In a few short hours, the World Series will begin between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. In the midst of all the talk of how offense is winning games this year (team Earned Run Average by starters in the post-season is over 5) and the strategic match-ups, there will be little attention paid to the belief engines in the skulls of individual players; their brains. read...
read moreConservative Republican Governor Bobby Jindal can't like why his state is in the news today; a Democrat state representative has spearheaded a successful effort to damage stores like...Goodwill?District 44 Representative Rickey Hardy co-authored House bill 195, which says people who deal in 'second hand' goods can longer accept cash. Why? Apparently the government thinks the...
read moreQuick, which British cell phone do you use? No? Okay, which French microprocessor is in your PC? No again?America leads the world in innovation, the legacy of historical laissez-faire approaches to fixing big problems using the private sector. Obviously that is different now, even in science, where Pres. Obama made good on his promise to add more science to his cabinet...
read moreEven fans who weren't born yet know about the Ice Bowl - the 1967 conference playoff game between Dallas and Green Bay to determine who would go to the Super Bowl. With a game-time temperature of −15°F and no heating system, the field was as smooth as ice and it snowed the whole time.But Green Bay is not the worst city for football weather - and by worst I mean the best because football in the...
read moreOne in six cellphones in Britain may be contaminated with fecal matter that can spread E. coli, likely because so many people don't wash their hands properly after using the toilet, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene&Tropical Medicine and Queen Mary, University of London.The findings also suggest that many people lie about their hygiene habits. The study authors...
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