Snowden refutes the absurd charges that he spied for Russia.

It is no coincidence that Snowden is in Russia. It is because the US blocked him from going anywhere else.

Why does the US want Snowden to be in Russia rather than Bolivia or Venezuela? I conjectured last July that it is in order to smear him one way or another.

NOAA says 2013 is tied for the 4th warmest year on record.

The percentage of US adults in or looking for employment fell to under 63%. Large numbers have recently given up looking for work.

Perhaps they gave up hope of finding a job long ago, and were counted as seeking employment only because of their unemployment benefits. Once those were cut off, they had no reason to keep looking for work that they know they can't find.

Nobel laureate Randy Schekman campaigns against the "luxury journals" that use their prestige to maintain an exploitative relationship with science.

UK thugs demand water cannon to use against the people, saying that austerity is going to cause riots.