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EPA Spends $15,000 to Give ‘Trash Walls’ to the Poor

Published February 23, 2016

The Environmental Protection Agency is investing nearly $15,000 to provide walls made out of trash to the poor to heat their homes and reduce their carbon footprints. The project is being financed through an EPA student design competition for “Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet.” The program provides funding for college students to […]

Trump Is More Vulnerable Than You Think

Published February 23, 2016

Most in the national news media are talking about how Donald Trump is now the clear Republican frontrunner and will be nearly impossible to stop. They are only partially right. Trump, who won South Carolina (and all of its delegates) with a little under one-third of the vote, certainly is the front-runner. He has won […]

National Debt Per Household Set to Total Nearly $200K in 2026.

Published February 23, 2016

Rachel Greszler / February 23, 2016 / The Daily Signal Spending in Washington is out of control. Accountability has disappeared. Federal programs run on autopilot. Policymakers identify endless new spending “needs” without ever evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs. As individuals and families work to put food on their table, pay a mortgage or […]

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Submission of Guantanamo Closure Plan

Published February 23, 2016

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > News Release The Department of Defense formally submitted the administration’s plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility to Congress today. As the president has stated, responsibly closing the Guantanamo detention facility is a national security imperative. For this reason, among others, Secretary Carter supports the president’s commitment to bringing […]

What happens in Vegas on the campaign trail: Bizarre photos

Published February 23, 2016

The 2016 presidential campaign circus descended on Nevada as candidates courted voters — and you bet things got weird. Since we can’t tell you what really went down on The Strip — staying true to the famous saying — we’ll just show ya instead. More at Source: What happens in Vegas on the campaign trail: […]

Adam Levine’s back tattoo is complete, so we can finally sleep at night

Published February 23, 2016

You knew something was missing from your life, but you couldn’t quite place it. You spent late nights wondering if Adam Levine’s sugar would cure you, but no — you just needed to know that his back tattoo has reached its final form. More at Source: Adam Levine unveils his new back tattoo

Pentagon downplays security risks raised by Russia’s request to fly over US

Published February 23, 2016

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon downplayed a request Monday by Russia to fly a spy plane over the continental United States, noting the flights are part of a regular treaty meant to prevent miscalculation about military threats. The flights are allowed under the 2002 Open Skies Treaty, which permits the 34 countries that signed it to […]

Students complain: Academics interfere with college and protesting!

Published February 23, 2016

Homework is interfering with their activism; This article is republished with permission from our friend Oleg Atbashian at The People’s Cube. Campusreform.org: Student activists at Brown University are complaining of emotional stress and poor grades after months of protesting, and blame the school for insisting that they complete their coursework. “There are people breaking down, […]

Italy summons U.S. ambassador after reports U.S. spied on Berlusconi

Published February 23, 2016

Italy’s foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned the U.S. ambassador after media reports that American intelligence services tapped the telephones of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his aides in 2011. Newspaper La Repubblica reported the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the billionaire, four-time prime minister five years ago when his government was under […]

Syrian govt. accepts halt to ‘combat operations’ in line with U.S.-Russian plan

Published February 23, 2016

The Syrian government said on Tuesday it accepted a halt to “combat operations” that does not include the Islamic State group, the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, or groups connected to it, in line with a U.S.-Russian plan. It said it would coordinate with Russia to decide which groups and areas would be included in the […]

Obama presents plan to close Guantanamo, move detainees to US

Published February 23, 2016

President Obama on Tuesday presented the four-point plan that he has given Congress to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that includes releasing more detainees and transferring the most dangerous of them to U.S. soil The president presented the plan in his last months of office, in perhaps a final effort to […]

Eye Candy for Space Geeks: 38 Stunning Photos From ‘Cosmos’

Published February 23, 2016

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes viewers up from the oceans of Earth, out past the sun and into the vast beyond of what we call space, all as a part of Sunday’s inaugural episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey .Cosmos is filled with extraordinary photos of the universe and tales of missions to explore it. […]

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