VIA “washingtonexaminer.com”, Opinion: Healthcare, by Philip Klein On March 4, the Supreme Court will hear another significant case on Obamacare — this one concerning the subsidies that the law provides for individuals to purchase insurance. If the justices rule against the Obama administration — invalidating subsidies for Americans who have purchased insurance through Obamacare’s federal […]
VIA “naturalsociety.com” by Christina Sarich One of the brains behind Tesla motors and Paypal, Tesla Motors CEO and entrepreneur Elon Musk has a new invention up his sleeve that will help power homes at low cost, and it will make living off-grid easier than ever. A Florida woman had to stand up to a local […]
VIA “telegraph.co.uk” by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in Athens Greece’s new currency designs are ready. The green 50 drachma note features Cornelius Castoriadis, the Marxisant philosopher and sworn enemy of privatisation. The Nobel poet Odysseus Elytis – voice of Eastward-looking Hellenism – honours the 200 note. The bills rise to 10,000 drachma, a wise precaution lest there […]
VIA “thespiritscience.net” by Renee Kirsten Nature has some amazingly beautiful places and events that you have to check out. From blue lava to endless waves these are the 25 craziest things found in nature. 25. Living Rocks, Chile. 24. Lenticular Clouds, Mountainous Areas. 23. Red Crab Migration, Christmas Island 22. Underwater Crop Circles, Japan 21. […]
VIA “planetexperts.com” by Planet Editor What if your daily commute was a central ingredient in creating cleaner air and renewable energy? For some Swiss drivers, that ‘what if’ is now a green, soupy reality.For the city of Geneva’s 2014 garden festival, Villes et Champs, The Cloud Collective built a system of transparent tubes on a […]
VIA “the-open-mind.com” by Jade Small In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance, who ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?” “Wait a moment,” Socrates replied. “Before […]
VIA “reuters.com” by Alina Selyukh (Reuters) – U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the strictest-ever rules on Internet providers, who in turn pledged to battle the new restrictions in the courts and Congress, saying they would discourage investment and stifle innovation. The rules, which will go into effect in coming weeks, are expected to face legal […]
VIA “learning-mind.com” by Anna LeMind We all are familiar with optical illusions – visual images that trick our eyes into seeing things differently than they are in reality. Everyone remembers the spinning girl illusion or different ornaments that seem to be moving, while the image is actually static. But what happens when optical illusions are […]
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VIA “pulptastic.com” Ashlee Buratti from St. Cloud, Florida, threw a birthday party for her son, Glenn, who has mild autism and epilepsy. They invited all 16 kids from his class, but none of them came. “From the minute he woke up that day he wanted to know how many minutes until his friends came,” Buratti, 25, said. When he learned that […]
