Lola Gayle, STEAM Register COLUMBIA, MO: Probiotics are beneficial microorganisms that are said to provide numerous health benefits by interacting with our gut microbes after being ingested. While most studies have focused on the physical health benefits of these live bacteria, researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) are focusing on the mental health benefits of… … [Read more...] about Probiotics May Help Keep Stress And Anxiety At Bay
Mike Peters Cartoon: Trump’s Cage on Car Roof
Trump's Cage on the Roof by Mike Peters OF RELATED INTEREST: --See Romney Jump Through Trump's Hoops --Who cares if Mitt Romney is a sellout? --Bre Payton: Mitt Romney And Ted Cruz Are Sucking Up To Donald Trump --'Romney disgusts me' for the way he's now cozying up to Trump, billionaire Ken Langone says Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Cartoon: Trump’s Cage on Car Roof
Breaking News: Army Corps of Engineers Halts Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline
In what may be a temporary but important victory for opponents of the planned Dakota Access Pipeline, the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, , Jo-Ellen Darcy, announced today that it will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. U.S. Army / army.mil: Jo-Ellen Darcy said she based her decision … [Read more...] about Breaking News: Army Corps of Engineers Halts Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline
SNL Skewers Trump’s Tweeting: Trump upset, Baldwin bluntly responds (VIDEO)
SNL once again took on Donald Trump, with Alec Baldwin doing his spot on -- and withering -- portrayal of the President-elect. This time the supremely-well-written cold opening featured on Trump being obsessed with Twitter, even from a Tweet from a high school, and unable to focus on work. And, of course, his always-spinning campaign manager defending him. Trump made it … [Read more...] about SNL Skewers Trump’s Tweeting: Trump upset, Baldwin bluntly responds (VIDEO)
In Today’s World, the Truth is Losing
Richard Stengel, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, bluntly states the problem that has been worrying him and should worry us all: “In a global information war, how does the truth win?” The very idea that the truth won’t be triumphant would, until recently, have been heresy to Stengel, a former managing editor of Time… … [Read more...] about In Today’s World, the Truth is Losing
Trump, the pleaser president-elect
WASHINGTON -- It is a sign of how secretive the new administration plans to be that when Donald Trump spoke last week with the Pakistani prime minister, Americans learned what was discussed not from their president-elect but from the oppressive Pakistani government's Ministry of Information. Luckily, ministry Press Release No. 298 -- Pakistan's official "readout" of the … [Read more...] about Trump, the pleaser president-elect
Dogs Remember Like Humans
Your dog’s memory works much more like yours than previously thought, according to a new study. Writing in the journal Current Biology, researchers from the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Budapest, Hungary, say that, like people, dogs can “remember and recall events from the past, even when those events didn't hold any particular importance at… … [Read more...] about Dogs Remember Like Humans
Cartoons: Corporations Taking Hostages
Corporations Taking Hostages by Clay Jones Donald Trump went to Indiana on Thursday to brag about convincing Carrier, an air conditioner making company in that state, from going to Mexico and forcing more Americans out of work. On the campaign trail he bragged that companies wouldn’t leave our nation anymore after he’s president because he’ll call them and threaten them … [Read more...] about Cartoons: Corporations Taking Hostages
Maybe I should be a headline writer for a “liberally biased” magazine?
Maybe I should be a headline writer for a “liberally biased” magazine? By Robert P. Coutinho Recent headlines declared that President-Elect Trump has “saved” 1000 jobs in Indiana from being shipped to Mexico. The details are...fascinating, to say the least. Vice President-Elect Pence (the current governor of Indiana) has promised a reported seven million dollars in tax … [Read more...] about Maybe I should be a headline writer for a “liberally biased” magazine?
Cartoon: Small Trump
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Donald Trump Should Deport Ann Coulter
Bombastic polemicist Ann Coulter is in a tizzy because President-elect Donald Trump may not be as harsh on illegal immigrants as Coulter wants him to be. Regarding Trump's immigration policy, Coulter tweeted the following: Exactly what Coulter is calling a sell-out is unclear in her tweet, but she could be responding to what Trump said during an interview with the CBS … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Should Deport Ann Coulter
Keep an eye on South Carolina’s Next Governor Henry McMaster (Guest Voice)
South Carolina Governor-to-be Henry Dargan McMaster is currently set to be in the elected office he has worked toward his entire career spreading over four decades. His family started out serving the people through the House of Representatives and in law. The first blacks that were admitted to practice law in South Carolina were alive when his family started Tompkins and … [Read more...] about Keep an eye on South Carolina’s Next Governor Henry McMaster (Guest Voice)
When Robots Reign: Getting Along with Robo Sapiens
A Philosophic Fiction: Part 2 of 4 What’s Consciousness? Bob: If consciousness isn’t the difference between us, what is? Because it’s obvious that we’re very different. It has got to matter that you’re a hundred times smarter than me. Rob: What differences there are are not unlike those between yourselves and the hominins from whom you evolved. We don’t look alike but our … [Read more...] about When Robots Reign: Getting Along with Robo Sapiens
Mummified, Dismembered Legs Are Those Of Egyptian Queen Nefertari
Lola Gayle, STEAM Register YORK, ENGLAND: Broken and battered mummified legs on display at the Egyptian Museum in Turin are most likely those of Egyptian Queen Nefertari, the favorite Royal Consort of Pharaoh Ramses II (Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty c. 1250 BC), according to an extensive analysis by an international team of archaeologists, which… … [Read more...] about Mummified, Dismembered Legs Are Those Of Egyptian Queen Nefertari
Heavy Traffic Ahead: Political Identity, Class, & Culture at a Crossroads
As a result of recent defeats at the national and state level, Democrats are in a period of forced reflection, and no little internecine rancor and resentment. The détente that followed Clinton’s victory over Sanders in the primaries, the hope that their respective supporters could find common cause after a successful election, has been broken. Much of the current debate … [Read more...] about Heavy Traffic Ahead: Political Identity, Class, & Culture at a Crossroads
Cartoon: Trump Diplomacy
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Trump Speaks to Taiwan Leader in Move Likely to Anger China
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone on Friday with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, a move that is likely to infuriate China, which considers the self-ruled island its own, and complicate U.S. relations with Beijing. The conversation was the first such contact with Taiwan by a U.S. president-elect or president since President … [Read more...] about Trump Speaks to Taiwan Leader in Move Likely to Anger China
Donald Trump’s “To Call Today” List [Satire]
pol pot: no answer yet north korea, that guy with funny haircut: Call tomorrow putin: BBF, always answers president of Hungary, wall building expert: call tomorrow osama bin laden: No answer, might have cross-atlantic phone line saddam hussein: No answer yet, he's prob at end of his rope venezuela, whoever is revolving door prez: call tomorrow taiwan, call back to give … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s “To Call Today” List [Satire]
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Mixtape: A Confluence of Genius
Yesterday, Lin-Manuel Miranda once again introduced something thoroughly unique to the world. The full Hamilton Mixtape finally dropped last night and like pretty much everything else Lin-Manuel touches, this Hamilton Musical inspired multiple song release exists in a world all its own. Miranda has done more than gather big named musicians to croon covers from his wildly … [Read more...] about Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Mixtape: A Confluence of Genius
Military Weekend: A Few Marines Who Are ‘The Last to Let You Down’
Three weeks ago I was honored to be a pallbearer for my good friend, John Tschirhart, a World War II veteran who reached the age of 96. The ceremony and services were at different places, so we carried John’s casket several times. There were eight of us and John wasn’t heavy. The last place we carried John’s flag-draped casket to was graveside. It was a beautiful, … [Read more...] about Military Weekend: A Few Marines Who Are ‘The Last to Let You Down’