Author: No Author

Following on from our first list of words you don’t know, we present another 25. Learn one a day and impress your friends! Words 25 – 21 25. Girn – To bare your teeth in anger and sadness 24. Yerd – To beat with a stick. 23. Dendrofilous – Loving trees enough to live in them. 22. Wamfle – To walk around with flapping clothes. 21. Ribazuba – Ivory from a walrus. Words 20 – 16 20. Franch – To eat greedily. 19. Nazzard – A lowly or weak person. 18. Cachinnate – To laugh noisily. 17. Sesamoid – Having … Continue reading →

The post 25 Words You Probably Never Heard Of appeared first on LewRockwell.

Last week, the United States Labor Department reported that the nonfarm payrolls rose 211,000 last month. This data suggest that the Federal Reserve will definitely increase interest rates next week during its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Not so fast, says Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital. Speaking in an interview with Yahoo! Finance, Schiff explained that the numbers are a mirage, false and a work of fiction. With slowing consumer spending, tepid growth in the services industry and a contracting in manufacturing, Schiff says there is no way the jobs picture can be as rosy as the federal … Continue reading →

The post Phony Numbers on Jobs appeared first on LewRockwell.

Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, has backed a “hate-speech spell-checker” that would nudge ordinary web users away from unwelcome forms of expression on social media. Writing in the New York Times, Schmidt said that it was important to use the web’s power of connectivity to “bring out the best in people.” While he acknowledged the positives of the Internet, such as its role as a platform for the “raw reality of oppressed people and their real needs,” he added that the web is “also allowing some of our worst traits – such as envy, oppression, and hate – to come into full … Continue reading →

The post Squelch Speech That Bugs the Left appeared first on LewRockwell.

There are billions of words in the world, but there are an infinite number of situations and experiences to be had. Some experiences are so rare, we never think to name them. Others are similar to things we already have a name for, so we file them away under that category. However, each culture is unique, and other countries have words for things we’d never think of. 10 Backpfeifengesicht From the people who brought you schadenfreude (happiness at the misfortune of others) and gluckschmerz (unhappiness at the good fortune of others), we have backpfeifengesicht. This is a German word that roughly translates … Continue reading →

The post Backpfeifengesicht appeared first on LewRockwell.

A simple question could reveal a lot about your personality and outlook on life, a new study has claimed. Your answer to ‘Is this a circle?’ suggests if your political stance is more liberal or conservative, researchers believe. Those who answer “yes” to the question are more likely to be politically liberal and more accepting of deviant or marginalised groups in society, a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests. While people who believe the above image is not a circle would more likely agree with more politically conservative views. Psychology expert Ben Ambridge wrote in The Guardian … Continue reading →

The post Is This a Circle? appeared first on LewRockwell.

Get Your Flu Shot Before the Flu Is Widespread: CDC … Everyone 6 months and older should be vaccinated before holiday trips and gatherings, experts say … While relatively few cases of flu have surfaced so far in the United States, health officials say the holiday season will likely change that, so everyone should get a flu shot now. People will be shopping, traveling and going to gatherings – all excellent ways to be exposed to flu, said Dr. Michael Jhung, a medical officer in the influenza division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “People get flu … Continue reading →

The post Feds Ramp Up the Flu Vaccine Propaganda appeared first on LewRockwell.

If you need to know which way to go, your best bet is to ask a man, according to new research that suggests men have a better sense of direction than women. Although men and women specialize in their own tasks, researchers wanted to uncover if a good sense of direction has more to do with sex hormones or cultural conditioning. In order to test if culture or hormones plays a role in direction, women were given testosterone and asked to perform tasks in a virtual environment. The researchers, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, conducted fMRIs and … Continue reading →

The post Lost, Need Directions? appeared first on LewRockwell.

From getting revenge to manipulating a friend, all of us have a dark side. Now there’s a quiz that that tells you just how ‘evil’ you are. It measures Machiavellian, narcissistic and psychopathic traits to tell you whether you are ‘occasionally vile’ or ‘decidedly dastardly’ for example. The quiz was created by BBC Future and inspired by questionnaires developed by psychologists Delroy Paulhus and Daniel Jones. It measures the personality traits described as the ‘dark triad.’ Machiavellianism is characterised by manipulation and exploitation of others, a cynical disregard for morality, and a focus on self-interest and deception. Fictional character Frank Underwood, … Continue reading →

The post Are You Wicked, Machiavellian, Moderately Nefarious? appeared first on LewRockwell.

The so-called “White Student Union” created at the University of California, Santa Barbara has released a list of demands parodying the aggressive demands made by Black Lives Matter activists around the country. Although it identifies itself with UCSB, the school’s White Student Union currently only exists as a Facebook page, and is not a school-recognized organization. In fact, it’s not even certain the group was created by a current UCSB student, or that it’s a genuine “group” rather than the work of one person. Despite its lack of any official (or even physical) presence, on Tuesday night the group released a list of … Continue reading →

The post Hilarious List of Demands appeared first on LewRockwell.

After his career-changing performance in Airplane!, Leslie Nielsen teamed up with Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker again for the ABC parody show Police Squad! in 1982. After six episodes, it was canceled (though some people were clearly watching it, as it was nominated for two Emmy Awards). Six years later, the show found new life and pronounced success as a comedy movie franchise, beginning with 1988’s The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. Nielsen returned as detective Frank Drebin, an inept police officer who uncovers an assassination plot against Queen Elizabeth II, and falls for the … Continue reading →

The post From the Files of Police Squad appeared first on LewRockwell.

Dr. Udo Ulfakatte is a top German journalist and editor and has been for more than two decades, so you can bet he knows a thing or two about mainstream media and what really happens behind the scenes. Recently, Dr. Ulfakatte went on public television stating that he was forced to publish the works of intelligence agents under his own name, also adding that noncompliance with these orders would result in him losing his job. He recently made an appearance on RT news to share these facts: I’ve been a journalist for about 25 years, and I was educated to lie, to … Continue reading →

The post Top Journalist Spills the Beans appeared first on LewRockwell.

The first thing I thought when I heard the names of Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, was “They sound like new parents.” Sure enough, the couple had a baby six months ago and had the tenacity to drop it off at Grandma’s before the shooting. America is the only country in the developed world with zero days’ paternity leave. In Iceland, fathers get 120 days off with 80% of their original wages. They don’t have shootings in Iceland. The police shot a man dead for the first time there two years ago and apologized immediately. Police here … Continue reading →

The post What’s Really Behind the San Bernardino Shooting? appeared first on LewRockwell.

Originally published by AmmoLand.com. Cottonwood, AZ – Everyone knows Laser Plinking Cans are the most fun since lawn darts, and now we’ve invited some friends to the festivities by including our most robust full-size Trainer Trigger Tyme Laser Pistol and a Reaction Tyme Target. With the Laser Combo Kit, shooters “can” choose to plink just for fun, or boost the challenge and shoot both targets at different distances. This interactive target system provides immediate reactive feedback to alert shooters when they made an accurate “hit” shot on target with the Trainer Trigger Tyme pistol’s integrated laser. Great for shooters of all ages … Continue reading →

The post Practice and Plinking appeared first on LewRockwell.

I’m Jerry Reynolds, host of the Car Pro Radio show, here with some tips on how to prep for winter road trips. From getting your car ready, to organizing your travel plans, this checklist will help you get squared away before hitting the road. #1: KNOW YOUR CAR It sounds simple, but every vehicle handles differently, so take the time to know how your car handles in ice or snow. Especially if it’s a rental. Also get up to speed on how all-wheel-drive works, if you have it. We have an AWD video explainer here. #2: CHECK YOUR BATTERY Under the … Continue reading →

The post Got a Road Trip Planned? appeared first on LewRockwell.

A few weeks back, I assembled a dozen or so gentlemen together for an evening of food and fellowship. The main goal, besides steak eating, bourbon drinking, and cigar smoking, was to show support for a friend of ours who had been in a rut. Knowing we had all reached out to him on an individual level, without much success, I thought it prudent to round up the troops for what I was calling a gentleman’s dinner. Besides, I was really in the mood for a steak. The benefit of living in Tennessee during this period of el niño is that our … Continue reading →

The post Steak, Cigars, and Bacon-Flavored Bourbon appeared first on LewRockwell.