Hi Guys, With Saint Patrick's Day approaching, it seems like everyone is still searching for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... Or at least a form of currency that we can safely and anonymously use without the Government's knowledge. In the new and rapidly evolving arena of crypto-currency, one name stands above all others: Bitcoin. From the recent collapse of Bitcoin exchange platform Mt. Gox to the fishy Newsweek story on the currency's alleged inventor to the suicide of Bitcoin's CEO in Singapore, it seems like you can barely walk out the door without hearing some mention of Bitcoin and it's ramifications...

1. This map shows the world divided into 7 sections (each with a distinct color) with each section containing 1 billion people. 2. This map shows (in white) where 98 percent of Australia's population lives. 3. It may not come as a surprise but more people live inside the circle than outside of it. 4. This map shows what is on the other side of the world from where you are standing. For the most part it will probably be water. 5. Apparently you can't get Big Macs everywhere. This map shows (in red) the countries that have McDonalds. 6. This map shows the countries (in blue) where...

Speaking on a town hall style "meeting", Obama mentions that people seem to place healthcare at a low priority until they get sick and then it's a bigger problem. He seems to *suggest* that people need to be better at their budgets (ironic huh? especially for...

John Kerry: 'Russia Has Until Monday To Reverse Course in Ukraine" Oh really, Mr. Kerry? OR WHAT?? Lemme' guess, you'll call for sanctions and the E.U. won't go along with it because Russia supplies them with a whole lotta' energy. And of course the rest...

Look at the bottom half....WTF? " Some, particularly on social media, have pointed out that the men appear to have the same bottom half, suggesting that the images were Photoshopped. Look at the position of their feet....

Since he most likely owns it..does he have the right. I know how I feel about people who worship a piece of cloth but that isn't the topic. Is it wrong or right to some people.

" Speaking before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday, Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president at the Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, masterfully showed how to smack down a disingenuous politician’s misleading and misinformed questions with courtesy, intelligence and,...

RIP to a proper Union man who really understood what the Labour movement was all about. I was a member of the RMT for almost 20 Years, Bob was a top bloke and someone who wouldn't let his members get pushed around. No news on how he died yet, but he did used to get very "passionate" about stuff so a...

"These anomalies goes deep in the ancient and dark past of Japan. In the area of the territory of Asuka some megaliths carved in the granite have been uncovered, and whose origin is, still today, completely unknown. Who build them,...

I find the fact that the academia blocks facts that don't fit their current beliefs or established facts is quite upsetting. Even here at ATS I have seen the ideology of clinging to the known rather than accepting that we have only begun to explore the many...

Currently, I am working on my Honors Thesis and will be writing on this topic. Christians refer to the devil as “Satan” and, according to basic Christian doctrine, Satan is the epitome of all that is evil. One notices significant inconsistencies between this tradition and how the character of Satan is developed and depicted in Jewish and early...

"Some drawings prepared for a German prince who was trying to squash a peasant uprising in 1530 were recently digitized by the University of Pennsylvania. After catching the attention of an Australian book blog they made their way to researcher Mitch Fraas. Faced with the...

Issac Newton died in 1727, and we are finally learning about a side of him that did not fit with the thinking of the Royal Society at the time. "At the time of his death, Newton’s library contained...

At the age of 25 I had a near death experience (NDE). I had been very sick for a long time with un-diagnosed Addison’s disease. Two weeks prior to the NDE I had a very vivid dream. There was a single tree in a field of grass with wildflowers strewn here and there,...

Mod/Admin/Anyone... I been here 10 years now and post less. The reason I post less is people want to argue. I post things and smile and have fun because it is just the internet. Years ago this place was full of people who just talked. I have seen 3 remodelings of the site and seem people come...

The amount of dumb cop hater threads i see on here really do irk me. For the people that post the "bad cop,I and you should be ENRAGED" videos,let me ask you a question based on experience. 1.Have you ever been arrested and actually have any experience in the system?? (I have many times and have never been beat up...go...

"Mechanical engineer Paul Weeks left his family behind in Australia, bound for a dream job in Mongolia. He gave his wedding ring and watch to wife Danica and said to give the marriage band to whoever of sons 3-year-old Lincoln and an 11-month-old Jack...

No funny quips from me today, today all I have is anger. last month I ran into a buddy of mine who tells me he just got a great job working for a mining company just across the border in Utah.. As an apprentice electrician their paying him $50 bucks an hour and I figure whoa I got my journeymen's...

It is back again...everynow and then a thread goes up and it just turns into a who has the bigger willy contest. Look my nation and the USA are pals and I respect my pals from the USA and although I don't agree with some stuff which happens in the states I respect their choices, but that goes both ways. So please lets stop...

What an amazing story ! Lions came to the rescue of a girl who was kidnapped... Animal behavior never ceases to amaze me... what an awesome rescue story ! "Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked her...

This thing is making me feel like a monkey! More and more sites are including these floating side tags that adjusts to center with each scroll, assuring it remains at eye level constantly. It is like a person holding a note trying to force me to see it no matter what I do, which does sound funny but a pain nonetheless. I would understand maybe if it was an advertisement...

The first photo is heartbreaking. Read on ~ It does have a happy ending, or shall I say beginning ;-) < "A dog on the streets of Canada was in such a poor state that those who saw him might have passed by thinking...