Culture Buzz The Nairobi Elephant Orphanage was established in the mid 1950's by husband/wife naturalist team David and Daphne Sheldrick, after coming into contact with two orphaned elephants during their time spent at the Tsavo East National Park in Kenya. The pictures as adorable, heartbreaking and uplifting as you would expect the residents of an elephant orphanage to be.

Stephanie
about 5 months ago

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Politics Buzz A recently uncovered memo from the U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service regarding President Obama's father, written on October 31st, 1961, stating that “Barack Obama II” was born in Hawaii on October 4th, 1961. This obviously won't persuade anyone who still questions the President's nationality, but it should provide more grist for the oh-so-entertaining conspiracy mill. More on the document and its origins over at the Arizona Independent.

Gavon Laessig
posted Apr 27, 2011 4:03pm EDT

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Politics Buzz Well, that didn't take long. All of the purported inconsistencies and mysterious anomalies with President Obama's long form birth certificate. And this is only within the first few hours of the document's release. Give the Birthers a few days to come up with some really juicy stuff. Between this and the conspiracy theories about Osama bin Laden's death, they're going to be very busy.

Gavon Laessig
posted Apr 27, 2011 2:38pm EDT

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