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Solving the 800-year mystery of Pisa’s Leaning Tower

Solving the 800-year mystery of Pisa’s Leaning Tower

Professor John Burland has spent the last two decades striving to save – and understand – the Leaning Tower of Pisa. After defying gravity, Italian bureaucracy and accusations of corruption, it seems he’s finally cracked the case.

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Gabrielle Giffords asks about reducing Carbon Emissions

Did Rep. Gabrielle Giffords asked Gen. David Petraeus what he was “doing to reduce carbon emissions in the war on terror.”?  Find out via snopes.com: Gabrielle Giffords.

Debt Free America Act?

Is the Government proposing a 1% tax on debit card usage and/or banking transactiosn?

Well, the answer is mixed, but it would be a incoming tax replacement…  For the full details look here… snopes.com: Debt Free America Act.

Status Update: Apple v. Psystar v. Apple

The Florida Court has granted Apple’s request for a stay of proceedings pending the outcome of the Appeal. This is typical and expected. The Florida Court had not yet ruled on Apple’s Motion to transfer the Florida case to Judge Alsup in California. On the Appellate front, Apple has filed its Answering Brief as [...]

Aliens Cause Global Warming: A Caltech Lecture by Michael Crichton

Alien are causing Global Warming…  Can you prove it?

Michael Crichton debates this, and other things…

Aliens Cause Global Warming: A Caltech Lecture by Michael Crichton | Watts Up With That?.

The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER!

Celebrate the 4th of July, with the Muppets…  Stars & Stripes forever!

New York lawmakers refuse governor’s budget bills

I love New York state…  It’s just so full of faulty and broken things…  Like the NY State lawmakers…  We are roughly 3 months overdue for a new budget.  Forget that for a moment, but instead think how the schools and other partially government funded entities are having to borrow money to stay afloat….

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Escape to the Internet?

Fourteen young detainees overcame their guard and fled a boot camp regime of physical training and psychological treatment designed to cure their addiction — to the internet.

The group, aged 15 to 22, staged their mass breakout by grabbing a duty supervisor when he was in bed and immobilising him in his quilt.

He [...]

Official Google Blog: WiFi data collection: An update

Even Google can make mistakes…

Nine days ago the data protection authority (DPA) in Hamburg, Germany asked to audit the WiFi data that our Street View cars collect for use in location-based products like Google Maps for mobile, which enables people to find local restaurants or get directions. His request prompted us to re-examine [...]

Government Health care strikes back?

Why do I have the feeling that this is far too likely to be true? Do we welcome our Health Care Overlords in 2014?