Video – McKinney relief boat hit by Israeli ship

By Julia Malone
Former Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, standing beside a damaged yacht in the Lebanese seaport of Tyre, Tuesday accused the Israeli navy of ramming the vessel to halt the delivery of medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip.
“Our mission was a peaceful mission,” McKinney told CNN. The recent Green Party candidate for U.S. president [...]

Iran asks ICC to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

Iran is asking the International Criminal Court to bring to dock the Israeli leaders for their war crimes in Gaza over the past two years and the crimes against humanity they perpetrated in massive air strikes.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the United Nations court specialized in war crimes to sue the Israeli leaders for their [...]

Death of Republican computer strategist Michael Connell spurs conspiracy theories

It sounds like the plot of a John Grisham thriller.
A self-made computer geek in Ohio uses his Internet savvy to help one of the most powerful Republican dynasties in U.S. history keep its grip on the White House even as voters turn against the family and its support for an unpopular war.
Political enemies later of [...]

Scientists eye unusual swarm of Yellowstone quakes

By MEAD GRUVER
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come.
Swarms of small earthquakes happen frequently in Yellowstone, but it’s very unusual for so [...]

Quote of the Day – Youth is when you’re allowed…

Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve.  Middle age is when you’re forced to.
-Bill Vaughn

2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved

By Christopher Booker
The first, on May 21, headed “Climate change threat to Alpine ski resorts” , reported that the entire Alpine “winter sports industry” could soon “grind to a halt for lack of snow”. The second, on December 19, headed “The Alps have [...]

Princeton Physicist Calls Global Warming Science “Mistaken”

Scientist fired by Al Gore was told, “science will not intrude on public policy”.
Noted energy expert and Princeton physicist Dr. Will Happer has sharply criticized global warming alarmism. Happer, author of over 200 scientific papers and a past director of energy research at the Department of Energy, called fears over global warming “mistaken”.
“I have [...]

Scientists plan to ignite tiny man-made star

While it has seemed an impossible goal for nearly 100 years, scientists now believe that they are on brink of cracking one of the biggest problems in physics by harnessing the power of nuclear fusion, the reaction that burns at the heart of the sun.
In the [...]

Humans 80,000 Years Older Than Previously Thought?

By Kate Ravilious
Modern humans may have evolved more than 80,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study of sophisticated stone tools found in Ethiopia. The tools were uncovered in the 1970s at the archaeological site of Gademotta, in the Ethiopian Rift Valley. But it was not until this year that [...]

Quote of the – The most waste of all days…

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
-e.e. cummings