Tag Archives: Government
Former Idol Winner Fantasia Goes on Gay Marriage Rant on Instagram
Remember Fantasia from season three of American idol? Neither do I. But apparently she is under fire for her “anti-gay” posts on Instagram.
“I Rise ABOVE IT ALL!!! THE WORLD IS GONE MAD. KIDS, THE GOVERMENT, THE church House…
New Jersey Bans Smiling in DMV Photos
With cutting edge new technology on the rise, New Jersey has found it necessary to outlaw smiling for your driver’s license photo.
Smiling widely or making other exaggerated facial expressions, DiFilippo writes, might confuse the computer.
“That could be someone trying to steal someone else’s identity to get insurance benefits, or someone trying to get out of a DUI by getting a license under another name,”
Russia Has Been Sitting on Top of ‘Trillions of Carats’ of Diamonds
The Russian Kremlin has known about this Siberian stockpile since the 70′s, but the Russian government is soon going to be cashing in on it.
‘We are speaking about trillions of carats. By comparison, present-day known reserves in Yakutia (a Russian mine) are estimated at one billion carats.’
The stones at Popigai are known as ‘impact diamonds’ which result when an object like a meteor strikes an existing diamond deposit.
Thieves Steal 16 Fire Hydrants
Sixteen fire hydrants were stolen in a Southern California town on September 11th, begging the question as to whether this theft better considered a statement to society. What ever the intent was, the result is going to cost more that $40,000.
Police suspect the thieves probably stole the hydrants for scrap metal money.
Police Will Soon Create Suspect’s Image With DNA
Don’t bother committing crime when this invention catches on, because any DNA you leave at the crime scene will literally be like leaving your image behind.
DNA tests for predicting eye, hair and skin colour are currently available or under development, so identification of genes linked with facial features could help create a more detailed ”Identi-Kit” picture purely from someone’s DNA. But the researchers caution that the genes they found only have small effects, and are only linked with a limited number of features, limiting their use until more genes of relevance are found.
