April 2011
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“Actually, of the top 20 tourist attractions in Britain, only one of them, number...”
– Johann Hari: Frenzy around Britain’s Royal Wedding “Should Embarrass Us All”
This says it all right here, doesn’t it? Incidentally, I’d TOTALLY vote for a Lego man for president!*
*not really (OK, maybe)
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The Great Ephemeralization - Timothy Lee →
From one of my favorite internauts, stoweboyd:
Timothy Lee looks into the corrosive effect of software’s power to unmake tangible goods by creating software that does the same thing on general purpose devices:
Timothy Lee, The Great Ephemeralization
[…] a couple of years ago, Google waved a magic wand that transformed millions of Android phones into sophisticated navigation devices with ...
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Also just in time for Easter, something that may... →
Cool! Soon my iPhone will LEVITATE!!
>_<
#YouKnowThatsWhatTheyllDoWithIt
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“This vast number of worlds, the enormous scale of the universe, in my view, has...”
– Carl Sagan (via ageofreason)
#Indeed
#GoodPoint
Easter celebrates the Renewal of Spring! →
zeitgeistmovement:
Contrary to popular belief, Easter does not represent the “historical” crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In reality, the gospel tale reflects the annual “crossification” of the sun through the vernal equinox (Spring), at which time the sun is “resurrected,” as the day begins to become longer than the night.
Rather than being a “Christian” holiday, Easter...
“The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen...”
– Ferdinand Magellan (via hatefulatheist)
Me, too!
“Primates often have trouble imagining a universe not run by an angry alpha male”
– Unknown Author (via ageofreason)
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666cast episode 52: Easter, Republicans and their...
Easter? Really? Republicans and their reputation, and how the educational system is utterly letting us down.
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Little Japanese Girl: Why do bad things happen?...
You have probably heard about the story of the Pope getting nailed by a question from a little Japanese girl (via guardian.co.uk):
Pope Benedict ventured where no pope has gone before on Friday when he answered questions on an Italian television programme – and was stumped by the first. A Japanese girl asked the pope, who, she said, “speaks with God”, why she was having to suffer...
Keeping the poor poor: Michigan State Senator...
From michiganradio.org:
Plan would require foster children to shop for clothing in thrift stores
By Rina Miller Enlarge imageState Sen. Bruce Caswell suggests foster and poor children should use their state-funded clothing allowance only at thrift stores.
Foster children in Michigan would use their state-funded clothing allowance only in thrift stores under a plan suggested by State...
“The WORLD is going bankrupt, (what ever that means) because of this idea called...”
– Peter Joseph (via hypsterical)
No, we’re not stupid, we’re ignorant. There is a difference. The thing is, our media, our education system and the powers behind both keep us that way. That said, knowing the truth, keeping the system, accepting it and not searching for a replacement is...
"Don't Punish the Poor" Economist Jeffrey Sachs... →
Another way Obama’s let us down, nicked from last Monday’s Democracy Now which included an interview with Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia:
But if you look at what we really need to have a normal country, we would have to be 23, 24 percent of GNP—that’s just basic arithmetic—to cover our core costs and to be able to face the needs of the American people for...
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666cast episode 51: more on Japan, the news and...
Japan, what’s in the news and, for the final fifteen, color-coding the modern, American class system.
Plus a shout-out and other random contrarianism!
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NPR journalists organize their listeners to oppose... →
Found this story (click the headline above to read the whole thing) via a tweet from @jayrosen_nyu:
On December 22nd, in the face of seemingly unanimous bipartisan support, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (Bill S.372) was killed in the final moments of the last legislative session when a mystery Senator placed what’s called a secret hold on the bill. This bill had already been...
Why Japan’s Mainstream Media Can’t Be Trusted To... →
This comes from a interesting post over on JapanSubculture.com (click the headline for the full post):
It’s well known that TEPCO pays huge advertising fees to most media outlets; it is one of the largest advertisers in Japan. It’s not as well known that the president of TEPCO, Masataka Shimizu, is also the chairman of the Japan Society for Corporate Communication Studies (JSCCS), which includes...
Fox & Friends Outraged Crayola Recognizes More... →
Yeah, this is about as absurd as absurd gets in the “please waste my time” category. Apparently, Crayola has released “multicultural” markers:
Fox News has a problem with this and aimed a camera at conservative apologist Michelle Malkin so she could justify their indignation from a “non-white” perspective:
MALKIN: This is pandering — yes —...
"Water and Shit": A Conversation
Another great post from adamweinstein:
From Fear and Loathing in Georgetown: FLG’s classmate was looking at the construction site of the new science building. His gaze was fixed on some big pipes. FLG: You alright? Classmate: Huh? Hey FLG. Yeah, I’m fine. Just looking at the plumbing. FLG: Know anything about plumbing? Classmate: A little. Not much. But water and shit are pretty much what...
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An Interesting Quote by David Petraeus From 1987:
From adamweinstein:
“And while observing the Soviet difficulties in Afghanistan with a certain sense of vindication, the US military are at the same time reminded of the difficulties of defeating a determined guerrilla opponent who enjoys sanctuaries and is fighting in rugged terrain. After all, if a country with relatively few public opinion concerns or moral compunctions about its tactics...
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666cast Special Edition 1: Communism Vs....
This week is a one topic wonder! Can you fight communism and protect democracy at the same time? Or are we talking Apples and Oranges? Listen to find out!
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This just might be the thing to end us--why?...
If Global Warming doesn’t do us in, I think it just might be something underpaidgenius blogged about today:
India - ‘Superbug’ Gene Found in Environment - NYTimes.com
Bacteria containing an antibiotic-resistant “superbug” gene have been found in 2 of 51 tap water samples in New Delhi and in dozens of puddles and pools that children could play in, according to a report published Thursday...
Glenn Beck to "transition off" his Fox show... →
motherjones:
…and directly into your ear, like those freaky memory eels in The Wrath of Khan.
They’re mind-control worms, not memory eels!
>_<
Glen must’ve inserted one in all of his followers’ ears in order to make them buy his crap.
Jimmy Carter's exposure to nuclear danger -... →
Turns out that, in the early days of nuclear reactors, Jimmy Carter was exposed to one-thousand times the current safe limit of radiation. And he’s alive today. This is not an endorsement of nuclear power. It is simply an endorsement of calm, rational thinking. Like any good atheist, look at the evidence for the existence of something before you go being afraid of it.
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Republicans will balance the budget...by... →
motherjones:
The plan is so crazy, it just might…um…drive the country off a fricking cliff and screw the GOP’s reelection chances in perpetuity.
I think we need to build a reeeeally big mental home and lock up every GOPer there. THEN we force every Dem to leave office and work as nurses at said mental home.
ONLY THEN will America be truly great once more.
PLEASE NOTE: I don’t like...
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Internet user arrested for linking to other... →
This is thanks to a Clinton Era law, by the way:
Brian McCarthy ran a website, channelsurfing.net, that linked to various sites where you could watch online streams of TV shows and sports networks.
From Demand Progress:
A couple months ago, the government seized his domain name and on Friday they arrested him and charged him with criminal copyright infringement — punishable by five years in...
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Revealing Fed’s Secrets Fails to Produce Harm That... →
Who’s surprised?
Not me, that’s for sure. No one cares that the Fed is basically just a bunch of high priests in a temple, pretending to possess vast, secret knowledge, that only they can understand. But really, they’re just giving out free money to banks they like and keeping it from banks they don’t. All along the way, they continue to drive down the value of the money...
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666cast episode 50: The Absurd Disconnect goes...
In episode 50 of the 666cast, I go on a 30 minute rant about how humanity really needs to learn some respect—for itself. Lots of profanity in this one folks!
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