SansPretense

(Edited: title changed to better reflect the content of post.)
Some words of wisdom from one of our Founding Fathers:

“I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies, and that the principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”

And, […]

From the Fox News article (emphasis mine):
A British physicist has claimed he can explain the secrets of the Big Bang Theory, but his controversial experiment has scientists believing he could bring about the end of the world, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported.
For centuries, scientists have sought unsuccessfully to unlock the secrets of the Big Bang […]

Sometimes, I just have to wonder about those journalism degrees universities hand out. This afternoon, Drudge linked to an Associated Press story that was on CBS News’ website claiming that earthquakes are getting more powerful due to global warming. I will not quote from the AP story because AP has decided they’re going […]

Check it out, from FT.com:

Thousands of people in Africa will be paid to avoid unsafe sex, under a groundbreaking World Bank-backed experiment aimed at halting the spread of Aids.
The $1.8m trial – to be launched this year – will counsel 3,000 men and women aged 15-30 in southern rural Tanzania over three years, paying them […]

Yea, that’s right: the lab exploded ON THE INTERSTATE. Apparently it was a mobile meth lab? Here’s the story:

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - State police say all lanes of Interstate 10 have been reopened. Troopers had closed I-10 in both directions Tuesday afternoon after an explosion inside a vehicle. Four people were injured, […]

Hat tip to Drudge for this story:

ATLANTA - Cars passing O’Terrill’s pub screech to a halt at the sight of a 300-pound, waist-high robot marked “SECURITY” rolling through downtown long after dark.
The regulars hardly glance outside. They’ve seen bar owner Rufus Terrill’s invention on patrol before — its bright red lights and even brighter […]

Can you imagine this happenning in a classroom in America?

From Skynews

A teenage schoolboy was pulled around his classroom on a lead and spanked by a stripper after a birthday surprise blunder.

The pupil’s mum had ordered an agency to give her son a “surprise” on his 16th birthday - and the teacher had even […]

The Smoking Gun has posted a FL sheriff’s bulletin alerting people to the new drug craze (gotta click the link to see what it is…I’m NOT explaining that type of “shit” in my blog…pun intended).  Are people really that desperate to find an escape for life?  Whatever happenned to sniffing glue?  Or paint?  Why must one reduce […]

Can you imagine waking up after a car wreck to an excruicating pain in your face only to find out that it was because you were being given an autopsy? Well, at least one Venezuelan guy can…
I just want to know what it takes to declare someone dead in that country…

This story on yahoo about a 56 year old, wheelchair bound woman who died after being shocked ten times by police using tasers brings up some important questions:
Why is it that it takes 10 shocks from two cops to bring down a wheelchair bound, 56 year old woman? Are cops getting too lazy? […]