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Is This the Wackiest Weather Station in Australia? Guest post by Ken Stewart South Australia puts thermometers beside incinerators. Victoria puts them behind prison walls. Tasmania has one beside piles of human excrement. New South Wales has them beside freeways. But Queensland goes one better — it has one on a roof. And not just any roof, but on the shiny steel roof of a sugar loader, high above
Polls show that 100% of people love #PropagandaWatch and the vast majority of the viewing public thinks this is an excellent episode of the series. A recent survey found that everyone you know subscribes to The Corbett Report (and so should you!). What, you're not one of those non-Corbett Report loving weirdos, are you?!

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In possibly the most relatable verses since Lizzo asked why men great 'til they gotta be great, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon to freestyle about hating open-plan offices and other everyday pet peeves. "Still hungover from my day on Sunday / Karen comes over, 'Looks like a case of the Mondays!'" spits Miranda. "Go away , Karen!" Miranda was join
Sometimes jokes are half-baked, but with Stephen Colbert, they come perfectly well-done. For his ongoing Roald Dahl inspired segment, "Don and the Giant Impeach," the Late Show host dug into Trump's joint press conference with the president of Finland on Wednesday, in which he was naturally questioned on the impeachment inquiry following the Ukraine scandal. "The impeachment vultures are circling
A spokesperson for Tom Delonge's controversial UFO organization has commented on its recent acquisition. Back in July, Steve Justice - chief operating...
Satenik Kazaryan from Armenia made headlines a few years ago due to her remarkable medical condition. Kazaryan, who hails from Spandaryan, intrigued d...
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Trump during an October 3 appearance with reporters at the White House. | Win McNamee/Getty Images He’s just doing the impeachable conduct in public. Will he get away with it? President Donald Trump just did what Democrats seeking his impeachment are accusing him of doing, this time on camera: He called for Ukraine to investigate political rival Joe Biden and his son Hunter. In fact, he escalated
Trump, currently under investigation for urging Ukraine to investigate Biden, again encouraged Ukraine to investigate Biden Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 3.48pm BST Donald Trump’s remarks just now were extraordinary. Trump, currently under investigation for urging Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, again encouraged Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. On live tv. Trump admits
Floating boom finally retains debris from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, creator says A huge floating device designed by Dutch scientists to clean up an island of rubbish in the Pacific Ocean that is three times the size of France has successfully picked up plastic from the high seas for the first time. Boyan Slat, the creator of the Ocean Cleanup project, tweeted that the 600 metre-long (2,000
On a third-down play last season, the Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith stood in shotgun formation, five yards behind the line of scrimmage. As he called his signals, a Houston Texans cornerback, Kareem Jackson, suddenly sprinted forward from a position four yards behind the defensive line. Jackson’s timing was perfect. The ball was snapped. The Texans’ left defensive end, J.J. Watt, spr
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has earned accolades from world leaders for her emotional speeches. While cheering her as a person, Vladimir Putin still stayed cautious, saying he doesn't "share the common excitement." Thunberg's passionate speech before world leaders at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York last week cemented her as probably the world's most famous climate change activ
“Listen, guys, if I’m not paid the same, I’m not doing it.”

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We know that our planet has experienced warmer periods in the past, during the Pliocene geological epoch around three million years ago.
Electrical engineers at Duke University have devised a fully print-in-place technique for electronics that is gentle enough to work on delicate surfaces including paper and human skin. The advance could enable technologies such as high-adhesion, embedded electronic tattoos and bandages tricked out with patient-specific biosensors.
Nuclear war doesn't have to be big to devastate the world, inducing years of famine and climate catastrophe alongside all that death and radiation.
Aspiring parents should both avoid drinking alcohol prior to conception to protect against congenital heart defects.
Chilean officials are investigating a curious collection of burning objects that fell onto parts of the country last week.
The Golden Ratio, described by Leonardo da Vinci and Luca Pacioli as the Divine Proportion, is an infinite number often found in nature, art and mathematics. It's a pattern in pinecones, seashells, galaxies and hurricanes.

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Introduction by the Senior Editor I started communicating with the thing they call “Israel Shamir” many years ago. Intelligence sources, some inside Israel, had explained that Julian Assange was a Mossad asset used to distribute “chickenfeed” and, when needed, burn Israel’s enemies. He himself was an actor. Behind Assange was the thing called “Israel Shamir.” […]
End of September storm broke snowfall and temperature records across several states
A true diagnosis is imperative for getting well.
Patrick Pappano for Veterans Today It seems that even the most insouciant and compliant Americans, when asked about the state of their country, confess to discouragement. Indeed, President Trump may have even gained the Presidency precisely because he enunciated the need to restore our fortunes. I leave it to the reader to decide for […]
Yesterday, Sanders experienced chest pains during campaign event
We owe more than we could ever give to the members of our country’s Armed Forces

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Microsoft's 2019 Surface event was filled with big announcements, including the Surface Neo dual-screened device that runs Windows 10X, the Android-powered Surface Duo, and the Surface Pro X that's built with a custom Qualcomm SQ1 chipset. The Surface Pro 7's debut wasn't much of a shock, but there were other surprises, too, like the new Surface Earbuds, and the debut of a Surface Laptop 3, which
Microsoft surprised us with the Surface Duo this week. It’s the long-awaited Surface phone that has been rumored for years, and in a further surprise, it’s running Google’s Android operating system. The Surface Duo has two 5.6-inch displays that fold out into a 8.3-inch overall screen, and it’s just 4.8mm thin. Read more: http://bit.ly/2oHAaXD Microsoft Surface Neo first look: http://bit.ly/2owUI
"That moment when perspective changes everything". A content piece for Texas Monthly and Frost Bank. Musician 'Shakey Graves' describes a pivotal moment in his life which became a catalyst for creativity. Direction: Lee Arkapaw and Tessa Chong Animation: Clem Stamation, Lee Arkapaw, and Tessa Chong Sound design and audio: Alister Mew Cast: Lee and Tessa , Tessa Chong , Lee Arkapaw and Clem Stamat
Ellen thinks Cheetos are delicious, but way too messy, so she came up with innovative ways to eat the snack... that you've never seen before. #TheEllenShow #Ellen #Cheetos From: TheEllenShow
“Rhythm + Flow" judges Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I. sat down with Ellen to talk about who the toughest critic is on their new Netflix competition series, and how Cardi's husband Offset encouraged Chance to propose to his now-wife. #ChanceTheRapper #CardiB #T.I From: TheEllenShow
BROTHERHOOD Fiction | 2018 | Canada/Tunisia/Qatar/Sweden | 25min | 4:3 | HD | Color| Digital 5.1 | Arab+Eng. Subs/Fr Subs./ Esp. Subs. "" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it on the Vimeo Blog: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-brotherhood-from-meryam-joobeur/ CAST Salha: Salha Nasraoui Mohamed: Mohammed Houcine Grayaa Malek: Malek Mechergui Chaker: Chaker Mechergui Rayene

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Attacker shot dead after knife assault inside police headquarters in central Paris kills several officers.
US announces re-establishment of embassy in capital Mogadishu, after closure in 1991 as Somalia plunged into civil war.
It's not enough to not make things worse, our buildings and our actions have to make things better.
From NASA In this image captured by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2007, the plumes of Enceladus are clearly visible. The moon is nearly in front of the Sun from Cassini’s viewpoint. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech Full image and caption New kinds of organic compounds, the ingredients of amino acids, have been detected in the plumes bursting from…
They may sound progressively eco-friendly, but a new Greenpeace report explains why they're not.
Guest post by John Tillman Disulfur Dioxide, the Solar Cycle and Cosmic Rays in the Venusian Atmosphere In 1928, Yerkes Observatory astronomer and physicist Frank Ross published a journal paper, “Photographs of Venus”. It