Alienated
UFO sightings are common in America. So is a lack of political transparency.
Archive
A collection of 14231 issues
November 16, 2015
* The Islamic State's grand strategy is to throw areas into chaos before stepping in to fill the void. * "Unfortunately, elements of European society are reacting as the Islamic State desires." * IS operates out of a surprisingly tidy lower-middle-class neighborhood in Brussels. * Friday's
November 13, 2015
* US airstrikes intend to shut down two-thirds of the oil production controlled by IS. * Police arrest 16 in Italy, Britain, and Norway who were planning to kidnap European diplomats. * Donald Trump wants his poll numbers back, compares Ben Carson to a child molester. * The long, bitter relationship between Obama
November 12, 2015
* "Everyone here, it seems, has an angle to work, scrambling to fill the void left by the collapse of the Syrian state." * A real caliphate would clean up the mess called IS. * Congress passes bill establishing legal rights for citizens and businesses to own resources in outer space.
November 11, 2015
* The VA is sequencing the DNA of one million veterans to better understand PTSD. * Ten percent of death row prisoners are veterans, most with PTSD. * America's H1-B program is a lottery—now it's a sham because large outsourcers are flooding the pool. * None of the
War Plan Red
The quirky history behind the secret, full-scale invasion that the United States once planned for Canada, and vice versa.
November 10, 2015
* "In the past century or so of European history there have been many more examples of disintegration than integration." * Cameron's demands for Britain to stay in the EU: a bigger voice, pound protection, limited refugee welfare. * A language barrier and poor government communication has left 400,
The Last Dying Cat
When the family pet nears the end, of course there is sadness. But there is also every other emotion.
November 9, 2015
* Severe budget cuts hit state AIDS units in India, which provide free condoms to sex workers. * Justice Dept. chooses 10 of 567 recognized Native American tribes with whom to share access to criminal data. * October's jobs report broke records, and statistically speaking, it shows the past two months
November 6, 2015
* Exxon Mobil investigated over possible climate change deception—like tobacco, it could result in years of litigation. * Since deregulation in 1978, the US airline industry has never been profitable for more than six years. * Internal TSA report finds that the TSA is terrible at its job. * "Jeb Bush could