Meet the Google Executive Who Plans to Cheat Death
Ray Kurzweil takes 150 vitamins a day so he can ‘hold out long enough for invention of robots that will keep humans alive’.
Entries by Joe Miller
Fresh Leak on US Spying: NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email
The NSA has been systematically eavesdropping on the Mexican government for years.
GOP Splits Over Obama’s Immigration Offer
The high-stakes overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws faces a little-noticed obstacle — the reluctance of many GOP legislators to accept the political trade offered by President Barack Obama and his fellow progressives.
Twitter Quitters Dog IPO
Retired schoolteacher Donald Hovasse signed up for Twitter about a year ago at the urging of his daughter. He lost interest after trying the service a few times and finding lots of celebrities but few of his friends using the online social network.
Republican Senator Says Obamacare Would Have Killed Him
“You are talking to someone right now who probably wouldn’t be here if we had socialized medicine in America.”
Behold Our Elected Hypocrite
Southern playwright Tennessee Williams left us with this observation: The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite.
Scientists Discover DNA Body Clock
Newly discovered mechanism could help researchers understand ageing process and lead to ways of slowing it down.
Armed Protest at Alamo Ends Quietly
Gun enthusiasts gathered at the Alamo Saturday to rally for the right to openly carry firearms, without state and local restrictions that are now in place.
Cruz: Blame Senate GOP for ACA Defeat
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is blaming his fellow Senate Republicans for opposing a movement in the House to defund ObamaCare, which ultimately caused Republicans to win few concessions in the deal to reopen the government and raise the nation’s debt ceiling.
Dem Rep. Steve Cohen: Tea Partiers are ‘Domestic Enemies’ (+video)
Tennessee Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen called tea party congressional Republicans “domestic enemies” against which he must defend the country, describing them as rabid, sophomoric and in ambitious pursuit of their policies.