Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter Park is failing, so the organization sold it to themselves… for $10 to avoid the taxes. They are avoiding a $0.50 per ticket tax intended for city expenses such as firetrucks and police cars. They are claiming that they should be exempt because they are running a non-profit church ministry. However, they […]
Facebook is going to court over letting law enforcement officials be able to access suspects’ profiles. Technically, they can do it, but Facebook wants them to have to let the person know before they do it. The Washington Post reported: “Major technology companies and civil liberties groups have joined Facebook in the case, which resembles legal […]
President Donald Trump has picked a new head of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Dr Brenda Fitzgerald. She practiced for decades as an OB/GYN, and promoted an anti-aging therapy called “bio-identical hormones,” which has been discredited by mainstream doctors. The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) says: “…Evidence is lacking to support superiority claims of […]
There are several reasons that the Religious Right leaders are often so angry. They have gotten more extreme and angrier over the decades. Gone are the days where they tried to find the middle ground on many issues. Here are just a few: 1. They lost a culture war. They have been fighting many culture […]
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accords was one of the worst things he has done for the future of the United States and the planet. However, it is not the only thing he has done. He has been rolling back EPA regulations since his presidency began. Here are […]
A Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Sunday drew over 1,000 protesters against them. In the weeks leading up to it, the city officials urged people not to come and protest, but they did anyway. The police escorted the Klansmen, who were chanting “white power.” Those chants were often drowned out by the […]
Nearly two-thirds of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community says they feel less safe because of their sexuality or gender identity since President Donald Trump took office. The poll was conducted by SurveyMonkey and shared exclusively with Time. The poll among members of the LGBT community also found a growing sense of cynicism […]
A man wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying two small knives was arrested at Trump Tower on late Thursday afternoon. He claimed to be a Senator there to see Ivanka Trump. The man, 52-year-old Sixto Benitez Adames, has been taken to a nearby hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. He faces charges of criminal possession of […]
President Donald Trump’s political career began with conspiracy theories. He started the “birther movement,” which started the idea that former President Barack Obama wasn’t born in this country. The idea had been bubbling up on the far right since Obama won the first time. However, Trump really stirred the pot on that one. That isn’t […]
In the coming days and weeks global climate change will be making quite a splash. A piece of ice approximately 110 miles wide (the size of Delaware) will break off of Antarctica. In the scope of Antarctica, this is actually a small piece of ice. I know that is hard for many of us to wrap […]
This threat’s name may sound funny, but it is very serious. Smishing is similar to a “phishing” scam that you may get on your computer, but it is sent via text messages. Smishing is short for “SMS phishing.” The scammer may pretend to be your bank, your Internet Service Provider (ISP), or even a political […]
Ten people have been taken to the hospital after a cab struck a crowd near Boston’s Logan Airport. According to police, the incident is being treated as a simple accident, not an act of terrorism. The accident happened at the taxi pool, just west of the airport. The Massachusetts State Police tweeted: DEVELOPING – Units […]
The Department of Justice released a report this week that shows that the majority of hate crimes, especially vandalism, go unreported. Between the years 2004 and 2015, there were over 250,000 hate crime incidents each year. Between 2011 and 2015, over 54 percent of hate crimes went unreported. About 44 percent of the time, they […]
As an atheist, there are many parts of the Bible that turn me off. The concept that atheists and other non-Christians have no understanding of the Bible is incorrect at best. Most atheists and non-Christians have a better knowledge and understanding of the Bible than many people who identify as Christian. Here are just a […]
John Oliver, the host of Last Week Tonight, has gone after the anti-vaccine movement. Hard. He dedicated almost 30 minutes of his show to vaccines, which he rightly described as “one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments.” He talked about how people once celebrated vaccines and lined up for them “like an iPhone.” He tore into the anti-vaccine […]
President Donald Trump is all about self-sufficiency, which isn’t always good for governing a country. We can see that by his proposed budget. Many safety net programs that help poor people are being cut or eliminated. The Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said: “We are no longer going to measure compassion by […]
Finally! A judge is ordering an environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline. This leaves several questions. The biggest one is whether the pipeline will remain open until the case is solved. Here are some questions and answers about the pipeline and the case. What Is The Pipeline? The $3.8 billion pipeline was built by […]
On Tuesday, the Delaware legislature voted to approve a bill that guarantees abortion rights in direct defiance of President Donald Trump. President Donald Trump has said before that he wants to overturn the landmark Supreme Court case, Roe v. Wade, that makes abortion legal. This bill makes Delaware the first state to guarantee abortion access […]
The Senate version of the healthcare bill, known as the American Health Care Act, is incredibly cruel. However, it is especially cruel to women. The following are just a few examples why: 1. It Slashes Medicaid Medicaid covers over 25 million women in the United States. As of June 2017, 31 states and Washington, D.C. […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is demanding that a cross be removed from a Texas sheriff’s office. A concerned local resident informed the FFRF about the cross that is prominently displayed outside of the Presidio County Sheriff’s office. The cross features an eagle clutching a police badge over a holstered gun. It reads “Peace” […]
