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Woodstock 50 Announces Lineup. 39 Rare Photos That Reveal The Unseen Side Of Things (New Pics) Here are some interesting facts about spacesuits, according to NASA: 1.

39 Rare Photos That Reveal The Unseen Side Of Things (New Pics)

A spacesuit weighs approximately 280 pounds on the ground - without the astronaut in it. Watch Salvagers Raise a Sunken Norwegian Frigate Helge Ingstad. Watch Salvagers Raise a Sunken Norwegian Frigate Helge Ingstad. 'Lake Worth Beach' not first municipal name change in Palm Beach County. Greenacres dropped the word 'city" in 1990.

'Lake Worth Beach' not first municipal name change in Palm Beach County

And there are so many more. Tuesday's vote to rename Lake Worth as Lake Worth Beach is believed to the first municipal name change since 1990, when Greenacres City dropped the "city. " Here's a quick look at local town names, courtesy of the Palm Beach Post's "Post Time" local history column. Atlantis: Developers picked an exotic name, that of the lost continent, to attract buyers, and get the town at the top of alphabetical lists. Belle Glade: Residents submitted names; the winner was a play off "Belle of the Glades," or from "Glade Bell," the name of a local ferry boat. The FBI Came Close to Staging a Coup. Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, in an explosive interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” said that in early 2017, in the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey, he and other FBI officials discussed the possibility of recruiting a cabinet secretary to help push the president out of office by using the Constitution’s 25thAmendment.

The FBI Came Close to Staging a Coup

McCabe further contended that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein offered to wear a wire when he was around Trump in order to gather evidence against him. (Rosenstein McCabe, left, on “60 Minutes.” denies the allegation.) McCabe said that Justice Department officials believed at the time that Trump may have obstructed justice by firing Comey, and they worried that Trump was somehow under the influence of the Russian government. In the end, nothing came of the plan. Regardless of one’s feelings toward President Trump and his policies, what McCabe is describing is nothing less than a coup attempt. Top 5 Worst Starting Hands for Texas Hold 'Em Poker. At the begging of each round of Texas Hold 'Em poker, you are dealt two cards.

Top 5 Worst Starting Hands for Texas Hold 'Em Poker

These are your hole cards or starting hand. Those hole cards can eventually be used with the cards revealed in the flop, turn and river to assemble a (hopefully) winning hand. After you are dealt your starting cards, there is a round of betting. At this point, players look at their hold cards and choose to check, bet or fold. Anyone who doesn't fold after viewing his hole cards then sees the three flop cards. Jeff Bezos Affair Details Revealed in Post About National Enquirer Naked Photo Scandal. The Beautifully Efficient Airplane Boarding Method That Mere Humans Just Can't Pull Off. How Cartographers for the U.S. Military Inadvertently Created a House of Horrors in South Africa. A little text placeholder generator of Jeff Goldblum awesome... obviously.

The severed feet found on beaches near Seattle and Vancouver, explained. 2019 began with the 15th human foot in a decade to wash ashore on the shores of the Salish Sea in the Pacific Northwest.

The severed feet found on beaches near Seattle and Vancouver, explained

According to the Daily Herald, beachgoers found the foot ensconced in a boot at the south end of Jetty Island in Everett, Washington, on New Year’s Day. No other human remains were found. It follows a report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in May that a man found a lone right foot wearing a hiking boot wedged between logs on Garibola Island near Vancouver.

The year before that, a foot wearing a black velcro athletic shoe with the tibia and fibula still attached that was found in December along a different beach in British Columbia. Japanese Experiment That Took Half A Century Ended In Amazing Tree ‘Crop Circles’ Crop circles are a staple of the conspiracy theory crowd, with the artistic creations in cereal fields often attributed to UFO landings, or intricate forms of Alien communication. So imagine the excitement some must’ve felt when photos of incredible geometric designs emerged in a forest in Japan recently, not from some squashed wheat, but from large, mature Japanese cedar trees. What kind of extra-terrestrial sorcery is this? Sadly, for those who want to believe, there is a perfectly innocent, yet still interesting explanation that originates firmly here on planet Earth.

Back in 1973 scientists began a project in ‘experimental forestry,’ with the aim of learning about the spacing of trees and its effect on growth. They planted circles of cedars near Nichinan City in Miyazaki Prefecture, with smaller inner circles expanding incrementally into larger radiuses to create 10 perfect rings. NFL Defends Right To Subject Eric Reid To Random Stop-And-Frisks. CHARLOTTE, NC—Categorically denying allegations that the tactic was unconstitutional and unfairly targeted players who protested the national anthem, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell released a statement Sunday defending the NFL’s right to subject Panthers safety Eric Reid to random stop-and-frisk searches.

NFL Defends Right To Subject Eric Reid To Random Stop-And-Frisks

“We’re simply trying to keep the game clean and provide a safe environment that benefits all our players. In this case, we received an anonymous tip about a suspicious-looking individual with a mask obscuring his face acting aggressively towards our players and decided to inform the proper authorities,” said Goodell at a press conference in which he advised Reid against loitering at the line of scrimmage or other sensitive areas to avoid similar incidents moving forward. Infidel753: Link round-up for 23 December 2018. I note with annoyance the disappearance of Alle Tanzten mit dem Tod, a Tumblr blog focusing on net neutrality which was formerly on my blogroll -- I've deleted the link since it no longer goes anywhere.

Infidel753: Link round-up for 23 December 2018

I don't know if it was a victim of Tumblrgeddon (it certainly wasn't sexually-oriented) or if the blogger just quit in disgust. o o o o o Technology makes life better -- and more glittery. I imagine they were all adopted pretty fast. Emotional El Chapo Reunited With Family Following Passage Of Criminal Justice Reform Bill. NEW YORK—Growing visibly emotional as he expressed gratitude to legislators for their boldness and compassion, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán reunited with his family Thursday following the passage of the First Act criminal justice reform bill.

Emotional El Chapo Reunited With Family Following Passage Of Criminal Justice Reform Bill

“It’s been a long road to release, but I’m ready to put my incarceration behind me and re-enter society thanks to the bipartisan efforts to pass this long-overdue overhaul of America’s justice system,” said the former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel as he embraced his wife and children, his voice breaking as he personally thanked President Trump for signing the bill that had resulted in an end to his trial for murder, drug trafficking, and organized crime and allowed for his immediate release from prison. “To know that America is a merciful nation—one willing to give people like me a second chance—fills my heart with so much hope for the future.

I will never forget this. Thank you. The New Evolution Deniers. Evolutionary biology has always been controversial.

The New Evolution Deniers

Not controversial among biologists, but controversial among the general public. This is largely because Darwin’s theory directly contradicted the supernatural accounts of human origins rooted in religious tradition and replaced them with fully natural ones. The philosopher Daniel Dennett has described evolution as a sort of “universal acid” that “eats through just about every traditional concept, and leaves in its wake a revolutionized world-view, with most of the old landmarks still recognizable, but transformed in fundamental ways.” Brainsturbator. Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth, and nobody knows why.

On the morning of November 11, just before 9:30 UT, a mysterious rumble rolled around the world.

Strange earthquake waves rippled around Earth, and nobody knows why

The seismic waves began roughly 15 miles off the shores of Mayotte, a French island sandwiched between Africa and the northern tip of Madagascar. The waves buzzed across Africa, ringing sensors in Zambia, Kenya, and Ethiopia. They traversed vast oceans, humming across Chile, New Zealand, Canada, and even Hawaii nearly 11,000 miles away. These waves didn't just zip by; they rang for more than 20 minutes. And yet, it seems, no human felt them. Dave Matthews Band Apologizes After Tour Bus Dumps Another 800 Pounds Of Human Shit Onto Same Boat Full Of People. CHICAGO—Expressing their sincere regret for repeating the 2004 incident, representatives for Dave Matthews Band apologized Wednesday after their tour bus dumped another 800 pounds of human shit on the same architecture boat cruise from 14 years ago.

“On behalf of Dave and the rest of the crew, I’m here to stress how sorry we are for any emotional harm that we might have caused the victims by once again unloading half a ton of our band’s excrement onto their cruise boat,” said tour manager Bryan Stewart, noting that while band members knew they were playing with fire when they decided to unload their septic tank into the Chicago River, none had expected the exact same set of individuals would be traveling beneath the Kinzie Street Bridge at the exact moment the foul-smelling torrent of feces hit the water. Roman Sex, Sexuality, Slaves and Lex Scantinia. Pompeo handed Riyadh a plan to shield MBS from Khashoggi fallout, says source. Mike Pompeo met MBS in Riyadh on 16 October, two weeks after Jamal Khashoggi's murder (Reuters) Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince are shielding themselves from the Jamal Khashoggi murder scandal by using a roadmap drawn up by the US secretary of state, a senior Saudi source has told Middle East Eye.

Mike Pompeo delivered the plan in person during a meeting with Saudi King Salman and his son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, last month in Riyadh, said the source, who is familiar with Pompeo's talks with the Saudi leaders. The plan includes an option to pin the Saudi journalist’s murder on an innocent member of the ruling al-Saud family in order to insulate those at the very top, the source told MEE. That person has not yet been chosen, the source said, and Saudi leaders are reserving the use of that plan in case the pressure on bin Salman, also known as MBS, becomes too much. Atlasobscura. Embarrassed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Can Only Afford American Flag Pin With 19 Stars. Billions Missing from Frozen Gaddafi Accounts in Belgium. Prosecutors are investigating whether Belgian banks paid out interest and dividends on accounts frozen under UN sanctions in 2011 after the ouster of the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Up to €5 billion ($5.7 billion) could have been disbursed to people controlling Libyan accounts, including militia groups in the country which stand accused of human rights abuses, according to a report by public broadcaster RTBF which cited an unidentified source. RTBF said that when the UN agreed to freeze deposits held by Gaddafi’s administration abroad, Belgium had done so but had not halted payments of interest and dividends. Slate’s Use of Your Data.

How Could a Brand New Boeing Jet Crash Without Warning? New Study Shows Majority Of Late Afternoon Sleepiness At Work Caused By Undetected Carbon Monoxide Leak. WASHINGTON—Investigating a sudden uptick in nationwide on-the-job somnolence, the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration released a study Monday showing that the majority of late afternoon sleepiness in the American workplace is in fact caused by an undetected carbon monoxide leak. “Our investigations found that a lack of focus, weariness, or general disinclination to perform at a job after normal lunch hours is most likely a sign that an employee is breathing in colorless, odorless, noxious fumes,” said lead researcher Mario Garrison, noting that over half the people who are feeling any kind of exhaustion or sluggishness at their place of employment between the hours of noon and 3 p.m. are being slowly poisoned at their desks or workstations.

“Employees who become sleepy and close their eyes during the afternoon are in danger of never opening them again. Kuang-yi ku creates artificial animal parts to replace real ones in chinese medicine. A Japanese Pop-Up Served the Last Meals of Death Row Inmates to Diners. This 17 Y.O. Boy Scout Built A Nuclear Reactor In His Mom’s Backyard 20 Years Ago That Made The Neighborhood Radioactive. Sciencemag. 20+ Times People Found The Most Unexpected Things. Stormy Daniels Regrets "Body Shaming" Donald Trump's Penis in Book. 25 countries where people learn fast, think on their feet, and accomplish a lot at work, ranked. Excited Patient Points Out Organ He Wants From Kidney Tank In Hospital Lobby. A hypothesis of sudden body fluid vaporization in the 79 AD victims of Vesuvius. Sully Sullenberger Realizes It Too Late Now To Let Everyone Know Plane Did All That Stuff On Autopilot. Horrified Nurses Discover 40-Pound Baby After Accidentally Leaving It In Incubator Over Weekend.

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