March 2010
The RNC-FNC Merger →
More evidence that David Frum was right: “Republicans originally thought that Fox [News] worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox.”
Tilt-Shift Time-Lapse Video of Sumo Wresting →
A tilt-shift time-lapse video of sumo wresting by The Bitter*Girls.
via Pink Tentacle
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Cthulhu's Pet? Giant Isopod (2.5 Feet!) Found... →
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AHHHHHHHH!
Photo: Gwynzer For the Love of Cute Kittens! It Looks Like a Sci-Fi Movie Prop
This just goes to show how little most of us know about the oceans. I’m…
Ultra-Rare Photos of Endangered Snow Leopards in... →
Photo credit: Steve Winter and National Geographic The endangered snow leopard is famously elusive: Not only do fewer than 7,000 remain in the wild, but the animals are notorious for avoiding…
Turntable app for the iPad →
For all you wannabe DJs out there, a multi-touch turntable app for the iPad. This wannabe DJ is pretty excited! (via jimray) Tags: iPad music
Congresswoman: you want an earmark? Put a video... →
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) has a new process for reviewing requests for earmarks (money apportioned to local projects): she requires anyone requesting an earmark to make a video about it and put it…
Fincube Prefab Low Energy House →
Studio Aisslinger, designer of the Loftcube, recently unveiled this new modular design for a home that’s transportable, sustainable, and low energy, all at the same time. According to Design Boom
As far as attaching things to your apartment window goes, we like this http://bit.ly/aoUxWy better than this http://ow.ly/1tajY :)
Board Games on the iPad: Oh Yes, This is Going to... →
TUAW has a preview of an iPad application called Game Table. It costs 99 cents, and it lets you play classic board games, such as Chess, Poker or Checkers, on the iPad.
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Plant Room: Clip-On Shed For Apartment Buildings →
Those of us lucky enough to have yards can consider a garden shed as way of getting a little more space. But what about those in apartments and condominiums? They don’t have basements or spare…
Joel Mathis sums up what’s wrong w/ Obama’s offshore drilling move http://ow.ly/1t86f In short, moved too soon. Needed this for negotiations
Giant Sea Bug Found Attached To Submersible Robot →
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Nightmare juice!
Like something out of a horror movie, pics of a giant 2.5 foot isopod surfaced on Reddit today. The giant sea bug was found attached to a…
Nightmare juice! RT @ecorazzi Giant Sea Bug Found Attached To Submersible Robot http://ow.ly/1sWmQ
Schultz: I look forward to the day when anonymous... →
Cleveland Plain Dealer
“I want to believe that we will finally admit — to ourselves and to the public at large — that allowing people to hide behind anonymity has not been…
A Question for Ed Koch →
I have a question for Ed Koch. I think I understand Koch’s basic position on Israel and America’s relationship to Israel. Basically, Israel is entitled to all of Jerusalem as their capital, and it is…
RT @TreeHugger: This is What Cyclists as First Class Citizens Look Like (Video) http://su.pr/1dEfns
Was this the world’s first-ever cycle? A Chinese historian says this design was used 2,000 years before western bicycle http://ow.ly/1sHiV
Punishing Renters →
Keith Hennessey doesn’t believe the Obama administration should use tax dollars to subsidize underwater homeowners with fixed rate mortgages. He highlights a program that would help homeowners…
Church vs Prison Rape →
A reader writes:
A while ago you linked to a devastating NYRB article on prison rape. Your recent posts about the horrifying reports of sexual abuse in the church have gotten me thinking about…
One Way To Improve Environmental Journalism: Confront The Obvious, Over & Over Again http://bit.ly/9dUmVz
Sebelius to insurers: Make my day →
The health-care story of the day is that insurers think they’ve found a way to get around getting around Congress’s intent to ban preexisting condition discrimination for children….
Hutaree militia planned to attack, kill... →
DOWNLOADS: (28) PLAYS: (80) Well, the facts are now being made public in this weekend’s militia bust in the Midwest, and it isn’t pretty:
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RT @joeljohnson: Huge story: judge says patenting genes NOT valid: http://bit.ly/ctGQjQ /via @mmasnick
Hutaree militia planned to attack, kill law-enforcement officers and their families http://ow.ly/1snZ5
The right's wrong for America →
From David Mixner:The extreme right record of utter and total failure to stop the march to progress is the reason we should not have to bear their craziness anymore. The record is numbingly clear:…
Alleged militia members indicted →
In Michigan, the fringe of the militia movement fringe is now in custody and under indictment after authorities say they were plotting to attack police with improvised explosive devices like those…
agree or disagree? RT @thegoodhuman: James Lovelock: Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change http://bit.ly/bRE4kM
Monsters, Miniatures, and Other Oddities:... →
Image copyright AMNH / D. Finnin From a rhinoceros relative the size of four elephants to a kin of the shrew small enough to fit on the end of a pencil, the world of mammals — both …
RT @jerryjamesstone: Yahoo! introduces Sketch-a-Search iPhone app http://ow.ly/1s7JG
RT @TEDNews: Today’s talk, from #TED 2010: Kevin Bales combats the multibillion-dollar business of slavery http://on.ted.com/8E1Z
Flattening The Streets Of San Francisco →
Photographer Dan Ng created this clever series of photographs in which he made San Francisco’s famously inclined streets appear level by tilting his camera. The results range from…
Secession: a rough beast whose hour has come round... →
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ha, Ecotopia. and always find the “giver vs taker” map interesting.
I’d like to begin by showing you a picture and asking you what you see.
Good. With that in…
Junkbots galore! →
Dark Roasted Blend has a fantastic roundup of junkbots and other robotic ephemera and goodies. I’m really taken with Ultrajunk’s creations, which really take advantage of the decay and…
A T-shirt You Won't Find in the Neatorama Shop →
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It costs $1,625.
Pictured above is a “slashed army t-shirt” available from Net-a-Porter.com.
Go for stylishly dishevelled cool in Balmain’s olive green…
Will the Medical Marijuana Movement Survive... →
The medical marijuana movement has hit the wall of resistance.It is in the form of one Joseph Casias, a 29-year-old father of two with a brain tumor and sinus cancer who was fired by Wal-Mart for…
Truth To Power →
A brave Catholic priest speaks out:
To listen to Bill Donohue of the Catholic League this morning on the John Gambling show as he went on his usual tirade about the New York Times and its attempt…
Rachel Maddow on Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas →
Rachel Maddow was the featured speaker at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock on March 22. From the distinguished speaker series introduction:
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Sarah Palin discovers drunk-Facebooking →
Paragraphs three and four are the best. This is real. Apparently, Sarah Palin is the only person in America who doesn’t find troublesome the recent violent tenor of political talk by the right, and…
Gear up! Targets shoot crosshairs enemy territory bombing weapons big guns shoot aim high blood war battle reload! http://ow.ly/1rXEt
Ignoring child rape scandals, pope says faith... →
Marking the start of the Christian holy week this Palm Sunday at the Vatican, Pope Benedict encouraged followers to keep faith in Christ as a way of strengthening themselves against…
CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup →
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i like this knife rack. neat use of skewers.
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool we saw:
Universal Knife Block by JobyOne,
FBI Raids Midwest Towns In Operation Believed To... →
The FBI yesterday raided a home said to be inhabited by members of the Michigan Militia in Washenaw County, near Ann Arbor, MI, and at several other area locations.
ADRIAN, Mich. — The FBI…
2000-2009 warmest decade on record →
Uh oh. The flat-earth teabaggers are not going to like this. Then again, when did facts ever get in the way of a loony rant or act of violence?
What Should The Pope Do? →
Dreher’s advice:
Explain these decisions in context of the times and the culture, but
overall don’t be defensive, but rather be humble. Confess all, and be
publicly penitent. Many people will…
Is an athletics director worth $85,000 a week?... →
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Nope.
Usually it’s the coaches who attract the big money. But the Kansas Jayhawks spent $4.4 million on athletic director Lew Perkins last year.
so good! RT @brainpicker: LOVE. If Saul Bass had done the opening titles for Lost http://vimeo.com/6660925 (via, sort of, @BBHLabs)
RT @QuantumGood: The incredible power of a 16-year-old video blogger http://j.mp/dBYlU7
Washington Post Calls For End To Political Mayhem,... →
The Washington Post editors have a well-meaning editorial up today, condemning the recent acts of vandalism and violence and overheated, threatening rhetoric that has dominated the landscape in…
Beautiful Solar Balloon Collects Energy From High... →
Designer Seongyong Lee recently blew us away with her beautiful design for a Solar Balloon that can collect energy straight from the sky. Based on the idea that the most efficient way to…
interesting stats btwn beliefs of young & old RT @davidorex: Looks interesting, theologically: http://ow.ly/1rqyx
