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We remember quaking in our boots whenever this dare was thrown down on the playground. To put the age-old question to the test (and to rest), we visited the urban legend experts at Snopes.com.
Read moreThe History of Analog Clocks provides an explanation of the origin of the 24-hour day. The system dates back 4,000 years, to ancient Egypt and Babylon.
Read moreToday, the Senate passed an amendment (proposed by Sen. Barbara Boxer) by a wide margin (60-37) prohibiting the EPA from testing pesticides on humans. What the EPA has been doing is pretty awful: They promise families some cash in order to carry out experiments, often on kids and often in low-income neighborhoods.
Read moreThanks to the American Taliban, the U.S. continues to fall behind the rest of the world. Spain now offers same sex marriage.
Read moreElizabeth Holtzman has a new article in the Nation, Torture and Accountability. It blows the cover off the “few bad apples” meme and makes a case for a war crimes prosecution of higher-ups.
Read moreAs President Bush continues to speak about doing everything we can to support our troops, his administration finally “acknowledged that it had significantly underestimated veterans health care funds needed for the fiscal year beginning on Oct. 1.”
Read moreHere’s the Christian Right W and the Repubs are so interested in catering too.
Read moreA new report spearheaded by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) uncovered startling new details about Halliburton’s misdeeds, including the fact that the amount of taxpayer funds lost to Halliburton is “more than twice as high as those in previous official reports.”
Read moreBush kept invoking the Sept. 11 attacks to try to defend his plan to keep U.S. troops in Iraq as long as it takes to ensure peace in the country. However, he says we can’t send more troops because it will undermine his plans to turn the country over to the Iraqi people. (Down is up and Up is down.)
Read moreABC’s Terry Moran just reported that the only time Bush got applause was in the middle of his speech when a White House advance team member started clapping all on their own in order to cajole the soldiers into clapping, which they dutifully did.
Read moreThe UN just celebrated the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
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