43 Fantastic Interior Designs

43 Fantastic Interior Designs

VIA “pulptastic.com” #1. Floating house, meet glass floor. source #2. Perfect reading cave. source #3. These blinds let you see a better view when closed. source #4. “Tree house” attic, probably an overprotective parent’s idea. source #5. Stairs that transform into an Autobot dresser. source #6. If your spouse always forgets to look at the time, build a giant […]

Parents Get Tattoo of Daughters Birthmark So She Wouldn’t Feel Different

Parents Get Tattoo of Daughters Birthmark So She Wouldn’t Feel Different

VIA “elitedaily.com” by Sean Levinson Two British parents have gotten tattoos of the same red birthmark that covers their daughter’s body so she wouldn’t feel alone. The Mirror reports that 18-month-old Honey-Rae Phillips was born with a birthmark that has grown right along with her and now occupies nearly half of her entire right side. […]

How Portugal Brilliantly Ended It’s War On Drugs

How Portugal Brilliantly Ended It’s War On Drugs

VIA “attn.com” by Mark Provost In the 1990s, Portugal was faced with a drug epidemic. General drug use wasn’t any worse than neighboring countries, but rates of problematic drug use were off the charts. A 2001 survey found that 0.7 percent of its population had used heroin at least one time, the second highest rate […]

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Pipeline Bill

VIA “npr.org” by Krishnadev Calamur The White House has notified the Senate that President Obama has, as promised, vetoed congressional legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline project. “Through this bill, the United States Congress attempts to circumvent longstanding and proven processes for determining whether or not building and operating a cross-border pipeline serves the […]

These Young College Dropouts Built a $14 Million Company in 13 Months

These Young College Dropouts Built a $14 Million Company in 13 Months

Left to right: Tyler Swartz, Giuliano Giacaglia (CTO/cofounder), Ben Kaplan (CEO/cofounder), and Claire Uhar VIA “businessinsider.com” by Julie Bort Since September an app called Wigo, the brainchild of 23-year-old college dropout Ben Kaplan, has become the hottest thing on college campuses. Wigo helps college kids find out where their friends are going to meet up […]

Meet The 12 Youngest Legislators In America (That We Could Find)

Meet The 12 Youngest Legislators In America (That We Could Find)

VIA “huffingtonpost.com” by Jesse Rifkin The average age of a state legislator nationwide is 56, but that didn’t stop these folks from running for office. With differing political ideologies and representing a range of states, they share one uncommon characteristic: their youth. The youngest one was elected at 18, and even the oldest is only […]

Senate Democrats Confident of Sustaining Keystone Veto

Senate Democrats Confident of Sustaining Keystone Veto

VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by James Arkin After years of debate, culminating in a messy, amendment-laden process in the Senate earlier this year, a piece of legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline will land on President Obama’s desk Tuesday. Then, he’ll veto it. It will be just the third time Obama has vetoed legislation during […]

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