Monday, April 27, 2009

Colbert Study: Conservatives Don't Know He's Joking

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/27/colbert-study-conservativ_n_191899.html

GM to Shed 21,000 U.S. Factory Jobs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30431844

Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html

Slap Chop Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWRyj5cHIQA

GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness

When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that purpose in this year's emergency stimulus bill, he was ridiculed by conservative operatives and congressional Republicans.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/430261?rel=hp_picks

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Machine that can Print Off any Book for You in Minutes

In the time it takes to brew a cappuccino, this machine can print off any book that is not in stock from a vast computer database.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1173013/A-novel-idea-The-machine-print-book-minutes.html

Statement on Volunteering to Waterboard Sean Hannity

http://uncapitalist.com/blog/?itemid=1804

Waterboard For Freedom

We are here to support Sean Hannity in his goal to get waterboarded to support American Troops.

http://waterboardforfreedom.org

100 Days of Myths and Falsehoods

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904240038?f=h_top

Wal-Mart Bingo

http://bitsandpieces.us/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/imageswalmart-20bingo-thumb.jpg

Friday, April 24, 2009

Couple get Married as Shrek and Princess Fiona

The bride looked every inch the princess - as in the ogre princess Fiona from the Shrek films - and the groom was tall, dark green and handsome.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1172931/Once-time--fairytale-wedding-couple-tied-knot-cartoon-ogres-Shrek-Princess-Fiona.html

12-Year-Old Caught on Video Abusing Dog

She whipped him with his lead, then stood on his tail with one leg while kicking him with the other.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2391386.ece

Chinese Man Shot 34 Times in Head with Nail Gun

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090424/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_nail_gun_killing;_ylt=AuKK0KwIlKCp.sKOuwccPDzXn414

Suicide Attacks Kill 76 in Iraq

Two suicide bombers wearing vests full of explosives blew themselves up in separate attacks on Thursday, killing 76 people, including many Iranian pilgrims, in what appeared to be Iraq's bloodiest day in over a year.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090423/ts_nm/us_iraq;_ylt=Ap3l07sT301v.Wh7jixTuNGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI4bWkyMjZ0BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNDIzL3VzX2lyYXEEY3BvcwMxBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA3R3b3N1aWNpZGVibw--

World Sand Sculpture Festival 2009

http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/04/photos-world-sand-sculpture-festival-2009

Why Radio & Music Industry Sucks Nowadays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzm50HEmNeM&feature=channel_page

Amazing CGI

http://beta.stinkdigital.tv/work/carousel-%28directors-cut%29

Why Night Owls are Cleverer and Richer than People Who get Up Early

Famous night owls include Charles Darwin, Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill, who regularly went to bed at 4am and rose late. Due to his sleeping patterns, he often hosted War Cabinet meetings in his bath.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1173028/How-night-owls-cleverer-richer-people-rise-early.html?ITO=1490

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Funeral Director Finds 400-Year-Old Cat

It is thought the animal either crawled behind the wall and got stuck or its body was placed there by a past resident to ward off evil spirits.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Funeral_director_finds_400-year-old_cat&in_article_id=630647&in_page_id=2

Obama: 100 days, 100 ways

# 64. Technology does not scare this one. And so we have witnessed the first virtual town hall meeting ever hosted by a US President. Among questions he took while standing before a small live audience in the White House: do you approve legalizing marijuana?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/obama-100-days-100-ways-1672019.html

The United States of Obesity

Thank goodness for Mississippi.

http://miscellanea.wellingtongrey.net/2009/03/09/the-united-states-of-obesity

Christopher Hitchens Experiences Waterboarding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-w8Yws8POo

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Quantum Gods Don't Deserve Your Faith

As for the notion of creating our own reality, this relies on brains in some sense operating quantum mechanically - and there is no evidence for this.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227041.600-quantum-gods-dont-deserve-your-faith.html

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Do you believe in global warming?

http://blog.beliefnet.com/pontifications/2009/04/do-you-believe-in-global-warmi.html

Please, Pay Attention

Many of us fret about losing our train of thought. "Life," says Winifred Gallagher, "is the sum of what you focus on." In "Rapt," she concentrates on what science has to tell us about the mind's capacities for paying attention.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124018463826033223.html

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Steampunk Segway ( Legway )

http://www.instructables.com/id/Steampunk-Segway-Legway-

Report Shows Torture Is Widespread in Iraq

Executions with firearms, not bomb blasts, have killed most civilians in Iraq. Researchers say 33% of the victims examined in the study died by execution after abduction or capture. And 29% of those victims had signs of torture on their bodies such as bruises, drill holes or burns.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1892038,00.html

Israel Stands Ready to Bomb Iran's Nuclear Sites

The Israeli military is preparing itself to launch a massive aerial assault on Iran's nuclear facilities within days of being given the go-ahead by its new government.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6115903.ece

Are Burger King Ads Going Too Far?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30213779

Franklin: The Lost State of America

What led to the creation of the State of Franklin and why isn’t around today?

http://www.webphemera.com/2009/04/franklin-lost-state-of-america.html

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Worst May Be Over for Stocks And US Economy

The US stock market appears to have hit bottom and the nation's economy might see an upward shift in the latter half of the year, widely watched investment strategist Abby Joseph Cohen told CNBC.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/30190135

Egypt discovers dozens of well-preserved mummies in 4,000-year-old necropolis in Fayoum

http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/2009/04/egypt-discovers-dozens-of-well.html

America is not a Christian Nation

No religious establishment by law exists among us. The conscience is left free from all restraint and each is permitted to worship his Maker after his own judgment. The offices of the Government are open alike to all. No tithes are levied to support an established Hierarchy, nor is the fallible judgment of man set up as the sure and infallible creed of faith.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/14/christian_nation/index.html

In the Event That You Have Accidentally Swallowed the Higgs Boson

If space and time have inverted within your body, skip to step 10.

http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/spoofs_satire/in_the_event_that_you_have_accidentally_swallowed_the_higgs_boson.php

Online Photo editing tools from Worth 1000

Cool and free.

http://aviary.com/home?worth1000

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Brain Myths—Busted

The human brain has received unprecedented press coverage in the past few years, thanks in large part to big leaps in science's understanding of what goes on in the space between our ears. Yet, some stubborn myths remain.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100236538

Fox News Unfair and Unbalanced? Surely you jest.

Despite its repeated insistence that its coverage is "fair and balanced" and its invitation to viewers to "say 'no' to biased media," Fox News has frequently aired segments encouraging viewers to get involved with "tea party" protests across the country, which the channel has described as primarily a response to President Obama's fiscal policies.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200904080025?f=h_top

Stop motion with wolf and pig

Awesome YouTube video by dokugyunyu!

Channel Icon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4

Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Biggest Bugs on Earth

Giant Camel Spiders have been known to run around 10 MPH.

http://www.methodshop.com/picts/bigbugs/index.shtml

Is Homophobia associated with Homosexual Arousal?

Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8772014

Friday, April 10, 2009

Caller to C-SPAN: ‘Why do you keep bringing these neocons on?’

This morning, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal hosted the National Review’s Rich Lowry, a conservative media figure who openly supported and advocated the invasion of Iraq and the subsequent “surge.” During the segment, a woman from Tampa called in to criticize the host and C-SPAN for continuing to host neoconservatives despite the fact that their ideas have “failed.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/09/caller-cspan-neonconservatives

Iraq Suicide Bombing Kills Five U.S. Soldiers

A suicide truck bomber breached the outer security barrier of Iraqi National Police headquarters in southern Mosul, and detonated his explosives, killing eight people and wounding 60 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. A U.S. soldier was also among the wounded, the U.S. military said.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/10/iraq.soldiers.killed/index.html

Thursday, April 9, 2009

The most Expensive cCmputer in the World

http://best4tech.info/the-most-expensive-computer-on-the-world-moneuals

Glenn Beck: The Fears of a Clown - TIME

It's hard to identify a Beck ideology so much as a set of attitudes, sometimes contradictory ones. He channels anger against Wall Street but defends the bonuses for AIG executives. He devoted a segment to debunking a conspiracy theory about FEMA "concentration camps" but has warned that the AmeriCorps program "indoctrinates your child into community service."

http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1890174,00.html

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Shattering the Myth of Democracy and Equality in Israe

A Palestinian citizen of Israel describes the wholesale racism and discrimination he and his community face in Israel. In an interview, Dr Hatim Kanaaneh also voices his fears that an indifferent “international community” would turn a blind eye if one day the racist Zionist state decides to expel its own Arab citizens.

http://www.redress.cc/palestine/atibbs20090408

Skeleton Found in Tree 29 Years after Suicide

The skeleton of a German retiree who tied himself to the top of a tree and shot himself to death nearly 30 years ago has been found by a hiker.

http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE53553020090406

The Cult of Alcoholics Anonymous

http://www.atheistmissionary.com/2009/04/cult-of-alcoholics-anonymous.html

Pew Forum: Religious Groups' Opinions of Evolution

This is just sad. Unless you're a Buddhist. I don't think they're allowed to get sad. Something about the middle way

http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=392

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Iraq to Open Saddam Museum

Iraq plans to open a museum filled with toppled dictator Saddam Hussein's weapons, statues, paintings, furniture and artifacts.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hysvQZ6GUOwbYeoI_uc4caMThP0A

Drunk Mom Breastfed Son while Driving

A woman pulled over after almost crashing into a police car while breastfeeding her infant son was too drunk to submit to a breath test, police say.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25293279-29277,00.html

Japan's Dream Machine

A Japanese science lab is developing technologies to visualize images and dreams - and eventually read people's minds.

http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=101445

The 10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World

At first glance, these wallowing river-horses appear to be bulky, lazy beasts and not the fearsome predators you would expect to have a habit of mauling humans. However, with gaping mouths that can open four feet wide and swinging sledgehammer heads, as well as the fact that they can outrun us on land, these highly aggressive animals have plenty of scope for destruction and are considered one of the most dangerous of African animals.
http://wtf.thebizzare.com/featured-articles/the-10-most-dangerous-animals-in-the-world

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Sarah Palin Angry at Levi

After taking about sex on The Tyra Banks Show, Johnston - the 18-year-old father of Bristol Palin's baby - was hit with a blistering response from Bristol's mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

http://www.momlogic.com/2009/04/sarah_palin_angry_at_levi.php

13 Killed in Pakistan By Suspected US Missile

A suspected U.S. drone fired at least one missile at a home in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 13 people, intelligence officials and a resident said.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889519,00.html

I'm Bo Yo

I'm bo yo
I'm the greatest rappa eva
And I'll weather your weather whether you think I'm clever or not
Think your better your not
Don't need a sweater I'm hot
I'm a real G shawty that can really find your g spot

What the hell's a g spot?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ap5Fp2T6c

Papers Alter Israel Cabinet Photo

Two ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspapers have altered a photo of Israel's new cabinet, removing two female ministers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7982146.stm?yello

Adobe Flex Builder 3 Pro Free for the Unemployeed

Adobe has provided a free download programmers who are out of a job.

https://freeriatools.adobe.com/learnflex

Daily Kos: Nazi Dad Reacts to Fox News


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/3/715956/-This-is-a-joke,-isnt-it-My-Ex-Nazi-Fathers-Reaction-to-Fox-News