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Wikipedia Is Going Dark On Wednesday

"Brother" Lou Roberts — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:23:29 +0000

Wikipedia is a great website to look up information, but on Wednesday, you might not be able to do that. Wikipedia is planning a 24 hour black out of the English language version of the popular website. In a story from AP, this will be “to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.” If this [...]

New Wikileaks Shed Light On Guantanamo Inmates and More

Jake Thomas — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:05:08 +0000

Once again someone has given classified military documents to Wikileaks. The latest incident involves over 700 pages of classified military information. The documents were from Guantanamo Bay where the U.S. holds the most dangerous terrorists in the world. The Wikileaks documents that were stolen are no less than an act of treason in my eyes and if [...]

Alzheimer's Disease Cases Could Double In Near Future

Jake Thomas — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:09:09 +0000

When you read a headline like this you say “Wow, this is horrible”. The truth is not really, and I’ll explain why. What will potentially cause the “doubling” of Alzheimer’s Disease cases in the future is not the fact that the number of people with the disease will double. It’s what I call “voodoo math“, where [...]

Japan Hit By Another Earthquake

Jake Thomas — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:37:26 +0000

Japan was rocked by another earthquake early today measuring 7.1 on the richter scale. Another tsunami warning was issued as a result. According to CNN: The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was centered 41 miles (66 kilometers) from Sendai — one of the areas worst hit by last month’s 9.0-magnitude quake — and 73 [...]

Hey China–Pick Up Your Space Garbage

Jake Thomas — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:52:27 +0000

China has become a real pain in our butts here in America. They flood our market with cheaply priced goods and put a ton of our own manufacturing base out of work. Now they are putting our astronauts in danger in space because their space junk from their cheap satellites is floating around up there. [...]

Miranda Lambert Fun Facts You May Not Know [VIDEO]

Jake Thomas — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:21:06 +0000

Countryfest 2011 with WGNA-FM is July 9th at the Altamont Fairgrounds and our headliner is country Superstar Miranda Lambert. Other than the fact that she is the hottest thing in country music right now, and that she is getting married to Blake Shelton there are some really cool factoids about Miranda that you may not know.

Jackie Chan-I'm Not Dead (Video)

Jake Thomas — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:15:51 +0000

Motion picture and martial arts superstar Jackie Chan is not dead! If you don't believe me, here's the story from Fox 23 News. Its truly a sad day in the world when you have to prove you're not dead. The internet is good, and as in Jackie Chan's case just pure evil.

Japanese Nuclear Crisis–Workers Evacuated Again

Jake Thomas — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:25:35 +0000

Early this morning the workers trying to restore electricty near the failed Japanese nuclear reactors were evacuated from the site again. Fox News has the story. The biggest piece of the puzzle in hopes of gettting the situation under control there is the restoration of the power to get the cooling systems running again. Apparently [...]

What Exactly is The Ides of March?

Bryen — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 09:49:32 +0000

Caesar was warned to beware the Ides of March which was when he met his demise, at least in the words of Shakespeare. Aside from that what do you know about the ides of March? Where did it come from? Truthfully – nobody really knows. The strongest theory is that the 15th of March was the day [...]