5% of World Has 25% of all Prisoners
The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.
Indeed, the United States leads the world in producing prisoners, a reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely distinctive American approach to crime and punishment. Americans are locked up for crimes — from [...]
Republican Congress OKs DNA Samples of All Americans Arrested.
Feds to collect DNA from every person they arrest
By EILEEN SULLIVAN,
The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency — a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about the privacy of innocent people.
Using authority granted by Congress, the government also [...]
Did Aztecs Know More Math Than You?
Aztecs devised sophisticated arithmetic system
By Will DunhamThu
Using written symbols such as hearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecs maintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously understood, scientists said on Thursday.
The Aztecs, an empire in central Mexico toppled by Spanish invaders in 1519, has long been recognized for its sophistication in [...]
Pregnant Man To Have Child-
It’s My Right to Have Kid, Pregnant Man Tells Oprah
Transgender Man Says He Kept Uterus Intending to Become Pregnant
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN
April 3, 2008 —
Thomas Beatie, a former woman who is now a pregnant man, defended his decision today to have a baby, saying he has a “right to have a biological child.”
Despite removing his breasts, [...]
Bread Prices Triple!
Wheat and Bread Prices Triple in last year… Remember, this is what cows and livestock eat, so prices should rise for hamburgers too. In addition, Gold hit $1000 /oz and the dollar is at an all time low vs. the Euro. What does this mean? You dollar is worth less so you will need to [...]
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