One of the funnier parody accounts on Twitter is “Florida Man” and its collection of tweets highlighting odd stories that involve people form Florida. For example:
Police Arrest Wanted Florida Man After He Butt-Dials 911 http://t.co/GRcIHU4f0s
— Florida Man (@_FloridaMan) October 16, 2015And:
SWAT Team Forced to Wait Outside as Florida Man and Girlfriend Have Sex “One Last Time” http://t…

Although the outcome of most adoptions is positive, the sad reality is that not all adoptions have happy endings. Some adoptive parents neglect, abuse, or even kill their adopted children. There can be problems with the children, too. In cases involving older kids, there are often undisclosed psychological issues which cause the child to act […]
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Despite the fact that corruption in governments is almost inevitable, most people believe that the purpose of a government is to care for and safeguard the people under their watch. The average person may disagree quite a bit on how this should be accomplished, but most believe that having a government is a good idea, […]
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Float chambers — pitch-black, soundproof capsules popularized by artists in the 1970s — are enjoying a new and growing popularity.

Supporters and opponents of the Affordable Care Act have played an elaborate numbers game in assessing the program’s prospects.

Early aviation history is fascinating. Although many airplanes were successful, there was not a clear consensus as to how the best airplane should be designed. Because of this, aviation pioneers tried a variety of strange concepts in an attempt to start the next big aviation revolution. This experimental mentality transferred over into World War I. […]
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Does Donald Trump have a super PAC problem? The Washington Post seems to think so. Here’s their report that went live earlier this evening:
JUST POSTED: The inside story of Donald Trump’s connections to a big-money super PAC, w/@thamburger @wpjenna http://t.co/uXlrXFX9fQ
— Matea Gold (@mateagold) October 19, 2015The meat of the story — according to the Washington Post — is that a consultant to the pro-Trump Make America Great Again PAC named Mike Ciletti is also a vendor to Trump’s campaign and worked with Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, in the past:
Consultant for pro-Trump super PAC has ties to Trump campaign manager, and his firm has been paid by Trump campaign http://t…

Humanity is awash with amazing myths, and some of these simply must have some basis in fact. The following are by no means meant to be definitive and exclusive explanations, and undoubtedly some cases might just be the result of the extraordinary qualities of the human imagination. (And, y’know, Occam’s razor—the simplest solution is sometimes […]
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Fame can be a very fickle mistress. One day, everybody knows who you are, and the next, everyone is wondering whatever happened to that guy whose name they can’t quite remember. This is true for criminals, as well. Although some might believe that there’s no better way to become famous than crime, that fame doesn’t […]
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Because nothing shows the world you’re serious quite like a traffic jam, pro-Palestinian protesters are holding a rally this afternoon in downtown Chicago to protest what they say is Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
Weird how there don’t seem to be any signs angry at the Palestinian terrorists stabbing Israelis, however:
We marching. #Chicago #Palestine pic.twitter.com/XDjdO6sWK2
— Global Revolution TV (@GlobalRevLive) October 18, 2015Chicago #Palestine wrapping up back at Congress & Michigan…