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From popular culture to international military crises, 2013 continues to be an eventful year! Not only was an excellent book published that is available for purchase at Amazon, many major developments in international relations and global culture gripped the world in both exciting and frightening ways these past thirty-one days. Some of these developments concerned more [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under History · Tagged 2013, alien life, assault weapons, assault weapons ban, bank, barack obama, Benedict XVI, chemical weapons, Cyprus, European Union, Francis, gun control, gun violence, hugo chavez, Israel, marine corps base quantico, NASA, news stories, North Korea, Vatican City, violence against women, Wars, world news
Jon Stewart once stated “Democrats- you know, for their thing, it’s always they love this country- they just somehow wish it were a different country. You know, Democrats are always like- you know, America’s the greatest country in the world. Have you seen Finland’s health care system? You get back rubs at work. You’re surrounded [...]
Posted by Jim Ciscell on Friday, February 22, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Politics · Tagged abortion, abortion legislation, bailouts, Elves, European Union, George W. Bush, Great Recession, gun collectors, gun regulation, happy workers, huldufolk, Iceland, iceland policies, imagine peace tower, Iraq, licensed cohabitation, life expectancy, low infant mortality, maternity leave, minimum wage, Nonviolence, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Panama, pregnancy, prenatal care, reusable biofuel, reusable fuels, taxes, TopTenz, unemployment, war crimes, war criminal
Isn’t it scary how many people don’t know if Europe is a country or a continent? Wow… What kind of expectations should we have from the poor, ignorant people if even the president called Europe a country?! Now, let’s give the man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he wanted to say “countries like in [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Aeolian Islands, Agenor, Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, Asia, brazil, British Columbia, canada, Central Intelligence Agency, china, Church of St. Tysilio, craftsman, Decade Volcanoes, Eiffel Tower, engineer, Etna, Europa, Europe, Europe's Capital, European Union, Finland, France, Frédéric Bartholdi, G20 nations, geography, Geology, Iceland, Ioan Stan Patras, Ireland, Istanbul, Italy, Kenneth J. Hsu, King, king of Tyre, Mary's Church, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Merry Cemetery, Mount Etna, Mount Vesuvius, Napoleon Bonaparte, New Zealand, Paris, Poland, president, Princess, REpublic of Ireland, Rob Butler, Romania, Russia, Sicily, Statue of Liberty, steel framework, Strait of Bosphorus, Stratovolcanoes, Turkey, United Kingdom, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, United States, United States of America, Vatican City, volcano, Volcanoes of Italy, Volcanology, wales
We have all heard about Eye-Popping Man or Lee Redmond and her 28 ft and 4.5 in long nails. Dennis Avner is widely known as Cat Man, the American who underwent many bizarre surgeries to look like a tiger, and Garry Turner is the man with the stretchiest skin on earth. All these Guinness World [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged Ashrita Furman, Augusta Bung, Austria, Bedford, Bryan Flessner, California, Charlie Wilson, Chayne Hultgren, Chris Elliot, Chris Stevens, Christina Flessner, Croatia, Dennis Avner, Discovery Science Center, Entertainment, European Union, Fan Yang, Fingernail growth world record holders, Garry Turner, guinness, Guinness World Records, head of the global records management team, Human Interest, Illinois, Ireland, Janice Wolf, Japan, Kam Ma, Kenichi Ito, Krunoslav Budiseli, large media coverage, Lee Redmond, Marco Frigatti, Milano, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New York City, Ohio, proud farmer, REpublic of Ireland, Santa Ana, Space Cowboy, Texas, Tokyo, Tyson Turk, Tyson Turk Tattoo Studio, United States, Vienna, Wisconsin, World Championship, Year of birth missing
Crime does not pay, so the old saying goes, but take a look at the top ten crimes in the world today and the amounts involved and you have to admit why some decide it is far too lucrative to be bad. There are some illegal activities you will not find surprising, such as the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Crime · Tagged Abuse, Afghanistan, Africa, Argentina, Arguments for and against drug prohibition, Bolivia, brazil, Bulgaria, canada, china, Cocaine, Colombia, crimes, Economics, Ethics, Europe, European Union, former Soviet Union, Human trafficking, illegal oil, illegal oil trade, Illegal Wildlife Trading, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Myanmar, oil, oil sales, oil-producing countries, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, peru, Philippines, Political corruption, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Smuggling, South America, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Soviet Union, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, traditional medicine, Turkey, United States, USD, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
The first of April is widely recognized and celebrated as All Fools’ Day. The master of irony, Mark Twain, once said that “April 1. is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four”. Believe it or not, some of the biggest companies and governments get [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Holidays, Humor · Tagged April Fools' Day, Associated Press, Asterix, Astronomer, AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS PTY LIMITED, author, Barry Cunliffe, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 2, Belgium, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Foreign Office, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, comics, Congress, Constantine, correspondent, Dallas, Edward Kennedy, European Union, favorite food, Feralmone, Fiction, France, Guinea, Hitler, Human Interest, Information Highway, Internet usage, John Dvorak, Joseph Boskin, Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect, King, Lannion, Minister, National Public Radio, Netherlands, normal food, notable history professor, Obelix, Oxford University, Patrick Galliou, Patrick Leahy, Patrick Moore, PC Magazine, Poland, president, Professor, Rene Goscinny, reporter, Rich Little, Richard Nixon, Sveriges Television, Sveriges Television Aktiebolag, Sweden, Texas, The Guardian, The Netherlands, the Times, THE TIMES HERALD COMPANY, Tristan Garel Jones, twitter, Twitter Inc, United Kingdom, United States, University of Brest
The development of spoken languages is probably the most significant development in communications in the history of the world. Since mankind first developed language, languages have developed into a multitude of varieties, a diversity which endures to this day. Here is a list of the top ten languages, grouped by the number of native speakers. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Angola, Argentina, Assam, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bengali language, Bissau, Bissau Region, brazil, British isles, canada, cape East Timor, cape Guinea-Bissau, cape Mozambique, cape Príncipe, cape São Tomé, cape São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, china, culture, Czech Republic, denmark, East Timor, Europe, European Union, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Indo-Aryan languages, Ireland, Israel, Italo, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Justin Jurek, Kazakhstan, Korea, languages, Languages of Africa, Languages of Asia, Languages of India, Languages of Pakistan, Languages of the United States, Latin America, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Middle East, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Africa, North America, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Okinawa, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Portuguese language, Province of Rome, REpublic of Ireland, rome, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spanish language, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tripura, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Urdu, Uruguay, West Bengal
It’s one of the public health’s top ten goals for the 20th century, creating a safer, more toxic-free food supply, but meanwhile virtually all food products are contaminated with various chemicals, bacteria, heavy metals, and residues from pesticides. According to many sources, Americans are exposed to what are called POPs or “Persistent Organic Pollutants” 70 [...]
Posted by Natalie Jaro on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Food, Health · Tagged added food constituents, Australia, beverage products, Breyer, Breyer & Associates PC, canada, car smell, chemical cocktails, chemical industries, Chemical reactions, chemicals containing chlorine, dangerous chemicals, Dannon, Danone S.A., Disaster_Accident, environment, Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental science, European Union, FDA, food chain, Food contaminants, Food contamination, food handlers, food item, food processing or/and poor hygiene practices, food products, food stuffs, food supply, GBP, ground water systems, Haagen-Dazs, Haagen-Dazs International Shoppe Company, hormonal systems, improper food handling, Japan, Kroger, local industrial and mining operations, mass manufacturing plants, meat products, microwave, milk products, Monsanto, Monsanto Company, Nestle, Nestle S.A., plastics, Pollution, reproductive systems, sewage systems, Starbucks Corporation, The Kroger Co., toxic and carcinogenic chemicals, toxic chemicals, toxic metal, toxic-free food supply, United States, veterinary pharmaceuticals, Water pollution, Yoplait, YOPLAIT S.A.S.
