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The Army will soon have women flying special operations missions. As part of a push by Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno to open more combat roles for women, the Army is looking for women for pilot and crew chief billets for the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, according to...

Take with a grain of blogger's salt. This blog post has been censored at the request of Randal Arsenault (Dr. Zoo) who threatened legal action against my chartered right to freely express my own views and opinions. While the laws in Canada do protect bloggers, and while the basis of his...

An Ontario Superior Court judge has taken the novel step of granting a divorce to a same-sex couple over legal objections from the federal Crown. Madam Justice Ruth Mesbur ruled that same-sex civil partnerships from foreign countries that don’t permit same-sex marriages can nonetheless...

or your slave or...whatever. Buddy is a self-promoter sure but a neo-whack job. Couple of halfway decent movies but geez. Promoting Oscar-nominated Django Unchained, which had its premiere in London last night, Quentin Tarantino refused to repeat his position on violence in movies during an...

A portable hard drive containing personal information about more than half a million people who received student loans has gone missing, the federal government revealed Friday. Human Resources and Skills Development Canada says the device disappeared from an HRSDC office in Gatineau, Que...

We’ve showed you the heartbreaking pictures of a family hunkered down in the water under a dock as they escaped raging wildfires in Australia earlier this week. And although the record temperatures dropped slightly, temporarily reducing the wildfire risks, a Category 3 cyclone is headed...

via Fark Walmart spokesman: The e-mails released that show CEO was told about the bribes before they happened "leaves the wrong impression that our public statements {that we didn't know about the bribes} are contradicted" Baghdad Bob? Is that you?

From sda: It's probably nothing. ...Provides that a person who is in the business of purchasing precious metal shall obtain a proof of ownership, create a record of the sale, and verify the identity of the seller. Provides that a person who is in the business of purchasing precious metal...

via sda: .. as recorded by lake ecosystems; This clearly demonstrates that the [polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons] "pollution" associated with oil sands development is insignificant. The PAH concentrations in most of lakes in the study area are unremarkable when compared to remote lakes in...

See the Epic Trailer for ‘The Bible’ — History Channel’s Upcoming Mini-Series That Covers Genesis to Revelation THE BIBLE - Official Trailer - YouTube There’s less than two months until Mark Burnett (famed reality show producer) and Roma Downey (actress from “Touched by an Angel”) unveil...

Via Zip: 83% Favor Laws To Restrict Abortion… January 10, 2013, (National Right to Life News)—A new Marist poll conducted for the Knights of Columbus reveals that 83% of Americans favor significant limitations on what is now essentially abortion on demand. That is up 4 points from last...

via Fark NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Businesses and individuals who claim BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more than $1 billion through the company's class-action settlement with a team of private plaintiffs' attorneys, court-supervised claims administrator Patrick...

Many Rogers’ customers lost their wireless data and home Internet services in a widespread outage Wednesday evening that lasted at least three hours. Subscribers complaining on Twitter about the loss of service said the blackout...

via Fark Indiana Bill would require teaching cursive writing. Finally, someone will be able to read the Constitution INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana lawmakers are again considering a push to require the teaching of cursive writing by the state’s schools. The issue first came up after the state...

'Infighting amongst them will cause a mess'. NAACP’s Ben Jealous says ‘infighting among sophisticated Negroes’ will cause a mess | Twitchy The Perils of Being Aloof - NationalJournal.com Man. :lol:

Chris Spence, the Toronto District School Board’s director of education, is an interesting study. One on one, he gives a polished, measured interview that would warm the cockles of any PR consultant. But as an orator, he can bring a room full of teachers to its feet with a “let’s go out...

Lessons In Government School Indoctrination This really has to be seen to be believed … so the picture is here for you to see. This is a page out of a workbook for your government school student. What school and what schoolbook I can’t tell you … maybe the lady who sent this to me will...

Say wut? The Canadian Forces has decided to start charging municipalities and provinces to cover the costs whenever the military is called upon to help in emergencies such as floods and wildfires, according to internal Defence Department documents obtained by Postmedia News. Military...

via Fark: Seven months after a dam was demolished to make a river free-flowing for first time in 49 years, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommend building several new dams along the same river's route. BRILLIANT Seven months after Franklin’s dam on the Harpeth River was demolished...

Texas cut taxes, spending, ends up with $8 billion surplus Legislators in Texas, the biggest energy producer among U.S. states, will begin deliberating its next two-year budget with a surplus forecast today to match an $8.8 billion record set in 2007. The Texas economy has topped budget...