With the accelerating rate of technology advance in medicine, prepare to double your life expectancy in the future. In the last 50 years alone, life expectancy has risen from 65 to 75.
But science will soon unveil nano robots that will travel through your bloodstream and fix anything, boosting your life expectancy to more than 100 years old. Danger Dolan takes a look at 14 other seemingly miraculous advances in technology that will blow your mind.
ARVE Error: need id and providerOriginating from an ancient pre-Christian festival celebrated by the Celtic people, Halloween has been around for more than 2,000 years. Today, more than 160 million Americans celebrate Halloween on October 31, spending $7 billion on candy, pumpkins and other accessories. Alltime Numbers takes a look some other amazing facts about America’s fascination with this spooky “holiday.”
ARVE Error: need id and provider“Businesses and corporations don’t create jobs.” Can you guess who made this ludicrous proclamation in a recent speech? As much as you want to answer, “President Obama,” the correct response is Hillary Clinton. “That philosophy is embedded in Obama saying, ‘You didn’t build it’ … and in the title of Hillary’s book, It Takes a Village. That communitarian approach completely belies the role of individual initiative, individualism and the aggressive creativity of American business.”
ARVE Error: need id and provider“There’s an epidemic breaking out in America today. A deadly and destructive epidemic that can do catastrophic damage to our country and its people,” says Bill Whittle. “It’s not an Ebola epidemic. It’s an epidemic of fear.” But despite the lack of interest from the Obama Administration to contain the fear and address what very well may be a far-reaching Ebola epidemic, Whittle says there is reason for optimism in the near future. Listen to his analysis as he lays out the facts in this edition of “The Firewall” on Truth Revolt.
ARVE Error: need id and providerIsaac Newton pegged it correctly when describing the colors in a rainbow. But terminology and technology changed drastically over the years, nearly eliminating the colors indigo and violet and re-introducing purple. Henry Reich explains in this fascinating edition of minutephysics.
ARVE Error: need id and providerFour Chicago activists stunned the progressive left by going on record with a shocking message to black communities. Their simple missive: It’s the Democrat Party, not Republicans, who are responsible for oppressing Black America, specifically African-American politicians and President Obama. In a stirring interview with Rebel Pundit, black activists Paul McKinley, Mark Carter, Joseph Watkins and Harold “Noonie” Ward laid out their concerns. “They’re not pushing a black agenda, they’re not pushing a family agenda, they’re pushing a neo-liberal agenda,” says Paul McKinley. “Black leadership is abusing us, the Democratic Party is abusing us.” Listen to their heartfelt pleas from inner city Chicago.
ARVE Error: need id and providerFrom wallpaper cleaner turned into a children’s toy to laughing gas that nobody knew could stop you from feeling pain, Danger Dolan counts down 15 innovative inventions that were created by the craziest of accidents.
ARVE Error: need id and providerSpending in our country has always spiked to exorbitant levels during wars, but settled in peacetime. But after dropping following World War II, spending has spiraled out of control. Political pundits are forecasting the destruction of our society, or worse yet, another depression. “We are going broke, and the response of our politicians is not to cut anything, it’s to double down on idiotic policies that will increase our debt,” consumer and investigative reporter John Stossel says. Stossel points out the culprits threatening our future, then focuses on the forces that have made life better in this edition of LibertyPen.
ARVE Error: need id and provider“Analysts say a weak economy is causing less gasoline use, resulting in falling oil prices,” says Jodi Miller. “So basically the worst the economy is, the lower the oil prices. So if President Obama could serve one more term, oil would be free.” Miller also reports on the Midterm Elections, Obama’s ISIS strategy, Chris Matthews and Kris and Bruce Jenner in this edition of NewsBusted.
ARVE Error: need id and providerReason.TV’s Zach Weissmueller hit the road to Venice, California, to pose questions to its citizens about the military intervention against ISIS in Iraq. The interviews are also part of a Reason-Rupe Poll on the subject. Among the most common responses were our support of U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, but strong opposition toward boots on the ground. Check out more of Weissmueller’s sojourn across the country and Reason Foundation Emily Ekins’ analysis.
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