What if the Earth had Rings?

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Daily Show, Fox News Footage

more about "Did Fox News alter footage of a conse…", posted with vodpod [via Yahoo News] About the clip, Sean Hannity replied: “Although it pains me to say this, Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, he was right… It was an inadvertent mistake but a mistake nonetheless.” Then, a week later, FOX repeats the same mistake. This [...]

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South Park mocks Ghost Hunters

more about "‘South Park’ return mocks ‘Ghost Hunt…", posted with vodpod The Ghost Hunters play a pretty small role in the story, but you can watch the full episode at SouthPark’s website.

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Ukraine Flu!!!

I just thought this was an odd bit of media scaremongering. Wow. 189 dead and one million infected. That’s a mortality rate of 0.019% (as compared to the morality rate of normal flu: 0.1%.) Yeah, yeah, I know – mortality trails infection rates. And just to clear things up: GENEVA — The World Health Organization [...]

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National Geographic: Encounter with a Leopard Seal

To me, seals look like dogs that have evolved to live in the oceans. On a related note, this is a very cool National Geographic documentary on Dolphins. They talk about dolphin society and pack hunting. (55 minutes long) http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/dolphins_the_wild_side/

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Quote of the Day

My ex-girlfriend truly believes 2012 is the end of the world. She bet me 50 dollars that the world would end in 2012. I explained to her if the world is going to end, then there’s no way I could pay her. I either win the bet, or we’re all dead. With a frustrated look [...]

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Bus ride through a forest fire

Nothing to do with anything, just a cool video of a bus ride through a forest fire in Australia.

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Blog the Religions

I’ve been listening to John Hummel’s 52 Weeks, 52 Religions podcast lately. He’s a former Mormon who’s out doing interviews with religious groups around Tampa Florida. About half of his interviews are with various Christian denominations, but he includes Muslims, Jews, Satanists, Pagans, etc in his podcast. It’s interesting stuff if you like hearing people [...]

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The Onion: Obama’s Declaration Of Swine Flu

Sadly, I don’t think this is too far from reality: WASHINGTON—Claiming that the president was preying on the public’s fear of contracting a fatal disease last week when he declared the H1N1 virus a national emergency, Republican leaders announced Wednesday that they were officially endorsing the swine flu. “Thousands of Americans—hardworking ordinary Americans like you [...]

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Medical Marijuana

Years ago, Colorado was one of fourteen states that had voted to legalize medical marijuana. The problem was that the federal government still said it was illegal, leaving it in a legal limbo. With Obama’s recent comment about letting state laws stand, there’s been a kind of gold rush. I don’t know how it’s been [...]

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