January 2012
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11 Hilarious Moments from Police Squad - Mental... →
best 6 episode TV show, ever!
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Ringing tones of famed Philharmonic silenced by... →
Add a new one to the irate reactions triggered by incessant ringing of a cell phone, bringing one of the world’s great symphony orchestras to a dead stop in mid-performance.
In a disastrous meeting of an old classic and new technology Tuesday night, the New York Philharmonic was performing Gustav Mahler’s Ninth Symphony — a haunting piece some say the composer wrote as he...
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Woman calls police to report that she was sold... →
well, she was ripped off, wasn’t she?
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Aches on a Plane • Damn Interesting →
a scary tale, linked from Neatorama
On 7 April 1994, just after 3:00pm, 39-year-old FedEx flyer Andy Peterson boarded a DC-10 cargo plane at the SuperHub. He was scheduled to join Flight 705 as the flight engineer; a support role in charge of monitoring and operating aircraft systems. As Peterson entered the aircraft, he was greeted by 42-year-old Auburn Calloway, a fellow flight engineer....
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Meteorological paintings of the Tunguska Event -... →
“Let’s be clear — I am an engineer; I am not telling you we shouldn’t build...”
– Mike Klink, engineer and TransCanada pipeline inspector, calling Keystone XL a potential disaster.
Whistle, blown.
(via onearth)
“The world’s diplomats and environmentalists have nearly universally endorsed a...”
– Our blog editor has a sobering climate chat with revered Princeton physicist Robert Socolow (via onearth)
The Guardian: Republicans: we don't need no... →
guardian:
“Here are the two contradictory facts you must keep in your mind if you wish to understand American politics today:”
1. We are entering the fifth year of a profound economic slump that was brought on, in large part, by our government’s failure adequately to supervise financial institutions…
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Okay.. one more from the Sunday Comix
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classic Calvin and Hobbes
is Calvin a young member of the GOP?
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Where The Real Job Creation Is: Obama's Energy... →
Robert Reich: Romney, Frankenstein, and a Personal... →
robertreich:
If Mitt Romney becomes president I’m to blame. Ten years ago I ran for the Democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts — which would have given me the opportunity to whip Mitt Romney’s ass in the general election,
I blew it. In the final week of the primary I was neck and neck with the…
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The Rose Bowl..always played in Pasadena, right?
Seventy years ago, the Rose Bowl game between Oregon State and Duke was transferred from California to North Carolina in the wake of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Here’s a brief look back at one of the greatest upsets in Rose Bowl history.
get all of the great story at Mental Floss
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December 2011
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Love Pipe Unearthed in Israel : Discovery News →
A centuries-old mouthpiece of a pipe, which might have been used to smoke hashish, has been unearthed in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Bearing the Arabic inscription “love is language for the lovers,” (literally translated, it reads “heart is language for the lover”) the clay pipe was likely intended as a gift between...
Proposed New Calendar Would Make Time Rational |... →
The Debunker: Ken Jennings vs. Holiday Myths, Part... →
Holiday Myth #4: No two snowflakes look alike.
God, Government and Roger Williams' Big Idea |... →
Banished from Massachusetts, the Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day—separation of church and state.
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No. Nobody found Mayan ruins in Georgia - Boing... →
The Debunker: Ken Jennings vs. Holiday Myths, Part... →
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“These are the Grover Norquist disciples who want to ‘drown government in the...”
– Rep. Keith Ellison: If It Ain’t Broke, Break It (via pantslessprogressive)
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Robert Reich: The Defining Issue: Not Government's... →
robertreich:
The defining political issue of 2012 won’t be the government’s size. It will be who government is for.
Americans have never much liked government. After all, the nation was conceived in a revolution against government.
But the surge of cynicism now engulfing America isn’t about government’s…
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Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Almost Never Aired... →
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Lamar Smith is a cheap date - Boing Boing →
How much has it cost the entertainment industry to convince Rep Lamar Smith to introduce and ram through SOPA, which will cost the American economy billions, which will nuke the games, microprocessor, search, and other high tech companies in his Texas district? A mere $50K a year for 10 years. You know, it’s one thing to be a sellout; but to sell out so cheaply — man, have some...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead after heart... →
Wow!!
this will not destabilize Asia much, eh?
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The First Episode of The Simpsons Aired 22 Years... →
take the tests…
when mortgage bankers earned a bonus....
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Smarter, Better, Leaner, Greener →
12 New Year’s Resolutions for the 112th Congress in 2012
In 2012 the 112th Congress would do well to break bad habits, such as tax cuts for millionaires, and pick up good ones, such as supporting education reform.
Lending a Hand to the Maxed-Out Consumer →
Congressional Republicans are dithering on critical assistance for America’s middle class—a temporary payroll tax holiday—at a time when families and the economy are in dire need of help.
A House GOP bill scheduled for a vote today does extend the payroll tax cut for a year. But it also cuts funding for health reform, freezes federal employee pay for another year, curtails the length of...
The Debunker: Ken Jennings vs. Holiday Myths, Part... →
Holiday Myth #2: The word “Xmas” is a newfangled way to secularize Christmas
The Debunker: Ken Jennings vs. Holiday Myths →
Holiday Myth #1: Poinsettias are poisonous
███████ your site, fight SOPA - Boing Boing →
new currency
Now you can bet $10,000 as carelessly as an out-of-touch multi-millionaire career politician. Or just give it to your friends and family—and ask them to pass it on. After all, it’s only $10,000!
democrats.org
International Space Station to get a Washing... →
no more orbital undies!!!
