The Space Shuttle Enterprise is shown above as it is lowered onto the deck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid
The Enterprise will reside in the Space Shuttle Pavilion shown under construction on the deck of the carrier USS Intrepid
The Intrepid is docked in New York City at Pier 86 on 46th Street on the West Side of Manhattan
The museum showcases the World War II aircraft carrier USS Intrepid, the submarine USS Growler, a British Airways Concorde SST and a Lockheed A-12 supersonic reconnaissance plane
George H.W. Bush turns 89 Wednesday, and fans of the former President are wearing zany socks to pay homage to the senior statesman's style.
The former President wore pink socks on April 25, at the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library in Dallas.
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum invited young and old to wear stylish foot apparel to help the 41st president celebrate his special day and encouraged fans to share their sock shots on social media.
Even Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi wore loud socks to honor the 89th Birthday of the former President.
NBC reports:
As the Supreme Court prepares to once again weigh in on the issue of affirmative action, a record-low number of Americans support such programs, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Just 45 percent of respondents said they believe affirmative action programs are still needed to counteract the effects of discrimination against minorities, while an equal 45 percent feel the programs have gone too far and should be ended because they unfairly discriminate against whites.
The number of Americans supporting affirmative action has been in decline over the past two decades.
In 1991 61 percent supporting affirmative action compared to just 45 percent now.
“Right now, I feel like it’s reverse discrimination,” said one poll respondent, a white, 69-year-old retired teacher from Rhode Island, who was interviewed for this story and did not wish to be identified. “I did support it at first, but, gradually, because of this reverse discrimination it’s gone too far.”
Leading to the outcry of reverse discrimination are unrealistic quotas dictating that a certain percent of a workforce must be black along with the lowering the requirements for blacks on many jobs.
It is possible that most newcomers to America are surprised to learn that blacks make up only 13% of the population - see second link below.
Why do the number of TV commercials showing blacks far outnumber commercials that do not show blacks?
And how about the "color of crime" as shown in the charts below?
We don’t care if this report isn’t politically correct, somebody needs to say it...
Pope Francis (pictured) has acknowledged the long-rumored existence of the ‘gay lobby’ inside the Vatican's secretive administration for the first time.
Speaking during an audience with Latin American Catholics, the Argentine Pontiff said that there was a 'current of corruption' in the Roman Curia - the central governing body of the Catholic Church.
The Pope also hinted that he might take action over the issue.
The Argentine pope has made reforming the Roman Curia—the heavily criticized and intrigue-filled administration of the Catholic Church—a keystone of his papacy, but said it would be 'difficult'.
When the previous Pope, Benedict XVI, announced his decision to retire, many suspected the work of the rumored gay lobby at the heart of the Curia.
Clerical celibacy is mandated in the Catholic Church.
It has long been rumored that the priesthood sometimes attracts gay men as well as pediphiles.
It will be interesting to learn if Pope Francis will be able to reform the heavily criticized and intrigue-filled administration of the Catholic Church or if the Roman Curia will not allow changes.
President Obama’s half-brother Malik Obama is shown above with a young Barack who was best man at the first of his 12 weddings.
The often married Malik, a practicing Muslim, faces allegations that he is a wife-beater and a philanderer who seduced 17-year-old Sheila Anyango with “sweet words and a gift of £24” then made her his 12th wife when she was under the age of consent.
Malik’s 12th wife Sheila Anyango said “marrying him has been the biggest mistake of my life. He beats me, but mostly he’s just nasty and quarrelsome."
She is not the first spouse to accuse him of abuse.
The 54-year-old Malik (pictured on left above) suffered a crushing defeat last month in his bid for political power in Kenya.
He ran as an independent candidate for the governorship of Siaya County in the national elections but was soundly defeated.
Barack Obama is shown on left while visiting relatives in Kenya.
As fast-food chains are publicizing healthy menu items, some are adding new fatty items to keep customers coming back.
Enter the new Dunkin' Donuts breakfast sandwich made with a glazed doughnut.
It comes with fried eggs and bacon between a split glazed doughnut.
Customers will be able to customize their sandwiches by requesting other types of doughnuts such as a chocolate cake doughnut.
Dunkin' Donuts claims their glazed doughnut breakfast sandwich has only 360 calories, which is less than the 390 calories for the turkey sausage sandwich it recently introduced for people looking to eat better.
We are like that skeptical boy in in an old TV commercial who said “I’m skeptible.”
Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her role as Archie Bunker’s wife in the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom “All in the Family,” has died, her son said Saturday.
She was 90 years old.
“No one gave more profound ‘how to be a human being’ lessons than Jean Stapleton,” said Norman Lear, who produced and directed “All in the Family.”
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Lawlessness has become so endemic in Egypt that the U.S. Embassy this week warned Americans away from visiting the country’s famed pyramids.
An academic teaching at the American University in Cairo received an email from the embassy warning of “aggressiveness [that] in some cases is closer to criminal conduct… with angry groups of individuals surrounding and pounding on [vehicles]… and in some cases attempting to open the vehicle’s doors.”
The warning, emailed out over the embassy’s mailing list, was published the same day as a report documenting hundreds of attacks on journalists in Egypt. Most of the attacks, according to human rights adovactes, are being conducted by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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