Don't you just love the heart shaped tattoo on this womans bicep where she received her flu vaccination, what the hell are they trying to say? Let me think....



So I was out and about running errands today and had to stop at Walgreens for a few items. Lo and behold, I felt as if I stumbled into another episode of twilight zone because there were signs around the perimeter of the store that said: GET YOUR FLU SHOT EARLY, DON'T…

I think I really am living in a twilight zone. Federal regulators once again are asleep at the wheel when it comes to consumer food safety but can we expect anything different? The only thing that regulators seem to regulate is the size of their wallet nowadays. At least that is how it appears to me.

Just this summer they had to recall 28 million boxes of Kellogs cereal over consumers complaining of a foul odor and taste and some were…

It wasn't good enough for Walmart to snoop around with the use of RFID tags, now they've upped their anty by rolling out next month their electronic ID tags in all jeans and underwear. They're calling them 'Smart Tags' that will be placed in every individual pair of jeans and underwear.

Is it just me or is this just creepy and frightening as hell. Radio-frequency ID tags this close to the croth area can not be a good thing but moreover, the…

Attention all members of 12160,

We'll be having two meetings in the Ning chatroom on Thursday, July 15 to discuss 12160 moving off of good ole Ning-a-Ling, possible site name change, site issues, technical support, ect.

We will be having a morning meeting, 10 AM CENTRAL TIME and an evening meeting, 10 PM CENTRAL TIME. We hope that this works around all of your…

I live in Washington, D.C.

I have lived here since I moved to this great city from my native California in 1999, to attend graduate school. Back then, I went home at least twice a year; between Priceline.com’s $125 roundtrip fares and living three miles from Reagan National Airport, flying to NorCal was as easy as taking the “Metroliner” to New York City. I loved traveling. I loved the excitement, the…

by Haroon Siddique

Israeli troops have been accused of stealing from activists arrested in the assault on the Gaza flotilla after confiscated debit cards belonging to activists were subsequently used.

One of the ships impounded by Israel when it raided the flotilla of aid vessels off…

by Phillip Smith

Drug Raids: Las Vegas Narc Serving Marijuana Search Warrant Kills Father-to-Be In His Own Bathroom

A 21-year-old father-to-be was killed last Friday night by a Las Vegas Police Department narcotics officer serving a search warrant for marijuana.…

Bryce Covert

In the name of the War on Terror, our government is misusing the justice system.

“I am so ashamed.” I overheard that comment from an older woman as Syed Fahad Hashmi’s…

By Kim Sengupta, Diplomatic Correspondent

A US cruise missile armed with cluster ammunition was used in an attack in Yemen in December which resulted in the deaths of 52 people, more than half of them women and children, according to a human rights watchdog.

The Yemeni government insisted their forces alone carried out the strike on an al-Qa'ida…