A View from the 8th Decade
Notes from Indian Country By Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji) July 7, 2014 Fifty-four years ago I was working at the J. C. Penney Store in Livermore, California when Mr. Penney himself came into the store. He...
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The Nuclear Option: The Supreme Court’s Biggest Loser – Barack Obama
Summer is hot upon us, another Supreme Court term is ending, and now it is time to evaluate America’s most tutored — and tortured — constitutional law student. It is unusual for a pupil of the...
View ArticleCivilization: Beyond Earth Reveals Faction Leader Kavitha Thakur
The development team at Firaxis and publisher 2K Games are ready to reveal yet another of the leaders that gamers will be able to use in the upcoming Civilization: Beyond Earth, named Kavitha...
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Hackers Are Costing Companies Millions — And It's Going To Get Worse
The world’s leading insurance market has reported a sharp increase in companies seeking insurance cover from hackers stealing customer data and cyber terrorists shutting down websites to demand a...
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Joan Rivers Lectures on Humor, Storms Off CNN Interview (Video)
Joan Rivers Lectures on Humor, Storms Off CNN Interview (Video) Joan Rivers Lectures on Humor, Storms Off CNN Interview (Video) Celebrities Entertainment TV Joan Rivers CNN Has Been Optimized For...
View ArticleDilapidated London home worth $1.1M?
The garden is overflowing with weeds and trash is riotously strewn across the lower floors. So how on earth is this property worth $1.1 million? Reported by CNN.com 2 hours ago.
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'Transformers: Age of Extinction' Easily Won Fourth of July Weekend Box Office
In its second week, the blockbuster movie was no competition to such newcomers as 'Tammy', 'Deliver Us from Evil' and 'Earth to Echo'. Reported by AceShowbiz 2 hours ago.
View ArticleDunk fails -- 20 of the most epic basketball slam dunk fail videos you will...
Dunk fails, slam dunk fails, epic slam dunk fails -- whatever you want to call them, we love it when a bozo flaps at the rim and comes back down to earth with nothing but embarrassment. Asylum can dunk...
View ArticleIs this house really worth $1.1m?
The garden is overflowing with weeds and trash is riotously strewn across the lower floors. So how on earth is this property worth $1.1 million? Reported by CNN.com 1 hour ago.
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Let's Build a Lot of Crapola Around the Grand Canyon, Say Idiots
When blessed with one of the most moving natural vistas on the face of the earth, the entrepreneurial heroes of America can be relied upon to do the right thing: build a bunch of crap around it to...
View ArticleThis Dead Dutchman Teaches Us That 'Consumerism' Isn't Always A Bad Thing
We’re deeply suspicious of the word ‘consumerism’; it’s become a stick with which to beat the modern world. Yet consumerism doesn’t have to be stupid. At its best, what the word refers to is a love of...
View ArticleAll the Time in the World
The first thing I learned in my introductory geology course was the age of the Earth: 4.54 billion years. Relatively speaking, then, the whole of human history is happening in the geological blink of...
View ArticleAfter 30 Years, Private Team Brings NASA Probe Back to Life
After almost 30 years in a zombie-like state, NASA’s International Sun-Earth Explorer 3 probe (a.k.a. ISEE-3), is back up and running thanks to a private team and its crowdfunding campaign. ISEE was...
View ArticleFake ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Imagines AT-ATs at the Airport (Video)
If you think flight delays are bad now, imagine waiting for an AT-AT to clear the runway: A German “Star Wars” fan had some fun with homespun CGI in what he claimed was “leaked” footage from the set of...
View ArticleMy Search for Bigfoot Led Me to a Republican Party Fundraiser
But even if they discover a 10-foot-tall ape man living in the forest, that doesn't necessarily mean it's "Bigfoot." Maybe it's a different giant ape man. The most famous purported footage of the...
View ArticleWelcome To Game Changers
Welcome to Game Changers. With this new editorial series, Business Insider delves deeper into the areas we know best: innovation, entrepreneurship and mind-blowing advances in science and technology....
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Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson Fights To Allow More Arsenic In Drinking Water
Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson Fights To Allow More Arsenic In Drinking Water Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson Fights To Allow More Arsenic In Drinking Water Environment Has Been Optimized Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho,...
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CBD Energy Acquires Green Earth Developers
NEW YORK & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CBD Energy Limited (CBD; NASDAQ: CBDE) has acquired Green Earth Developers (GED) for cash plus restricted shares of CBD common stock. GED installed in excess of...
View ArticleRepublican Mayor Jim Brainard Believes in the Science of Climate Change
The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) recently met in Dallas to discuss how to move their cities forward in order to meet the challenges before them. Topics included energy related issues, the...
View ArticleMan proposes to girlfriend during skydive
A skydiving fanatic took the ultimate leap of faith and proposed to his girlfriend as the couple plummeted 12,500 feet to earth. Brandon Strohbehn, a firefighter from Oceanside, Calif., made......
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