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The Egyptian parliament is drafting a law banning women from wearing the niqab veil. The ban will apply to wearing the clothing in public places and government institutions, it has been reported. The news is never boring... This will be interesting to follow. __________________________ The...

Aliens should, for their own happiness, just stay way far away from this planet. Otherwise, our negativity is liable to just bring them down and cause all kinds of grief they likely don't need. STAY AWAY. SAVE YOURSELVES!!!!

Whoa! ________________________________ Scientists are watching a new species evolve before their eyes — even as the original species evolves in another direction. A new study published in PLOS Genetics by researchers from Eawag and the University of Bern examines the rapid evolution of new...

and yes that IS news! I'm so very very excited. It's the first time he's been to Vancouver that I'm aware of... can't hardly wait. I'm hoping to witness his mad heckle the hecklers skills

This is horrendously sad, so if you're sensative maybe don't watch. It has a happy ending for this boy, but the images are heart breaking. http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=hit-5AftoT0.

These women are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ________________________________________ The former ISIS sex slaves waging war on their abusers: Hundreds of Yazidi women form an all-female battalion called the 'Sun Ladies' to launch massive assault on Mosul 500 Yazidis take up arms after escaping...

The first direct detection of a gravitational wave by a pair of observatories in the United States will offer science a new way of seeing the universe, a sort of gravitational wave astronomy, physicists say. Leaders of the LIGO experiment, twin observatories in Louisiana and Washington State...

Licensed hunters can now take aim at feral pigs in British Columbia, which have been officially designated as invasive, problem wildlife. The animals, which can be aggressive and weigh up to 350 kilograms, have been included on a provincial list that allows them to be hunted "anywhere and at...

Who knew? _____________________________________________________________________ Last summer, when the Copyright Office asked if anyone wanted to defend the right for video game console jailbreakers to mod or repair their systems, no one had a formal legal argument prepared. A new association...

This is disturbing. I'm thinking it might be time to start up a meet up group for people who like to beat up rapists. A U.S. “pick up artist,” Daryush Valizadeh, who has published material suggesting rape inside a private home should be legal, is planning a “meetup” in Victoria this weekend...

Is it possible that this is how the language of our ancestors sounded in the distant past? The Indo-European languages ​​constitute the largest family of languages ​​in the world in numbers of speakers. To this incredible list, belong most of the languages ​​of Europe and South Asia (about 150...

We need to build a wall.....just kidding...sort of. yikes... Put on your Sunday clothes because an Arizona lawmaker wants to make church mandatory. the wackadoodle: The legislature’s debate to expand a gun owner's right to carry took a pious turn when state Sen. Sylvia Allen...

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These guys should not smoke pot...ever. What drug(s) do this?

well done Cher! What’s happening in Flint, Michigan is beyond heartbreaking. Residents cannot drink their water due to lead contamination, but to add insult to injury, the water was originally declared safe. Then, as children began getting sick and the water was exposed as being toxic...

Christian atheism is a theological position in which the belief in the transcendent or interventionist God is rejected or absent in favor of finding God totally in the world (Thomas J. J. Altizer) or following Jesus in a Godless world (William Hamilton). Hamilton's Christian atheism is similar...

When you ask longtime Vancouver residents what they remember most about the late Dal Richards, many turn their minds to the Roof. Through the 1940s and into the 60s, the hottest gigs in town were Richards’ Saturday night shows at the Panorama Roof atop the Hotel Vancouver. It was a...