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George Bush on MLK Day (One Picture says it all)

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:55:53 GMT

clipped by: BobbyRutan
clipper's remarks: Pretending he gives a **** about black folks on Martin Luther King Day.

Love the expression on her face.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

On Martin Luther King Day, a US national holiday, President George W Bush

Tags: divider on mlk day

The Mosaics of Kaffe Fassett

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:05:54 GMT

clipped by: JohnWaterman

Clip Source: www.kaffefassett.com

Mosaic is a medium...

...that can utilize so much that is undervalued or thrown away in our society. The wonderful patterns created by repetition of rubbish-tip items reminds us of elegant ethnic decoration. A simple spoon, key or cup handle repeated acquires a magic, hypnotic musical rhythm.

Once people start to play in this simple way, they spot opportunities everywhere. I hope this book can help to free the inner artist in you so you can find joy in expression. - Kaffe Fassett

Clip Source: www.kaffefassett.com

10 Best Stephen Hawking's Quotations

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:29:21 GMT

clipped by: sweetsfoods

Clip Source: www.thelandsalmon.com

Stephen Hawking's Quotations

I have recently been reading up a bit on the life and work of British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. In my reading, I have run across a number of his famous quotes that are both funny and insightful. He is widely considered to be among the most intelligent people living today. Here is what he has to say...

10. "Einstein was wrong when he said "God does not play dice". Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that He sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen."

9. "I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road."

8. "My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all."

1. "Eternity is a very long time, especially towards the end."

Tags: quotes, quotations, science, tips, life, health

935 Lies, That Led A Nation To War

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:31:47 GMT

clipped by: thisnamecantbetaken
clipper's remarks: Wow. This doesn't even count the deliberate lies since 2003. And how many people have died because of it? More than 935, is for damn sure.

Clip Source: blogs.usatoday.com

Study: Bush, others 'methodically propagated' false info before Iraq war

In a report that is sure to evoke passionate responses from supporters and opponents of the Iraq war, two nonprofit groups have concluded that President Bush and his top advisers made nearly a thousand false statements between 2001 and 2003.

President George W. Bush and seven of his administration's top officials

made at least 935 false statements in the two years following September 11, 2001, about the national security threat posed by Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

Nearly five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, an exhaustive examination of the record shows that the statements were part of an orchestrated campaign that effectively galvanized public opinion

The Associated Press says a White House spokesman wouldn't comment on these conclusions. "The actions taken in 2003 were based on the collective judgment of intelligence agencies around the world," spokesman Scott Stanzel tells the wire service.

Tags: neoconservatism, war, crimes, usa

Telepathic Thought

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:24:50 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: www.pbs.org

Meet a young man who became "locked in" due to a devastating automobile accident.

Having suffered a major brain stem stroke, Eric Ramsey was completely aware of everything going on in the outside world, but was unable to communicate at all.

Surgeons implanted an electrode in his brain and he learned to communicate just by thinking about what he wants to say.

The implications of Eric's story are profound... In the near future, we may be able to restore speech (and other abilities) to those who have lost them. In the long term, we might be able to extend our 'natural' abilities to do such things as adding additional memory or thinking capacity.

Read an interview with Dr. Philip Kennedy, Eric's doctor.

Tags: world wide mind, telepathy, brain

NO MORE LOL

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:50:23 GMT

clipped by: Aribeth
clipper's remarks: Loi is to be used when something is mildly entertaining, yet not humorous enough to evoke actual laughter. Actual laughter, however, may still be represented by "lol" or it's other manifestations (LMAO, ROFL, etc).
NoMoreLOL.com is calling upon conscious chatters, bloggers, texters and instant messengers to help us spread our message. If you suspect someone of False Lolling be sure to direct them to this website and warn them of the penalties of internet purjury.

loi

Clip Source: centraldigit.com

This site, in conjunction with it's sponsors, has been established to abolish the ever-present lie that is "LOL." Over the past decade it has become increasingly obvious that countless web users are misrepresenting themselves by typing LOL (or "lolling" as it has come to be called) when they are NOT actually laughing out loud. This ruse has been at the expense of internet loyalists who add up the lol's they receive in chat rooms and on message boards every day.

To better demonstrate the extent of this lie please refer to the graph below.

The National Acronym Monitoring Board of Linguistic Anomalies or NAMBLA has begun to crack down on "False Lolling" which is a class G felony punishable by permanent IP banning and in rare cases death by pwnage.

To help LOL addicts curb their deceptive temptation NAMBLA has implemented a new acronym that is more accurate while at the same time poignant and conveniently recognizable.

Loi
(Laughing On the Inside)

REALITY CHECK!

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:03:39 GMT

clipped by: ouyangwulong
clipper's remarks: There is a frightening new global trend of denial...

Europeans think that they don't need to limit fishing...

Car companies don't think they need to improve fuel economy standards...

Bush thinks he can increase spending and cut taxes at the same time...

Jingoists think we are winning the war in Iraq...

Democrats think Hillary Clinton has enough experience to win an election...

Polluters think that Global Warming won't really happen...

Evangelicals think Jesus is coming back soon...

Fundamentalists think they can win the war against modernity...

The truth is: we're stuck with this world. The rules DO apply. No free passes. You have to face the music sometime.

We must choose realism over comfortable delusion. Unfortunately, for now, wistful thinking will rule the day until we let it all collapse around us.

Then we'll stand there scratching our heads saying: How could this happen?

Clip Source: www.iht.com

Fishing until all the fish are gone

Sharon LaFraniere showed how mechanized fishing fleets from the European Union and nations like China and Russia - usually with the complicity of local governments - have nearly picked clean the oceans off Senegal and other northwest African countries.

Clip Source: www.iht.com

U.S. agency says 17 states can't set car emission rules

WASHINGTON: The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday denied California and 16 other states the right to set their own standards for carbon dioxide emissions from automobiles.

Clip Source: www.iht.com

US deficit expected to grow even before economic stimulus package is unwrapped

The latest deficit projections from the Congressional Budget Office forecast a sea of red ink that will only deepen under plans to jump-start the economy with tax cuts and government spending.

Clip Source: www.iht.com

Published: January 21, 2008

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday in a predominantly Sunni village, killing at least 14 people and wounding 17.

Tags: reality check, bush, democrats, big buisness, oil, iraq, environment, global warming, tax cuts

Surfing Einstein was Wrong

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:50:46 GMT

clipped by: abailart
clipper's remarks: Ho hum.

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Two months ago, the physics world was buzzing with the news of a new Einstein.

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything

Surfer Dude's Theory of Everything - The Movie

Garrett Lisi, an unemployed physicist with no university affiliation who spent his time surfing in Hawaii, had come up with the Holy Grail of science: a theory unifying quantum physics and Einstein's theory of relativity.


	Garrett Lisi: Dude, where's my theory?

The media went wild. However, in the last few weeks several physics blogs have uncovered a problem with Lisi's idea: it doesn't work.

Lisi was attempting to bridge quantum physics - which works for very small things, like electrons and protons - and relativity - which works for very large things, like galaxies and stars.

At the moment, we can't fit the two into one coherent model that accurately describes the world we see.

it is time to knock him off his board and recognise that we are still waiting for the next Einstein

Tags: lisi, surfing einstein, quantum theory, relativity, theory of everything, e8

The World's First Ever Cell Phone with 5-inch Fold-Out Display

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:41:46 GMT

clipped by: wildcat

Clip Source: inventorspot.com

A Dutch Company by the name of Polymer Vision is set to release the world's first cell phone that features a fold-out display for viewing email, podcasts, text documents, news, and blogs. This device, called the "Readius", is the size of a typical cell phone and has a large 5-inch screen that folds out from the body of the phone.

Having a fold-out display is something new to the cell phone industry, and it allows the cell phone to have a much larger screen without adding very much bulk to the phone itself.

The Readius is expected to be available in mid-2008, and there is no word yet on pricing although they will probably be priced similarly to other high-end cell phones on the market ($300-$500?).

Tags: cell phones, display, fold out