Month: November 2011
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Cain says "stupid people are ruining America"
Cain says "stupid people are ruining America"
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Battlefield America: U.S. Citizens Face Indefinite Military Detention in Defense Bill Before Senate
Battlefield America: U.S. Citizens Face Indefinite Military Detention in Defense Bill Before Senate The Senate is set to vote this week on a Pentagon spending bill that could usher in a radical expansion of indefinite detention under the U.S. government. A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act would authorize the military to jail anyone […]
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With Building Blocks- Educators Going Back to Basics
Another New York TImes OMFG-trend! piece 'Jean Schreiber- a self-described "block consultant-" advised the group to engage their children in building by photographing their work. "Don't rush to help them with structural challenges-" she said. "You don't have to ask them a million questions. Just sit with them and notice.' With Building Blocks- Educators Going […]
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Neil deGrasse Tyson does a 12-part series of lectures on his favorite topics. This first one is about why so many things in the universe are round:
The Universe 1 – Neil deGrasse Tyson – On Being Round http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidLNXlTyU4 1 of 12 lectures by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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Gingrich Calls Child Labor Laws 'Stupid'- Wants To Replace Janitors With Poor Kids
That's some Charles Dickens bullshit right there: "Most of these schools ought to get rid of the unionized janitors- have one master janitor and pay local students to take care of the school. The kids would actually do work- they would have cash- they would have pride in the schools- they'd begin the process of […]
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Nyan Cat
(driving with the brother-in-law (@Brooks Brooks White) back to their place in Louisville) Andy: Oh look that car has a nyan cat on the back of it. Brooks: What's that? Andy: It's a cat farting a rainbow. Brooks: It's what? Andy: And it's got the nyan song. (sings) Nyan-nyan nyan-nyan! (etc) 'Nyan-nyan' is how the […]
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Scientists Brace for Media Storm Around Controversial Flu Studies – ScienceInsider
Paging Captain Tripps: Scientists Brace for Media Storm Around Controversial Flu Studies – ScienceInsider ROTTERDAM- THE NETHERLANDS–Locked up in the bowels of the medical faculty building here and accessible to only a handful of scientists lies a man-made flu virus that could change world history if it were ever set free.
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This Russian anti-gay bill is nothing short of medieval barbarity
Girl please: The Kremlin is the gayest looking building in the world. All those colorful phallic towers? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/26/russian-anti-gay-bill-medieval-barbarity – In all seriousness: WTF This Russian anti-gay bill is nothing short of medieval barbarity Nikolai Alekseev: You told us: If St Petersburg gets its way- the state-sanctioned hatred of LGBT people could spread across eastern Europe
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92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents
92% of Foreclosures in New York Lack Proper Documents There's a staggering amount of bad paperwork in citywide foreclosures — not just in New York- but around the country.
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Introducing Get Satisfaction Mobile
Our cavalcade of new features concludes with Get Sat Mobile: Introducing Get Satisfaction Mobile Get Satisfaction is designed to help you be wherever your customers are — and increasingly that's on mobile devices! In fact- the number of mobile visitors to Get Satisfaction communities has more than quadrupled over the past year. And on a […]