February 2009
“Which of these two comes across as though he’s high on pot? It’s not the one arguing for legalization.” http://tinyurl.com/aqfwtc
Pentagon ends photo ban on war dead return →
The Ministry of Truth is no more.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced this afternoon that the Pentagon has decided to lift the complete ban on video and photos of the return of the war dead…
RT @alisamleo lol love this, @current’s “science skincare” bit is great..target women with sciencey words! http://tinyurl.com/bpj2d6
Earth to Republicans: Curing STDs Would Probably... →
On Morning Edition this morning, there was a story about the annual Conservative Political Action Conference which contained a line which made me guffaw:
Representative Paul Ryan: “[rant on…
Cleaning Up the Capitol: Reid and Pelosi Want to... →
Photo via Inhabitat Sen. Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi have very publicly put the wheels in motion to stop the famed Capitol Power Plant’s dirty coal burning ways. In a move perhaps…
Lockheed airship video with epic music →
This video of the weird Lockheed P-791 airship is transformed into a film of epic proportions by the addition of a bombastic soundtrack. (Thanks, Kenny Montana!)
Crayons as pixels →
Christian Faur’s crayon art.
Crayons as pixels →
Christian Faur’s crayon art.
Lockheed airship video with epic music →
This video of the weird Lockheed P-791 airship is transformed into a film of epic proportions by the addition of a bombastic soundtrack. (Thanks, Kenny Montana!)
BREAKING: Coen Brothers Clean Coal TV Ad (Video) →
Academy Award-Winning Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen Direct New Ad taking on the Coal Industry On a conference call a few moments ago, Reality Coalition spokesman Brian Hardwick and Sierra…
More video of the Big Dog military pack-bot →
Here’s some more foorage of Boston Dynamics’ Big Dog, the loping and headless military robot. It’s easily the scariest real-life one I’ve ever seen, and yet, when it recovers from being…
Pentagon ends photo ban on war dead return →
The Ministry of Truth is no more.Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced this afternoon that the Pentagon has decided to lift the complete ban on video and photos of the return of the war dead…
Chipotle CEO Sounds Off on USDA Natural Meat... →
Filed under: Food, Health, Plants and Wildlife
Does it strike you as a little disingenuous that meat advertised as “naturally raised” at the supermarket could come from animals…
sorry for that last tweet “ya, tried to” my cell phone doesn’t like twitter and sometimes D msgs go to main feed.
smart. NBC rides the Jindal/InternKenneth wave to help give new Jimmy Fallon show a big boost early on http://is.gd/kZwc
Kenneth responds to Jindal →
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smart.
From Jimmy Fallon last night.
(via Gawker)
Toxicity of Products: A Self-Assessment
I’m using Cosmetic Database to look up the toxicity of the stuff I use when I’m making myself pretty and all that. I have two reasons for doing this:
1. Lots of people in my family have had cancer and I’ve been doing what I can to limit my exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.
2. At my suggestion, my lovely girlfriend looked up her products and found out some were quite toxic,...
RT @guykawasaki Literature in “Lost” http://adjix.com/x4j6 Found via http://kirtsy.com/
RT @BoingBoing What happens to junk left behind in foreclosed homes? http://tinyurl.com/dey36n
Why Gas Prices Are Rising →
BusinessWeek
What we are seeing, however, is American refiners cutting back on their utilization capacity, producing less gasoline in order to reduce the retail supply so they can raise prices….
$13 Billion →
That’s how much revenue decriminalizing and taxing marijuana would bring in to California’s state coffers. Maybe this Depression will kill this Prohibition too. It’s a hopeful precedent. In times…
holy sh*t: WashPost profits down 77% in 4th quarter of ‘08 http://is.gd/kPfg
Washington Post 4Q profits down 77% →
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holy shit.
Washington Post 4Q profits down 77%
14 Strange and Fabulous Trees (Slideshow) →
Photo via vivsirena We’ve all walked past one - a tree that makes us stop and go “WTF?!” Trees can be really weird and completely amazing. Check out this slideshow celebrating trees in all…
minakani →
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i like the birds on the wall in the third pic down.
minakani is the parisian designing duo of cécile figuette & frédéric bonnin. they recently released a…
Brewer wisely promotes biking over driving →
Cultivator Advertising & Design crafted the pro-biking message above on behalf of New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, Colo. The headline, “Work to bike more,” sounds like the work of…
This is Fucking Insane [Dispatches from the... →
I thought about finding some nicer, more eloquent way to say this, but I can’t. Sometimes the most blunt way of saying something is the right way to say it. This is fucking insane. A charity in…
being green is at times just a matter of thinking smarter. like this: use less water to cook pasta even faster http://is.gd/kOp7
How’s that for bipartisanship… GOP punishing members that cross party lines http://is.gd/kIQw
lizzie thomas →
lizzie thomas is a newly graduated paper artist based in brighton. her incredible paper cutting and woodwork is inspired by the use of wood and paper in japanese spiritual life. lizzie sent…
Polls: Americans Want Republicans To Drop Ideology... →
In the past few days, a number of national polls have been conducted that measure President Obama’s performance after one month in office. Beyond Obama’s continuing high job approval
listening to GangstaGrass http://www.gangstagrass.com/ What a wonderful mashup album. So fun.
Schumer on governors rejecting recovery funds: The... →
In response to several Republican governors declaring their intention to reject portions of the recently signed economic recovery package, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a letter to OMB…
nightmare juice: machine gun-style shotgun mounted on autonomous robot helicopter? sure, why not. http://is.gd/kHIP
Smart News →
Jonathan Rosenberg of Google opines:
[O]nline journalism is still in its relative infancy…The experience of consuming news on the web today fails to take full advantage of the power of…
Grow Your Own →
Mark Kleiman proposes:
I’m not a big fan of legalization on the alcohol model; a legal pot industry, like the legal booze and gambling industries, would depend for the bulk of its…
McDonald's denies workers comp for shot... →
This represents what is wrong with corporate America and McDonald’s in particular. This kid risked his life while working at McDonald’s to help a customer and was shot multiple times….
You say goodbye, I say halo →
Remember when AP ran a photo similar to this one featuring Dear Leader George Dubya? Remember how the progblogs (correctly) screamed for weeks about that gross exercise in Messianic imagery?
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RT @maxgladwell 60 Minutes piece on the drinking age last night was good. It’s long overdue that we end prohibition for adults 18-20
Where’s Eric Cantor @wherescantor reminds me of Where is LIngbergh? in The Plot Against America. http://is.gd/kCwh Dumb name, misses point.
RT @TreeHugger Warren’s post asking “How Much Stuff Do You Really Need” is beautiful http://tinyurl.com/dcal7t
Stuff: How Much Do You Really Need? →
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great post
Photo: PBS From the book, Material World by Peter Menzel. Lloyd’s recent review on The Power of Less, a book about uncluttering one’s life,…
The inside-out agency →
PR magnate Richard Edelman takes me to task for arguing in What Would Google Do? that PR people, like lawyers, can’t be Googlified. After saying nice things about the book, he adds: “But it is…
Viral video brings drift racing to the masses →
Anyone can talk about making a “viral video,” but the reality is that it takes a lot of great content, planning and hard work to make it happen. That’s why it’s no surprise that more than…
(2of2) i feel same way about Kansas & Arkansas, two states i love dearly, while at other times drive me crazy for being so backwards.
I like this piece by Andrew Sullivan abt America. http://is.gd/kC6X (see next tweet ,1 of 2)
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PHOTO: Less as a sales tool: five by Haagen-Dazs →
Less as a sales tool: five by Haagen-Dazs. “All-natural ice cream crafted with only five ingredients for incredibly pure, balanced flavor… and surprisingly less fat!” Ingredients: skim…
