April 2010
32 posts
Cleaner Air Could Speed Global Warming →
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everything is bad
Hugh Pickens writes “Scientists estimate that the US Clean Air Act has cut a major air pollutant, sulfate aerosols, by 30% to 50% since the 1980s, helping greatly…
Creepy video of talking robot mouth →
I favorited a YouTube video: Visit http://www.plorf.com for more crazy videos
Stephen Hawking: Humans Should Fear Aliens →
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Good advice from a smart human.
World renowned scientist Stephen Hawking believes extraterrestrial life almost certainly exists — and humans should be extremely cautious about…
This Is A Good Photo →
YouTube - RAD TIMES! →
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I don’t like nostalgia but I do like garbage.
YouTube - Hard Ticket to Hawaii trailer →
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we need to watch this for movie night
I don't know how tumblr works
What am I doing? help. how do I make tumblr properly display my stupid google reader link excerpts?
hausu.gif →
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PARTY LEGS [via john via HAUSU]
Blunt Opposes Coverage for Missourians with... →
I favorited a YouTube video: Springfield TV station busts Blunt on-air; says Blunt “Would not stop insurance companies from denying people with pre-existing conditions”
YouTube - Insane Clown Posse - Miracles →
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“I’ve seen miracles all around me stop and look around it’s all astounding water, fire air and dirt fucking magnets, how do they work? I don’t want to talk to a scientist, ya’ll…
Chris Rock Talks Health Care Reform, Democratic... →
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Chris Rock simplifies the health care reform debate.
I had my father get sick when I was 22. And I was poor, alright. And my father had an ulcer, and it exploded and you know all…
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God wins.
Some individual mandate discussion →
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we need to reinstate the scarlet letter and use it for mandate dodgers http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/M_poster.jpg/200px-M_poster.jpg
Just because I think…
YouTube - Segway Rover Live-Firing Range Robots →
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Let’s go Segway hunting.
Climate Change - Building a Green Economy -... →
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Fun boring overview of the economics of climate change
The Cost of Action Just as there is a rough consensus among climate modelers about the likely trajectory of temperatures if…
Sentence to ponder →
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Old people will soon seize power.
Of all the people in human history who ever reached the age of 65, half are alive now.
There are more age-related facts here.
Just asking →
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Does the D.C. Court of Appeals’ decision destroying net neutrality and letting Comcast choke off traffic to Web sites it doesn’t like move filling the two vacancies on the…
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Hey the guy who owns that mine in West Virginia where 25 people died is an immoral lunatic who dresses awesomely.
Teabag Plutocrat by digby Well, well, well … looks like our…
What If Republicans Proposed a Revenue-Neutral... →
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I’m totally willing to compromise with an imaginary GOP that cares about reducing carbon emissions.
This isn’t going to happen, but I do think Zac Morgan is right to…
Iraq: Wikileaks video of US military killing... →
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Grim. I have to wonder what goes through an Iraq War supporter’s mind when they see this footage knowing the Pentagon’s been refusing to release it since 2007.
Update: A…
How Americans are propagandized about Afghanistan →
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Pretty simple crimes
On February 12 of this year, U.S. forces entered a village in the Paktia Province in Afghanistan and, after surrounding a home where a celebration of a new…
YouTube - Janelle Monae Tightrope ft. Big Boi... →
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Here’s today’s winner of the hottest weirdo in the world award.
LBJ Would Like His Slacks To Have a Little More... →
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LBJ is amazing. This phone call could use a snopes page, but I think it’s real: http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/prestapes/b4.html
Lyndon Johnson was…
YouTube - (Part 1 of 9) Star Wars Episode 2:... →
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Only 88 minutes long
Spacewoman power: Next week, four women will be in... →
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WOMEN ARE TAKING OVER OUTER SPACE: “One woman already is circling Earth in a Russian capsule, bound for the International Space Station. Early Monday morning, NASA will attempt to…
Best Death Scene Ever (via eagleclaw) →
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pretty decent
Best Death Scene Ever (via eagleclaw)
Greenspan on Heath Care Costs: Severe... →
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I wish the CBO was infallible, like Greenspan. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec08/crisishearing_10-23.html
TAPPER: The president signed massive health care…
The Official Netflix Blog: Netflix on iPhone? →
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Gimme!
Steve Swasey, VP of Corporate Communications, here. Terrific response to our news today about Netflix on the iPad. For those of you asking whether Netflix will be on the…
Meg Whitman wants to build prisons, cut other... →
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More good ideas from Whitman.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman called Wednesday for building new prisons to house some of the state’s 150,000 inmates as she…
Still from Village of the Giants →
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trouble
Still from Village of the Giants
Expendables trailer: Now with more Schwarzenegger →
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Mickey Rourke plays “Tool”
Holy crap, I can’t wait for The Expendables. Sylvester Stallone leads a super ripped, super old team of outlaw mercenaries (the Ben Gay Team,…
The politics of Obama's offshore drilling... →
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Obama could have at least waited until April 1st before announcing President McCain’s energy policy.
Here are the two main political implications of the Obama administration’s…