Did we just hear that correctly? Is the political group backed by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg launching a seven-figure ad campaign that supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and building the risky Keystone XL tar sands pipeline? This makes no sense, but it’s true. And there’s no way, as avid Facebook users, that we’re gonna let him […]
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Day: May 2, 2013
Clarifying Urban Legends
Etymology The word meaning “bundle of sticks” is ultimately derived, via Old French, Italian and Vulgar Latin, from Latin fascis (also the origin of the word fascism).[6] The origins of the word as an offensive epithet for homosexuals are rather obscure, although the word has been used in English since the late 16th century as an abusive term for women, particularly old women,[7] and reference […]