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BP's Toxic Experiment

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:33:49 -0400

“Marine biologists started finding orange blobs under the translucent shells of crab larvae in May, and have continued to find them “in almost all” of the larvae they collect, all the way from Grand Isle, Louisiana, to Pensacola, Fla. — more than 300 miles of coastline — said Harriet Perry, a biologist with the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory.”

rickkanelives: monsterman: technohell: hirai: BLUE DEMON by...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:59 -0400

rickkanelives:

monsterman:

technohell:

hirai:

BLUE DEMON by ~RAFAELGALLUR on deviantART

"MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS,..."

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:59 -0400

“MEN WANTED: FOR HAZARDOUS JOURNEY. SMALL WAGES, BITTER COLD, LONG MONTHS OF COMPLETE DARKNESS, CONSTANT DANGER, SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL. HONOUR AND RECOGNITION IN CASE OF SUCCESS. SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON”

- Advertisement placed in London newspapers for Shackleton’s trip to Antarctica, 1914 (via invisiblestories) (via ajourneyroundmyskull)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:53:32 -0400

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Movie night in Bryant Park

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:22:53 -0400

Movie night in Bryant Park

Way to go CNN and Ford! The irony of these two stories (The...

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:17:39 -0400

Way to go CNN and Ford! The irony of these two stories (The “war” in Afghanistan and the Gulf Oil Disaster) superimposed on an advertisement for the new oil guzzling Ford SUV is AMAZING.

I Deny God: #20 - Because Atheists aren't threatened by cartoons.

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:36:37 -0400

I Deny God: #20 - Because Atheists aren't threatened by cartoons.:

Man Who Threatened “South Park” Arrested

JULY 21—The Virginia man who this year threatened the creators of “South Park” over an episode featuring the Prophet Muhammad dressed in a bear suit, was arrested today on federal charges after speaking openly to the FBI about his connection to a terror…

"I have heard such rumours of a Yeti, or Khull as it is known in Farsi, since my childhood."

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:06:22 -0400

“I have heard such rumours of a Yeti, or Khull as it is known in Farsi, since my childhood.”

- Tajikistan: In Search of the Yeti by Ben Judah

Bald-Faced Lie

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:15:01 -0400

Bald-Faced Lie:

buchino:

Is the correct variation bold-face lie or bald-faced lie or something else?

Answer:

The correct term is bald-faced, and refers to a face without whiskers. Beards were common in the 18th and 19th centuries and were thought to mask facial expressions. Thus a bald-faced liar was a very good liar indeed, and was able to lie without the guilt showing on his face.

More Information:

The phrase can also be used as bold-faced lie, as in someone bold enough to lie to your face.

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Coney Island on Saturday

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:05:32 -0400

Coney Island on Saturday

Books I've Read This Year (Early 2010 Edition)

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 06:58:42 -0400

01. SuperSense - Bruce M. Hood
02. Stitches - David Small
03. You Can’t Win - Jack Black
04. Love Is a Four Letter Word by Michael Taeckens (Editor)
05. Venus Drive - Sam Lipsyte
06. Kluge - Gary Marcus
07. Silk Road to Ruin - Ted Rall
08. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee - Sarah Silverman

Christian Values at Work: “Georgia governor [candidate]...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:45:02 -0400

Christian Values at Work: “Georgia governor [candidate] opposes everything gay but doesn’t know why”

The Acquiescent Anarchist

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:29:13 -0400

steven.cloud: i’ve got some legal changes to do today, gregg. legal changes. i guess i’m going to listen to some hip-hop and get that shit done

GreggWithTwoGs: look at the anarchist taking direction from the legal dept.

steven.cloud: well, i really don’t care how they prefer the copy to appear in the footer nav

GreggWithTwoGs: little by little
GreggWithTwoGs: first they take the footer

steven.cloud: hahaha
steven.cloud: i said nothing b/c i don’t care about footers.

GreggWithTwoGs: then they tweaked the sub-head and i remained silent

steven.cloud: then they made me pick a new hero image and i looked the other way

GreggWithTwoGs: what will you do when they ask you to change the font? will you resist?

Misinformed People Become MORE Certain When Presented With Facts

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:43:17 -0400

“But here’s where it goes off the tracks: when presented with evidence showing that the governor was wrong, people who believed her didn’t change their minds. In fact, they actually believed the falsehood more! Instead of changing their minds, they concocted theories that there was a government conspiracy to fool us, to cover up the true level of violence along the border. The truth is that undocumented Mexicans are, on the whole, one of the most law-abiding groups in America, and there has never been a single case of a beheaded body found in the Arizona desert.”

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18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:35:54 -0400

18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site

#17 - POPE: Ordaining Women is just as bad as Pedo Priests

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:31:51 -0400

idenygod:

“One new element included lists the attempted ordination of women as a ‘grave crime’ subject to the same set of procedures and punishments meted out for sex abuse.”

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Whatever.

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:54:15 -0400

Whatever.

csa images

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:11:57 -0400

csa images

I believe we’re only a few days away from beard sentience.

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:48:17 -0400

I believe we’re only a few days away from beard sentience.

ProPublica Photographer: I Was Followed by BP Security and Then Detained by Police

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:17:52 -0400

ProPublica Photographer: I Was Followed by BP Security and Then Detained by Police:

marco:

To summarize:

A photographer took these photos of a BP oil refinery while standing on the grass median of a public road. (With very few exceptions, it’s perfectly legal to take pictures of anything visible from a public place, even if the subject is privately owned.)

BP’s security noticed, called the city police, and followed him by car to a gas station.

The police forcefully detained, harassed, and threatened him for more than 20 minutes for something that is not a crime and that they did not witness.

The police disclosed all of his personal information, including his Social Security number, to a BP security guard.

The police effectively forced him to reveal the photos he had taken and continued to detain, harass, and threaten him even after an officer had evaluated them and decided that they were not a threat to Homeland “Security”.

He was further detained, harassed, and threatened by a Homeland Security agent who arrived at the scene and forced him to reveal the publication he was working for.

There’s a good chance that a crime was committed there, but not by the photographer.

Is there any doubt who’s running our country?