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Top news on 4 September 2009 |
Obama Schoolchildren Speech Drives Right-Wing Batty
Yesterday, I noted that Florida's GOP Chair Jim Greer had heard about President Barack Obama intention to address the schoolchildren of America on the occasion of the start of a new school year, and went quite mental, warning darkly that the address was nothing more than a dastardly inculcation into socialism and a viral spread of liberal
LA Official Blames Environmentalists for Raging Wildfires
"This brush was ready to explode," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, whose district overlaps the forest. "The environmentalists have gone to the extreme to prevent controlled burns, and as a result we have this catastrophe today."
Thirteen Rules For Making a Mutant
When mutant melodrama Heroes returns to your TV later this month, we'll be reminded of the myriad ways mutant-making can go wrong. So how do you make a mutant and do it right? Here are 13 rules from the best. Not every mutant can follow all of these rules - in fact, some are contradictory.
LAUSD's Finest: Los Angeles School Police Gone Bad
How an oblivious school board lets a tiny, scandal-ridden force endanger L.A. kids.
Levi's latest lambasting of Sarah Palin hits the newstands
Levi Johnston's new article in Vanity Fair, in which he dishes all manner of dirt against his almost-mother-in-law Sarah Palin, is a real tour de force of family dysfunction, private dirt, and all-around personal contempt. One taste: "We all knew that she didn't know what to say on TV, and that when she was reading a script she was a phony."
Rightsizing (COMIC)
Penny Arcade chimes in on the Disney/Marvel merger.
15 of the Weirdest Magazines Still in Print
Who buys these sometimes bizarre, occasionally creepy, and oddly specific publications? Who publishes them? Do they have columnists and staff cartoonists like other magazines? And are there weird dentists out there who stock their waiting rooms with them? here is a selection of some of our favourite mags still somehow in publication.
Dear Conservatives: Reagan preached tax cuts to schoolkids
The conservative freak-out over President Obama's planned speech to students urging them to stay in school and work hard is due to fears that Obama will use his platform as an opportunity to push his agenda on unsuspecting students. Ironically, that's exactly what President Reagan did two decades ago.
Milky Way's twin caught dismembering neighbour
Our two nearest large neighbours, the Andromeda and Triangulum galaxies, appear to have grazed each other about 2.5 billion years ago ? and a worse collision is on the horizon. The findings lend weight to the theory that big galaxies grow by gobbling smaller ones.
Dr. Kevorkian: Michael Jackson "Got What He Wanted"
Dr. Jack Kevorkian defended Michael Jacksons doctor Conrad Murray, who is the sole target of the investigation into the late pop stars death by injection. On Wednesday the now-paroled Kevorkian, 81, told Neil Cavuto;I dont think he was malicious.
Ford on Track to Be #1 U.S. Carmaker
Things are looking up for the one American automaker that didn't go for a government bailout, and it's not just because of "cash-for-clunkers.
20 Extreme Adventures For Spelunkers and Cavers (Images)
Underneath your feet, deep in the Earth, the planet?s final frontier awaits. Only the most adventurous dare to step away from tourist trap caves and explore the often muddy and fragile ecosystem found underground.These are some extreme adventures for cavers, but they are absolutely beautiful.
10 Things You Need to Know About OLED TV
The appearance of LG's 15-inch OLED TV at IFA 2009 is a small (but significant) step toward replacing LCD, LED and plasma technology. It's still early, but thinner, crisper, brighter and more energy-efficient TV screens are closer than you think. Wondering why you'd want an OLED TV when all the chatter is about LED and 3D TV? Here's OLED explained.
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Climate engineering could have catastrophic consequences
The Royal Society, a fellowship of 1,400 of the world?s most eminent scientists, published a report yesterday on the feasibility and possible dangers of technologies for cooling down the Earth, known as geoengineering.
Loose Llama Wears Out Chasing Cops Who Give Up And Kill It
The seemingly unstoppable, on-the-run llama was pissing off authorities who tried to use stun guns, corner it with vehicles, lasso it, and shoot it with a tranquillizer. When the llama started venturing along roads and became a threat to motorists, authorities just decided to shoot it and end their own misery.
Conservative media take a strong stand against ... learning?
If there is anybody out there who still doesn't believe that the conservative media will attack President Obama no matter what he does, consider this: Right-wingers are telling children to skip school as a protest against Obama's encouragement of students to stay in school.
Google Books settlement 'unprecedented' copyright hack
Perhaps the most strident criticism from a competitor of Google's digital book settlement with publishers and authors was released Wednesday by Amazon.
13 Awesome and Prolific Film Collaborators
The relationship between coworkers on the set of a Hollywood production can be a volatile and temperamental one. Occasionally, great working relationships endure. Today we examine some of the greatest such partnerships ever to grace the silver screen.
Shift to Multi Carriers Could Be Apple's Smartest Next Move
News Analysis: Whether or not Apple will make its iPhone available to multiple carriers is currently unknown. But based on the iPhone's popularity, it seems like the smartest move that Apple could make. A carrier-agnostic iPhone would put new competitive pressure on all its smartphone competitors, especially RIM.
Ten Best On-Air Adult Swim Promos Picked by the Creator
Watch ten of the greatest on-air Adult Swim promos ever, for shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies, as picked by the Adult Swim crew.
Dollarless Deals: Why Bartering Is Making a Comeback
Business is booming in the barter economy. On craigslist, requests for bartered goods and services were up 125 percent in the past year, making it one of the site's most popular categories?
For Redskins Fans, Hard Luck Runs Into Team's Hard Line
Some Redskins fans can no longer afford their tickets and want to cancel them. So what does the team do? Sue them!
KVM Is The Feather In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
Red Hat has released RHEL 5.4, a major point update of its commercial Linux distribution. This version introduces support for KVM, a significant milestone in Red Hat's evolving virtualization strategy.
Sold! Mini-Golf With Rock Stars Fetches $20,000
The one-of-a-kind experience includes a miniature golf session with Josh Freese,Tool?s Maynard James Keenan and Devo?s Mark Mothersbaugh.
Japan's Obsession with Perfection Thwarting Sustainability?
I've never seen anything but perfect fruit for sale -- each neatly packaged one-by-one. So what happens to the produce that is misshapen or slightly bruised or marred by rubbing against the stem? Some of it goes into processed foods and juice. The rest is dumped -- and dumped all along the delivery chain.
Evolution: Has Human Culture Replaced Biology?
"Now, after some three billion years, the Darwinian era is over. The epoch of species competition came to an end about 10,000 years ago when a single species, ***** sapiens, began to dominate and reorganize the planet. Since that time, cultural evolution has replaced biological evolution as the driving force of change." -- Freeman Dyson, IAS
The 'telepathy' chip, turn on the TV using the only the mind
A ?telepathy? chip that allows people to control computers, televisions and light switches by the power of thought is being developed by British scientists.
Privacy Advocates Want Regulation Of Behavioral Advertising
A coalition of privacy and consumer rights groups have written an open letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce calling for the regulation of behavioral advertising.
PS3 sales double in America following PS3 slim launch
PS3 slim boosts hardware sales above Xbox360 and Wii in America as Arkham Asylum has one of the biggest debuts of the year in the weekly charts for the 23rd - 29th August 2009
Starbucks Launches Anti-Starbucks
One day, many years ago, Starbucks was a little coffee shop tucked away in a corner of Seattle?s Pike Place Market. Now, with more than 15,000 coffee shops around the world, the king of coffee is looking to recapture that 1971 feeling. But under a different name.
The 28 hidden characters in Batman: Arkham Asylum
Want Easter eggs? In this madhouse, they're everywhere you look
Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?
Most people don't think too much about bovine hurt when they chow down on a Big Mac or Whopper. But for those with moral pangs, scientists say genetic engineering might provide a solution, by creating pain-free animals that can satiate the human appetite without suffering. Delicious.
The 6 Most Frequently Quoted ***** Animal Facts
Remember all those cools facts you learned about animals when you were 10? Totally false.
5 Secrets Restaurants Don?t Want You to Know
Some of the common practices of the food service industry might surprise the average customer.
Comedian Granted Dying Wish to Perform on Letterman
Steve Mazan is a stand-up comic who has recently been diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. On Friday, September 4, 2009, he will realize his childhood dream: to perform a set on David Letterman.
San Francisco Residents Say Google Shuttles are Evil
Google probably wasn't expecting its Earth-friendly overture to backfire so heavily in an environmentally conscious bastion like San Francisco.
5 Bizarre Things You Might Not Know: Pablo Escobar
You'll never believe how he transported his cash...
New $140K Hybrid School Bus Waits Silently For Children
Within a week or two, Napa Valley Unified School District will premiere one of the first small hybrid buses in the nation, thanks to state grants aimed at curbing school bus emissions and a transportation manager's aggressive campaign to green his fleet.
BFG Phobos: Ferrari Of Gaming PCs
It's like a high-powered modern sports car. Don't even think of getting under the hood. It's 7-inch touchscreen lets you customize user interface for turning the system on, playing multimedia, system monitoring (temps, usage, etc.), and a performance screen. The front panel controls all of those myriad settings on the motherboard and BIOS.
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