Digital file sharing via torrent websites – what some call digital piracy – may not be popular with lawmakers and the corporate machine that controls them, but for 3,000 Swedish file sharers, it’s a higher calling, reports Wired. The group has banded together to form the Church of Kopimism, which has been recognized by Swedish [...]
In the span of a few days, NBA commissioner David Stern twice vetoed what basketball fans figured would be the imminent trade of Chris Paul from the NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers (the former as part of a three-team deal) offered attractive multi-player packages, but Stern held [...]
Adam Carolla is a comedian who isn’t afraid to call things as he sees them. In a recent interview with Media Research Center, Carolla lashed out at Occupy Wall Street, calling the 99 percent “self-entitled monsters,” reports E! Online. Self-entitlement and envy Carolla, host of the most heavily subscribed podcast in the world (“The Adam [...]
Poverty in the United States is a complicated problem. Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich, however, thinks that part of the solution is to rescind “truly stupid” child labor laws. A labor view of poverty In an event at Harvard University on Friday, Nov. 18, Newt Gingrich laid out how he believes poverty happens. As a [...]
Neuroscientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Ohio have made what they call an amazing advance in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease. Agence France-Presse reports that mice bred to have Alzheimer’s, when treated with the immune system cancer drug bexarotene, became measurably smarter within hours as brain plaque dissolved. Study findings were [...]
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Millions of Americans suffer from type 2 diabetes, and Paula Deen, the Food Network TV chef, was recently added to the list. As celebrity chefs like Anthony Bourdain have argued, Deen’s continued endorsement of heavy foods – as evidenced by a recent contribution she made to Opraph Winfrey’s O: The Oprah Magazine – is irresponsible. [...]
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