site and the miraculous find.

Sea urchins save the world!

We aren't the greatest nation in the world.

Prisons in private hands go badly

Drone killing memo

Survivalist gear to ecosystems in upheaval....

Survivalist gear on the cheap: clever use of pill bottles.  And straws.

King Richard III’s medieval inn recreated by archaeologists

Sir Gwaine and the Green Knight.

Looking for someone ... anyone to blame for the Sandy Hook school shooting.. anything but guns... Must be because of women.

Scientists: Mealworms could replace beef, chicken as Earth’s source of protein

Report: Ecosystems in Upheaval, Biodiversity in Collapse

New study documenting climate change shows sweeping changes happening faster than previously recorded and bringing 'cascading effects'

While the debate rages on...

Quick!  Which way did they go?

Ad your voice to help reelect Obama.  And speaking of ads, this is fun.

Psychopaths:  business men and politicians

The physics of medieval viking sword fighting.

They are coming for your birth control... because hussies should get knocked up and then shamed, shunned and finally stoned in the town square.  Because God is love.

DNA from a descendant of Richard III will help identify the bones found below a English car park.

This way and that way....

Americans v Brits.

Any discussion of Richard III needs this photo:



Speaking of evil villains:  Karl Rove.

WWII as seen today.  (a long gif.)

Romney v truth.

It's MAN talkin' time!  ... about rape.

Electronic voting machines ... have 'sleepovers' at poll-workers' houses.

Public education isn't being helped by all the testing... but the testing companies sure are making money!  And if you aren't in it for the money... you obviously are a loser.

Not an oxymoron:  a gay Christian, Matthew Vines.

Alzheimer's could be the most catastrophic impact of junk food

There is evidence that poor diet is one cause of Alzheimer's. If ever there was a case for the precautionary principle, this is it

And of course, cats

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