After 17 years underground growing from larva to bug, billions of cicadas are set to revel in the final four climactic weeks of their unusual life cycle. At some point over the next few weeks, when the temperature at eight feet below ground reaches a steady 64F, the nymphs, as juvenile cicadas are called, will scramble backwards out of the ground. ... more Swarmageddon: America braces for cicada plague of Biblical proportions - Telegraph
May 21, 2013
Swarmageddon: America braces for cicada plague of #Biblical proportions
There Were Two Gigantic, Suspicious Sales Of Gold On Friday That Caused The Price To Plunge
A lot of gold bugs think the price is being manipulated somehow, or that there's some divergence between what's going on in "paper" gold (gold prices that are tied to ETFs) and what's going on in physical gold (people buying ingots or jewelery). ...BARRON’S: There Was Some Gigantic, Suspicious Sales Of Gold On Friday That Caused The Price To Plunge | Business Insider Australia
Senate investigators: Apple sheltered $44 billion from taxes..
Senate investigators accuse Apple of wiring together a complicated system to shield billions of dollars in international profits from both U.S. and foreign tax collectors.Read
Senate investigators: Apple sheltered $44 billion from taxes - Tony Romm - POLITICO.com
Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billion$..
Apple Inc. paid no corporate income tax to any national government on tens of billions of dollars in overseas income over the past four years, Senate investigators found, a revelation that fuels the debate over whether the U.S. tax code needs an overhaul.
Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Mary J. Blige ‘hit with $3.4 million tax bill’
Mary J. Blige’s financial troubles have gotten a whole lot worse... The singer has reportedly been hit with a $3.4 million bill on top of the $900K she already owes the state of New Jersey....more》 Mary J. Blige ‘hit with $3.4 million tax bill’ - m.NYPOST.com
Anonymous IRS official: “Everything comes from the top.”
“We’re not political,’’ said one determinations staffer in khakis as he left work late Tuesday afternoon. “We people on the local level are doing what we are supposed to do. . . . That’s why there are so many people here who are flustered. Everything comes from the top. We don’t have any authority to make those decisions without someone signing off on them. There has to be a directive.”... more> Anonymous Cincinnati IRS official: “Everything comes from the top.” | Mobile Washington Examiner
19 UGLY TATTOO MISTAKES.. What were these people inking -- er, thinking?!
19 UGLY TATTOO MISTAKES
What were these people inking -- er, thinking?! You won't believe the bad tattoos some people actually get (and pay for!)... Bad Tattoo Pictures and Ideas - Beauty Riot - Cosmic chaos - Page 2
Man breaks into fortune teller's home when love spell fails.. Wonder if she saw it coming8ng?
Police in Spain said they have arrested a man accused of breaking into a fortune teller's home to recover the $212,000 he paid for a love spell that didn't work... Man breaks into fortune teller's home when love spell fails
New Evangelical Kevin Rudd backs same sex marriage
FORMER Prime Minister Kevin Rudd - who voted against gay marriage last year - has changed his mind and now backs the idea.
Kevin Rudd declares his support for same sex marriage | The Courier-Mail
Global Cooling: Anchorage Sets New Record for Longest Snow Season
232 days - it took over 30 years for Anchorage to set a new record for the longest snow season on record.The National Weather Service measured 2/10ths of an inch just after 9 p.m. Friday and 1/10th Saturday morning - breaking the old record of 230 days set in 1981-1982. Anchorage Sets New Record for Longest Snow Season - Anchorage, AK
Great News! Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely'
Scientists say the recent downturn in the rate of global warming will lead to lower temperature rises in the short-term.Since 1998, there has been an unexplained "standstill" in the heating of the Earth's atmosphere.Writing in Nature Geoscience, the researchers say this will reduce predicted warming in the coming decades. BBC News - Climate slowdown means extreme rates of warming 'not as likely'
Mercedes S-Class wows with 3D cameras and night vision
There was a time when luxury cars were defined by their sheer size and mass, their power, performance and, of course, exclusive details like leather seats and wood trim.Those factors distinguish the 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, but there’s more to the redefined German flagship that fit the changing nature of the auto industry. From its LED lamps to the 3D cameras, radar and night vision systems that allow the new sedan to virtually drive itself, the new S-Class is a technical tour de force that will likely have competitors racing to catch up.. read more Mercedes S-Class wows with 3D cameras and night vision - NBC News.com
May 20, 2013
Chilly Gold Coast nights as temperature plummets, coldest May morning in 9 years!
GOLD Coasters shivered through the coldest May morning in nine years yesterday with the chilly temperatures set to continue despite the bright blue skies and sunny weather. The overnight minimum dropped to a chilly 3.4C at Coolangatta yesterday morning -- nearly 11 degrees below the 14.1C May average. It was also the coldest morning since September last year.
Narcissist Rally: Big reason for stock boom? Companies buying back stocks
Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher — record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central banks flooding the financial system with money.
But you may want to spare a thought, and a healthy dose of worry, for what is one of the biggest, and least appreciated, reasons for the rally: buybacks... more Big reason for stock boom? Companies buying back stocks - NBC News.com
Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation... more LA Times - Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
Obama Consoles Student After Failing To Answer Math Problem: ‘Subtraction Is Tougher Than Addition
Trying to reset the agenda amid scandal in Washington, President Barack Obama turned his attention Friday to the economy and said lawmakers should spend every day resolute on how to help it grow and get people back to work. “Our focus cannot drift,” he said.
US robots, Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil 'one of safest sporting events ever'
Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history...more > US robots, Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil 'one of safest sporting events ever' — RT News
Islamic Egypt jails Christian for teaching 'blasphemy' of history..
CAIRO (AP) - The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders.
A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, "All except the Prophet Muhammad."The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt's ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of her pupils claimed that their children, aged 10, complained their teacher showed disgust when she spoke of Islam in class. According to the parents, Abdel-Nour, 24, told the children that Pope Shenouda, who led the Egyptian Coptic Church until his death last year, was better than the Prophet Muhammad...
Mexican cartels shut down press to silence truth.. Mexico is the most dangerous place in the West for reporters ...
SALTILLO, Mexico -- Quitze Fernandez, a columnist for the El Guardian newspaper in this capital of Coahuila state abutting Texas, picked up the phone in his newsroom one day.“Either you come or we are coming for you,” he heard.Within minutes, he was in an SUV surrounded by heavily armed gangsters. One held a knife to his throat. Another jabbed a gun barrel into his ribs. They said they didn’t like a headline in the newspaper.They tossed a copy in his face. He glanced down and saw it wasn’t El Guardian. Thinking quickly, he convinced the gunmen that they had mistaken his newspaper for another. They let him go, deeply shaken but alive.... more SALTILLO, Mexico: In Mexico, fears for democracy as threatened journalists curtail coverage - World Wires - MiamiHerald.com
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