5 Free Alternatives to Apple IOS 6 Maps
Apple’s newest iteration of its mobile operating system, IOS 6, just released and you’ve rushed to download it. The new performance upgrades, Facebook integration, and the brand spanking new Apple Maps application all entice you to upgrade. Remember what the wise man said about fools rushing in? The general consensus around the interwebs is that the [...]
Flipboard for iPhone: From Nay to Yay
So the big news in iPhone apps was that Flipboard was now available. While everyone was salivating to get their hands on Flipboard to the point of crashing the download server I was like “huh?” I had no idea what Flipboard was. My cousin is a Mashable groupie and his father a news junkie. It [...]
8-Year Old Elijah Tells Michelle Bachmann His Gay Mother Doesn’t Need Fixing
There is a video quickly on its way to going viral of an eight-year-old boy, Elijah, confronting tea party candidate Michele Bachmann. Elijah, in line with his mother, wait for their turn to greet Bachmann. When the time comes, the boy’s mother gently coaxed him to speak with the candidate. In a barely audible voice, [...]
Gaga Goes Au Natural
Lady Gaga covers the upcoming Harper’s Bazaar Magazine without makeup. That in itself isn’t really post worthy. Many celebrities have done something similar. It may be eye-catching that the always heavily and outrageously made up Gaga is doing it too but then again not really. It’s not even prompted by the irony of them making [...]
Honey Treats Coughs Better Than Drugs
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine shows what your grandparents or great grandparents already knew, that honey helps to soothe coughs and does it better than drugs. The use of honey as medicine goes further back than the ancient Egyptians who used honey for all sorts of purposes. Aside [...]
$9.4 million NIH-Backed Study Includes Research Of Penis Size in Gay Community
Ok, all sensationalism aside, someone in the marvelous think tank (sarcasm) called the US government thought it was a good idea to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a study, by the National Institutes of Health, that examined what effect a gay man’s penis size has on his sex life and general well-being. Now everyone [...]
Why Eating Healthy Costs More
It’s true, eating healthy costs more. At least it does upfront, the personal and national (not to mention genetic) health costs down the line are far cheaper. The problem is with limited funds to feed yourself or your family it’s a difficult choice to make for many. It all boils down to corporate [...]
KFC Parent Yum Lobbying Kentucky To Allow Food Stamp Purchase
According to statistics, Kentucky was ranked number seven in the U.S. in terms of obesity rates, with over 30 percent of adults being obese. Childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes are also on the rise in the state. Yum Brands, the parent company of fast food favorites KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is lobbying [...]
More Than Half of U.S. Children Under Age 2 Are Of Color
Preliminary 2010 census estimates show that, for the first time, more than half of the children under age 2 in the U.S. are minorities, part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and fast-growing younger ethnic populations that could reshape government policies. Maybe this will be the [...]
Mercy For Animals Investigates Iowa Select Farms Animal Abuse
This video was taken as part of a Mercy For Animals undercover investigation into the inhuman treaty animals receive at Iowa Select Farms, the nation’s largest pork producer in Kamrar, Iowa, in their journey from factory to your plate. I would be willing to bet that the majority of you who enjoy some crispy bacon [...]
