North Carolina And Sea Level Rise

Genius...make it illegal.  Why didn't we think of that???  We could have made it illegal for all those Glaciers to melt, and everything would be fine.  It could have saved a lot of Penguins.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/28/2096124/coastal-nc-counties-fighting-sea.html

About the only thing stupider than this, is the US House of "Representatives" passing law after law that THEY KNOW will fail in the Senate.  In a word, moving "backwards"..

I Have No Clue What This Is

The song is catchy though.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour At Pinkpop 2012

I love live music. This is a full hour.

Swiss Push For Single Payer Healthcare

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Single_health_insurance_reform_takes_step_closer.html?cid=32757408

Wow, seems everyone realizes that a single payer system would reduce costs.  So would allowing the government to negotiate the price of pharmacuticals.  The ACA didn't do that. (FAIL)

Survivor Of Houla Massacre Speaks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/houla-massacre-survivor-boy-syria?CMP=twt_gu
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Falling Skies

I might have to check this out...

H. R. 3541 Going After Woman's Rights

Republicans suspended the rules to try to rush this attack on legal abotions, again..

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3541rh/pdf/BILLS-112hr3541rh.pdf
Start reading at page 15 (of 22) if you wish.  The rest is their excuse for imposing this.

It's funny, Republicans talked a lot in the limited debate, about women in India and China aborting female babies. We aren't in China or India.

What this really is, is n attack that allows the Father or Grandparent (who are the very ones described as applying pressure on a woman to have an abortion because of the baby's sex) to sue the woman who had the abortion. Uh, what?? If the Family pressured the woman to have the abortion, why the hell would they want to sue her??

That is the rub, what this does is allow any pro life grandparent (as pure heresay) to sue their daughter/inlaw and doctor. They could also file an injunction before the abortion, forcing the pregnancy to go on even longer, while a judge decides if the case is a sex based abortion. It also allows the Attourney General to intervene on any Abortion.

If a Doctor or Nurse fails to report a suspected case, they can go to jail for a year. Let the witch hunt begin. This also redefines abortion, to not include instances of rape or incest.  No chance of getting through the Senate or the President.

Folded Paper Art

I love this stuf..

http://freshome.com/2012/05/29/exceptional-folded-architectural-works-by-simon-schubert/
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Syria

I am pretty glad that many nations are expelling Syrian diplomats today. I saw the video of all the kids killed (some with their head's blown open). I considered posting it, but considering I couldn't finish watching it myself, I decided no. If you really want to see it look up "Al-Houla Massacre" on youtube. The "Military Option" has to ba so much more viable at this point??

Shattered

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

This is right up my alley!

Screaming Lord Such

Syria Continues Denial

As much as I want to post the video of the children slaughtered by Assad's forces, I will not. Go search the net, it's there. Brutal and thoughtless. Bashir has lost all legitimacy (AGAIN) and needs to be removed. The Army leaders need to stand trial for genocide. Do something NATO/America???

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/28/syria-condemned-by-un-houla-massacre

The Zombie Apocolypse Starts In Florida

I kind of expected that. Florida is the land on nut-jobs.

Sherlock Holmes Fan Art

Very well done.

Hat's off to Lasse17.

Anonymous Defaces Drone Company's Site

Go look: http://www.alphaunmannedsystems.com/

Too funny, listen up people. If the US puts up Drones in house, they will be taken down. There is nothing in the Constitution that would allow the Government to spy on their people like that. I had might as well move to Pakistan.

Opening Dragon

Very cool..

Olympic Torch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/galleries/p00t4q4n

That's Matt Smith.  He plays Doctor Who on the TV show.

A Proposal

While I think these things have gotten too "sensational" lately, this was too sensational to not share.

Corner Ladder

Yeah, that's cool..

S. 3187 Passes Senate Nearly Unanimously

S. 3187 forces drug/medical device buyers, to pay an extra tax ("user fee"), that is bundled up and sent back to Big PHARMA. It's a little over $600 Million over the next five years (this is actually just the tip of the Iceberg, they  give back alot more, but the actual "law" text amended by this,is hard to find). Considering that none of the drug/medical device companies are losing money (or paying taxes), this is just another way taxpayers fund Dividends on the companies stocks. Much like we do for Oil companies. So much for "free markets".

It also cuts $1.5 Million from Pediatric Device research, and Pediatric Drug research.  At least they screwed us across the aisle.

Ukranian Parliament Are Funny

I would still like to see this go down in the US House...

Dale Dunning Art

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/05/masks-and-heads-made-from-moveable-type-and-steel-hardware-by-dale-dunning/

Genki Sudo

Have these guys jumped the shark? With 3 Million hits, I think not.

Bren Tower Demolished

It was used to monitor/film Nuclear tests in Nevada.

ADAM and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

Pretty cool video.

Taliban Poisons School Girls And Teachers

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/05/201252451931671453.html

That's smart, kill the girls, so in 20 years, the boys have no one to marry and procreate with. It will ensure an end to the Taliban.

The GOP Continues To Implode

YAY Ron Paul!

http://www.lvrj.com/news/paul-supporters-ready-to-step-in-after-gop-leaders-resignations-153639965.html

Like what the Tea Party did wasn't bad enough. I think the GOP will wind up separating into something new. Let's call it extinction.

Meg Whitman Cuts 27,000 Jobs

 

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/23/4512014/hp-laying-off-27000-workers-in.html

Is this shocking?  No, she is just doing her part, like the rest of corporate America, to keep unemployment high.  It's all a ploy by Rebulicans to make sure President Obama is finished in 2012.  If you doubt this claim: Pick a company, look at their profits, and layoffs.  They don't jive for all of them, but overall it does.  It's a corporate conspiracy that we don't have laws for.

The bad news for Republicans is, it won't work.

Osaka City (Japan) Outs Tatoos

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120523a3.html

Um, nothing more imprtant to worry about there??

Occupy Frankfurt (Germany)

The Police joined the Protesters??

Hellboy Animated Short

This is where Comics are headed, paper is dying a fast death... I am not a Hellboy fan, but the animation on the series looks great! They could have gotten a much better voice for Hellboy too.. The other parts of the story are below.

2.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBexANuzQvg

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGCKvVx26o

I guess subscribe for future episodes..

Bain Capital

These guys were fucking brutal.. Like an army leaving a trail of dead. Did they break a law? No. Unless you believe in God, and that greed is a sin.

Nice Medical Examiner In Detroit

http://www.freep.com/article/20120523/NEWS01/205230426/They-missed-a-bullet-that-didn-t-miss-him?odyssey

Um, how do you miss a bullet hole in the chest??  Slackers..

Bear Attacks Man Taking A Crap

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/05/22/mb-bear-attack-winnipeg-sioux-lookout.html

Well, the Bear is dead, and the victim got to wipe (always carry a gun in the woods, and toilet paper).

Montreal Protests Over Austerity

Fishing for Cops with Doughnuts (mind if we steal this in the US, Russia and EU?)

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/05/22/montreal-day-100-student-strike.html



Avalon.PL

SpaceX On The Way

SpaceX First Launch to ISS (unmanned) might seem like no big deal, to some. It's something I have been waiting for since I was 15 years old (35-ish years ago) and dreamt up a story called Dusters. It's a first,of many more to come. They are getting to the ISS at a fraction of the cost for NASA to do it. I am not knocking NASA, just stating a fact. And NASA had a lot of oversight/input on this project.


Frankly I think this is fantastic, and America should be proud to have another "first" in space. I can only imagine what we might accomplish if a number of companies from different countries team up and go do something in space that is profitable. It will happen some day, hopefully soon.

Fire Rainbows

http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/05/fire-rainbow.html

They make these sound rare.  Put a polarized lens on your Camera and you can shoot these every day (if the sun is out and there are clouds).

Counterfeit Parts In Military Equipment

From where else? China!

http://armed-services.senate.gov/Publications/Counterfeit%20Electronic%20Parts.pdf

Read at least the Executive Summary. Pretty amazing narrative, which is just another reason so many jobs that belong in America, are really in China, Mexico and Germany.

Big Scary

The song is OK, but the video is amazing. I can't see the edits....

Big - Glass Blowing

I love glass blowing. Very well shot/edited video.

Polyphonic Spree

I know it's bizarre that an atheist would dig music from a religious hippy band, but the composition drags me in every time. I am still an atheist...

The Myth Busters Go Bowling

NATO Summit 2012

More here: http://media.talkingpointsmemo.com/slideshow/nato-summit-protests

Liz Gorman's Pictures. She is brave to get in the middle of this..

Paul Weiskel's flickr set is below;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pweiskel08/7239483778/in/photostream/
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Minimum Wage

http://finances.msn.com/saving-money-advice/6952105

What it bought it 1950, to today. Very interesting..

Swiss Landslide

I would hope this is a wakeup call to people. Don't live in the shadow of a mountain...

A Little Good News From Yemen

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/world/meast/yemen-clashes/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

They killed 90 Al-Qaeda in a week.  Well done.

Formaldehyde Contaminated Water In Japan

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120520a1.html

I would expect a story like this from China, way before Japan. Almost 1/2 Million people without a regular water supply. This is what businessmen call progress (because they saved money). Get rain barrels folks.

Benghazi Holds Local Elections in Libya

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18135035

That's progress..way to go.

Japan Still Cutting Power

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120518_18.html

They are importing Coal like crazy since they shut down all the Nuke Power Plants.  Try some Solar, it sucks that Japan is not the big inventor it used to be (unless you want a female robot).

30 Kids With 11 Women

It's up to 30 since 2009.  Oh, you want out of Child Support? Just a thought, wrap it up you fucking asshole..you should be in jail.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-tennessee-man-has-30-kids-20120518,0,4036567.story

Obesity PSA Banned

This was banned at the school that created it, but I think it's brilliant.

ISS Star Trails

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa_jsc_photo/sets/72157629726792248/

Fantastic pictures...the whole set is at the link above.

Re-Creation

The US Senate Fails To Pass 5 Budgets

This was mostly bipartisan. None of them want a budget… so stop bitching everyone.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00097 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00098 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00099 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00100 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00101

Athiests Are More Compassionate Than Belivers

Um, yeah, we have no God to tie us to a concept of what others think is "right or wrong". We value acceptance within the rightful laws on humans. Equality, peace and justice. Deal with it and stop your prejudice. It's what drove us away from religion in the first place.

 

http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/

NYC Stop And Frisk Is Over

http://newyorkpost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/shira_scheindlin_again_zVlfYCDbfIt3S93Mpo0aWO

It's about time.  Could you imagine visiting New York and going through this?  Oh wait, I am white, I wouldn't...

Muslim Women And Education

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/lallaessaydi/index.html

Beautiful job.

The Export-Import Bank Reauthorized

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=2&vote=00096

Big majority, and includes the requirement that they negotiate an end to bank itself (kind of screws Boeing, or will it screw Airbus?).
Full text here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr2072enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr2072enr.pdf

John Baldessari

Some of his art here; http://contemporaryartlinks.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-baldessari-marian-goodman-gallery.html

Narrated by Tom Waits. The most important thing is: "Be at the right place at the right time". Which is totally unpredictable. The best artists are not created by their talents, it comes from the audience.

Spain And The UK Need To Grow Up

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18098104

Over Gibraltar Fishing rights? As long as you guys are acting like kids, play nice. Remember Mom and Dad saying “share”?   And the UK should just give it back to Spain anyway (Colonial afterbirth).

Lots Of Stock Photos Free

http://vfxfuture.com/stock-image/36001-photoworks-by-sergey-larchenko.html

I am sure it's legal??

Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Their second single..

Palestine Gets A Japanese Ambassador

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120517a9.html

Interesting, because I can't think of a single financial reason for Japan to do that. Maybe to just interject themselves into the conflict to get a seat at the bargaining table??

China And South Korea Snub Japans Food Imports

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120517a5.html

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Major Lazer

I love this song, lil-bit epic.. Free Download Here

Icky Blossoms

The song is ok, the video is fantastic!

Catholics Would Rather Have You Dead, Than Have Access Contracetives

http://www.newser.com/story/146116/catholic-school-yanks-student-health-plan.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/16/florida-catholic-university-considering-dropping-student-health-coverage/

Complete genius!  Talk about love and compassion?? Good news is, Obamacare will let their parents put the kids on their own medical policies.

Parts Of GOP Will Not Support Romney

http://www.lvrj.com/news/county-gop-rebukes-head-of-national-party-over-romney-support-151728535.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/13/romney-son-booed-interrupted-by-paul-supporters-at-arizona-gop-convention/
If he can't even get his own party to back him, it will make for an interesting election.

Drunk People Are Stupid

It's why I only drink inside.

Egypt Bringing Back Vaginal Mutilation

http://news.egypt.com/english/permalink/114836.html

Inflatable Stonehenge

More The "artist" is a little creepy though.

Soyuz Lauch This Morning

More here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/7201201862/
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Nuclear Weapons Animation

Einstein's Chalkboard

Okinawa Marks 40 Years Of Freedom

Reon Kadena is from Okinawa (very cute)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120515_02.html

Okinawa really wants the US off their island, and the fact that Guam is a few thousand miles to the south, why not??

A Forest Tunnel In The Ukraine

More pics here:
http://postomania.ru/post193289479/
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Japanese Trawler Runs Aground

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120514a7.html

You have to be a very bad sailor to do something like this. And why is a Japanese Trawler fishing off the coast of Africa?

Bush Administration Again Guilty Of War Crimes

http://presstv.com/detail/2012/05/12/240810/malaysian-tribunal-finds-bush-guilty-war-crimes/

Zeta's Dump 49 Bodies On San Juan Highway

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/13/mexican-authorities-find-mutilated-bodies
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Crayon Sculpture

http://www.wjla.com/pictures/2012/05/colorful-creative-crayon-sculptures-/21474-1521.html

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LRA Takes A Hit

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18051522

A step closer to shutting down the LRA, very exciting.. Thanks Navy Seals.

Lil Bit Zombie

Colosse

Japan's Shozaburo Jimi Wants To Kill Poor People

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120513a2.html

Maybe "kill" was a strong word to use.  Would "smush under our rich assed heels sound better"?  Well, you know the rich people only need a few poor people to support their aspirations, so cutting off support for the many poor will serve the rich people fine.

It's a global conspiracy setting us up to be serfs, to their Kings.  It will fail.

SpectrMODULE

http://spkmdl.libsyn.com/

 

This is an ear splitting romp into a psychotic something, and it is beautiful.

Montreal Bans Masks At Protests

 

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Bylaw+vote+banning+masks+next+Friday/6608019/story.html

Prepping for something similar in the US/UK?  What might be the target?

A Black Hole Shreds A Star

Song 1

If you live/work around DC, you will relate to this. More info here.

Arizona Ball Team Scared Of Girls

WW II Kittyhawk Fighter Found

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11655018-world-war-ii-kittyhawk-fighter-found-in-sahara-shedding-light-on-pilots-fate?lite

Where did the Pilot wind up? We will probably never know. Still, pretty cool find.

CERN - Data Overload 1

A good explaination of what they are doing, and the daunting task of examining the data they collect.

Babies Behaving Badly

All The Democrats Flipping On Gay Marriage

Harry Reid joins the team. If they were honest about it, they don't care either way, because it doesn't effect them directly. This is all Politics.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid-says-would-vote-to-legalize-gay-marriage-in-nevada-150974985.html

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Playmate Of The Year 2012

http://pbmorningshow.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/8033/

Me = Underwhelmed

The Secret Life Of Terry Gross (NPR)

Anything Can Be A Touch Screen

This was a reality I noticed back in the 1980's, the human interacion with resistance and electricity. I never put the two together in the realm of operability. This is so basic..

Maine Senate Cuts Medicare, To Support The Rich

Sorry, did I say "rich"?  I meant "job creators".

When will these people wake up to the fact that we are re-living the Great Depression of the 1930's, because too much money has accumulated with the top earners? Look at history.

Idaho Racist Sheriff Candidate

Full Story: http://www.king5.com/news/local/White-supremacist-running-for-sherrif-calls-cross-burning-Pro-Christian-150941615.html
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NASA Bathroom Door

This is at a training center, where the Astronauts wear microphones...