Everything I thought I knew about space I pretty much learned from Star Trek and Star Wars. Of course, I was a little kid, and not very smart, so I assumed there were explosions and sound and aliens and spaceships. Truth is, I still believe there are aliens and spaceships, but sadly, there are no explosions and no sound. I guess when the Death Star got blown up it just kind of quietly went dark and disappeared. Thank goodness, can’t be having a Death Star out there. Science and technology have taken huge strides in the last several decades, especially…
Author: Frank Bojazi
Nearing the finish line on a goal they once thought was impossible, 41-year-old Brad Ryan and his 92-year-old grandmother, Joy Ryan, will visit all 63 U.S. national parks together. In October 2015, when Brad was looking for a way to spend a three-day weekend during veterinary school, the duo from Duncan Falls, Ohio, actually kicked off their adventure. The idea was sparked by a conversation he had with “Grandma Joy” about his past adventures on the Appalachian Trail, he said. WATCH THE VIDEO by Good Morning America: “I felt bad that she was always living vicariously through my stories. And…
With just a few days before classes begin, problems with heating and cooling in Ohio’s largest school system caused teachers across the state to continue their strike. The union says that poor conditioning is a contributing factor to the miserable classroom environment, because if the classrooms are overheated and humid, then pretty much everyone in them is miserable. As the Columbus Education Association and the Columbus City Schools Board of Education continued their standoff, union members hit the picket line for a second day. The negotiations are scheduled to resume on the afternoon of the first day of school after…
California has voted to ban the sale of new gas powered cars by the year 2035, as reported in a statement by The California Air Resources Board. California will require 35 percent of new vehicles, starting in 2026, to be either partially or fully electric. As for the plug-in hybrids, if they provide 70 miles or more of the electric-only range and comply with the other EV regulations, they will count the same as fully electric vehicles (EVs). Daniel Sperling, a California Air Resources Board member, told CNN that “This is monumental.” He continued, “this is the most important thing…
Last week, the Biden administration unveiled a much-anticipated plan to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt owed by millions of Americans and as much as $20,000 for low-income borrowers. But the White House didn’t mention how President Biden’s decision to forgive student debt for some Americans will be paid off in the long-term. Administration officials didn’t explain how the additional spending will be made up or if it will increase tax bills even for average Americans. That said, many have been arguing in the past few days that the national deficit is actually already plunging under the…
Joe Rogan, the so-called Spotify king, has been dethroned by actual royalty. Meghan Markle’s fresh new podcast, “Archetypes,” has reached number one on Spotify in the United States and six other countries. Since he launched “The Joe Rogan Experience” in May 2020, Rogan has had the most popular podcast on the platform. Rogan interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, in his most recent show. It’s unclear if Markle’s popularity will last after the dust settles. “Archetypes” did only top the Spotify charts in the US but also in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, New Zealand, and Australia. Archwell Audio and…
Is everyone sick of the Will Smith versus Chris Rock story yet? I’m not! It’s been five months since the “slap” and I have to admit, I still watch it sometimes. It’s still shocking to me that Smith had the nerve to walk on the stage and light Rock up like that! Sometimes I still think it was all staged and just a stunt to get people interested in the Oscars again. Ratings have been steadily declining and circling the drain for years. People simply don’t care about a bunch of spoiled liberal elites patting themselves on the back and…
Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the main US maritime travel in the stream since US-China strains spiked for the current month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The directed rocket cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the journey “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the US Seventh Fleet in Japan said in a statement. “These ships are transiting through a corridor in the strait that is beyond the territorial sea of any coastal…
Well, it was a good run, but everything has to end, doesn’t it? Even the legends of our youth pass on, fade away and ride off into the sunset. Ozzy Osbourne is no different. Ozzy has been a cultural icon and staple of the television and music scene since his introduction with Black Sabbath in the 70’s. Ozzy has been responsible for some of the most lewd, lascivious behavior in rock and roll history. He is simply a little unhinged. Ozzy met his wife Sharon and got married in 1982, literally saving his life as he was spiraling into (more)…
Proponents of electric vehicles often use the charging stations that electric vehicles require as a prime example of what they think is so good about EVs. Though they acknowledge that the charging stations take longer to charge an EV than it takes to fill up a car or truck at a gas pump, they often cite the lower cost of a charging station than a gas pump as why the whole EV idea is so good. What they ignore, however, is all the bad stuff that can happen as you wait endlessly for your car to charge. Sure, they argue,…
One of the funniest and most inspiring/heartening parts of the Joe Biden presidency has been watching people that have always been Democrats switch parties in resigned frustration with how bad their party has gotten. Furious with the way the country is headed, upset with the inflation crisis, the gas price disaster, the grooming of kids, and all those other crazy things that the libs do, people are switching parties in the hope that it’s not too late. We’ve seen a huge number of Hispanics switch sides, as shown most recently by the electoral win of Maya Flores in a nearly…
Gulsen Colakoglu, a Turkish popstar, was released from jail but placed on house arrest after allegedly making jokes about Islamic religious schools in Turkey. She now awaits trial on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity.” At a concert, the pop star joked that the “perversion” of one of her musicians was because he attended a religious school in the country. This school, when built, was intended for the training of imams. Her words were, “He studied at an Imam Hatip previously. That’s where his perversion comes from.” The 46-year-old singer was then invited for questioning concerning this joke. Following the…
‘Moaning Markle’ is at it again. Just a few days after attacking the Royal Family in the first episode of her podcast, Meghan has been on the attack again. In an exclusive interview with New York-based magazine, The Cut, Meghan took the opportunity to whine about Harry’s family and bleat about how “happy” the couple were to leave Britain behind and start a new, ”private” (ha) life in Hollywood. In an extraordinary moan, the Duchess of Sussex told The Cut that she and Prince Harry had been “upsetting the dynamic of the hierarchy… just by existing” while they lived in…
Ever live in a gated community? I haven’t. Too elitist and snobby for me. Just kidding, I have never been able to afford to live in a gated community. Plus, aren’t gates and walls racist? I mean, that’s what the Democrats would have us believe, right? Border walls don’t work! What would be the point? Keep out criminals? Stem the flow of drugs? Keep an eye out for potential terrorists? Maybe defend a countries sovereignty? Nah, open those flood gates! It’s a party! President Trump started a big, beautiful, effective border wall and our southern border was never more secure.…
I really hate being told how to do my job. One of my biggest pet peeves in every job I have had has been people that don’t know what my job is, or that do not directly supervise me telling me what to do. Since I can be a little stubborn, generally I just nod politely and continue doing my own thing. Always seemed to work out, because most people in charge just want you and the world to know they are in charge. So annoying. Recently failed New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a potential 2024 Democrat nominee for…
While the whole world is looking to cut back on how energy is spent and ‘save the world’ Japan looks to be moving in the opposite direction and is thinking about reviving an old explosive power source. Japan will restart more idled atomic plants and take a shot at creating cutting-edge reactors, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday, making way for a significant strategy shift on thermal power 10 years after the Fukushima calamity. The remarks from Kishida – who likewise said the public authority would take a shot at expanding the life expectancy of existing reactors – feature…
Network television is on life support. Whether it’s the quality of the programming, which has worsened in recent years, or the influence of streaming on peoples viewing habits, what was once a staple of American life is dying a slow, painful death. It’s hard not to say, “good riddance”. Network television just is no longer compelling. Forced diversity, canned laughter, stale, trite storylines; once again I sound like a bitter old dude, but the failure of the networks to hold viewers proves I am right. I love being right. Remember “must see tv” in the 80’s and 90’s on NBC?…
I loved Saturday Night Live as a kid. It’s not as if I understood the humor since I was pretty young when it premiered, it was just cool to be up so late watching something I probably wasn’t supposed to be watching. Yep, I was a real rebel! Once the 70’s turned onto the 80’s, SNL really hit its stride. Iconic comedians like Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell; just too many to list. Sadly, the show has devolved into nothing more than virtue signaling, cheap political humor, and largely lacks the star power of its previous iterations.…
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have been playing God and made model embryos from mouse stem cells that structure the brain, a pulsating heart, and the foundations of the relative multitude of different organs of the body. It addresses another road for reproducing the infancy of life. The group of analysts, driven by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, created the embryo model without eggs or sperm. Rather, they utilized stem cells – which are sort of like blank cells and can form into practically any cell type in the body. “It’s just unbelievable that we’ve got this far. This has been…
I’ve mentioned this before, but I’m not an exotic pet guy. In fact, reptiles in particular just aren’t pets. They are cold blooded killers that would love nothing more to eat you or swallow you whole. We see time and again stories about people keeping reptiles as pets and things going incredibly wrong. One unfortunate fellow had monitor lizards in his house that bit him and waited until he died of sepsis from their bites before eating him. I ain’t going down like that! There is a reason, a very good reason that literally every body of fresh water in…
Some mysterious message on a billboard has popped up in LA and SF warning people not to move to Texas painting it in a negative light. However, Texans would happily agree with part of the sign. The bulletin, whose maker remains anonymous, guarantees that the well-known “Texas Miracle” died in the wake of the Uvalde shooting in May. The “Texas Miracle” is a term promoted by former Gov. Rick Perry in 2011 to feature the state’s versatile economy amid the Great Recession. The board likewise referred to the assertion “Don’t mess with Texas,” which began as an enemy of the…