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The Top 5 Most Absurd Patents in the US
You have got to be kidding me. White backgrounds now patented by Amazon? Another reason to really look at the way the US Patent office works. Related articles Amazon successfully patents photography against a white background Colbert Follows In Amazon’s Crazy Patent Footsteps and Patents Patents Can you really patent that? Amazon photography studio patent…
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Your Game Console Could Be Driving Up Your Power Bill
Electricity (Photo credit: Andrew from Sydney) America’s Unused Game Consoles Eat Up as Much Power as All of Houston What’s staggering about the amount of electricity consumed by this latest generation of video game consoles isn’t how much they use when they’re being played—it’s when they’re not being played. America’s PS4s, Xbox Ones, and Nintendo…
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Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality
This video speaks for itself. Related articles Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality Internet Citizens: Defend Net Neutrality
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Scientific Proof That We Are Becoming Literal Gods
Evolution (Photo credit: Barabeke) What if I told you that in 1000 years, we will look like petty cavemen in our current physical and mental state compared to future humans? We are indeed in the evolutionary fast lane, and perhaps we are witnessing the prophecies of apotheosis in action. Our consciousness and bodies are evolving…
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News Update 15.5.2014.1535
FBI Badge & gun. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Principal Calls Cops on Middle School Student Over Doodle | Infowars.comA principal at a middle school in Portland, Ore. suspended a student and then called the cops after the boy doodled a picture of a man hanging, another example of the mindless overkill that is becoming prevalent in…
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Washington Pot Tax Lawsuit
English: Medical marijuana neon sign at a dispensary on Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. 日本語: アメリカ合衆国ロサンゼルスのベンチュラ・ブルバードにある医療用大麻を取り扱う薬局の看板。 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Washington pot grower sues state over taxing federal crime | RT USAA Washington man is suing representatives of that state for taxing his marijuana crop, saying the state can’t tax him because he’s being…
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More US Forces Deployed in Europe and the Middle East
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Español: Bandera de la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte (OTAN). Polski: Flaga Paktu Północnoatlantyckiego (NATO). (Photo credit: Wikipedia) US Soldiers Arrive in Lithuania to Reassure NATO Allies amid Ukrainian Crisis American troops have arrived in Lithuania for military drills as tensions rise in the region over…