This Day in History: Last US Combat Troops Withdraw from Vietnam
On this day 47 years ago, the last remaining American combat troops pulled out of Vietnam, ending direct U.S. military involvement in the war following...
Twisted EPA Chief Rejects Obama Proposal to Ban Pesticide
Chlorpyrifos, or Lorsban, has been used for five decades on dozens of crops including broccoli and strawberries, the Washington Post reports. It was outlawed for indoor use in 2000, and the Obama administration proposed extending that ban to the 40,000 farms that rely on it.
The 5 Most Deranged Conspiracy Theories from GOP Mega-Donors’ Bizarro Climate Conference
Before President Trump even approved the Keystone Pipeline, GOP mega-donors Robert Mercer and Rebekah Mercer were already celebrating with a two-day anti-climate conference sponsored by...
The government won’t protect your internet privacy, so here’s how to do it yourself
Harm mitigation in a suddenly less secure internet Christiaan Colen via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0 An Old Browser Logo Internet Service Providers were an integral...
Kurt Eichenwald: Why Donald Trump Can’t Save The Coal Industry
With a stroke of a pen on Tuesday, President Donald Trump set off a panic among environmentalists and celebrations in coal country in an executive order he proclaimed would lead to a “new era in American energy.”
Saving Elkhorn: Man Rescues, Swaddles Dying Bear Cub
[caption id="attachment_156885" align="aligncenter" width="534"] Corey Hancock and his "baby." (Photo Corey Hancock)[/caption] by Michael John Scott A quick thinking Oregon man is being called a...
FBI Director Comey Tried To Reveal Russia-Trump Plot Before Election
FBI Director James Comey attempted to go public as early as the summer of 2016 with information on Russia’s campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, but Obama administration officials blocked him from doing so, two sources with knowledge of the matter tell Newsweek.
Is Britain Gripped By Health And Safety Madness?
Now I know some of you insist that British liberals are the same as American liberals – and who am I to argue eh? – but if that is indeed true, then I am very much afraid you are all nutty as fruitcakes