Physicists in Switzerland said Sunday they had succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal, in which information transited from light to matter, over a record distance of 25 kilometres (15.5 miles). The experiment, conducted over optical fibre at the University of Geneva, beat the team’s previous record in 2003 of […] Read More → 
John Hawkins, I once knew a guy who wanted to be a singer. I didn’t think he could sing very well, but in all fairness, that never stopped Justin Bieber. In any case, I inquired as to whether he was in a band. He said, “no.” I asked whether he had a demo tape. Nope, […] Read More → 
Ray Rice and Janay Palmer can be heard shouting obscenities at each other, and she appears to spit in the face of the three-time Pro Bowl running back right before he throws a brutal punch in a video shown to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official. The video, shown to the AP Monday […] Read More → 
It hasn’t been a month since Donald Sterling sold the L.A. Clippers, and already CNN reports another NBA owner is selling off his interest in a team, following the exposure of a conversation with ugly racial overtones. In this case, Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson made his comments in an email to other owners and […] Read More → 
Da Coach has weighed in on Da Campaign for Illinois governor. Former Chicago Bears football coach Mike Ditka appears in a new TV ad for Republican candidate Bruce. It aired Sunday during a broadcast of the Bears game against the Buffalo Bills. The 30-second spot plays off Ditka’s reputation as a tough, no-nonsense task master. […] Read More → 
Jazz Shaw, A couple of days back, Noah noted a rather embarrassing moment for DNC chair Debby Wasserman Schultz, who got on the wrong side of the War on Wimmenz during some remarks about Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. (Assuming, that is, that she’s still capable of feeling embarrassed.) A quick refresher: Getting a little over […] Read More → 
How’s “income inequality” looking after six years of the most left-wing president in modern history, Reuters? Read More → 
By John J Kirkwood, “The analogy we use around here sometimes and is accurate is if a JV team puts on Laker uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.” – President Obama to David Remnick on the threat posed by ISIS Don’t look now Mr. President but the J.V. team just truncated one of our […] Read More → 
Developer Sledgehammer Games just showed off the first footage of “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” in advance of Germany’s Gamescom conference, which begins tomorrow, and it looks to be a fairly substantial departure from other entries in the long-running franchise. The first trailer of the multiplayer mode showcases the many new features at the disposal of […] Read More → 
SPOILER WARNING: This article contains minor spoilers that some readers may wish to avoid. Last week, as part of massive layoffs at the company, Microsoft announced plans to close Xbox Entertainment Studios, the division responsible for producing original programming for the Xbox platform. But Microsoft reassured fans of its Halo franchise that the two live-action […] Read More → 
Doug Giles This past week, Facebook removed a page dedicated to the death of a Texas Tech cheerleader named Kendall Jones. The page was titled,“Kill Kendall Jones”. Charming, eh? Why did 300-400 people want to kill Kendall? Are y’all ready? Are you sitting down? It was because Miss Jones legally hunts animals that aren’t endangered, […] Read More → 
I’ve held off on writing about soccer for a decade — or about the length of the average passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls — all in front of a crowd. When baseball players soccer game — so as not to offend anyone. But enough is enough. Any growing interest in soccer can only […] Read More → 
The nation’s video game athletes have gathered in Southern California to battle aliens and bad guys for cash and glory. More than 1,000 eSports players are taking part in the Major League Gaming Championships in Anaheim, which began Friday and run through Sunday, the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/1nUF0qa ) reported. The contestants don special headphones […] Read More → 
Coyote Prime – by Stirling “The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face witha conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believe it exists.”- J. Edgar Hoover “Why is it important for you to understand the subject of the Hegelian Dialectic? Because it is the process by which all change is being accomplished in society today. More importantly, […] Read More → 
The least understood but most consequential characteristic of government is that it operates on and derives all of its influence from its real estate roots. Governmental organizations of all sizes have been based, since they first were organized over ten thousand years ago, on control of real estate. Whoever controls a piece of real estate […] Read More →