[From: Massion Bission] Are You A Certified Ahole? Sure it’s a promo for his new book, but Bob Sutton is offering us all a chance to see if we’re assholes with the Asshole Rating Self-Exam (ARSE). After 24 questions like “You secretly enjoy watching other people suffer and squirm” (hey, what’s wrong with a little [...]
Archive For May, 2007
Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection
Maplight.org takes Opensecrets.org by making data mashups that correlates the money contributed to elected officials and how these officials vote. MAPLight.org brings together campaign contributions and how legislators vote, providing an unprecedented window into the connections between money and politics. We currently cover the California Legislature and U.S. Congress. Users can make reports and graphs, [...]
Weekly Feminist Reader
[From: feministing] Internationally, girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education. There are 25 shelters nationwide that serve homeless queer youth. A new novel is about two sisters who separately deal with domestic violence. Leonard Nimoy: Size-positivity crusader. Are Katie Couric’s ratings low because she’s [...]
The Climate Mash
Bobby “Boris” Pickett passed away April 25th, 2007. Best known for his hit “The Monster Mash,” in 2005 recorded a new environmentally themed version called “The Climate Mash.” The Flash video is viewable at www.theclimatemash.org. Tags: Environment <BR/>
The Day This Legislation Is Enacted Is The Day Our Freedoms Die
[From Dvorak Uncensored] Hyperbole? If you read all of the bill’s provisions, you realize that the government would be able to find a way to arrest every American for something whenever they wanted. Casually mention you’d like a copy of that song your friend’s playing from her iPod and BAM: Intent to infringe! You can [...]
Green Party would spend more money on community
Green Party would spend more money on communityWinnipeg Free Press, Canada -May 14, 2007The Green Party says the province should forget about trying to lure an NHL team to Winnipeg and instead spend more money on community and recreational … Tags: green party <BR/>
MPs outlaw smacking of children
[From The Courier-Mail] MPs outlaw smacking of children From correspondents in Wellington May 16, 2007 05:31pm Article from: Reuters NEW Zealand effectively outlawed smacking children today by removing a statutory defence for parents. A private Bill sponsored by a Green Party MP, which removed an existing legal defence of “reasonable force” to correct a child [...]
Power station harnesses Sun’s rays
[From BBC NEWS] By David Shukman Science correspondent, BBC News, Seville A field of 600 mirrors reflects rays from the Sun A tour of the tower How the solar tower works There is a scene in one of the Austin Powers films where Dr Evil unleashes a giant “tractor beam” of energy at Earth in [...]
Atomic Test Photos From Los Angeles
Atomic explosion, the largest yet set off on the Nevada test range, was clearly visible in Los Angeles. Staff photographer Perry Folwer was ready with his camera on a tripod on the roof of the Herald-Express building when the blast occurred at 5:49 a.m. Reporter Jack Smith, points towards the great white flash that clearly [...]