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Walmart Closures Leaving Small Towns 'Broken,' Residents Say
Residents say Walmart closings have left their small communities "broken."
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The one percent discovers transhumanism
The World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland just wrapped up its annual gathering. It isn’t hard to make fun of this yearly coming together of the global economic and cultural elites who rule the world, or at least think they do.
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The Vatican Just Banned Scattering Ashes
A new doctrinal rule requires Roman Catholics to store cremains at cemeteries. By Erin Blakemore.
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The Official Thomas Friedman ‘Make a Meaningless Graph’ Contest
‘New York Times’ Thomas Friedman graphed history in his new book, ‘Thank You For Being Late’ – outdo him and win a free T-shirt! By Matt Taibbi.
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Thomas Friedman’s ‘Thank You for Being Late’
Matt Taibbi reviews new book, 'Thank You for Being Late,' in which Thomas Friedman makes a short story long.
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Fragile Internet Racists In Turmoil Over Black Lady Liberty Coin
Racist snowflakes are triggered by this new gold coin they’ll never see in real life. By Robyn Pennacchia.
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The Climate Change Deniers in Congress
How many are representing you? By Sarah Emerson.
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The five universal laws of human stupidity
We underestimate the stupid, and we do so at our own peril. By Corinne Purtill.
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Trump’s Army Secretary nominee caught on tape attacking evolution and theory of relativity
CNN has obtained forty-two minutes of audio against evolution by Dr. Mark Green, the Republican state senator in Tennessee who is President Donald Trump’s second nominee to serve as Secretary of the Army. By Bob Brigham.
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NZ tourist killed by jet blast at Caribbean beach airport
A New Zealand tourist has been killed by the blast from a jetliner taking off at a seaside airport in the Dutch Caribbean territory of Sint Maarten, officials say.
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It Turns Out Glasses Don´t Make You Smarter
Donald Trump’s secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid. The department’s budget is now on the chopping block. But does anyone in the White House really understand what the Department of Energy actually does? And what a horrible risk it would be to ignore its extraordinary, life-or-death responsibilities? By Michael Lewis.
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Is The Stupidity Of Our Age Unique?
To those worried that the Trump Era represents a unique low point in human rationality, take comfort: we’ve always been like this. By Brianna Rennix and Nathan J. Robinson.
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White House May Share Nuclear Power Technology With Saudi Arabia
The overture follows an intense and secretive lobbying push involving Michael Flynn, Tom Barrack, Rick Gates and even Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane. By Isaac Arnsdorf.
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Russiagate Is Making Everyone Stupid
The Guardian recently published an amazingly deceitful hit piece on skeptics of the establishment Syria narrative who point to the piles of evidence that the so-called White Helmets are nothing other than a western-backed propaganda firm for the destabilization efforts in Syria. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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A Woman Let an Octopus Bite Her Face, So Let's Talk About Octopus Beaks
The human species has done some incredibly smart things. We've revealed gravitational waves. We've discovered 118 chemical elements. We have taken beautiful photos of Jupiter. But humans can also be stupid.
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California blaze, which burned 7,000 acres, caused by firework at gender-reveal party
The El Dorado fire in California that has burned more than 7,000 acres (2,800 hectares) was caused by a firework set off at a “gender-reveal party”, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has found.
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