November 2007
165 posts
Don't Bother Reading the News Tomorrow
I can summarize it for your right now: OPENSOCIAL, OPENSOCIAL, OPENSOCIAL
October 2007
139 posts
WatchThe art of Japanese pen spinning : Crazy Japanese experts show their amazing spinning skills Thanks to Nate for the link!
HEY, JUDGE, HERE'S WHAT WATERBOARDING LOOKS LIKE →
“Retired New York federal judge Michael Mukasey hedged today on torture during the second day of his confirmation hearings to be the next attorney general, telling lawmakers he wasn’t sure what it is exactly.
Maybe Judge Mukasey should check out this video by Current TV correspondent Kaj Larsen, who paid for a 24-minute waterboarding session by two ex-SERE instructors to demonstrate...
“A new Zogby poll finds that 53 percent of the public believe it is “likely that...”
– Think Progress
WatchNational Priorities Project
SF MUNI: No Halloween in the Castro →
For those of you in SF, Muni has decided to cancel all of your fun on Halloween. Link to the page of closures.
Indian landless march into Delhi →
They are protesting against government-backed industrial projects which they say have forced them off their land. “Forty percent of Indians are now landless and 23% of them are in abject poverty,” march organiser Puthan Vithal Rajgopal told AFP news agency. “Such conditions have bred Maoist insurgency in 172 of India’s 600 districts and farmers are killing themselves in...
Drinking stories that put yours to shame →
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Hand Vagina - CollegeHumor video →
That’s really…wow [via]
BP fined $373m by US government →
The US Department of Justice has said that oil giant BP will be fined a total of $373m (£182m), for environmental crimes and committing fraud.
Think Progress » Cheney falls asleep during... →
During a cabinet meeting yesterday, Vice President Cheney fell asleep on camera while President Bush was discussing wildfires in California. A Cheney spokeswoman “laughed it off,” telling CNN that the vice president was “practicing meditation.” CNN’s chyron reported that Cheney was seen “meditating” — rather than sleeping — during the cabinet meeting. Watch it:
Sex lessons for 'cranky' miners →
Australian coal miners are being given lessons in foreplay and the menopause in an attempt to boost productivity.
Elephant stomps to photo victory →
story has links to some really amazing photos that won the Shell Wildlife Photography of the Year awards
“Now, if I told you that almost 50% of the Unites States tax receipts went to...”
– Timothy V. Gatto via http://azspot.net
Feud 'hurting Palestinian rights' →
How are these groups going to create one country? They can’t even agree on how much they hate the Israelis, never a good sign for Arab unity.
lonelysandwich: ICANN should introduce the .corn domain just to confuse people with bad vision. (via Twitter / lonelysandwich)
Monkeys kill Delhi deputy mayor →
Pretty amazing story. Here is how the City of Delhi is trying to deal with the very serious problem of deadly monkey attacks. “Solution elusive One approach has been to train bands of larger, more ferocious langur monkeys to go after the smaller groups of Rhesus macaques.” Um….really? I am only an expert on macaque. But, it seems like a really bad idea for a city with a...
Gonzales may face criminal charges. →
At a speech on Friday, ousted U.S. attorney John McKay revealed that the “U.S. Inspector General may recommend criminal prosecution of departed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales at the conclusion of an investigation, possibly as early as next month.” The Spokesman Review reports: McKay said he was summoned to Washington, D.C., in June and questioned for eight hours about possible reasons for his...
San Francisco Emotion Map →
read about this on bbgadgets. seems like a very cool idea.
95 /200 residents in FLA trailer park are sex... →
Blackwater confiscated Iraqi planes. →
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) has revealed that “Blackwater USA tried to take at least two Iraqi military aircraft out of Iraq two years ago and refused to give the planes back when Iraqi officials sought to reclaim them.” Waxman today wrote to Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and requested that he “provide all documents related to the attempted shipment and to explain where the aircraft are now.”
TokBox: Talk to The World →
Free video chat. In browser, embeddable and ready to go.
The 9 Manliest Names in the World | Cracked.com →
two words: Dick Pound
American men in their 30s today are worse off than... →
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WatchModel Falls Through Runway This clip has everything. A shaolin monk attempts a back flip and fails, then a clueless model falls right through the hole he left in the runway. Also, there are mermaids. Thanks to Precious and Nate for the link!
“George Bush and the phone companies broke the law, and you would rather protect...”
– Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Math Equation Expert - Temporary →
The job i’m not applying for
Priest 'only pretending to be gay' - CNN.com →
er…right
