“A retired detective with the New York Police Department has drowned after saving a 12-year-old boy struggling in the surf off a beach in Puerto Rico,” CBS News reported. “The New York Post reports that 44-year-old Jose Rosario was vacationing with his family when he saw the boy st[...]
Archive for April 1st, 2015
April 1st, 2015 - 9:09 am § in Politics
This GOP state legislator is so toxic, his own party demoted him
At some point we have to hold communities and voters responsible for the people they elect. Gordon Klingenschmitt got elected to Colorado’s legislature, with almost 70% of the vote, by claiming President Obama is possessed by demons. A Daily Kos writer put it this way: “[T]his Colorado S[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 8:47 am § in Misc.
Unicorn Sighting!
In an official statement, the Ontario Science Centre, in Toronto, Canada, claimed to have been sent the footage by a member of the public for analysis. The statement said: “The Science Centre is reviewing the footage frame-by-frame to determine whether the claim is legitimate. “With closer exami[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 8:42 am § in Misc.
Is an oath sworn on a virtual page valid?
New U.S. Ambassador Swore Her Oath on an E-Reader In a peculiar “sign-of-the-times” moment last Friday, Suzi LeVine was sworn in as the United States’ newest Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein by raising her right hand and placing the left on a digital copy of the Const[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 8:39 am § in Politics
Sen. Cotton’s letter, Farsi version
“An Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran: “It has come to our attention that while observing your nuclear negotiations with our government, you may not understand our constitutional system. Thus, we pen two features of our Constitution to your attention — the powe[...]
Is This For Real? Michael Eisen Goes Turncoat
Why I, a founder of PLOS, am forsaking open access By Michael Eisen | Published: April 1, 2014 PLEASE NOTE BEFORE YOU READ THIS THAT IT WAS WRITTEN FOR APRIL FOOLS DAY ON DR. EISEN’S WEBSITE!!! I co-founded the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in 2002 because I believed deeply that the open a[...]
April 1st, 2015 - 8:08 am § in Uncategorized
Oxnard cops flaunt civilian killings
Yes, I know this is April Fool’s Day. No, this article isn’t satire. I wish to God it was, but sadly, it’s the real Magilla. The Oxnard, California police department has a horrible reputation for gratuitous violence. It has paid multiple 7-figure settlements for killings of innocen[...]
New Way of walking the dog: The App!
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