VIA “washingtonexaminer.com” by Byron York It took a while for Republicans to catch on to what President Obama is doing with the U.S. terrorist prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But now that it’s clear Obama is rushing to empty the place, Republicans are stepping up efforts to stop him. Whether they succeed could have a […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org”, “inspiremore.com” author not specified Bruce lee was a Hong Kong American martial artist, Hong Kong action film actor, martial arts instructor, filmmaker, and the founder of Jeet Kune Do. Amongst all these, Bruce was also quite the philosopher. Along with entertaining people and being one of the best (and most recognized) Martial Artists’ of recent times, he also had a brilliant […]
VIA “pulptastic.com”, author not specified Meet Mason Wartman Mason left his job at Wall Street as an equity researcher to start up Rosa’s Fresh Pizza — a pizza business named after his mother — in Philadelphia. Mason sells a slice of pizza for $1 in his restaurant His customer’s can pay it forward by buying a […]
VIA “realclearpolitics.com” by Alexus Simendinger Ted Kennedy is gone and Iowa’s Tom Harkin retired from the Senate last year, but in their absence, President Obama on Thursday plans to echo their advocacy for paid sick leave, championed by Democratic stalwarts in Congress and by organized labor over many decades. Previewing an element of his State […]
VIA “cnn.com” by Scott Bronstein, Drew Griffin More than 20 Syrian rebel commanders, including members of Christian opposition groups, have signed off on what they called a historic agreement to unite in the fight against ISIS and President Bashar al-Assad’s forces. The deal came out of a meeting Thursday in Turkey facilitated by staff from […]
VIA “cnbc.com” by Noelle Swan Most people celebrate the New Year by making resolutions. The city of New Orleans rang in 2015 by keeping one. At 6 p.m. on Jan. 2, social workers in New Orleans moved the city’s last known homeless veteran into his new apartment – becoming the first US city to effectively […]
VIA “pulptastic.com” author not specified In a short video that powerfully captures the fleeting nature of human life, Dutch filmmaker Frans Hofmeester chronicles his daughter’s growth from birth to age 14 — by recording her for 15 seconds, once every week. The short clips have now finally been spliced together and sped up to create […]
VIA “techcrunch.com” by Josh Constine The Cyber Caliphate, a hacker group claiming association with terrorist group ISIS, today seized control of the @CENTCOM Twitter and YouTube accounts that represents U.S. central military command. The hackers tweeted a Pastebin message titled “Pentagon networks hacked. AMERICAN SOLDIERS WE ARE COMING, WATCH YOUR BACK. ISIS. #CyberCaliphate”. The message includes links to […]
VIA “indiewire.com” by Negin Farsad What does Clint Eastwood’s war drama tell us about our relationship with guns? It isn’t a pretty picture. Clint Eastwood’s latest film “American Sniper” says a lot about America – there are hints of home-of-the-brave, sprinklings of let’s-show-‘em-how-its-done, and a generous helping of America-fuck-yeah! It is, after all a movie […]
VIA “foreffectivegov.org”, by Ronald White In a continuing effort to dismantle the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect public health and the environment, Congress is poised to adopt a fiscal year 2015 budget that would reduce the agency’s funding for the fifth year in a row. The $60 million cut in […]
