Three-quarter length view of a pair of metal inert gas welding robots at John Deere Harvester Works, East Moline, Illinois.

Stuff YOU Should Know

April 7, 2017 btwuser 0

Government Shut Down Ahead? Saturday April 29 will mark President Trump’s 100th day in office. But it could also signal something else: the start of […]

Crowd waiting for oral polio vaccine in 1962. Today CDC now recommends that we give only the injectable vaccine because of the very small chance that the oral dose can lead to a polio infection.

Stuff YOU Should Know

November 20, 2013 btwuser 0

Super Typhoon Thrashes the Philippines The strongest recorded storm ever to reach land hit the Philippines on November 8. There are at least 10,000 reported […]

South porch of the White House

Stuff YOU Should Know

October 29, 2013 btwuser 0

U.S. Ship Violates International Law in Indian Waters On October 12, the Coast Guard of India stopped a ship it suspected of carrying firearms without […]

Republican Party and Democratic Party flags on scales

Shutdown Showdown

October 13, 2013 btwuser 0

For the first time in seventeen years, the U.S. government is in the midst of a shutdown. This means that a number of federally-funded programs […]

closed sign on shop window

Shutdown!

October 1, 2013 btwuser 0

Last night, time ran out for the federal government. The House of Representatives and the Senate could not agree on the wording of a temporary […]