Experts See Problems for DeLay

Now that it's clear that his controversial private-paid trips abroad will be put under a microscope in Congress, Tom DeLay is in serious danger of being declared in violation of House ethics rules, legal experts say.

Top 100 Web Sites

Top 100 Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without.

More evidence of Saudi doubletalk?

Judge caught on tape encouraging Saudis to fight in Iraq.

Scientists Say Everyone Can Read Minds

Empathy allows us to feel the emotions of others, to identify and understand their feelings and motives and see things from their perspective. How we generate empathy remains a subject of intense debate in cognitive science.

Nuking The Filibuster

If the Democrats want the Republicans to quickly bury the idea of ending the filibuster, they should just rent two hours of television time and show "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" on every television station in America.

But Did He Inhale?

Anti-Castro Majority Leader Tom DeLay enjoys a fine Cuban cigar.

Black-White-East Asian IQ differences

A 60-page review of the scientific evidence, some based on state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain size, has concluded that race differences in average IQ are largely genetic.

Weather info could go dark

A bill, introduced last week by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., would prohibit federal meteorologists from competing with companies such as AccuWeather and The Weather Channel, which offer their own forecasts through paid services and free ad-supported Web sites.

Does anyone other than me read the forecast discussions?

How to Survive a Zombie Attack

I for one don't welcome our new zombie overlords.

Exploding toads

Hundreds of toads have met a bizarre and sinister end in Germany in recent days, it was reported: they exploded.

Can of Coke and a chocolate bar

Yes, you CAN make a fire from a can of coke and a chocolate bar!

Overweight Is OK

People who are overweight have a lower death risk than those of normal weight.

School bans 'wrong race ' hairstyle

A teenager was sent home from school after the headteacher ruled she was the wrong race to have a braided hairstyle.

Bush administration eliminating 19-year-old international terrorism report

The State Department decided to stop publishing an annual report on international terrorism after the government's top terrorism center concluded that there were more terrorist attacks in 2004 than in any year since 1985, the first year the publication covered.

Airport Security Hasn't Improved

Security at U.S. airports is no better under federal control than it was before the Sept. 11 attacks.

Hume vs. Gibson on the "exposing" of CIA officer

In a "My Word" commentary excoriating Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) for "exposing" CIA officer Fulton Armstrong at the confirmation hearing for John R. Bolton, Fox News host John Gibson called for "frog-marching John Kerry down the Capitol steps" but failed to note that it was Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) who first mentioned the CIA officer by name during the hearing. Moreover, Armstrong's name and prior role at the CIA were already publicly disclosed, as Media Matters for America previously documented.

Heads, blood-soaked bodies for God?

In a bizarre ritual, a group of worshippers exhumed freshly buried bodies, decapitated them and offered the heads to Lord Shiva in a West Bengal village.

Congress rejects proposal to investigate Iraq's war profiteers

WASHINGTON, April 7 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- A U.S. Senate committee approved a proposal last night from President Bush for an additional $80.5 billion to fund the war in Iraq. At the same time, it voted against a proposal from Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to investigate the numerous allegations of fraud and profiteering by military contactors in the war-ravaged nation.

A Wake-up Call for the Sane Majority

Does it strike you as odd that persons calling themselves Christians are furious that the U.S. Supreme Court found executing juveniles
unconstitutional? Do you find even odder that such individuals describe themselves, straight-faced, as adherents of the "culture of life"? Are you surprised to learn that people called conservatives would quote Joseph Stalin? Yes, that Joseph Stalin, the former Soviet dictator and mass murderer.

How Jack Abramoff bought Congress

GOP Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff and His Closest Allies

The Chemistry of Popcorn

If you took a survey of life’s small annoyances, surely those unpopped kernels at the bottom of the popcorn bag would rank high on the list. But perhaps not for long.

Execution by injection far from painless

Execution by lethal injection may not be the painless procedure most Americans assume, say researchers from Florida and Virginia. And this is bad why?

Do red light cameras reduce accidents or generate revenue?

Recently, Houston Mayor Bill White convinced City Council to approve red light traffic cameras, ostensibly to improve safety.

Discuss

Termite guts can save the planet

The way termite guts process food could teach scientists how to produce pollution-free energy and help solve the world's imminent energy crisis.

50th Anniversary

No, not mine: McDonalds.

Zoo wants chimpanzee to stop smoking

Yeah. That's going to shorten his wondeful life of being locked up in a cage and having people throw things at him.

Homeland Security

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been squandered on political pork, according to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Chris Cox, R-Calif., who says the money's being "doled out to every local community in the country, whether they need it or not." In turn, local officials use homeland security funds to purchase such "necessities" as air-conditioned garbage trucks and orange traffic cones.

Essentials of the human diet

If you were living in conditions of scarcity, what would you have to be sure of consuming?

Wis. Governor Rejects Cat-Hunting Idea

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A proposal to legalize the killing of feral cats is not going to succeed, Gov. Jim Doyle said Wednesday.

Ask GONPO

Write your question in GONPO's belly.
GONPO may not answer your question.
GONPO may smite you.

Oil and the Coming War With Iran

As the United States gears up for an attack on Iran, one thing is certain: the Bush administration will never mention oil as a reason for going to war.

American women have no nipples (before 10 p.m.)

Free the nipples! (.)(.)

More Attractive Children Protected Better By Parents

Parents are less eager to safeguard their less attractive offspring.

Let them eat bombs

A report to the UN human rights commission in Geneva has concluded that Iraqi children were actually better off under Saddam Hussein than they are now.

UIC to study if beer ingredient helps menopause

Can an ingredient in beer help relieve symptoms of menopause?

Clouds May Harbor Nanobacteria

This is why you always see Arabs shooting up into the clouds.

Man wants wife kept on life support

A man charged with the attempted murder of his wife after she was found near death in her car boot has vowed to challenge any move to turn off her life support system.

If gas prices get much higher

Uncyclopedia

The free encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information.

A Hug Gone Bad

High court suspends lawyer accused of having sex with murderer.

Blame the Victims

Senator John Cornyn today, blaming violence and threats against judges on the judges themselves for not doing everything Republicans want.

Hold the quiche: Manly men are back

Women want the "man" back in "manly," a Harris Interactive survey shows. The rough-and-ready attitude is in, women say, while the manicured "metrosexual" look is on the way out.

This Is Scary

It's No Joke

Expert says dogs pant and rats chirp to express mirth.