This is today...
"WASHINGTON — In the Obama administration’s last days, some White House officials scrambled to spread information about Russian efforts to undermine the presidential election — and about possible contacts between associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump and Russians —...
Getting closer everyday to how cells operate and perform the most basic functions on the molecular level, and how organic matter may have arisen from inorganic matter.
Here are some molecular machines that just won some people a Nobel Peace Prize:
During last Saturday’s Democratic debate on CBS, the moderator asked Bernie Sanders if he still believed that climate change is the greatest threat to national security—and he said yes. Republican senators scoffed at his claim that climate change could lead to destabilization and more terrorism...
Just a matter of time...
"The Internet was supposed to democratize and open up information, commerce and communication. But so far, the spoils are going to a relative few.
Now that social media giant Facebook (FB) has reported its quarterly profit, investors can see how lucrative Internet...
Are you ready for the end?
http://firebrandleft.com/university-100-accuracy-record-predicts-bernie-sanders-will-americas-next-president/
From the actual school's press publication...
http://www.wiu.edu/news/newsrelease.php?release_id=13059
What say you? We all got to be wrong sometime.
1) Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan
Amount of federal income taxes paid in 2010? Zero. $1.9 billion tax refund.
Taxpayer Bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department? Over $1.3 trillion.
Amount of federal income taxes Bank of America would have owed if offshore tax havens...
Hey all. I've decided that once I finally hit this 20,000 post mark, which is about 400+ posts away, I will be leaving RF and locking my account, and no longer engaging.
While I enjoy the company of some here, which is the main reason I've been sticking around anyway, I've decided that RF no...
Hey quick question. I'm curious if there are any Pagan traditions which are essentially materialistic. As in, no spirits, no magick, no deities, no spirits, etc. Are there any Pagan traditions which no connection to any realm of the supernatural? Thanks.
Hello. I'm just curious about pleasure.
In your opinion (or the tenants of your religion), what is pleasure? When is it allowed? Is it ever bad? Is it ever good? Should we strive for pleasure, or view it caution?
Let's hear it!
Thanks. Has there been any actual religious musing on this topic?
I mean, certainly God saw ahead of time that the first humans he made, other than Noah, would need to be wiped out. So, what was the whole point of all that? Why not just start with Noah? Apparently that guy was good enough to...
Good morning.
So, I realized now that there is a new type of political correctness. And I'm here to inform you of the words you aren't allowed to use, because if you use them, you will be deemed "politically correct" by the politically correct determining your political correctness is...
Suppose for a moment, if you will, that you are walking across a beach, and you come across an fighter jet half-buried in the sand. You might note it because it is different from all the nature around it. It's notably more complex. Now you'd think, this object has to have been created by an...
As you may have heard, Pope Francis is in NYC right now delighting followers and annoying grumpy commuters all over the city. What you may not have heard is that Pope Francis is releasing a pop album. Kind of. It's titled Wake Up! and features "the sacred hymns of the musical Christian tradition...
Any thoughts on the following news story?
"For over a decade, Mecca – the holiest city in Islam – has been undergoing an unprecedented level of reconstruction to accommodate millions of pilgrims arriving year round. However, critics argue the massive expansion efforts have mercilessly destroyed...
Are all members of felinae family all part of the cat kind?
Can someone explain to me how the cat kind works?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felid_hybrid
By ANDREW POLLACKSEPT. 20, 2015
Specialists in infectious disease are protesting a gigantic overnight increase in the price of a 62-year-old drug that is the standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection.
The drug, called Daraprim, was acquired in August by Turing...
Suppose there is a research team. They claim to be on the brink of understanding and creating an a method for preventing for the majority of the world's miscarriages and sudden infant deaths. The research looks incredibly promising, with something along the lines of a 90% success rate.
One...