It's funny how some fight against the very thing that will save a nation.
posted by C-note 6 years ago • 89 views • 1:55Videos (55) | Sift Talk (0) | Blogs (0) | Comments (1000) |
YouTube description: Everything seemed normal on the second leg of American Airlines Fight 96, June 12, 1972. Captain Bryce McCormick sat back to take a sip of coffee and admire the view. Then, suddenly,... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 weeks ago • 463 views • 11:00This video shows a deep-sea squid Gonatus onyx fighting to eat an owlfish Pseudobathylagus milleri. It was recorded using remotely operated vehicle Doc Ricketts.
posted by newtboy 6 years 2 months ago • 823 views • 2:17"Protecting yourself, your community, and the animal from harm. Everybody wins!"
posted by ant 6 years 2 months ago • 191 views • 8:44Jim travels to Ireland to chat with comedian Tara Flynn about the Irish abortion ban and invites a virulently anti-abortion politician to London to discuss his views.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 673 views • 11:07This is the story of a rock. It was once worth fighting wars over. Now its just a rock.
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 412 views • 6:37"Birds of prey fight over feeding spots and food."
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 6 years 7 months 1 week ago • 381 views • 3:46John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill was born in Hong Kong, and graduated from the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in 1926. He would later earn the nickname “Mad Jack” or “Fighting Jack”... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months ago • 1,754 views • 6:57On the morning of July 7, 1944, Captain Ben L. Salomon of the U.S. Army’s 105th Infantry, commissioned as a dentist, single-handedly held off a fierce attack of an overwhelming force of Japanese soldiers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 10 months ago • 44 views • 6:24YouTube description: You don’t have to go vegan to fight climate change. Research shows that small changes to our diets can make big differences. (H/T @eric3579)... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 275 views • 5:40California Taxing authority goes after man even after he moves out of state-- The man fights back.
posted by bobknight33 6 years 12 months ago • 213 views • 7:07The Saudis and Iranians have never actually declared war on each other. Instead, they fight indirectly by supporting opposing sides in other countries and inciting conflicts. This is known as proxy warfare. ... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 320 views • 10:19YouTube: Facts and data alone won’t inspire people to take action in the fight against global warming. So what will?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 690 views • 8:15"Look in the margins of medieval books and you'll find an unusual theme: knights vs. snails. Vox's Phil Edwards investigated why in this episode of Vox Almanac..."
posted by ant 7 years 7 months ago • 86 views • 4:37Did you know that real swordsmen never parried with the edges of their swords? Neither did I.
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months 1 week ago • 19 views • 16:13SAD! YouTube: I don't really know what this budget is meant to do aside from raise military spending dramatically while keeping spending almost exactly the same as it is now. It's remarkable how close... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 338 views • 5:03"Larry Smith doesn’t just live with Parkinson’s. He rises above it." "After a 20-year battle with Parkinson’s, Larry has exhausted every conventional method of treatment, every drug, and even... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months ago • 635 views • 7:59YouTube: Each year, we try to fight flu season with the influenza vaccine and this year is no different. But why is there a flu season at all and how do we fight it?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 124 views • 4:45YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 812 views • 14:23