The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released new data showing that upwards of 48% of African-American women are infected with herpes simplex 2 virus.
Overall, Americans are infected with the STD at 16%. Infection rates for American women are nearly twice as high as American men, with 21%, compared to 11.5 %.
However, when race is factored into the equation, the disparities become greatly magnified. Continued…
BBC documentary-makers have proven that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab could not have blown up an airplane using explosives he smuggled on board in his underpants, as the Nigerian Muslim tried doing on Christmas Day 2009.
Using a decommissioned Boeing 747, an older version of the kind of plane that was targeted Continued…
Icelandic voters have overwhelmingly rejected a bill requiring the public to pay nearly half of its GDP to Great Britain and Holland to compensate for the failure of a private bank.
Ninety-three percent voted against the so-called IceSave Bill, which asked the island nation to take on US$ 5.3 billion in debt. That amount equals 45% of Iceland’s 2009 GDP and breaks down to US$ 16,400 of debt for every man, woman, and child in the country. Continued…
It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. — Samuel Adams