Wildlife photographer Paul Nicklen dives beneath the Antarctic ice to capture the “bubbly” emperor penguins in action, and risks being mistaken for his subjects by some very hungry predators. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Live: http://bit.ly/MoreNatGeoLive About Nat Geo Live (National Geographic Live): Thought-provoking presentations by today’s …
Read More »Monthly Archives: January 2013
AFC Championship Game: Ray Lewis, Joe Flacco Lead Ravens Past Tom Brady and Patriots
The Baltimore Ravens have enacted their revenge on the New England Patriots from last year’s AFC Championship Game, by accomplishing the rare feat of overcoming a halftime deficit against New England. Thanks to a huge second half from Joe Flacco, and timely turnovers by the Ray Lewis led defense, Baltimore …
Read More »The Future of Porn – Holograms and Motion Control?
“Porn is about to get a lot more hands-on. The technology for interactive, motion-controlled adult videos is staring us in the face. We need only reach out and touch it.”* Are people tired of keyboards and mouse clicks when watching porn? Porn video company, Gamelink, seems to think so, so …
Read More »Ontario Phases Out Coal, First in North America to Do So
“By the end of the year, Ontario will become the first jurisdiction in North America to shut down almost its entire coal fleet. Yesterday, the province announced that its last two large coal units will close before 2014, making more than 99 percent of the province’s electricity generated from non-coal …
Read More »Strippers and Hookers Prep for Inauguration
“When Steve Baker talks about the inauguration, he gets a little giddy. For the company he works at, Hire Party Strippers, which does exactly what its name suggests for clients in the Washington DC area, inauguration weekend means a big boost in business. “Oh my God, it’s bananas,” says Baker, …
Read More »Liberals Pay More for Smoothies
“A smoothie shop in Vernal, Utah is sparking outrage over an unorthodox pricing structure that charges liberals an extra dollar. The shop, tellingly named the I Love Drilling Juice and Smoothie Bar, is owned by George Burnett, a pro-oil and gas activist. He donates the extra money to conservative organizations …
Read More »Obama Not ‘Friendly’ Enough to Republicans?
“He’s likable enough, as it turns out. President Barack Obama, a man known for his professorial aloofness and unwillingness to schmooze his enemies into submission, lamented — tongue-in-cheek — that Republicans are too worried about Fox News and the tea party to allow themselves to be swayed by his charming, …
Read More »GOP Lawmaker ‘Appalled’ by Muslim Books at College
“Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) is speaking out against a local community college’s purchase of 25 books on Islam and Muslim culture, saying a federal grant used to acquire the titles wastes taxpayer money and is biased against the Christian faith, according to the New York Daily News.”* Rep. Walter Jones …
Read More »Jailed for Being Pregnant? Women Seeking Abortions Powerless
“Hundreds of women have been arrested, convicted, jailed, detained in mental institutions or forced to endure medical procedures as a result of the “criminalisation of pregnancy” over the last four decades, a new report has found. In the first study of its kind, to be published on Tuesday, researchers from …
Read More »Is This Endless War on Terror The New Normal?
“In October, the Washington Post’s Greg Miller reported that the administration was instituting a “disposition matrix” to determine how terrorism suspects will be disposed of, all based on this fact: “among senior Obama administration officials, there is broad consensus that such operations are likely to be extended at least another …
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