Republican Senator Tom Coburn, Oklahoma, is crying that the costs for relief of the recent disastrous tornadoes must be offset by cutting back elsewhere.
I have the perfect answer…. Cut back on the subsidies the oil companies receive.
They are profiting more than ever. Plus they’re the ones, whether knowningly or unknowningly, that are a main component of our aggressive climate change. They can chip in. More…
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has an incredible set of stairs which were designed by a Filipino architect Rafael Nelson Aboganda ala Escher-style. An architectural marvel that seems to violate the laws of physics and basic logic by looping back into itself. An optical illusion you may actually participate in. More…
… rather unnerving….
I have watched this over and over and over now. I love Bowie, especially this song, to being with. Then the slight edits to the song and adding in space – real space as the International Space Station orbits the earth – and you have one helluva remake of “Space Oddity.” More…
I had no idea there was such a creature. I stepped outside earlier this morning to take a break from the computer and noticed what was not unlike a hummingbird flitting around from flower to flower. But it’s speed just wasn’t quite fast enough. Oh, this creature could move much better than most insects, but just didn’t have that “zip-zip” of a hummingbird. Plus, it allowed me to get much closer than birds do – and that’s when I noticed the antennae. I definitely knew then that it wasn’t a hummingbird. I wanted some photos but did not come out with my camera. Luckily, it hung around long enough for me to run inside, grab my camera – and even change lens – and get a few fairly decent shots. More…
Yes, atoms. What you see in the video is 100 million times bigger than actual size. The actual device used in the lab that handles and moves the atoms is at -268° Centigrade (-450° Fahrenheit), which helps keep the atoms from moving around. FYI… 0° Kelvin, which is “Absolute Zero” – the point where everything, including molecular levels, freezes – is -273.15°C and -450.67°F. So they are very nearly at Absolute Zero. Remember, normally atoms they’re busy little buggers – always in motion. More…
Ayup. Fortunately the only injury was a self-inflicted gunshot wound by the shooter himself. Reports vary but I believe the shooter is still alive. POST-PUBLISHING UPDATE: The self-inflicted gunshot would was fatal. Reportedly there was a suicide note in the shooter’s backpack. More…
These photos make me grin from ear to ear.
Conceptual artist Florentijin Hofman brought his gargantuan Rubber Duck artwork to Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. The huge inflatable duck measures nearly 46 feet tall and 55 feet long and is shown above being pulled by a tug boat only a fraction of its size. Hofman is well known for his grandiose and whimsical sculptures that seem born with the primary goal of inducing as many smiles possible. Via the artist’s website: More…
In another attempt by the GOP to repeal the Affordable Healthcare Act, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a joint statement to the Associated Press – and I’m sure they didn’t realize what they actually said. After all, they are not the sharpest knives in the drawer. More…
Sleep well, little fuzz-ball.
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Okay, yeah…. it’s a comic. But I couldn’t resist….
We’ve all seen videos of goats that scream like a person, so it doesn’t surprise me to see (hear?) this goat sound like a chicken clucking. What is it with goats?? More…
Aogashima Island, Japan. An inhabited island which is actually a volcano within a volcano.
200 people actually inhabit the Japanese volcanic island of Aogashima,
with only one school and a single post office.
You may find more information about this island here and here.
Best to click on the image and view in full size.
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That’s right! No more mundane and risky banana-slicing with a knife. The Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer comes to the rescue! LOL… this is another product on Amazon where thousands of people have provided their reviews and photos of the product in action. More…
Watching what life is like in zero-gravity in the International Space Station has always fascinated me as it does most people. I’ve seen liquids float around in little balls, the astronauts eat food floating in the air, and several other interesting things. So when I started to watch this video, I thought I knew what would happen, but figured it would be cool to watch just the same. Boy, was I surprised. It didn’t do anything like what I thought would happen. More…
Just today, someone from Georgia commented on the post I wrote about the segregated prom in Wilcox County and was defending her state by declaring that all the other states were more segregated and racist than Georgia. More…
In honor of the courageous Bostonians during this manhunt,
as well as the victims of the bombings.
John F Kennedy Library Flag, Boston, photo by John Ecker, Pantheon
Tamerlan Tsarnae’s wish-list from his Amazon account was recently posted and available to the public. I found the items on the deceased Boston Marathon bomber suspect to be interesting. I cannot figure out why he would have something like this available for all to see if he was planning on doing this horrible bombing. Then after pulling up his wish list, I see the last item was added on July 8, 2007. Perhaps he forgot about this account over time? Lost the password? Who knows…. More…
Here is a live stream coverage of the manhunt for Suspect 2 in the Boston Marathon bombing which occurred on Monday. Suspect 1 was shot last night and died at the hospital. Boston has now shut down the entire city which has never happened before. More…
“One day everything will be well, that is our hope.
Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion” ~ Voltaire
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Just a few hours ago, the FBI released footage from a surveillance camera, and thusly some screenshots from said video, of two men walking along at the Boston Marathon. According to Special Agent Greg Comcowich: More…
A bystander, Derrick Hurtt, was filming the fertilizer plant fire after it erupted in West, Texas yesterday, but he got more than he planned. The explosion. This footage has been all over the news so you may very well have seen it. But the news typically stops right after the explosion finishes. What is not seen or heard are his daughters crying out in complete terror that she cannot hear and that she desperately wanting to leave. More…
Peaceful.
Bamboo grove in Kyoto.
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I don’t think he’s old enough to read yet….
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