EU: Will The 750 Billion Euro Bailout Stop The Debt Crisis?
The European Union, in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund, has established a 750 Billion Euro ($ 975 Billion) aid package last night. The size of the package is a lot higher than originally expected, in an effort to send a strong message to worldwide financial markets. The European Union will defend its currency, and […]
No Real Solution To Stopping Oil Spill In The Gulf Of Mexico
The oil spill that has been slowly taking over the Gulf of Mexico since April 20, has no end in sight. The 100-ton metal box that BP hoped would contain the gushing wellhead 5,000 feet deep in the ocean floor, didn’t do the trick. What’s next?
Palin And The Religious Right: A Trojan Horse In The GOP
The productive and necessary views and desires of non-religious libertarians and conservatives have been silenced in favour of the media friendly, accidentally-comic hyperbole of the entertainingly ridiculous proselytizing of Palin, Beck, et al. Rather than trying to distance itself from the increasing number of embarrassing statements while simultaneously trying to capitalizing on ever-shrinking, pop-culture, fund-raising appeal and voter turn-out, perhaps the G.O.P. needs to conduct a purge of its own.
Environmentalists, Lawyers, And Fishermen Go After BP
Even though a 4-story, 100-ton metal box, also known as a “Coffer Dam,” has been placed on a gushing wellhead of crude deep in the Gulf of Mexico, the disaster here is far from over.
Countless gallons of crude has covered over 2000 miles of water and there is no guarantee that the Coffer Dam will stop the leak 100 percent, which means that more crude will spill into Gulf.
New Evidence Supports Bipedalism For Early Hominids
An analysis of the skeletal structure needed to make 3.5 million year old footprints has revealed that our ancient, partially tree-dwelling ancestors walked on two legs. Called bipedalism, this analysis pushes back the date of our hominid ancestors.
