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March 4, 2015

Scientists have unearthed the jawbone of what they claim is one of the very first humans




http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31718336


The 2.8 million-year-old specimen is 400,000 years older than researchers thought that our kind first emerged.

The discovery in Ethiopia suggests climate change spurred the transition from tree dweller to upright walker.

The head of the research team told BBC News that the find gives the first insight into "the most important transitions in human evolution



March 4, 2015

Bipartisan bill aims to close gun loophole

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/bipartisan-legislation-aims-close-gun-loophole


A bipartisan group of legislators reintroduced a gun control bill Wednesday, nearly two years after the U.S. Senate failed to pass a measure that would have closed the federal loophole in the background checks system


March 2, 2015

American Sniper... go see it

Watched it last night
It's not at all what you might think

March 1, 2015

In this thread you will post your personal strange stories , Bigfoot , UFO's ghosts etc..

Once when walking in the woods I came across piles of deer bones scattered about .
Best I could tell maybe 8 or 9 deer had been killed and dragged there.

All the bones had chew marks on them . My best guess is either a pack of coyotes or a pack of wild dogs.
Some of the bones were older than others so they kept dragging them there to eat them in that particular spot.

It was pretty weird .

I have a couple more but lets get some true stories in this thread

February 27, 2015

Obama to ban the ammo used in AR15's

because now it could be used in handguns.
These bullets can pierce bullet proof vests
and now it can be used in handguns.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/27/lawmakers-wont-be-silenced-over-obama-administration-proposed-ammo-ban/


Lawmakers won't be silenced over Obama administration's proposed ammo ban

February 27, 2015

Chinese police start carrying guns and the fatal effects have rippled across the country

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/09/27/chinese-police-start-carrying-guns-and-the-fatal-effects-have-rippled-across-the-country/



Among the killings publicly reported in the past five months, since the policy change: A man with a history of mental illness shot by police in Sichuan Province. An allegedly drunk officer in Luoping County who quarreled with one man then killed another who was trying to intervene, according to reports quickly taken down by censors
February 23, 2015

Isolated incident with police

February 22, 2015

If another terror attack happens here will you change how you think about

your daily lives?


Will you avoid sporting events , shopping malls , concerts etc...

Attacks like the Kenya Mall terror shooting..

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