http://www.verystupidideas.com And we see them every day... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:46:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The globe is warming. Don't believe me? Believe NASA (http://www.edf.org/article.cfm?contentID=4981). More than 400 Americans died from heat-related illnesses last year. Heat kills more Americans than all natural disasters combined (http://www.slate.com/id/2068612/). If you think that turning on the fan at this point will better your odds of survival, think again. The Korea Consumer Protection Board ... http://www.verystupidideas.com/?p=49 Image by tomswift46 via Flickr No.  This isn't a joke.  There are actually people who claim to be able to communicate with animals psychically.  Now, psychics are bad enough... preying on people's need for closure and mourning.  And, they've been de-bunked countless times, demonstrating that their psychic abilities ... http://www.verystupidideas.com/?p=12 [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="216" caption="Image by SpreePiX - Berlin via Flickr"][/caption] According to MSNBC, Colin Powell is our "first African-American Secretary of State."  Hardly.  He is our first black Secretary of State.  P.S.  He happens to be a Jamaican-American. Why did the author call him African-American?  Because he's scared... all non-blacks are ... http://www.verystupidideas.com/?p=3