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    U.S. cities step up removal of Confederate statues, despite Virginia violence

    I take it you haven't read the Confederate states' declarations of secession or Alexander Stephens Cornerstone speech? The idea of the war not being about slavery is laughable. Georgia "The people of Georgia having dissolved their political connection with the Government of the United States of...
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    Mapping America's Intractable Homelessness Problem

    I used to spend my weekends working in homeless shelters. The people who came in after being thrown out on street due to missed rent payments and the like didn't usually spend more than a few weeks before finding a new place to live. The chronic homeless were a different story. I'm not sure of...
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    Donald Trump says he has 'at least 20 Muslim friends' but fails to name them

    If you were one of the Donald's Muslim friends, would you really want people to know? I think he did them a favor by not naming them.
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    the US was founded by Terrorists

    I believe the number is closer to 40 million billion zillion murdered.
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    Nationalist leader calls for 19th century Russian victory over Turkey to be made national holiday

    In what comes as a surprise to precisely no one, Russians make up an excuse to spend the day getting drunk.
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    Pentagon Expert Says Russians Would ‘Annihilate’ US Army on Battlefield

    Isn't the Russian military mainly a bunch of conscripts that only serve for a year?
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    Heads roll at Lockheed Martin over troubled F-35 program

    If they get close enough, they could bring down the F-35 by dropping a piano on it, too! The Americans are such fools!
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    Social science studies = junk science

    If this is all it takes to deem social science as junk, you should probably give that label to natural sciences as well. Having extraordinary claims supported by weak data is an ongoing problem across all fields of research as people attempt to cultivate the prestige and results necessary for...
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    Would Trump Be a Good President?

    Does inheriting half a billion dollars count as self-made these days?
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    Are the United States of America in decline?

    I voted yes. I mean, it's been completely downhill since the aliens blew up the White House back in 1996. Obviously.
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    A Wall Street billionaire just gave Harvard the biggest gift in its history

    Nothing says charity like donating huge sums of money to schools that don't need it so you can get your name on a building.
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    Greece 'Pleasantly Surprised' by Russia’s Invitation to Join BRICS Bank

    This settles it. Putin is mental.
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    Venezuela: ‘I went from broke to an instant millionaire here’

    According to what metric? Mexico has higher GDP per capita on both a nominal and PPP basis, and it also has higher median individual and household income.
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    first headtransplant planned in italy

    It would be pretty funny if the body is from some black guy.
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    Support change in Iran. Support Maryam Rajavi!

    They should jam these nutters in the loony bin. I can't believe there are people who consider MEK to be legit.
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    Tesla P85D software update reduces the car’s already insane 0-60 time

    Though he was born in South Africa, his family is English. Not that it would matter if he was Jewish, though. They're a fine bunch regardless of the tripe people like to heave at them.
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    AMD the subject of takeover rumors by Chinese firm

    Part of AMD's x86 licensing agreement with Intel is that if they're subject to a buyout, the license will be revoked.
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    Another American Revolution Brooding?

    This is an ad promoting GW Pharma stock. What on Earth does this have to do with an impending revolution?
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    Obama 'misinformed' about Russia economy

    This article doesn't really paint the whole picture. It's true that oil and gas only make up 16% of the Russian economy, but government spending makes up 20%. 52% of revenue used to fund that spending comes from oil and gas sales. In that way, you could say that 26% of the Russian economy is...
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