Bacteria Destroy World-Ending Oil Plume

Why, Its almost like the environment is a giant, stable system that has existed for billions of years without spiraling out of control.

I mean, it would almost have to have some type of self-regulation system or something.  I know, confusing.

I remember a month or two ago I told my father-in-law that this wouldn't even be remembered in ten years as a major disaster because it would have almost zero long-term impact.  He, being the hippie commie type thought I was crazy. 

Well, where's your ecological disaster now?  As Dr. Ian Malcolm said, life finds a way.  We humans really need to stop overestimating our importance to nature.

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Another Bigot Opposes The Ground Zero Mosque

Did I say bigot? I meant this guy.

Such appearances seem unlikely to sway at least one opponent of building an Islamic center so close to Ground Zero at this time -- Judea Pearl, Daniel’s father and a computer science professor at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Pearl told JTA that while he was “touched” by Rauf’s appearance and speech at his son’s memorial, “many Muslim leaders offered their condolences at the time.” More to the point, Pearl said he is discouraged that the Muslim leadership has not followed through on what he hoped would come from his son's death.

“At the time, I truly believed Danny’s murder would be a turning point in the reaction of the civilized world toward terrorism,” said Pearl, who engages in public conversations with Akbar Ahmed, an Islamic studies professor at American University, on behalf of the Daniel Pearl Dialogue for Muslim-Jewish Understanding. The established Muslim leadership in the United States, Pearl said, “has had nine years to build up trust by pro-actively resisting anti-American ideologies of victimhood, anger and entitlement.

Reactions to the mosque project indicate that they were not too successful in this endeavor."

Or this guy.

 

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For eddiebear

For him to use, anyway, not directed at him.



Blame tmi3rd.

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The Emmy your Emmy could smell like!

Old Spice Guy won an Emmy! Okay, okay technically the creative team at the ad agency but if Gore has an Oscar than Old Spice Guy has an Emmy.


Annnnd obligatory.



And this is great - it's an interview about how the ad was made.  Dear God, the guys are 12.

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Finally

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Well, hell, if the science is settled

So. It seems like global warmening/climate change/manbearpig or whatever it's being called today, doesn't actually cause natural disasters.

I'm totally going to whip this out the next time someone tries the science is settled crap with me. 

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Be careful where you stick your stick

This is a foreboding warning.  Any terrorist group who has half a brain between the lot of them is going to realize in short order that they don't even have to be on a plane to make it go crashy-boom.

Authorities investigating the 2008 crash of Spanair flight 5022 have discovered a central computer system used to monitor technical problems in the aircraft was infected with malware.

An internal report issued by the airline revealed the infected computer failed to detect three technical problems with the aircraft, which if detected, may have prevented the plane from taking off, according to reports in the Spanish newspaper, El Pais.

I shouldn't have to issue this warning in this day and age, but we're still doing HIV education 20 years later, so I suppose it's worth repeating. 

USB drives are cheap.  REALLY cheap.  One of the semi-local electronics stores here sells them in bins by the cash register like candy, without even any pesky plastic casing to wrestle through to use.  Keep a handful of USB drives around, and take somewhat similar precautions to those that you'd take with your naughty bits - if you're sticking your USB drive into unfamiliar or dangerous territory, and you don't have the equivalent of a kryptonite condom's worth of security on your home system, don't risk your wife computer by infecting her with what you picked up from the local slut who's gangbanged the entire town.  Unlike your naughty bits, you can throw out a USB drive without amputation and blood and guts and gore.

I'm going to do you the favor of not hunting down and posting amputation footage from Piranha 3D.

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I Am Troubled By This As Well

Troubled that I couldn't help the sunbather out.

The mother had asked the fashion store assistant, identified only as Luisa under Italy's privacy laws, to cover herself up because her large breasts and the act of rubbing cream on them had "troubled her sons aged 14 and 12."

After the court handed down its decision the young woman's lawyer, Gianluca Arrighi, said he had never had any doubt that the accusation of obscene behaviour was without substance.

He pointed out that it was not illegal to sunbathe topless on an Italian beach and said it was not his client's fault if she had an "ample bosom".

Seriously, lady. Quit being a prude. And let your sons savor the beauty that is an ample bosom.

That is all.

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WTF is wrong with Philly, part eleventy billion and two

If any of our PA bloggers weren't previously disincentivized to move to Philadelphia, they will be now.

After dutifully reporting even the smallest profits on their tax filings this year, a number — though no one knows exactly what that number is — of Philadelphia bloggers were dispatched letters informing them that they owe $300 for a privilege license, plus taxes on any profits they made.

Now if we can just find a 7-year-old to blog about her lemonade stand in Philly...

(h/t The Consumerist)

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Laura W is bossing us around again

Those of you who have met her and her hump are probably appreciative of it.

A company called Righthaven is purchasing the copyrights to the content in many media outlets and suing bloggers who republish that content.

As DrewM. notes in email: "There's always the chance some of these folks were re-posting whole articles and we've gone through the fair use thing but when people are basically conducting shakedowns they aren't all that particular sometimes."

Instructions on participating in the VRWC (really, instructions on how to keep us from getting our collective pants sued off) are at the Head Moron's.

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Um, what?

Mike Lupica, who I thought was mainly a sportswriter, has a column today bitching about Newt Gingrich's opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque, calling him a "scary fanatic" in the title. Fine, whatever. But this line caught my eye:

Gingrich is a Catholic now, by the way, having decided that's not just the best way into heaven for him, but perhaps into the White House as well.

Uhhhh...Mike, I don't know if you've ever bothered to count, but we've had exactly one Catholic president in our 234 year history. You might want to stick to writing about the Yankees.

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I agree with you, you lying sack of shit.

Sputter.
Now my opinion of NY pols is that they're all scum. Lying, corrupt, elitist scum with a gigantic sense of entitlement.
Further, I believe that they've managed to totally destroy one of the greatest economic engines this world has ever seen.
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The history of Albany is littered with corruption and broken promises.

I'm with you on that. But here's where the wheels fall off.

For decades, Republicans conducted backroom deals for their own benefit and the benefit of the special interests fueling their campaigns.

While I agree, there were always Dems in those backrooms because you can't get shit done in NY without the Dem leadership.

All the while, New Yorkers shouldered the burden of sky-high tax rates, out-of-control spending, and fiscal gimmickry that hid the true costs of their irresponsibility.

Mario who? Good work NY Senate Dems dot com(pletely insane).
Okay, the sheer balls and  blatant sense that they think NY's electorate are fools and idiots is just unbelievable.

Of course, considering that no matter how often NY pols rub shit into their "constituents'" faces they still get re-elected, maybe I'm the idiot.
Eh, there's  a reason I left that shithole state.

Funniest part? I saw the ad at Ace's and assumed it was a joke.

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Presented without comment or context -Deficits With and Without Iraq War

Deficits_1a by chad98036, on Flickr

note:  I modified the original to mark the date the recession started and the date Obama took office. 

source

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Vivien Leigh sounds like a lot of fun

Given her lifestyle, I'm surprised there aren't naughty photos out there. 

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I thought the monarchy was just a figurehead

Since when is discouraging hygiene practices of the British a good thing?  Not only will their teeth be awful, they'll reek of three-day-old soccer sweat and fish and chips too.

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Presented without context

I don't understand the appeal of a 3D penis destroyed by flesh chomping fish. Call me a buzzkill if you wish but I cannot understand why this is funny.

You know, aside from the notion that any rational person would think that the author was "a buzzkill," these may just be the two most sensible sentences ever written in the English language.

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Tomorrow the machines come to kill us all...

but tonight we dance

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Two notable Denver deaths this week

I am sorry to say that Reggie McDaniel died on Friday.  His movie reviews were a refreshing change from your typical Rotten Tomatoes fare, and he was surprisingly spot-on with most of his reviews.



On a brighter note, Bruce Pierce died Monday.  Pierce was the neo-Nazi who assassinated Alan Berg in 1984.  Berg was caustic and liked to cause a ruckus, but no one should die for their words and beliefs.

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Some guy named Bill Cismar wants your support

I have no idea if this guy is a good guy or not, or if he's a complete whackjob.  But he's enough of a moron that he's posting on the Head Moron's Yahoo group, so if you're so inclined go give him some love.  Or cash, I think he's wanting your money, just like every other politician.

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Connections - Faith in Numbers

A documentary series by historian James Burke, "Connections" attempted to explain how various historical events and personalities led to discoveries that built off each other to bring about the modern world. Since the series originally ran in 1978 some of the material is a little dated but it is still one of the most interesting programs to have been aired on TV in my opinion. Fortunately James Burke has placed the entire series on YouTube (as well as the two follow on series).

Episode 4 - "Faith in Numbers" examines the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance from the perspective of how commercialism, climate change and the Black Death influenced cultural development.

I am only embedding the first portion of each episode the entire playlist for the episode is here.

The complete series is available from Amazon

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