‘Fake’ cellphone towers discovered in U.S.

"...The fake ‘towers’ – computers which wirelessly attack cellphones via the “baseband” chips built to allow them to communicate with their networks, can eavesdrop and even install spyware, ESD claims. They are a known technology - but the surprise is that they are in active use..."

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Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations

Neurons in human skin perform advanced calculations, previously believed that only the brain could perform. This is according to a study from Umeå University in Sweden published in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
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Scientists Find ‘Alarming’ Amount Of Arsenic In Groundwater Near Texas Fracking Sites

After testing 100 water wells atop one of the largest natural gas reserves in the U.S., researchers found that nearly 30 ... Read more

Private Prison Stocks Soar As Companies Cash In On Incarcerated Immigrants

Private prison investors are seizing on the influx of migrants from Central America as an opportunity for more profit. The post ... Read more

Republican Senate Nominee Touts Birth Control Support, Downplays Anti-Woman Record In New Ad

Cory Gardner has been working hard to convince voters he's shed his extreme anti-woman past.The post Republican Senate Nominee ... Read more

L.A. mayor calls for $13.25 minimum wage

"...If the plan goes through, the minimum wage for Los Angeles workers would be among the highest in the country. Seattle and SeaTac in Washington have approved the nation's highest minimum wages of $15 an hour. Other cities, such as San Diego, Richmond, Calif., and New York City have also passed laws increasing minimum wage for workers...."
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For This Michigan Senate Candidate, Climate Change Is A Job Creation Issue

"You can do what's right for the environment and what's right for the economy at the same time."The post For This Michigan ... Read more

Gun violence costs taxpayers $500 million

" Most of the victims are either uninsured or on public insurance like Medicaid, which means that the hospital costs get passed on to the taxpayer, the think tank said. "Read more

Calling All Non-believers . . . Come Out of the Closet!

"Declare and share your nonbelief! Although the nonreligious — including one in five U.S. citizens — is a significant segment of the world population, many Americans have never knowingly met a nonbeliever. You can help dispel myths, educate and promote reason by adding your voice, face and message to FFRF's friendly neighborhood freethinker campaign. This is your chance to proclaim you're a freethinker and why. It's working for the gay rights movement. Now it's time for atheists and agnostics to come out of our closet. Many faces make Enlightenment work.

Record your short (1 min. or less) video explaining why you're a freethinker who has come "Out of the Closet" and upload via FFRF's Out of the Closet video campaign app..."

http://ffrf.org/video-landing

Watch:
http://youtu.be/gKVnQLeQLiI?list=PLpgL-G2muTgNT6UR4I-9bzL3wD-n1fzmt

RE: How not to react when your child tells you that he's gay

http://youtu.be/jmrvU-UmDw0

Wage Theft is on the Rise in America

“This is just not acceptable,” Mr. Weil said. “You can’t threaten people to lose their jobs because they are asserting rights that go back 75 years.”
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The Matterhorn from my camp-site this summer, Switzerland (OC) [2500x1666]

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We Are On The Verge Of An Electric Car Battery Breakthrough

Investment pundits think that Tesla Motors is on the verge of achieving something big: A battery cheap enough to make electric ... Read more

Mayor Forces Man To Leave Public Meeting Because He Won’t Stand During Prayer

Winter Garden Mayor John Rees was caught on video demanding that an audience member stand for a prayer and the pledge -- or be ... Read more

Conservatives Protest Labor Day By Staging A Work-In

"I can't think of a problem in society that can't be traced in some way back to the abuses of organized labor, and it would be ... Read more

Public Schools Still Haven't Learned Football, Religion Don't Mix, Legally Speaking

"... if you’re a public school, you can’t do anything that smacks of your making religion a required part of the game..."

http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2014/08/29/public-schools-still-havent-learned-football-religion-dont-mix-legally-speaking/

Florida High School Football Team ‘Covers The Field’ In Protest Of School Prayer Laws

"...The current accepted reading of the law by courts is that prayer is absolutely legal and to forbid it would infringe upon student rights. However, allowing school officials to lead violates the establishment clause. It’s this prohibition on officials leading school prayer that many seek to change..."

http://www.inquisitr.com/1442033/florida-high-school-football-team-covers-the-field-in-protest-of-school-prayer-laws/

Evolving Out of Eden (with Ed Suominen and Robert M. Price) (TheThinkingAtheist)

This podcast is titled after the new book by Suominen and Price, available here: http://evolvingoutofeden.com Evolution has been proven beyond legitimate scientific dispute. We are evolved creatures, a process of random mutation and DNA crossover, genetic drift, horizontal gene transfer and natural selection. We are not the descendants of Adam. This is troubling to the believer in the Genesis account of Creation. In this podcast. Ed Suominen and Dr. Robert M. Price speak about the hostile territory outside of Eden…a place where dogma dissipates under the white-hot light of the evidence.

Interview
http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast/evolving-out-of-eden-with-ed-suominen-and-robert-m-price

Why Darwin Matters -- Michael Shermer (Truth-Driven Thinking)

"...The most common reason people give for why they believe in God is the good design of the world and the life in it. The question is: who or what is the designer? Why Darwin Matters examines the difference between supernatural design (creationism) v. natural design (evolution) and how evolution can explain complex design..."

Interview:
http://www.michaelshermer.com/2006/09/truth-driven-thinking/

About the book:
http://www.michaelshermer.com/why-darwin-matters/

A Search for Nativity Truth -- Dr. Robert M. Price (Truth-Driven Thinking)

It's an honor to welcome New Testament scholar Dr. Robert Price back to the program to discuss a search for truth about the Christmas story. Also hear about a fascinating effort to convene scholars to study New Testament authenticity (could it be the Desoterica?), and why Dr. Price considers himself a fundamentalist.

Interview:
https://player.fm/series/truth-driven-thinking/dr-robert-price-a-search-for-nativity-truth