VIA “aol.com” by David Espo, Nedra Pickler WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House threatened more vetoes Wednesday against top-priority legislation of the new, Republican-controlled Congress, and GOP leaders said they intend to keep challenging President Barack Obama to sign early measures that clear the House and Senate with bipartisan support. “We’re calling on the president […]
VIA “independent.co.uk” by Christopher Hooton Kendrick Lamar has cautioned that people shouldn’t expect his imminent new album to sound like the recent single ‘i’, a track that polarised fans’ opinion with its more upbeat sound. Talking about his creative process in a great piece he wrote for XXL magazine, Kendrick said: “I’m not an artist […]
VIA “npr.org” author not specified, includes updates. At least 12 people were killed during a shooting at the headquarters of the satirical Charlie Hebdo weekly in Paris, police say. The authorities have been hunting three suspects who left the scene of the attack; they were reportedly identified by police late Wednesday, and multiple French media […]
VIA “nypost.com” by Reed Tucker Last week, landlord Gary Kasakian got some great news: Someone had defaced his building. Of course, the excitement hinged entirely on who had done the defacing. In the case of Kasakian’s building at 729 Sixth Ave., Banksy, (arguably) the world’s most famous street artist, illegally painted a whimsical stencil of […]
VIA “foxnews.com” by Serafin Gomez Jeb Bush plans to file paperwork on Tuesday to launch a new organization allowing him to raise and spend money for political activities, in the former Florida governor’s most direct step yet toward a 2016 presidential bid. The new leadership political action committee will be called the Right to Rise […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org” by Nick Bernabe It would serve Americans greatly to take a page out of Sweden’s book about recycling their waste. The Scandinavian nation of Sweden has set a new precedent in the world of recycling its trash, with a near zero waste amount of 99 percent. Sweden was already ahead of the game back […]
VIA “travelwithk8.wordpress.com” by Kate The honest truth – I never have the money I need to travel, but I buy the ticket anyway. I’ve realized that money comes and goes, but the more I make, the harder it is to part with it and weirdly, the less I have, the easier it becomes to budget. […]
VIA “takepart.com”, by Kristine Wong If the International Energy Agency is right, you just might want to invest in solar company stocks: According to the IEA, the sun could be the world’s No. 1 source of energy by 2050. The agency predicts in two new reports that solar will meet nearly a third of the […]
VIA “rollingstone.com” by Josh Eells It’s not every day you get to sit down with the guys who might be responsible for starting World War III. And it’s definitely not every day that they’re getting baked when you do. “Hell-o!” booms Seth Rogen on a June afternoon as the door to his L.A. office swings […]
VIA “themindunleashed.org”, by Anna LeMind It seems that dogs understand much more than we think. According to a new study, dogs don’t simply respond to what we say, but they also pay attention to the way we say something. The most curious thing about this finding is that humans process speech in an extremely similar way. In […]
