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A brain in near-perfect condition is found in a skull of a person who was decapitated over 2,600 years ago.

A human skull dated to about 2,684 years ago with an “exceptionally preserved” human brain still inside of it was recently discovered in a waterlogged U.K. pit, according to a new Journal of Archaeological Sciencestudy.

The brain is the oldest known intact human brain from Europe and Asia, according to the authors, who also believe it’s one of the best-preserved ancient brains in the world.

“The early Iron Age skull belonged to a [...]

What minimum wage buys, then and now: 56 hours paid the rent in 1950, 109 hours paid the rent in 2010

1950

Minimum wage: $0.75 per hour
Gas: $0.27 or 22 minutes
Movie ticket: $0.48 or 38 minutes
Rent: $42 or 56 hours

1960

Minimum wage: $1 per hour
Gas: $0.31 or 19 minutes
Movie ticket: $0.69 or 41 minutes
Rent: $71 or 71 hours

1970

Minimum wage: $1.60 per hour
Gas: $0.36 or 14 minutes
Movie ticket: $1.55 or 58 minutes
Rent: $108 or 67.5 hours

1980

Minimum wage: $3.10 per hour
Gas: $1.25 or 24 minutes
Movie ticket: $2.60 or 50 minutes
Rent: $243 or 78 hours

1990

Minimum wage: [...]

The short-selling firm that revealed last year’s massive Sino Forest fraud is targeting a new stock

As of earlier today, Sino Forest is official bankrupt, courtesy of ISDA’s determinations committee which found just that, despite Sino’s attempt to scapegoat Muddy Waters in an idiotic attempt at redirection. So is Muddy Waters sitting on its laurels, having been vindicated? No: the company just released the following analysis this time focusing on “The Fraud School’, our old friend RINO as well as new entrant to the alleged fraudcap space: [...]

BACHMANN: Media, not voters, picking winners

Michele Bachmann just weighed in “Debategate,” telling Whispers that the media is trying to pick the Republican presidential winner, cutting voters out of the process.

“There’s always a suspicion of maybe a bias and I guess this just confirmed it,” she said of a CBS memo before Saturday’s debate, which suggested that the Minnesota Republican congresswoman would be ignored during the foreign policy chatfest.

The memo, she said, “demonstrates that the media [...]

2011 November 09 EAS National Test Slide Show (Power Point)

This is the Slide Show (Power Point) from EAS — A National Test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) will be conducted on November 9, 2011. The National level EAS is a public alert and warning system that enables the President to address the American public during extreme emergencies. The test, conducted by FEMA, the FCC and NOAA, is the first nationwide test of the system, and will air at [...]

TOUGH: FORD ad slams Obama auto bailouts

America is still fighting over President Obama’s costly bailout of Chrysler and General Motors. Especially the owners of Ford, the only member of Detroit’s “Big Three” who rejected the government dole and emerged perfectly healthy.

[Check out our editorial cartoons on President Obama.]

In its most political ad in the so-called “Drive One” ads where real drivers are thrust before cameras to explain why they picked Ford, [...]

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